Hi all, A last-minute vacancy for 1 person has arisen on our 8-day "Tropical Far North Queensland tour", commencing in Cairns on 3 August 2023. We will look for all the local Iron Range specialties as well as Golden-shouldered Parrot, Southern Cassowary and many, many more More info on https://bellbirdtours.com/tropical-far-north-queensland-birding-tour/ Please enquire by return . . . → Read More: Last minute vacancy on Tropical Far North Qld tour (advertisement)
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Mangrove gerygone and Western Gerygone vs Brown gerygone. From: Birding-Aus <birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org> on behalf of birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org <birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org> Sent: Saturday, 10 June 2023 2:00 AM To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 116, Issue 2 Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to birding-aus@birding-aus.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 116, Issue 2 Dear Fellow Birders, I am creating a new series on my YouTube channel about identifying birds. I am aiming to show the differences between two species that are similar. Here is a sample video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgVQ_Lep_HA Since I started birding in Australia I thought I’d ask this list for any suggestions on more species that might . . . → Read More: Suggestions for a bird ID video guide I was reading the Natural History of Selbourne recently (as you do) and came across this in a letter of 7 Aug 1778: A good ornithologist should be able to distinguish birds by their air as well as by their colours and shape, on the ground as well as on the wing, and in the . . . → Read More: Gilbert White anticipating a modern concept I get to drive around the Flinders Ranges these days showing tourists through the gorges and these turned up after I’d dropped off some walkers and was on my way back to Rawnsley Park… https://www.ararelitus.com/blog/white-backed-swallow Chris Shaw seashore@internode.on.net+61 409 675912www.ararelitus.comAfter the game, the King and the Pawn go into the same box. – Italian proverb . . . → Read More: White-backed Swallow According to eBird, Devon Park Boundary Rd, Devon Park/Oakey QLD is a “hotspot” for White-winged Fairywrens. I’ve never been there before, and Google Maps/Street View doesn’t offer any clues as to where we should go looking; can anyone offer any advice? We’re staying at Bunya Mts. and were hoping to duck down . . . → Read More: Devon Park Boundary Rd, QLD? Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG) is running two one-day pelagics out of Eden on the NSW Far South Coast on Sat 3 and Sun 4 June. Departure time 7am, return about 3pm. Cost approx $150. We have 4 spaces left on each day. If you are interested, please contact me asap with your preferred day . . . → Read More: Eden pelagic The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, April 24, 2023 to Sunday, April 30, 2023: Area: SA Location: On our Rockleigh property Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) (9) Now we have a bird bath that is usually kept full we often have 3 diamond firetails having a drink. This . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest I expect we are all aware of the solar eclipse today. Are there any bird people at Exmouth today to see it?
As it happens, my first significant contribution to published bird study was my article: (1982) ‘A record of avian and other responses to the total solar eclipse – . . . → Read More: About solar eclipse. Hello Fellow Birders, As many of you will know, King Island, Tasmania, has a number of critically endangered bird species including the King Island Brown Thornbill and the King Island Scrubtit that are rated 1st and 3rd most likely next bird extinctions in Australia. Their recovery is being overseen by the Threatened King Island Bird . . . → Read More: Bird Conservation on King Island – Fundraising Opportunities |
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