Melbourne Koel

Hi all, Bill here

There was a Koel calling in Kew East this morning. Another sign of Spring, as well as the apparently increasing range of the bird.

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Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, October 28, 2019 to Sunday, November 3, 2019:

Area: SA

Location: On our Rockleigh property

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) (1)

Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) (1)

Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans) (2)

I was doing 3 20-minute Backyard Bird Count sessions, for once . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

Cairns Spotted Whistling Ducks

How regularly are SWDs seen at Centenary Lakes? cheers

— John Leonard

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, October 21, 2019 to Sunday, October 27, 2019:

Area: SA

Location: Kinchina CP (Previously Rocky Gully cp)

Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius) (1) 50 meters past where the Crimson Chats are normally

Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Saturday, October 26, 2019

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Learning bird calls

Hi everyone, I’ve never been very good at identifying birds by calls, but now I find I’m losing my eyesight, so I’m hoping to try and continue my interest in birds by learning their calls. Is there a reliable app or other resource to get more familiar with calls? I have the Pizzey and Knight . . . → Read More: Learning bird calls

A couple of unidentified calls

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Spotting Scopes

Hello all,

 

I was hoping that someone may be able to provide some advice on the following questions about spotting scopes – I was looking into buying one for the purposes of bush-birding and seawatching:

 

What magnification on a spotting scope would be good? Is a spotting scope . . . → Read More: Spotting Scopes

The migration pattern of European Nightjars is linked to the lunar cycle

see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191016124625.htm

The moon determines when migratory birds head south

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Feather id

I was wondering if anyone can help id this feather, found today in Docklands, Melbourne. My guess is Little Wattlebird, but I thought it should have a white tip if it is.

A marine William Cooper

I have just seen on ABC TV a program “Roger Swainston: Drawn to water”. About the artist of the fishes of Australia book and other things. I don’t know if it is on iview. He is a fabulous artist. Equal to William Cooper for birds (and seems surprisingly similar). But he does all . . . → Read More: A marine William Cooper