kevin bartram I’ve seen them a few times at Tinderbox too. I might go there on Sunday because I’m not on that pelagic, just the Saturday.-Kev > From: kevlobotomi@hotmail.com > To: n.haass1@uq.edu.au; birding-aus@birding-aus.org > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:55:59 +1000 > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] RFI: Swamp Quail (Tassie Brown Quail) > > Hey NIkolas > I’ve … Read more
Hey NIkolas I’ve seen them a few times by the side of the main road to Port Arthur. I’ll let you know if I see one this weekend. I think I saw a Long-tailed Mouse hop across the road to Fortescue Bay about a year ago as well.-Kevin Bartram > From: n.haass1@uq.edu.au > To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org … Read more
Hi Nathan & everyone In January between the 4th & 7th of 1982, a group of us, including Chris Corben, David Eades, Anita Smyth, & I discovered several Little (now Australian Little or Black-backed) Bitterns at Kunanurra, Lily Creek Lagoon. There were quite a few birds in the reeds there, & they were very active, … Read more
Hi Tom Yes, I’ve seen Masked Owls on posts, twice. Once south of Eden in southern NSW. It was on a post as we drove by, we stopped thinking it was a boobook or something, it’s upperparts were so dark, then when we stopped & looked back, it turned it’s head revealing it as a … Read more
Hi all Many of our corvine-related passerines are quite different in the way they attain adult plumage as compared to things like finches, swallows etc. Golden Whistler actually takes years to attain full, adult male plumage. Juveniles undergo a quick partial moult into the orange-winged first immature plumage soon after leaving the nest, this is … Read more
