feather

Here's a feather pick dup in Brisbane Botanical Gardens. I can't think what bird has green and yellow feathers (about 4 cm long). cheers

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‘There is kinship between people and all animals. Such is the Law.’ Kimberley lawmen (from Yorro Yorro)

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RFI Eyre Peninsula

We are off to spend two weeks in Ceduna, Streaky Bay, Port Lincoln and Port Pirie and would appreciate an ideas on specific birdwatching spots people have used in that general area. Are there any boat tours which take in pelagic birds?

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Bird watching in Nightcap National Park (NSW): article

Hi all, Please see attached bird watching article I wrote for the Feb 2019 edition of WellBeing Magazine, an Australian publication. The magazine is available from next week in newsagents and Coles. Thank you Gail Bryant for the photo of the Albert’s Lyrebird. Nightcap National Park is a special place. Please contact me if . . . → Read More: Bird watching in Nightcap National Park (NSW): article

Feather

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Feather

I’m guessing this is the feather of a Tawny Frogmouth? It’s about 8cm long. In the SurfCoast Victoria area. Would appreciate confirmation or otherwise. Thanks. Robin

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What is …

… this?– A slow thwocking sound coming from the same patch where a non-birder saw a “frogmouth” on the ground. I’m just south of the sightings-range of Large-tailed Nightjar, & also at altitude. The sound is far slower than online recordings of that species’ “woodchop” call. Any ideas? Judith SEQ 500m

— Judith

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Changes in status of southern Queensland birds

A further discussion about how the status and distribution of birds in south-east Queensland has changed over the 40 years between 1979 and 2019, in some cases markedly. This posts covers boobies to raptors. There are some good news stories: for instance, Radjah Shelduck and Magpie-Goose were thought extinct in the region in 1979; . . . → Read More: Changes in status of southern Queensland birds

Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus

Hi All Can someone please tell me the distribution of the newly split Spotted Scrubwren? Does it occur around Albany, Cheynes Beach, Two People’s Bay? Is there another race in the StirlingRanges or is it the same one? Which race occurs on Kangaroo Island?

Thanks in advance Christine

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Research into the behaviour of juvenile Emperor Penguins

see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190117090441.htm

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Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, January 28, 2019 to Sunday, February 3, 2019:

Area: SA

Location: Bald hill Port Wakefield

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (30) Birds were feeding on the incoming tide.

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (18) feeding in deeper water near to Mangroves

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