Bill Stent

Excellent trip report! On 27 Oct 2025, at 3:21 pm, Russell Woodford <rdwoodford@gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hi everyone I’ve just completed a fabulous tour through the South Australian Outback. It was a commercial tour, run by Bellbird Tours (Peter Waanders, the owner, is a long-term Birding-Aus subscriber). Peter has been running these tours since 2006. There are several … Read more

Yesterday on my commute I spotted a small flock of Yellow-rumped Thornbills. It’s a species I haven’t seen in urban areas for a while. They were on the M80 bike path near Darebin Creek in Thomastown (Melbourne). Has anyone else seen these guys? Are they unusual here or have I just not seen them before? … Read more

Hi brains trust, Bill here My sister is a crossing guard at a primary school in the mornings in Melbourne. She’s just moved to a new crossing, and apparently there’s a very swoopy Magpie there that terrorises the kids in Soring. Swooping season is coming up and my sister was wondering if it might be … Read more

On another tangent, I do kinda miss the old days of moderating the insane conversations on Birding-Aus between Unca Tones And John Gamblin… On 29 Mar 2020, at 10:20 am, Tony Russell <pratincole08@gmail.com> wrote: This may be an interesting curiosity  but in the present circumstances I find it nothing to get too excited about.  OK as … Read more