Month: January 2020

Just letting folk know Wildlife Tourism Australia is holding a 90-minute  free public forum  at Southbank, Brisbane, on bird-feeding, 21st June  https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/blog/coming-events/bird-feeding-forum-southbank-21st-june/ Ronda Green, PhD platypuscorner@bigpond.com Proprietor, Araucaria Ecotours http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com Chair, Wildlife Tourism Australia http://www.wildlifetourism.org.au Chair, Scenic Rim Wildlife http://scenicrim.wildlife.org.au Adjunct Researcher, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University *** Wildlife Tourism Australia conference Brisbane 22-25th June 2020 *** “Wildlife … Read more

Phil Gregory oreornis@gmail.com ornithological writer/tour leader/tour facilitator Field Guides / Sicklebill Safaris / Cassowary House / Cassowary ToursPO Box 387KurandaQLD 4881AustraliaPh: +61 7 40 937 318Email: info@s2travel.com.auWebsite1: http://www.sicklebillsafaris.com OR www.birder.travel Website 2: http://www.cassowary-house.com.au Website 3: http://www.cassowarytours.com.au Begin forwarded message: From: Phil Gregory <oreornis@gmail.com> Subject: Birds ofParadise and Bowerbirds Date: 24 December 2019 at 5:33:30 AM AEST To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org I  received my advance … Read more

Sue, Phil, and Rowan Gregory  would like to thank everyone who has come to see or stay with us at Cassowary House since 1998. That era has now come to an end as we have sold the property to Leonie Travis and her family. They intend to keep running it as a guest house and … Read more

Dear Fellow Birders,   I have been interested in obtaining a book that covers, comprehensively, the seabirds of Australia, if not the world. I was hoping that someone might be able to recommend a book that fits the description above?   Thank you for your help.   Regards, Drew Davison Perth, WA      

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, January 13, 2020 to Sunday, January 19, 2020: Area: SA Location: At Rockleigh Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera) (6) We saw sittellas irregularly, but every few months, till the Jan 2014 bushfire, then once in the next March. Then they vanished. Given … Read more