A big thank you

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

Louisiade Arhipelago SE PNG

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

Cassowary chicks

Hi everyone Phil Gregory has tried to send this message a few times over the last couple of weeks. I thought it had made it to the list, but it's not in the archives … From Phil Gregory: Happy to report that the venerable Dad Cassowary at Cassowary House at Kuranda (coming since 1985 when … Read more

Re Eastern Yellow Robin call

Did you record the call Greg? Whereabouts was the call – presumably not Tib  township – and how near / distant did it appear? Might be worth asking Dave Watson about it, he’s been doing field research up there with CSU for 12+ years.  Cheers mjh Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.