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I did a driving trip to and round Tasmania over the year end. Thanks to the advice and assistance provided by John and Shirley Tongue I was well informed and did some interesting birding. As the Spirit of Tasmania runs day time crossings between Melbourne and Devonport during the summer school holidays, I was able . . . → Read More: Tasmanian Trip Report (Contains OBP References) Except it wasn’t all that wet. We had just a couple of light showers apart from a bucketing on the Arnhem Highway. Very hot and steamy of course. It seems a lot of birds make themselves scarce at this time of year. We saw 2 Radjah Shelduck up a tree but no other ducks at . . . → Read More: Trip report – Darwin in the wet . . . → Read More: North QLD, East QLD, NSW Trip Report I’m not totally sure of this one, but there was what was either a juvenile Blackbird or a Song Thrush in Treasury Gradens this afternoon, up near the vehicle entrance to the government precinct. The light crescent around the face was clear, but I’m not sure precisely. Anyone else there? Bill Birding-Aus mailing list . . . → Read More: Maybe a Song Thrush, Treasyry Gardens, Melbourne One Kelp Gull at the Brooms Head lagoon, northern NSW. First record here for us. iPhone photos did not get the red dot on the bottom of the bill. Up to 200 WTNT at 8am this morning. Peter and Bev Morgan The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is. eiπ + . . . → Read More: Kelp Gull and WTNT 17 Jan I know a few people have noted the Emu in the first episode of Vikings series 5 but can anyone confirm for me the Eastern Rosella that appeared briefly in cameo in series 4? Just out of interest. Cheers Gary > On 16 Jan. 2017, at 4:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > port (Judith L-A) . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 39, Issue 17 Morning all, I have a new in box/unused Swarovski EL 10×42 binoculars for sale. Model no is 34110 (2015 model). It comes with Swarovision coatings, ED glass, and field flatteners. The only difference between this pair and current version is the generic neck strap attachment that these come with – Swarovski now use proprietary . . . → Read More: For Sale: Swarovski EL 10×42 Swarovision binoculars Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Michael Hunter < drmhunter@westnet.com.au> > Date: 16 January 2017 6:49:43 am AEDT > To: “jangles14@optusnet.com.au” < jangles14@optusnet.com.au> > Cc: drmhunter@westnet.com.au > Subject: Optics > > Try googling ” binoculars San Francisco.” > Unfortunately prices in currency adjusted terms are about the same. > On top of . . . → Read More: Fwd: Optics I was in Venus Bay, South Australia a few days ago and had little trouble locating ‘Chuckles’ (the Laughing Gull that has been there for several months now). There have been continuing reports re Chuckles on Facebook but not much on birding-aus. However, the purpose of this posting is to ask if anyone has an . . . → Read More: Chuckles and Pacific Gulls Some months ago the idea of a week birding in western NSW seemed like a good idea. A warm but pleasant amble down the Lachlan with the caravan brought us to Forbes and three booked nights at the CP. Now closer followers of ancient rituals and weather forecasts would already have noted some red flags. . . . → Read More: Hot birding down the Lachlan |
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