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Hi birders, There are spots available on the Birds Australia pelagic out of Portland this coming Sunday, 2nd October. Over the years spring pelagics have yielded some interesting birds and with the wild weather we’ve had over the last few days, who knows what we may see on Sunday. The weather forecast for Sunday is … Read more

Well done Gary! A great effort! Sent from my iPhone On 31/08/2011, at 10:24 PM, “Gary Oliver” wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Just to let everyone know that today was the last day of my 12 month > challenge to photograph as many wild Australian birds as I could. The > previous … Read more

Hi birding-aussers, Some sad news – well respected Malaysian birder and photographer Choo Tse Chien passed away yesterday. I’m sorry, but I have no further details of his passing. The funeral will be held at 2pm on Sunday, Aug 28th at the Wesley Methodist Church, Burma Rd, Penang, Malaysia. Whilst I never met Chien personally, … Read more

Have just received an UNCONFIRMED report of an Australian Bustard at Tarneit in Victoria. Two unknown observers saw the bird near the corner of Tarneit Rd and Leakes Rd in Tarneit (just north of Hoppers Crossing) on 11th August – last Thursday. They reported the sighting to Mick Smith at Serendip Sanctuary today, because they … Read more

Hi birding-aussers, Since Ruth and I completed our “VicTwitch” Big Year in Victoria last year, I am interested in the history of Big Years in Australia. I can’t find that much information – presumably because Big Years are not pursued particularly vigorously in Australia. Here is what I have: Australian Records: ????: 535 Species: John … Read more