Author: majovet7

Good morning! I am in Ayton (Bloomfield) in this moment and i will stay here during two weeks. I would like to know if there are someone are living around this area or to know this place, because i want to ask some questions about several birds. Thanks in advance and good birding! M. Jo _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org

Hi mates! I am Maria,from spain. Just I am going to wollongong for do a pelagic trip from there tomorrow , after i would like to go to Barren grounds this afternoon , on saturday or early in the morning on sunday. I will stay my next week in Blue Mountains. If there are some birders in both places that we can do birding together i will be very glad. Thanks in advance My number is 0449872815 Good birding for the weekend Rohan Clarke <rohan@wildlifeimages.com.au> wrote:>Hi All, > >The BirdLife Australia pelagic got out off Eaglehawk Neck, SE Tasmania >last weekend. The trip was another great success (see below). The next >scheduled trips are for July 19th and 20th and September 13th and 14th >2014. All trips are at present fully booked (with fairly long wait >lists) but contact me if you wish to be added to a wait list. > >Cheers, > >Rohan Clarke > >BIRDLIFE PELAGIC TRIP OFF EAGLEHAWK NECK, TASMANIA > >Sunday 16th Feb 2014 > >OBSERVERS: Carol Page, Bernie O’Keefe, Karen Dick, Chris Lester, >Rosemary Lester, Dave Bullock, Graeme Bullock, Glen Pacey, Sue Abbotts, > >Xenia Dennett, Els Wakefield and Rohan Clarke (organiser and report >compiler). > >WEATHER: Moderate to heavy cloud (~80%) throughout the day. Occasional >patches of sunlight. Mild to warm. Initially a 20 knot south-westerly >wind, increasing to 25 knots by midday with gusts to 30 knots. > >SEA: Small swell to 1 m inshore, building to 2 m with occasional sets >to >3 m beyond the shelf. Despite the persistent wind the sea didn’t get up > >as expected and at worst we had to contend with a 1-1.5 m chop. As is >usual for an Eaglehawk Neck pelagic the boat seemed to handle this well > >and the trip wasn’t too rough. There was some intermittent spray when >underway but we didn’t get drenched! At least one seasick. > >ACTIVITY: Departed Pirates Bay Wharf at 0710. Headed out to the shelf >via the Hippolytes (a rock stack that effectively marks the boundary >between inshore and offshore waters). Small numbers of albatross, gulls > >and terns inshore, good numbers of birds around the Hipploytes, fairly >quiet in offshore waters but then very good numbers beyond the shelf. >Crossed the shelf break (100 fathoms) at 0910 before making our first >stop at 43º08.33’S 148º12.54’E over 270-300 fathoms of water. Here we >berleyed with fish frames and tuna oil. A second stop was made at >43º01.45’S 148º16.21’E over 250 fathoms of water. Headed back in at >1240 >(a bit earlier than usual as the seas was starting to get more lively >and there were reports of 35-40 knot winds just to the south west near >Tasman Island) to dock at about 1500. > >MAMMALS: > >Australian Fur Seals: 60 ashore on the Hippolytes and the adjacent >small >rock stack. 1 inshore in the PM. > >Common Dolphin: At least 4 different pods with a total count of at >least >35 animals. All inshore and offshore in the AM. > >BIRDS: 30 species beyond the point at Pirates Bay is an excellent count > >for a Tasmanian pelagic. Highlights were the good diversity of petrels, > >notably many Gould’s as well as flybys by Mottled, Providence, >White-headed and Soft-plumaged Petrels. > >Wilson’s Storm-Petrel: 6 (2). All pelagic. > >Grey-backed Storm-Petrel: 20 (10). All pelagic. > >White-faced Storm-Petrel: 130 (70). 1 offshore in AM, remainder >pelagic. > >NZ Wandering Albatross: 6 on plumage. All pelagic but at least 2 >followed us back into offshore waters. All were consistent with >gibsoni. >4 appeared to be adult males, remainder indeterminate. > >Southern Royal Albatross: 1 adult pelagic at the second berley point. > >Campbell Albatross: 5 (3). All pelagic. 2 adults, 2 immature (plus 1 >juvenile presumed to be this form). > >Shy Albatross: 100 (45). 15 inshore, 5 offshore, remainder pelagic. 2 >imm pelagic, remainder adult. > >Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross: 1 adult with scruffy upperwings that >visited both pelagic berley points. > >Buller’s Albatross: 45 (12). 21 inshore, 1 offshore, remainder pelagic. > >All adult. > >Short-tailed Shearwater: 2000 (500). 600 inshore in the AM, similar >numbers offshore and remainder pelagic. > >Sooty Shearwater: 40 (5). 2 inshore, 15 offshore and remainder pelagic >passing through as ones and twos . > >FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER: 1 pelagic at the second berley point. >Generally >scarce off Eaglehawk Neck. > >Common Diving-Petrel: 2 in inshore waters in the PM. > >Northern Giant-Petrel: 1 immature as a flyby in offshore waters in the >AM. > >White-chinned Petrel: 80 (35). 1 offshore in AM, remainder pelagic. > >Fairy Prion: 4 (1). All pelagic. > >Great-winged Petrel: 2 (1). Both NZ gouldi. Both pelagic. Remarkably >scarce! > >PROVIDENCE PETREL: 2 (1). Both pelagic at the second berley point. > >White-headed Petrel: 1 pelagic. > >GOULD’S PETREL: 21 (3). A steady stream of flybys at each of the berley > >stops (pelagic) and an additional individual in offshore waters in the >PM. Mostly distant. > >SOFT-PLUMAGED PETREL: 1 that provided excellent if brief views in >offshore waters in AM (over about 65 fathoms of water). > >MOTTLED PETREL: 1 flyby that approached reasonably close but >unfortunately passed across the bow of the vessel (so views were >obscured) at the second berley point. > >Little Penguin: 2 together close inshore in the PM. > >Australasian Gannet: 20 (10). All inshore. Another 40 on the >Hippolytes. > >Black-faced Cormorant: 20 (15). All inshore. Another 760 on the >Hipploytes including many sitting on nests. > >Crested Tern: 12 (4). All inshore. Another 20 on the small stack >adjacent to the Hipploytes. > >Arctic Jaeger: 2. 1 dark bird and 1 intermediate bird (both distant) in > >inshore waters in the AM. > >Pacific Gull: 6 (4). 4 adults, 2 second year individuals. All inshore. > >Kelp Gull: 40 (10). All inshore. Another 30 on the Hippolytes. > >Silver Gull: 33 (10). All inshore. Another 45 on the Hippolytes. > >An immature White-bellied Sea-eagle on the Hippolytes rounded out the >list. > >– >Rohan Clarke >www.wildlifeimages.com.au > >Latest updates >http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/root&view=recent > >_______________________________________________ >Birding-Aus mailing list >Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org >To change settings or unsubscribe visit: >http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org — Sent from my Android device with InboxPro for Hotmail Mail. 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Hi mates!I am Maria, spanish birder that i am living during 9 months in Australia. A friend from Spain will come to birdwatching in the second two weeks on March or the first two weeks on April (he will stay two weeks)We have to decide what area is better in this time but i am confused, i hope that you can give me some advices.We would like to the north of Queesland but i dont know if it is very rainy or very humid in this season. Another options that we have are western australia or south queensland together with NSW.I know that the question is difficult because there are a lot of birds in everywhere!!! P.D. I have been in Victoria, North territory and Tasmania and i will prefer to go to new places Thanks for advantagecheers M. Jo _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org

Hi folks, I met Bill Moorhead in Darwin. I am a birder from Spain visiting your fantastic country now. He suggested that I contact Birding-Aus and see if anyone can show me around looking for birds when I am in Melbourne. I will be in Melbourne from 25th Sept to 5th Oct. Bill can speak in Spanish a bit. If anyone can speak Spanish as well , that would be brilliant. I can get by with some English Cheers, M. Jo =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================