House Sparrows.

Until recently we were domiciled in Mulgoa Valley, semi-rural with House Sparrows resident and thriving. Until the horse people next door departed, about five years ago, in retrospect it was over the ensuing months that the sparrows disappeared, only one or two briefly passing through.

The decline has been worldwide.

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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

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Ponant Cruises

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