By paul, on March 25th, 2018 Hi all,
Ruth and I are heading to New Zealand on Tuesday. I have a business meeting in Hamilton (south of Auckland) on Wednesday – and, since we’re so close to Easter, I thought we’d make a bit of a mini-break about it.
Apart from sampling the culinary treats of the North Island, and the . . . → Read More: RFI New Zealand (North Island)
By Birding-Aus, on March 25th, 2018 Gday All
I am hoping to plot where outback nomadic birds are moving due to recent rains. Often the best outback winter birding can be found after a prolonged drought is broken by substantial autumn rains. Wondering if anyone has noticed local irruptions occurring in areas from around Camooweal, Mt Isa, Cloncurry, Longreach, Windorah, Boulia . . . → Read More: RFI Recent outback nomadic bird movements
By Birding-Aus, on March 24th, 2018 Gday all With recent drought breaking rains across outback Qld, I am hoping to find areas where nomadic birds are responding as we speak. Usually the best response follows after severe drought so am wondering if irruptions are occurring anywhere the rains have fallen but particularly in areas from around Camooweal, Mt Isa, Cloncurry Longreach . . . → Read More: RFI Recent bird irruptions in outback Australia.
By Birding-Aus, on March 24th, 2018 An American friend (living in Rome) noticed this in The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/climate/australia-feathers.html
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By Mike Jarvis, on March 23rd, 2018 Hello fellow Aussie birders,
We have seats left on our Kakadu Nature’s Way Tour running in June 13-17, 2018. This is a great opportunity to experience Kakadu, Pine Creek and Litchfield National Park at a leisurely pace. There is a good chance of seeing many of the Kakadu endemic species plus most of the Top . . . → Read More: ADVERTISEMENT – Kakadu Nature’s Way Tour June 13-17
By Birding-Aus, on March 22nd, 2018 My first sighting ever just before 7pm. It was being chased out of the neighbourhood by the magpie. (Sydney inner-west’s Cooks River valley.)
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By Birding-Aus, on March 22nd, 2018 Mike and others,
Over 20 white-thoated needletails circulating overheaTuesday 6th. March, 2018
Dick Turner
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By Birding-Aus, on March 22nd, 2018 Hi
I would agree with Joshua, re Cloudbirders being a valuable resource, however, I would also remind people of Surfbirds and their trip report archive.
I have noted that most of the trip reports on Cloudbirder are from tour companies and don’t provide a huge amount of detail regarding individual, hard-to-get species – for obvious . . . → Read More: Trip Report websites
By Birding-Aus, on March 22nd, 2018 Dear List,
Weeks ago I asked the list about some tips for Northern Queensland. We just came back from that trip and it was pretty awesome!
Thanks all for your tips. We followed up on as many of them as we could, though we couldn’t follow all of them.
Major Highlights: Bustard, Wompoo Fruit Dove, . . . → Read More: queensland Trip Summary
By Birding-Aus, on March 22nd, 2018 Hi all
There is one space available to join our Great Northern (Grasswren) tour in August, the birding trip of a lifetime. We’ll traverse the northern part of Australia in the same plane we used during our 2016 Great Grasswren tour. Visiting iconic birding destinations such as the Red Centre, Uluru, Mt Isa, the Pilbara, . . . → Read More: Great Northern (Grasswren) tour – 1 seat left (ADVERTISEMENT)
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