John Weigel

Hi folks, I’ve been in contact with the skipper of the ‘La-Golandrina’, a re-fitted cray-boat (see www.lagolcharters.com.au) re a three-day pelagic trip out of Kettering. The aim is to spend considerable time at and beyond the shelf, hopefully getting out as close to the licenced limits of the vessel – 100 nautical miles as sea … Read more

Thanks for the timely suggestions, particularly to Lindsay Popple, who suggested Chinaman Creek Dam at Cloncurry, having seen large numbers in mid-August. I’m happy to report that the Pix are still on the job there, though seemingly in much less apparent numbers. This is a perfect example of how helpful Birding Aus can be. Thanks … Read more

Hi folks, My increasingly bogie-ish challenge to find is Pictorella Mannikin, which I’ve missed once this year in Gulf country and twice in NT/WA. I don’t have any other outstanding northern breeding species, and down to only a half-dozen breeding species continent-wide. For a bird that was so underfoot two years ago, I’m at a … Read more

Sorry about that folks. In communal email exchanges about the sighting of three Northern Pintails at Hastings Swamp last week, and frustration about learning of it only now, I failed to notice that the birding aus address had been added to the participants’ list. Glad I didn’t use any of the usual expletives!. Hopefully Alan … Read more

Guys, we owe it to lots of guys to get that on report onto birdline. Who will do that? John John Weigel AM Australian Reptile Park PO 737 Gosford NSW 2250 (02) 4340 1022 jweigel@reptilepark.com.au www.reptilepark.com.au www.devilark.com.au Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org