Melbourne sparrows

Am briefly in downtown Melbourne, outside the Town Hall, and amazed at the number of House Sparrows.

None in Sydney or Brisbane .

What has Melbourne got that they don’t ?

Cheers. Michael

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Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 64, Issue 5

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Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 64, Issue 6

I am recently settled in Melbourne so don't write with much experience. I think loss of insects (due to pesticides and light pollution) plays a role, but am not sure how big. What is very striking to me is how few small bushbirds there are in the suburb we live in – Bundoora. Our smallest . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 64, Issue 6

FW: Natural Images – latest posts on the Red Goshawks trapping in Cape York

The promise of a report from DES { Department of Environmental Science } after their meeting in January has not yet been made public and I am not sure if it took place or has been delayed, they may think if we keep quite this might all go away. I can assure you . . . → Read More: FW: Natural Images – latest posts on the Red Goshawks trapping in Cape York

Australian Swiftlets in NSW

On Saturday 2nd February at 5.15 Eastern Summer Time between Goonengerry and Repentance Creek, north-eastern N.S.W., I looked vertically and saw about 100 Australian Swiftlets fly overhead about 30 metres above the ground, on a ridge with a mixture of orchard and pasture and adjoining slopes and gullies with regrowth rainforest. This appears to have . . . → Read More: Australian Swiftlets in NSW

White-throated needletail

Hello

This is a message more specifically for Mike Tarburton for his records

About 8-10 WTNT’s (not many) were seen this morning flying above the road that leads towards Tyalgum/ out of Murwillumbah NSW

About 1Km from the Hare Krishna Community turn off

Kirri 😀

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2019 Sydney pelagic dates

Hi All,

The dates for pelagic trips running out of Sydney during 2019 are below.

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Ponant Cruises

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Northern Sydney Request for information

Greetings,

I have a friend visiting northern Sydney next month for a few days who would like to know of some productive birding sites. She likes to photograph the birds.

Thanks in advance for any help I can pass on.

Alan Gillanders

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