Passing call

Mid-morning a new call passed through here (SEQ 500m), VERY quiet– oh oh-oh-o Short & soft but solid, descending.

Any ideas?

Judith

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Hug

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immature grey butcherbird

hunting in the misty Sydney rain from my inner west hills hoist at 7.30 am

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Fork-tailed Swifts

On the Newell Highway 75 kms before Goondiwindi on 19th February – a flock of at least 60 low over the road and very high in the clouds in the company of a similar size flock of white- browned wood swallows. Difficult to count from a moving car- but stretching about 1 km along the . . . → Read More: Fork-tailed Swifts

Books to give away Sydney inner west

Hi everyone

I have a couple of books to give to someone who can collect them.

Australian birds of prey : the biology and ecology of raptors by Penny Olsen 1995

Flight of the emu : a hundred years of Australian ornithology by Libby Robin 2001

Please email me directly.

Chris

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Langkwai Guide

Dear Traveling Birders, If your vacations should bring you to Malaysia and especially Langkawi, I can recommend a bird guide. I had a very successful morning on Mt Raya with Wendy Chin. Wendy has lived on the island for many years and has become very knowledgible about the localties to find resident and migratory birds. . . . → Read More: Langkwai Guide

Fork-tailed Swifts

For swift watchers:

100+ Fork-tailed Swifts over the Stuart Highway just north of Acacia (Sth of Darwin) this morning in the clear sky of the current monsoon pause

Cheers

Andrew

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RFI: Qld bird rich caravan parks

Dear Aus Birders,

I’m a birder from The Netherlands. Back in 2006/2007 my partner and I lived in Melbourne and I became part of the Australian birding community (birding-aus / Birds Australia). Next year July/August 2017 we will return to Oz with our two boys to show them ‘our’ country. We will meet & greet . . . → Read More: RFI: Qld bird rich caravan parks

Cocos Keeling Trip

Hi all,

Finally got around to writing up some details about our mega-fest Cocos Keeling/Christmas Island trip last December with the extraordinary Richard Baxter and Birding Tours Australia. Here’s the first part just to get you started: www.bigdipbirding.com/cocos-keeling—part-1-2016.html. Once again, I can recommend these trips enough – please visit www.birdingtours.com.au for more details.

All the . . . → Read More: Cocos Keeling Trip

Gilgit

Hi All Son Danny and I visited Gilgit in December 1977 or 1978. We were driving from Tehran to India but they wouldn’t allow our car in because we had been given the wrong papers for it. So we had what turned out to be an excellent holiday in Pakistan. We flew to Gilgit from . . . → Read More: Gilgit