By Birding-Aus, on March 9th, 2020% Hello Everyone, As some of you will know by now, the Wings on King project, surveys birds in over 60 sites across King Island in Bass Strait. You know – the island that produces great cheese, beef, crayfish and other delicacies. These sites are surveyed twice a year and are located on both private . . . → Read More: “Wings on King’ call for volunteer bird surveyors
By Birding-Aus, on March 8th, 2020% Hi All.
As part of our never ending and so far successful efforts by a dedicated group of us to prevent suburban development in Mulgoa Valley, one of our many defences is that the Valley is a recognised Flyway for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds.
Although this is very apparent in Spring . . . → Read More: Flyway citation
By Birding-Aus, on March 6th, 2020% Hi Mike,
White-throated Needletail sightings at Point Nepean, Victoria:
25 February – 1 bird at 12.30pm flying east on the Monash Track, not far from Gunner’s Cottage
29 February – 8 birds at 2.05pm flying west over the Cheviot Hill Lookout
Regards,
. . . → Read More: WTNT at Point Nepean, Victoria
By Birding-Aus, on March 6th, 2020% Would I have seen around 20 in Donvale Victoria 11/3/20 around 1.00pm? John Rogan
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By Birding-Aus, on March 5th, 2020% Hi Mike,
Sunday afternoon, after a few hours hard labour, I sat down on the steps at my front gate (33,59 S, 151,04E, Woronora River, Como, south of Sydney), and lay back to relax..
What a fantastic vision: the evening sun lighting up the orange angophora bark, brilliant blue sky, pale . . . → Read More: WTNT
By Birding-Aus, on March 5th, 2020% At 4.05 p.m. on Thursday 5 March 2020, three White-throated Needletails flew in a westerly direction just above the canopy in Osborne Road, North Warrandyte, Victoria.
Sue Taylor
42 Osborne Road
North Warrandyte, Victoria, 3113
(03) 9844 4091
www.atwitcherstale.blogspot.com.au
By Birding-Aus, on February 27th, 2020% Hi all seen 2 White-Tailed tropicbirds flying together and feeding just off North Head this afternoon this is my 4th record so far this year and 6 Red-tailed Tropicbirds so it is a very good year so far and still 2 months to go. Cheers Michael. Sent from my Samsung GALAXY S5 on the . . . → Read More: White-tailed Tropicbird off North Head Manly.
By Birding-Aus, on February 24th, 2020% see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200219152820.htm
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By Birding-Aus, on February 24th, 2020% Hi Mike,
More sightings from a week in the northern Torres Strait:
20 February at 10.06am – 3 White-throated Needletails at the Saibai Cemetery heading east
20 February at 12.40pm – a mixed flock of approximately 110 birds, roughly 40 Pacific Swifts and 70 . . . → Read More: Additional Pacific Swift and White-throated Needletail sightings
By Birding-Aus, on February 24th, 2020% At 1.30 p.m. on Monday 24 February a Black-breasted Buzzard was seen circling Chiltern No 2 dam for several minutes before disappearing to the south. Seen by Ken Haines and Sue Taylor. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
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