Month: October 2018

Participants: Allan Benson, Ruth Brozek, Chris Darby, Michael Duffy, Chris Escott, Andi Magnussen, Chris Sanderson, Peter Vaughan and Paul Brooks (Inala guide and report compiler)   Boat: The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with deckhand Hugh Smith.   Notes: This was an action-packed trip, with good numbers of birds all day and high diversity of … Read more

Hello Greg Is it possible your bird might have been a white-plumed honeyeater? There have been occasions of late where I too have asked myself the same question about that "chop, chop" call, which I would normally associate with a yellow robin. I am hearing that call -or something very like it- in places where … Read more

We have just returned  from a 7 week trip to Fiji and  Australia and  I have been using birding-aus to seek help with birding sites. As always, Australian birders  have  excelled  themselves  with their  kindness and  willingness to help….you must be the most generous birders in the world. So, a big thank you to every … Read more

Another message from Phil Gregory: We have been working on this one again and now have a smaller dive boat that is available from Sept 18-30, with an itinerary ex-Alotau and visiting Tagula, Rossel and also Normanby plus a nearby small island that has Louisiade White-eye and Louisiade Kingfisher.The limit is 6 people, so if … Read more