Birding-Aus

Hi everyone I'd rather think of this message as our Swan Song – the alternative is Dead as a Dodo! For the last couple of years, the BIrding-Aus mailing list has been very quiet. Then exceptionally quiet. But in the last few months there has been a flurry of activity – in bounced messages! The one … Read more

Hi all, We've had a last minute cancellation on our popular Comfortable 9 Grasswren tour starting in Mt Isa on July 25th and concluding in Adelaide on August 10th. The tour has very good opportunities for all 9 Grasswrens plus many other great outback birds (including Grey Falcon!) along the route to Adelaide and includes a … Read more

Hello Birding-Aus members, My husband and I are having a clear-out before moving back to Canberra and have a selection of Australian birding, wildlife and natural history books available for sale. All books are second-hand and in good or excellent condition. Available titles: Australian High Country Owls – Jerry Olsen HANZAB Volume 1: Ratites to … Read more

Hi folks Just back from 8 days in Kakadu, Litchfield and Katherine Gorge. Not a birding trip; holiday with non-birding family, but did some birding in the margins. Saw a decent number of larger birds, but was struck by how few small insectivores I saw: zero thornbills, robins, fairywrens. Now its true that I was … Read more