John Weigel If any members of the secret society of Melbourne birders gets an update this morning on possible House Crow as per Birdline unconfirmed report, would appreciate a call as soon as possible, so as to detour today’s trip from Sydney to Hobart (impending weekend Eaglehawk tick-fest) through Australia’s second best city. 0414883166 Thanks! John Weigel … Read more
Hi Chris and Jenny, The 20 – 27 October Ashmore trip will be aboard the Flying Fish V – the vessel that has made the trip in all recent ventures besides this April. It isn’t as big as the vessel used in April, but is a wonderfully comfortable ride all the same, well appointed with … Read more
Brendan, The North American chicken run sounds like a terrific project. In the mean time please give us a report on your Alaskan birding trip. Re BBBQ at Inskip, although I stand by the apparent shrinkage of the area at the well-known site being ‘plateletised’, what a difference time-of-day makes: the birds are much easier … Read more
David, I’ve sent you a small file image. If anyone else wishes to see it, would you mind if they contact you for a forwarding of the image? I’m still on the never-ending birding trip, with two birds to go before end of June to make my targeted ‘half-year’ species list of 700. I will … Read more
Hi David I photographed one on Crab Ck Rd 1km before Broome Bird Observatory. George Swan later told me it is predominant form in the region. John W To: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org” Subject: “blue ‘ Brown Quail From: David Richardson Hi everyone, Just enquireing if anyone on list has encountered the “blue ‘ form of Brown Quail … Read more
