Advert: Tabar, Tagula and the Louisiades trip

Might I please get it a plug for a propooed special one-off dive boat trip next April -May 2017:

11 day trip, starting in Kavieng then doing Tabar Is, Beck’s Petrel site, Rossel Is, Tagula Is and then Normandy/Fergusson. The boat people are up for it and have helped us with the fuel as they . . . → Read More: Advert: Tabar, Tagula and the Louisiades trip

Great Barrier Reef Terns – October 2016

Last week I photographed numerous Terns from the Marine World platform on the outer reef. As well as Bridled, Crested Terns and Common Noddy’s I found other birds in non-breeding plumage that I could not identify. I also suspected that some of the terns were Sooty. I posted some photos to Bird Forum but as . . . → Read More: Great Barrier Reef Terns – October 2016

Black falcon on the Gold Coast

Hi All, I’ll understand if many of you don’t quite believe me, but some may be interested to know that I had very good views of a black falcon flying over Robina Town Centre on the Gold Coast this afternoon. It’s the first time I’ve seen one within about 700km of this place. Wes Tolhurst . . . → Read More: Black falcon on the Gold Coast

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Hello is there an app for identifying bird calls by recording the sound – Tks in advance – Linda

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Edithvale Wetlands bird hide has reopened

The Edithvale Wetlands bird hide (suburban Melbourne) re-opened in August. The hide is open from 13:00 to 17:00 on Sunday afternoons.

Water levels are high, so there aren’t that many species present. That should change as the swamp dries up and exposes some mud.

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RFI

Dear all,

In 4 days time I will be passing through Brisbane and I would like to try to see the black-backed bittern which has been reported at Sandy camp road wetlands recently. Now I was hoping that anybody could provide me with recent information concerning the precise location of this bird without the wetlands, . . . → Read More: RFI

ADVERTISEMENT: Annual Conference of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Australian Museum, Sydney, 5 November 2016

Hi All,

This forum may be of interest to some people on Birding-aus. It will feature talks on migratory waders and birds of the Cumberland Plain, as well as long-term studies of other animal groups. You don’t need to be a member of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW to attend. Hope to see some . . . → Read More: ADVERTISEMENT: Annual Conference of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Australian Museum, Sydney, 5 November 2016

Xenia Dennet?

I found a message to Birding Aus purporting to be from this person in my spam filter this morning. Anyone know if she is kosher?

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off topic: photo of a koala

Thanks all for your photos. I have enough now!

Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 043 8650 835

PhD candidate, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.

Founding Member: Ecotourism Australia Nominated by Earthfoot for Condé Nast’s International Ecotourism Award, 2004. Liaison Officer, NT Field Naturalists’ Club

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Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 36, Issue 23

Well done Chris, great effort. Hope to see you and Rosemary outback somewhere, sometime. Xenia

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