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Correction to this: for Sooty Shearwaters read Sooty Oystercatchers. Sorry. “Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:32:17 +1000 From: “Greg Roberts” Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fairy prion on sunshine coast To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” During a two-hour sea-watch yesterday from Pt Arkwright on the Sunshine Coast, I saw 1 Fairy Prion close in, 6+ Fluttering Shearwaters and … Read more
Trip report, outback South Australia & Queensland July 5 – 19, 2010 Hi Birding-Aus Birdos I have just returned from an incredible two weeks in outback South Oz and Queensland with my twitcher son Tait. We started in Adelaide in my faithful old Paj, up the Birdsville Track, then on to Mt Isa, across to … Read more
Yesterday had just a whiff of spring about it here on the northern plains of Victoria. And sure enough this morning my first migrant for the season passing through, a Fairy Martin ( I definately dont see them here in the winter, unlike the Tree Martins which hang around). Not quite as exciting as seeing … Read more
During a two-hour sea-watch yesterday from Pt Arkwright on the Sunshine Coast, I saw 1 Fairy Prion close in, 6+ Fluttering Shearwaters and 2 fly-by Sooty Shearwaters. Too far offshore to identify were 3-4 prions, fair numbers of Hutton’s-Fluttering-type shearwaters and an albatross. Greg Roberts =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: … Read more
Hi, Alan Collins and John Graff very kindly provided specific information about the bird, its location and images. We’ve put these up on Bird-O Online at http://birdo.wildiaries.com/trips/10261. Happy birding! Simon Mustoe. > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:41:16 +0800 > To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au; birdswa@iinet.net.au > From: foconnor@iinet.net.au > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Northern Pintail at Erskine Lakes WA … Read more