Pacific Swifts overhead at Tambo and Blackall in Qld

Hello Mike and ebirders, While on a roadtrip to Idalia NP, Qld today we've happened upon 2 parties of around 20+ Pacific Swifts hawking overhead of us for an extended period ahead of an approaching weatherfront. At Tambo at 3.15pm and again at dusk overhead of us at the campsite at Blackall. Marie — . . . → Read More: Pacific Swifts overhead at Tambo and Blackall in Qld

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, March 8, 2021 to Sunday, March 14, 2021:

Area: SA

Location: On our Rockleigh property

Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) (2) A great sighting – 2 brown treecreepers. Treecreepers were resident until the December after the January 2014 bushfire, and raised young . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

uk book

Any ideas of the value to us here of this 1994 book?— "Moult and Ageing of European Passerines"

Thanks, all.

Judith 500m SEQ jlukin01@postoffice.csu.edu.au

last minute vacancy on Western SA Specialties & Splits tour (advertisement)

Hi all, A last-minute vacancy for 1 or 2 people has arisen on our 7-day autumn "Western SA Specialties & Splits tour", commencing in Adelaide on 26 April 2021. We will we look for Naretha Bluebonnet, White-bellied Whipbird, Copperback & Nullarbor Quail-thrush, Spotted Scrubwren & many other good local specialties. More info on https://www.bellbirdtours.com/calendar/western-sa-specialties-and-splits-birding-tour-april-2021-departure-7-days/ . . . → Read More: last minute vacancy on Western SA Specialties & Splits tour (advertisement)

Orange-bellied Parrot and Wings on King autumn bird surveys, King Island

This autumn the Wings on King program and Friends of the Orange-bellied Parrot are working together to  undertake surveys on the beautiful King Island, Bass Strait. The OBP surveys will be undertaken between 22nd April – 2nd May and the Wings on King surveys between 22nd-25th April. To find out more and to register https://www.birdsofkingisland.com/wings-on-king  Wings . . . → Read More: Orange-bellied Parrot and Wings on King autumn bird surveys, King Island

White-throated Needletails at Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Victoria

For Mike Tarburton:

 

On Saturday, 27 February, shortly after 2pm, at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens, approximately 20 White-throated Needletails were observed high above Trig Track (Google Maps has it marked as Tea Tree Track), roughly halfway between Possum Gully Track (to the north-west) and Lake Track 1 (to the south-east).  . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails at Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Victoria