It's all about the birds
Somehow 150,000 adult and 200,000 juvenile banded stilt have blended into the background! To date there have been very few sightings of Banded Stilt since the breeding event at Lake Torrens in May/June. Since my last posting, the following observations have been received: 24th Aug – Laura Bay, 20km south of Ceduna – abt 50 … Read more
Hi, does anyone have Sue Shepherd’s (Artemis Station) e-mail or phone contact? Thanks, Nikolas
*29^th August 2010* SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Report prepared by: Lindsay E. Smith. *Departed: *07:15 returned at 15:25. *Sea conditions:* 2.0 – 3m easing later in the day *Swell:* South to 3.0m inshore increasing to 4 m beyond the continental shelf decreasing during the day to 1.5m inshore in the afternoon. *Weather:* Scattered … Read more
*28^th August 2010* SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Report prepared by: Lindsay E. Smith. *Departed: *07:15 returned at 15:25. *Sea conditions:* 3.0 – 5m easing later in the day *Swell:* South to 3.0m inshore increasing to 4 m beyond the continental shelf decreasing during the day. *Weather*: Scattered cloud during the morning. Clearing, later … Read more
I’ve noticed a definite increase in YTBCs around my house, I hear em nearly every day, whereas before I was going months between sights. I think I read in the Birds of Whilloughby that they are more are winter visitors (absent from Dec-Jan) But I only started to notice them from about a fortnight before … Read more