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There was a Cockatiel calling from a pine in the Harrison Reserve opposite Kew High School (in Melbourne) this morning. I assume it’s an escapee. Bill 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 I am just back from a very successful Sunbird trip to Gujarat in western India. This state sports a completely flat landscape, mostly agricultural, with cotton and Ricinus the most important crops. There were, however, also many fields that were recently harvested and now plowed and made ready for the next crop. The area is . . . → Read More: peaceful coexistence, an Indian snapshot Has anyone else noticed that the latest volume of the Emu is full on non-Australian papers? Is there a shortage of Australian papers to be published? Bruce Robertson. 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 There are still a few spots available on the last Sydney pelagic trip for the year on Saturday 10 December. It looks like it will be a great day on the water. If you would like to book, please send me an e-mail. All details can be found on sydneypelagics.info Cheers, Greg McLachlan Birding-Aus mailing . . . → Read More: Sydney Pelagic on Saturday 10 December 2016 Hi all, The trip report from the Port Stephens pelagic (NSW) on the 27th November 2016 has been posted on the SOSSA website. www.sossa-international.org/forum/content.php?806-Sunday-27th-November-2016-Port-Stephens-NSW-Australia CheersMick 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 The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, December 5, 2016 to Sunday, December 11, 2016: Area: SA Location: Thompson Beach Dublin Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (100+) Birds were feeding in a flooded Saltpan and Samphire at the Northern end of the beach. Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (1) Birds . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest > Ooooops My mistake, I didn’t have my glasses with me. It’s Willie Wagtail. Malcolm > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 22:15:38 +1100 > From: Peter Shute < pshute@nuw.org.au> > To: Malcolm Brown < seawish@aapt.net.au> > Cc: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org” < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Bird list from The Meadows (Advertisement) > Message-ID: . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 38, Issue 2 Good afternoon all Another busy year here at Darwin River, is coming to a close. In our efforts to conserve wildlife habitat on our property we’ve successfully controlled both Gamba and Mission Grass. Rats-tail Grass and a couple of other weeds are a work in progress including one vigorous herb, a sticky Stylosanthes, that I . . . → Read More: from the Top End: birds, award, Bo Beolens, avitourism research Following is a bird list from a small wetlands surrounded by Tangled Lignum nearby the Terrick Terrick NP. Water is drawing down so it doesn’t have long to last. The Birdquicklist App was used to compile and share the list. The Meadows 1. Crested Pigeon 2. Australian Pipit 3. White-winged Fairy-wren 4. Little Grassbird 5. . . . → Read More: Bird list from The Meadows (Advertisement) On Wednesday 30 Nov I was turning into Old Northern Rd from Hill St at Baulkham Hills when I saw two Fork-tailed swifts wheeling only a few metres overhead. I looked further and between Baulkham Hills and Castle Hill counted at least 20 birds, circling in front of clouds, their distance above the ground becoming . . . → Read More: Fork-tailed Swifts |
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