Hi All, My blog has been on hold for a while as I’ve been working over the summer. However, I took some photos this morning close to my home in Seacliff, South Australia, of some Crested Terns, one of which has a leg band… ? While on the subject of Crested Terns I remember seeing . . . → Read More: Crested Tern Band and Formation Flight Behaviour
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Hi everybody. I’m visiting the Toora Bird Hide this Wednesday 2nd of March 2022 with a friend. Could someone please give me a guide as to how to work out the tides for Cnr Inlet. I’m after the best time for viewing Shore Birds arriving in the vicinity of the hide as the time “comes . . . → Read More: Toora Bird hide MORE AND MORE DAYLIGHT, BUT STILL FULL WINTER Every day we have 10 minutes longer daylight here in Tromsø , at 70* N in northern Norway. This last week we have had beautiful winter weather, with the sun now also reaching my house, and northern lights at night. There is around one . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus Hi Folks A day or so ago I saw a green catbird on my bush block just near Central Tilba, south of Narooma. First time I have seen one there (after 13 years, though not always on the property). Looking at the range map, it looks as if this would be the very near . . . → Read More: Green catbird at Central Tilba Hi, After two years of undertaking these surveys under the cloud of COVID, I am delighted to promote them once again to all birders who may be interested. You would be warmly welcomed to King Island, a great birding spot in its own right – see www.birdsofkingisland.com for more information. With 9 endemic subspecies . . . → Read More: Promotion: Bird surveys – King Island – 28th April-1st May, 2022 When Cumberland Bird Observers drive into the Pioneer Dairy at Tuggerah on Sunday morning before 9 am WTNT s were feeding low and could easily be seen. Later around 12 midday WTNT s were seen again higher in the sky only visible through binos. They were seen when I looked at a tree then happened . . . → Read More: WTNT Hi all, Can’t find email address for Mike Tarburton, but hope he’s reading this… A flock of WTNT over the Woronora River at Como, NSW (just upstream from the confluence with Georges River) about 8.30am today. Probably about 100 birds not very high – not good at judging altitude but . . . → Read More: WTNT Hi Mike,
Recorded the following sightings whilst on a trip in the northern Torres Strait. All birds were heading north:
Boigu Island 18 January 0630-0650, whilst taking a dinghy up some of the rivers – 17 Pacific Swifts 19 January mid-morning, stake out spot west . . . → Read More: Swift sightings from the northern Torres Strait Hello This morning at 9.40 am saw about 8 swifts while driving along Mona Vale Rd towards Mona Vale. Very overcast, intermittent rain. Didn't distinguish species. Did anyone see these? A five year-birds day, without really trying A month ago, I sent out a short piece, telling that my Tromsø year list for 2022 stood at 6 birds, and explaining why this was so. As usual in such cases, the seventh bird arrived just after I had sent out the story: . . . → Read More: a five yearbirds day, without really trying |
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