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Prestvannet in Tromsø, N. Norway Prestvannet is a smallish, shallow, mostly artificial lake on top of our island of Tromsøya at 70*N in N. Norway, just north of and above the town center of Tromsø; I must have written about it several times before, as it is famous for its population of nesting Red-throated Loons. . . . → Read More: Feeding the Ruffs at Prestvannet Hi fellow birders, The Wings on King project will be undertaking their 2018 Spring Survey weekend from 24-28th October, 2018 – King Island, Tasmania. Agenda: Thursday 25th – afternoon: Birding for Beginners Workshop followed by a Welcome, team formation and orientation Friday and Saturday all day: surveying in teams Saturday evening: Dinner with guest speaker . . . → Read More: Advertisement: Wings on King Spring Surveys: 25-28th October, 2018 It’s good to hear that the 28th International Ornithological Congress is going to be held in Melbourne in 2022. Only the second in Australia ever, 48 years after the previous one. Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org Greetings, I heard my first Chanel-billed cuckoos for the season this morning at about 6 am. It sounded like two or more birds. Later I heard a single bird calling at about 0620. This is by far the earliest I’ve recorded them in Yungaburra. Regards, Alan — Alan’s Wildlife Tours 2 Mather Road Yungaburra 4884 . . . → Read More: channel-bill cuckoos, Yungaburra, north Qld A sombre Hi all, A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service burn in Town Common Conservation Park yesterday destroyed an active Osprey nest – with, possibly, loss of unseen eggs or young (female on and off nest for several months). Dead nest tree fell. Only one of the three resident Ospreys close by today. Probably last . . . → Read More: Osprey nest burns Sue and I have just returned from being members of the Australian Birdwatching stand at the Birdfair 2018, and very successful it was too with great interest shown and the new booklets being very popular. I also went to see the Swarovski folks as my telescope zoom eyepiece was shedding bits of rubber from the . . . → Read More: Great service from Swarovski > 1. ID of a wader (jackwat@bigpond.com) > Correct. Common Sandpiper > > ———- Forwarded message ———- > From: < jackwat@bigpond.com> > To: < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 17:58:14 +1000 > Subject: [Birding-Aus] ID of a wader > Hi > > Being trying to ID a wader (circa . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 59, Issue 5 Thanks to all who replied. One suggestion each for Spangled drongo and Lyrebird, but the consensus seems to be Little Wattlebird and I tend to agree. Paul Hi all Attached is a link to a brief recording from Oyster Bay, Sydney. Could someone please identify the call heard at 3, 5, 8 and 23 . . . → Read More: Call ID This month’s speaker will be Kate Gorringe-Smith who will talk about “The Overwintering Project: citizen science meets citizen art”. The Overwintering Project is an environmental art project designed to raise awareness for migratory shorebirds and the habitat in Australia and New Zealand on which they rely. Due to advances largely in tracking technology, the last . . . → Read More: BirdLife VIC Public Talk – Melbourne |
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