It was in 2014 that Birdlife International resurrected Gould’s Plumed Egret. This was followed five years later by Birdlife Australia in its WLAB v.3. According to the theory behind that, you only (or just about only) find Intermediate Egrets to Australia’s north. I know from bird hide conversations that this particular taxonomic update has been … Read more
Hi. I'm in Drummoyne (Sydney) where there was a flock of Pied Currawongs about 6 weeks ago when trees in the (small!) Bob Smith Reserve were fruiting. I didn't try to count them but there were certainly more than 20. They were in and around the Reserve, very active and vocal, for at least 2 weeks. When they … Read more
Hi all, I was at the Gold Coast last week and was interested to see large numbers of Pied Currawongs flocking around a new building site at sunset. I have a photo, but I don’t think I can upload pictures on this chat group? Probably 40 birds in all. I don’t remember ever seeing Currawongs … Read more
Following on from my previous post, we saw a lot of golden plovers on Samoa, where they tended to hang out on mown lawns. They all seemed to be in non-breeding plumage, which seemed to be a bit strange at the end of September. Is Samoa on the East Asian flyway? (It is to the … Read more
My son and I spent a week at the end of September (late dry season) on the Island of Upolu. Matt wanted to go to a less-visited island in the Pacific and Samoa fitted the bill – mountains, rainforest, beaches, waterfalls, direct flights to and from Brisbane, and a friendly population with plenty of English … Read more
