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Lat -29,4335 Long 153,3632 7 Dec 2107 1000 hr Large flock flying South over Yamba Pilot Station. Large flock broke into smaller flocks. About 100-200m altitude. At least several 100 birds. Geoff Ryan 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: White-throated Needletails Lat -29,430874 Long 153,335866 (home in Yamba NSW) 6 Dec 2017 0800-0840 Feeding flock circling at treetop to much higher. Maximum of about 20 birds visible at any one time. Geoff Ryan 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: White-throated Needletails For list members information. More than 20 years ago I purchased a ‘Pelican’ brand case from an Adelaide Shop…originally to store the camera gear but then to store and carry around the scope..see the link (SeaOptics Adelaide) for the current models of these great cases (check under Medium cases). www.seaoptics.com.au/products/medium-cases Sealed, dust and shock proof . . . → Read More: Protecting scope & binoculars Hi Martin, You should have been driving a Toyota. Cheers 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 Recently I have been indulged with Swarovski scope, binoculars, tripod. So good. Wondering how people transport and protect these treasures. Need something that will cope with camping, dust, corrugations. Have had trouble finding a solution, so looking for recommendations please. 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: Protecting scope and binoculars Greetings from Montana and Arizona in the US. I am a retired wildlife biologist and I am requesting help with your birds in the Bendigo/ Heathcote areas. I will be arriving the afternoon of Jan 30th and have all day on the 31st. Birds of the box-ironbark habitats interest me: honeyeaters, wrens, robins, etc. I . . . → Read More: Older gentleman birder from USA requests help in Bendigo/Heathcote area Hello all This is just a ‘heads up’ that we still have 5 unfilled places available on the pelagic trip out of Sydney on December 9th. There have been a lot of interesting sightings over the past few months off the east coast of Australia and it could be an interesting trip. See the website . . . → Read More: Sydney Pelagic – Saturday 9th December – VACANCIES Hi folks. For those who may have missed the news, Trey Mitchell passed away suddenly in mid Nov. Trey was the webmaster for the BirdaDay website. I’m sure that the many Aussies who have participated in the yearly BirdaDay will miss him and mourn his passing. I have not heard any news as to whether . . . → Read More: Trey Mitchell Mitchell Plateau charter for Black Grasswren 6 June 2018 As per previous years, including the successful 2017 excursion, Australian Ornithological Services will run a one-day charter to the Mitchell Plateau at the end of our 2018 Top End tour. It involves fixed-wing to the Mitchell Plateau airstrip and then helicopters to the campground. The plane . . . → Read More: Mitchell Plateau charter for Black Grasswren 6 June 2018 advertisement Recently Pew Charitable Trusts and NT Natural Resource Management ran a forum on gamba grass on which I was a panel member. According to Garry Cook, a CSIRO research scientist at the forum, gamba grass is out of control, meaning that ‘Balanda grass’ as Bininj (Aboriginal) rangers call it, may well realise its potential to . . . → Read More: update on gamba grass threat |
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