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G’day bird enthusiasts I just censused 8 WTNT over Blackburn South. They were feeding, and slowly moving to the NNW, so could be around Doncaster about now. Have a look and let me know if you see any – or put them in Birdata or eBird. They are rare over Melbourne these days and this . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails in Melbourne Just a quick message An observation on the Nth Island is…there seems to be a LOT of Swamp Harrier in the countryside…more than I see in Australia…it’s like THE only Bird of prey I’ve seen so far…at least 4 just today..weird Also…is there any way of seeing Yellow-eyed penguin without doing a tour in Sth . . . → Read More: Nth Island birds You can be certain that if Rio Tinto is not transparent about its Red Goshawk intervention then they will be killing at least some of them. What could possibly induce the Queensland Government to hand this project to Rio Tinto itself rather than giving it to independent researchers.? Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus . . . → Read More: Red Goshawk research Hi all, I've just returned from a two week trip with Birding Tours Australia, led by the inimitable Richard Baxter. We had an awesome trip, with highlight species such as Chestnut-winged Cuckoo, Siberian Thrush and Blue Rock Thrush. For anyone that's interested, I've detailed our time on Cocos into a series of day reports. . . . → Read More: Cocos Keeling – Trip Reports Was (? Is) there an English birder who called in an owl which flew in and removed one of his eyeballs ? Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org I am happy to stand corrected here and there are some real specialists in the field (Bilney, Mott, Olsen et al) but on the 20+pairs of POWLs in the Georges River studied for around five years and a couple in the southern tablelands and Illawarra, prey capture was by the feet. The talons . . . → Read More: Powerful Owls Hi all I don’t normally post my swift sightings (and send them all to Mike Tarburton at the end of the season in a spreadsheet) but yesterday (15 Dec – approx 7pm), just as my bit of northern Sydney (North Turramurra) was recovering from 2 rather violent storm cells and I was outside tidying . . . → Read More: Swifts pair flying and calling – northern Sydney 15 Dec 2018 I was surprised to learn that the endangered Red Goshawk is being netted and tagged during its nesting season on Cape York, and that the Queensland Government has handed over responsibility for the controversial project to mining giant Rio Tinto. More here: https://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com/2018/12/endangered-red-goshawks-netted-and.html Greg Roberts friarbird.roberts@gmail.com Blog: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gregbirdo Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregrobertsqld Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshinecoastbirds/ . . . → Read More: Red Goshawks caught and netted during nesting season Can anyone direct me to a website that focuses on reporting rare and unusual bird sightings in Australia? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ray K Tucson, AZ We are extremely grateful to all of you who have given us so much information. I wish now, as Philip Veerman has done, that we had taken photos and left the carcass of the possum – we didn’t even think of it. We have noted more than 70 birds on our property, but if we . . . → Read More: Who is the killer? |
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