Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, May 2, 2022 to Sunday, May 8, 2022:

Area: SA

Location: Adelaide botanic garden, close to the storage ponds

Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (7) This was reported to me by a 14-year-old lad who seemed to be a very keen birdwatcher. . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

From Birding-Aus

 

 

From: Wim Vader <wjm.vader@gmail.com&gt; Sent: torsdag 21. april 2022 10:58 To: Willem Jan Marinus Vader <wim.vader@uit.no&gt; Cc: Anne Helene Tandberg <pansdamen@gmail.com&gt;; PG Nell <pgnell47@gmail.com&gt; Subject: Very early spring in Tromsø

 

Very early spring in Tromsø, at 70*N

 

Yesterday was a beautiful . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus

From Birding-Aus

 

 

From: Wim Vader <wjm.vader@gmail.com&gt; Sent: søndag 10. april 2022 15:43 To: Willem Jan Marinus Vader <wim.vader@uit.no&gt; Cc: PG Nell <pgnell47@gmail.com&gt;; Anne Helene Tandberg <pansdamen@gmail.com&gt; Subject: Back in Tromsø, still winter

 

Back in Tromsø, still winter.

      After 4 weeks in Odijk, Netherlands, . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus

Raptors at Lake Herdsman

Just got back from Lake Herdsman (Perth). Apart from the usual tally of birds, we saw 4 Australian Hobbys as well as at least 6 Swamp Harriers and a dozen Whistling Kites. At one point there seemed to be a raptor perched on every post across from the Moondyne road area. There were probably more . . . → Read More: Raptors at Lake Herdsman

Rockwarblers

Can anyone advise likely spots for Rockwarblers in the next month while avoiding Sydney and the Blue Mountains please?

FW: Rare white magpie colony discovered in Perth

Hi all,

This is interesting.

jr

 

From: Jan Rose <owl_jan@outlook.com&gt; Sent: Friday, 8 April 2022 7:55 AMTo: in2d@bigpond.comSubject: Rare white magpie colony discovered in Perth

 

https://au.news.yahoo.com/rare-white-magpie-colony-discovered-perth-055908705.html

 

 

Sent from my LG Mobile

. . . → Read More: FW: Rare white magpie colony discovered in Perth

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, April 4, 2022 to Sunday, April 10, 2022:

Area: SA

Location: Middleton beach SA

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) (52) 2 seperate groups of birds resting on the beach in from Miami PRD at the last lookout Eastern end of Surfers PRD . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

BirdLife Australia website

I noticed quite a few comments about the BirdLife Australia website. Right now the web site is being re-developed and during this period some functions no longer work. I look forward to the completion and perhaps a much more functional website that members and supporters can find useful and informative. Cheers Peter Valentine

. . . → Read More: BirdLife Australia website

Access to ‘Emu’

Hi,

Does anyone know how to access old issues of ‘Emu’ on the Birdlife website. I am logged in as a member but all references go to a page that says ‘Access to Emu – Austral Ornithology is only available to BirdLife Australia members’.

There doesn’t seem to be any link anywhere to the . . . → Read More: Access to ‘Emu’

Sydney Birding Possibilities

Have just received a request regarding the current possibilities of birding in the Sydney area from a birder from the UK. The areas that he is thinking of visiting are, Royal NP, Cronulla Swamp, North Epping, Dharug NP, Pierces Pass and Glen Davis. He is concerned about the conditions in these areas due to . . . → Read More: Sydney Birding Possibilities