By Birding-Aus, on May 25th, 2020% On a number of occasions I have seen 10 parrot species in the North East corner of Cumberland State Forest in Castle Hill.
The list for parrots in that location is as follows :
Galah
Long-billed Corella
Little Corella
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
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By Birding-Aus, on May 24th, 2020% Dear Rob,
The strawberry story and its corollary with other fruit and veg is one of the worst things I have ever heard, and along with the Council’s unconscionable brushing it under the table is depressing to say the least.
Where I am in Isolation on the Central Coast at present my IPhone . . . → Read More: Pesticides
By Birding-Aus, on May 22nd, 2020% A relatively rare post from South Australia this time on Morgan Conservation Park. Roly Lloyd & I have been going to Morgan a few times per year for 20+ years as it was a brilliant place for birds. During the last major drought, the wetlands which includes several ha of open water beside the . . . → Read More: Morgan Conservation Park
By Birding-Aus, on May 21st, 2020% Gooday all
Has anyone had or know of any success seeing the White-throated Grasswren recently. Please respond via my email.
Thanks
Greg Little
Virus-free. www.avast.com
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By Birding-Aus, on May 19th, 2020% Gooday all
Recently Judy and I received approval from the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS) to start a study of the annual migration of honeyeaters and other passerines through the Hunter. Our aim is to find out where they come from and where they go to, and if . . . → Read More: bird obs please
By seashore, on May 19th, 2020% Hi All, Well, restrictions are easing for some of us and that is welcome. The last mystery bird was indeed a White-breasted Whistler although I never heard one of them whistle. This week we have either one bird or maybe two different birds that I saw from time to time below the dam wall . . . → Read More: Harding Dam Mystery Bird
By Birding-Aus, on May 19th, 2020% from The Guardian about 2 years ago
abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years, according to a new study that has shocked scientists.
Insects are an integral part of life on Earth as both pollinators and prey for other wildlife and it was known that some . . . → Read More: Insecticides
By Birding-Aus, on May 19th, 2020% from The Guardian about 2 years ago
abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years, according to a new study that has shocked scientists.
Insects are an integral part of life on Earth as both pollinators and prey for other wildlife and it was known that some . . . → Read More: Insecticides
By Birding-Aus, on May 19th, 2020% After an ornithologically sterile month traversing California, a creeping realisation that Mulgoa Valley, once seething with small birds now has far fewer, ditto Avoca on the NSW Central Coast, the penny dropped.
INSECTICIDES. are wiping out the base of the food chain in built up and semi rural areas.
Not just . . . → Read More: Insecticides
By Birding-Aus, on May 18th, 2020% A Redwing conundrum; how do they manage that? Yes, we had snow all day on Friday, but that may well have been the last heavy snowfall of this spring (and time too!), and today was quite pleasant, partly sunny and +4*C. More birdsong too. I had not planned to mail again already now (it . . . → Read More: A Redwing conundrum
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