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Hi birders I hope the photo in the link is visible to the general public. Yambuk Beach, SW Victoria. c.1981. Large flock of Sanderling. … … #sanderling #yambuk #pentaxmx #pentax50mmf1_7 #kodachrome64 #ozbirds #birds #shorebirds #waders #ozwildlife #birdlifeaustralia #birdlifeaus #calidrisalba #bird . . . → Read More: Sanderling numbers in SW Victoria I thought readers might find this New York Times article of interest on a Common Meganser hen with 76 duckings following her on a lake in Minnesota. www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/science/merganser-ducklings-photo.html Dean Cutten Victor Harbor, SA 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 . . . → Read More: 1 Hen, 76 Ducklings: What’s the Deal With This Picture? Dear List, Going through our bird lists, this is the last bird from Australia we have not been able to identify. jpolak.org/unknown/yellowspottedgraceful.jpg It is either a Yellow-spotted Honeyeater or a Graceful honeyeater. We saw it in March on the Jindalba walk in Cape Tribulation (just north of the Daintree ferry). It was moving around a . . . → Read More: last id – yellow spotted or graceful Hi James, Things are pretty parched here at the moment so well short of the best birding it can be. Rocky is probably best known for its freshwater wetlands and the water levels are all down a bit which usually means good birding where there is water … but despite that, bird numbers are down . . . → Read More: Subject: Rockhampton – QLD Hi all, Going to be in Rockhampton for a few days work this coming weekend/early next week. Wondering if anyone has some recommended sites for good birding in the area? Have no particular targets, just would be nice to hang out with the QLD birds we don’t get to appreciate as much whilst in Melbourne. . . . → Read More: Rockhampton – QLD I’m going to be visiting Brisbane in a couple of weeks time, and a friend of mine (who lives in Laidley Heights near Gatton) and I want to catch up and do some birding together. Can anyone recommend a site to the west of Brisbane within about a 90 minute drive? Thanks Wendy Cayless Birding-Aus . . . → Read More: Suggested sites for Birding west of Brisbane A query from a birding friend. Anyone able to help please? Quote: Steph and I returned from a trip into Queensland a very short while ago and I came back perplexed about a bird (two actually – some kilometers apart) near Longreach. I thought I had found a new species until I recognised the pattern . . . → Read More: bright orange Red-capped Robin Trip to Copperback & Nullarbor Quail-thrush, Naretha Bluebonnet, Whipbird, Grasswren – ADVERTISEMENTHi all There is still space to join me in September on a trip out of Adelaide to find Copperback & Nullarbor Quail-thrush, Naretha Bluebonnet, the newly split White-bellied Whipbird, “Spotted” Scrubwren, Western Grasswren & many other goodies! Details here: www.bellbirdtours.com/tours/new-western-splits-specialties/ Or email me for further info. cheers, Peter Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change . . . → Read More: Trip to Copperback & Nullarbor Quail-thrush, Naretha Bluebonnet, Whipbird, Grasswren – ADVERTISEMENT OK I’ll have a go. Whilst I am not sure I would know what is intended by the term or how to identify a Pekin duck as distinct from just a white farm-type Mallard, I find from the internet: www.roysfarm.com/pekin-duck/ “Pekin duck is an old dual purpose duck breed. It was originated in China and . . . → Read More: Fwd: Ducks |
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