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My first sighting ever just before 7pm. It was being chased out of the neighbourhood by the magpie. (Sydney inner-west’s Cooks River valley.) Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org World Sparrow Day From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia World Sparrow Day is a day designated to raise awareness of the house sparrow and then other common birds to urban environments, and of threats to their populations, observed on 20 March. [1] [2] It is an international initiative by the Nature Forever Society of India in . . . → Read More: World Sparrow Day on 20 March Hi Peter, Well a fair question. Yes I can pick them apart, from other than just the colour differences. I really was referring to flocks. Whether I could always or mostly identify one alone individual, to species, at that distance, I really am not entirely sure, but maybe. Yes with binoculars. I don’t think it . . . → Read More: Eurasian Tree Sparrow I am going birding in Young NSW in a few days and in preparing for the trip have noticed Eurasian Tree-sparrow appears on lists from both eBird and BLA. I would be interested in keeping an eye open for this species, but note that the eBird record dates from 1975! Has anyone seen the Tree . . . → Read More: Eurasian Tree-sparrow A sparrow landed on the podium as Bernie Sanders was speaking at a rally in Portland www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-27/us-presidential-hopeful-sanders-buzzed-by-bird-in-portland/7278110 I haven’t been able to find a close up picture. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on ID…. Vesper Sparrow? — John Leonard Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org . . . → Read More: Bernie Sanders and sparrow Had about 60 WTNTS at 4:15pm on the 16th hole at Boomerang Farm Golf Course on the Gold Coast today…and before anybody says anything, I didn’t get a birdie, eagle or albatross. Just an ugly bogey. Then witnessed an ambitious Collared Sparrowhawk dragging a Bar-Shouldered Dove across the 18th fairway. She got a birdie, I . . . → Read More: WTNTs plus ambitious Sparrowhawk Noisy Miners and Common Mynas happily co-exist in my garden. The only other species that regularly visit now are those that are larger and more aggressive than the Miners and Mynas. The House Sparrows disappeared well before the Noisy Miners colonised the neighbourhood but they are still common in the local shopping centres (in Box . . . → Read More: Sparrows and Mynahs (no subject) Hi Peter, Many years ago House Sparrows nested under a tile on our old house. When they were nearly ready to fledge, Starlings killed and ate them and moved in. When their nestlings were leaning out of the nest, nearly ready to fly, they in turn were killed and thrown out on the path by . . . → Read More: Sparrows and Mynahs (no subject) Dear bird list Here in Gloucester we have very healthy populations of House Sparrows. You can’t have coffee in the main street without them hopping about the pavement. I know of 3 areas where they breed, one is in two tall bushy exotic cypresses in Barrington St southern end, the other is in another cypress . . . → Read More: Hse Sparrows and Mynas In that regard, see http://theconversation.com/why-you-should-celebrate-world-sparrow-day-39042? —–Original Message—– From: Andrew Thelander Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 3:18 PM To: birding-aus Subject: [Birding-Aus] National bird Hi all In Sweden, the Swedish Ornithological Society (SOF) is currently organising a voluntary vote to determine the national bird of Sweden. This was done once before in the early 1960s by . . . → Read More: National bird – Why you should celebrate World Sparrow Day |
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