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After my last request for advice proved so productive, I am seeking more, and more ambitious. I soon will go to NW Victoria to seek the Regent Parrot specifically, but many other new or rarely seen birds. I plan to centre on Ouyen/Mildura, but will go anywhere advice suggests. It may not be a good . . . → Read More: NW Vic Has the bird reported from North Victoria disappeared or have those observing it not reported on eBird? Or have Australia Post picked up on the “letter”part of the name and imposed a charge for looking at the bird? Martin Butterfield franmart.blogspot.com.au/ 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: Letter-winged Kite One of a group of otherwise black-backed magpies in the garden yesterday had a white back extending down to the rump,which was black. It was a young bird, it’s white feathers still speckled grey, but overall an attractive pattern. Even though only partial, white-backs not seen here before, last seen by me south of . . . → Read More: White-backed magpie in Mulgoa. We are staying in the caravan park at Portarlington on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, while we are between permanent homes. This morning, as I was making breakfast, I was watching several birds foraging on the recently vacated sites near our camp. A Little Raven found something that looked a bit like half a sausage. It . . . → Read More: Little Raven behaviour Populations of Eastern Grass Owl and other rare species on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast are being threatened by the residential subdivision of sugarcane farms, which supposedly is not permitted under state and local government regulations. More here: sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/caneland-subdivisions-blow-to-rare.html Greg Roberts friarbird.roberts@gmail.com sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ 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: Caneland Subdivisions Threaten Rare Birds The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, May 1, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017: Area: SA Location: Middleton Beach Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) (6) Birds were feeding on washed up sea grass Reported by: Winston Syson on Thursday, May 4, 2017 ——————————————— Date: Sunday, April 30, 2017 . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest Gooday BA If possible can someone please send a contact email address for a birding person in Paris to take a couple out birding for a day around Paris. Thanks Greg Little 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: Paris birding ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Dr Lawrie Conole < lconole@gmail.com> Date: 27 April 2017 at 21:16 Subject: Latham’s Snipe arrived in Sakhalin (Russian Far East) on 24/4/2017 To: b.hansen@federation.edu.au, birding-aus@birding-aus.org.au From Pavel Ktitorov in Sakhalin. First Latham’s Snipe arrived back in Sakhalin (Russian Far East) three days ago. Sakhalin is just north of Hokkaido in . . . → Read More: Fwd: Latham’s Snipe arrived in Sakhalin (Russian Far East) on 24/4/2017 My wife and I will be in the Cairns/Yorkeys Knob area early in May and would like to know if there have been any recent sightings of Rufous owls in that area. Also any other ideas for good places to find some of the birds of that region. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks…. Colin . . . → Read More: Cairns information request I picked my copy up from BirdLife Western Australia when they arrived yesterday (BWA sells it at $40 plus postage if you can’t pick it up from the office). It is certainly a great book, and you can see the amount of detail they have gone to. I like the text that is next to . . . → Read More: The Australian Bird Guide |
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