By Birding-Aus, on January 19th, 2018 valley in Sydney’s inner west in pre-contact times would have had an ecosystem that I’m still unable to imagine its sublime beauty. Last week a small dark pointy winged raptor brought prey into a clump of large woody weeds. Pied Currawong announced its presence. Noisy Miners confirmed. Then all fell silent. Because it had its . . . → Read More: Cooks River
By malarus5, on January 19th, 2018 Gooday, Observed 9 Ft Swifts at the Homestead waterhole 17 Jan. 2018. We are experiencing a late Wet Season and the creek is not running. At 17.45 hours a cool front came through and 3 birds were sighted this was followed by a further 6 birds, very scattered group at various heights moving in a . . . → Read More: Fork-tailed Swifts at Prince of Wales Is. Qld.
By Birding-Aus, on January 19th, 2018 Hi guys,
I wrote an article about the merging of photography and birding, and what it means to be birder now. I used questionnaires for 230 birders to do this, and I analysed the results after also talking o a few participants with a please explain. The article mentions new types of trips for the . . . → Read More: Are birders having an identity crisis
By Birding-Aus, on January 19th, 2018 Hi All, We were wondering if anyone could recommend a bird guide for Japan in May. We were wanting one just for a day or so in Tokyo or Kyoto. It will be our first trip to Japan so any tips / advise would be most welcome! Many thanks, Lindy Damoulakis
Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org . . . → Read More: Japan Birding in May
By Birding-Aus, on January 18th, 2018 Hey ? Just had to share Currently the figs are plentiful at my back door in Murwillumbah NSW, with Channel-billed cuckoos feasting on them each day…along with Fig birds and fruit bats (at night only)
The surprise came today though I’ve been hearing a call like a Black- faced cuckoo shrike near my back door . . . → Read More: Barred-cuckoo shrike
By Birding-Aus, on January 18th, 2018 < waanders.peter@gmail.com> To: Birding Aus < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fishing Ospreys? Message-ID: < CAJvDjS8syv-WL+hHKHJabNDpgYhAkouALa7QjtHXKdtDi6XUnQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”UTF-8″
Dear all I have been contacted by an overseas visitor who wants to take photos of fishing Ospreys. There’s none in my local patch so here’s hoping the collective knowledge of birding-aus can point him into the right . . . → Read More: Fishing Ospreys
By Birding-Aus, on January 17th, 2018 Hi Everyone,
Wow, a big thanks to all the fellow birders who responded to my RFI for South Africa.
I’ll digest the information overnight and get back to some with a few follow up questions, if I may.
To me, this shows the great value of the birding-aus forum.
I’ll repay in kind with trip . . . → Read More: BIG THANKS re RFI South Africa
By Birding-Aus, on January 17th, 2018 Dear all I have been contacted by an overseas visitor who wants to take photos of fishing Ospreys. There’s none in my local patch so here’s hoping the collective knowledge of birding-aus can point him into the right direction. Any help appreciated, thanks in advance! cheers Peter
Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or . . . → Read More: Fishing Ospreys?
By Birding-Aus, on January 17th, 2018 Hi guys,
Iain here from Tropical Birding Tours. We have a couple looking for a bird guide out of Melbourne in March for about a week. If any guides out there are interested in the gig can they please contact Claudia, the lady, directly at claudia@cbkotchka.com
Cheers, Iain
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Iain Campbell Tropical Birding Tours . . . → Read More: American visitor needs paid bird guide in Melbourne
By Birding-Aus, on January 16th, 2018 Hi Martin,
On a recent trip we organised a personalised tour through Birding Africa. www.birdingafrica.com Our guide was Dom Rollinson. He found pretty well everything that was likely in the areas of Western Cape Province that we visited. We did a trip up to the Tanqua Karoo as well as east to the town of . . . → Read More: RFI South Africa
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