Canon 500mm series 1 F4 IS USM lens

Hi all… I have my Canon 500mm F4 IS USM series 1 lens for sale…

I’m selling simply coz it’s just too heavy for my girly arms, even though I’ve used it many times and the images are still top quality… I’m looking to save up for the 500mm series 2 version which is a . . . → Read More: Canon 500mm series 1 F4 IS USM lens

Adelaide Swiftlets

Dear All

Riding my bike last night along the River Torrens in the centre of town joy past the new walk bridge that connects the CBD with the Adelaide Oval (world’s best cricket ground) I happened to look up and saw 100 + small rapidly darting about swift-like birdies high in the sky. A few . . . → Read More: Adelaide Swiftlets

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 89, Issue 8

Highly likely to be martins – lots of hirundines on the move at the moment. On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 at 3:00 am, <birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org> wrote:

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To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 89, Issue 8

White-throated Needletails Are still in Eastern Australia

Morning Birdos

While it will only be 2-3 weeks before most of the WTNT depart from the Eastern coast of Australia they are still visible. You may need to use your binoculars because they tend to spend more time out of normal vision range just prior to their departure. On Friday I watched quite a . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails Are still in Eastern Australia

FW: The slooow growth of a year list

 

 

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The slow growth of a year list; winter in . . . → Read More: FW: The slooow growth of a year list

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