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With the Fruit-dove records in Victoria, it appears they are mostly in autumn/winter and are therefore probably some form of post breeding dispersal? Alternatively while hanging out in a fig tree up the coast they may have been talked into a road trip down south by a fast talking Spangled Drongo… Sydney often appears to … Read more
Hi folks, Jack has put his latest trip report on Wildairies for our recent quick trip out to where there were a couple of possible Night Parrot sightings of late. Details are contained in Jack’s report available here. http://aussiebirding.wildiaries.com/trips/10242 Elegant Parrots were seen at the spot but it is ,of course, possible that a bit … Read more
Thought this may be of interest to Birding Aus readers. Alan Begin forwarded message: From: MaldivesOrnithological society Date: 29 June 2010 3:38:46 PM AEST To: orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com Subject: [OB] National bird ringing programmes to be start up Dear All We the Maldives Ornithological Society would like to conduct a National Bird Ringing Programme on sea birds … Read more
Hi everybody – we’re hoping you can help with our Aus planning; it’s our first trip for birding purposes so entirely green! In November we are leaving New Zealand for an extended birding holiday in Australia; we plan to be there for approximately 4 months, maybe a little longer. We fly initially to Cairns in … Read more
After some consultation, Danny Rogers has identified a White-winged Black Tern that I saw and photographed at Melbourne’s Eastern Treatment Plant near Carrum, Victoria, on Sunday 27 June, (that’s right, what is normally a summer visitor in the middle of our winter), as a juvenile probably no more than 2-3 months old. This means that … Read more