Alan Gillanders

As emails seem to be getting hung up somewhere, I’ve resent this one so I don’t get into trouble for being slow in reporting. I should also have added that last night we had at least four and possibly as many as seven Grass Owls at the junction of Tinaroo Falls Road and Favier Road … Read more

Greetings, This morning at the end of Harper Drive, Yungaburra,there was a grey bird which walked like a Motacilla wagtail and flew like a wagtail. It was very plain and the bill looked a little long to me. I did not see it wag its tail. the bird was first spotted sitting on a small … Read more

This evening we saw at lest three different Grass Owls between Atherton and Kairi on the Atherton Tablelands. One at least was an adult female from what I have read. Lesser Sooty Owls at Thomas Road near Yungaburra. Two birds churring to each other, one seen over road. Regards, Alan Alan’s Wildlife Tours 2 Mather … Read more

Greetings, Yesterday there were two Swifts with a Flock of about 55 WTNT and 20 Australian Swiftlets for which I did not get a positive ID, but were most likely House Swifts. I cannot think what else they could be as the size was intermediate between the other two species, on turning the tail was … Read more

Greetings, Following on from two recent threads: Carl wrote, “Personally, I would ban the keeping of all exotic bird species, but, unfortunately, that would be impossible.” That might be impossible but it should not be impossible to prevent the importation of more species or other forms of species which are already a problem. A list … Read more