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The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, October 31, 2016 to Sunday, November 6, 2016: Area: SA Location: Black Point, Y.P. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) Just the one Godwit seen at the sandspit area of Black Point on the evening high tide, but it was of interest . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest I concur with Roger’s daughter. I spent nearly three weeks wandering around the NW Slopes, Macquarie Marshes, Coonabarabran to Dubbo area this month and there are large numbers of waterbirds and their predators everywhere. As one metric between Narromine and Warren there was about one Pacific Heron every few kilometres. This was more of the . . . → Read More: Waterbirds out west We still have two spots on this trip. Cost is $130 per head and includes a BBQ lunch with coffee/tea etc. If you want a spot please contact Stuart Hull at the the e-mail listed above. Thanks, Colin. 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: Pelagic from Port MacDonnell on 27 November Does anyone have a small photo of a koala that I could use? It’s to accompany the award of a koala stamp given by Phillip Adams of Late Night Live. Thanks Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 043 8650 835 PhD candidate, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW. Founding Member: Ecotourism . . . → Read More: off topic: photo of a koala Six WTNTs were observed late this afternoon lazily drifting overhead the property in the space of 5 minutes from 5.10pm this afternoon (-27 14′ S / 152 47′ E). They came from a southerly direction and drifted off to the east – it was a slow, unhurried fly-over and the birds appeared as individuals and . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails over Kobble Creek, SEQ I was at Phillip Island last week and there were several Swamp Harriers there. Lots of water all along the Hume highway (I did the return trip from Canberra to Melbourne) and almost no ducks and few other water birds but more than the usual number of raptors (Black & Whistling Kites, Brown Goshawks, Kestrels . . . → Read More: What’s happened at Lake Galletly, Gatton? Hi All, It is with a very sad heart that I inform you that another great birder, of our Australian bird watching community, Wallie Coles has passed away. Wallie was a stalwart of the Ballarat Branch of the BOCA for many decades but has suffered from ill health for a few years now. My condolences . . . → Read More: Vale Wallie Coles What’s particularly interesting at the Western Treatment Plant is that not only have tens of thousands of ducks left for greener inland pastures (not a single Grey Teal or Pink-eared Duck seen last Monday – often present in thousands – and almost everything else seen in ones and twos other than Black Duck and Chestnut . . . → Read More: What’s happened at Lake Galletly, Gatton? Dear Pelagic Birders, The BirdLife Victoria web site (see link below) now has the details of boat trips from Portland in 2017 and Tim Bawden is now taking bookings for the first six months of next year. If you want a spot (or spots), please follow the instructions there to make a booking. Please note: . . . → Read More: BirdLife Victoria Portland Pelagic Trips in the first half of 2017 Visited the site today for the first time in a couple of months – and had good birds including Osprey and Phalarope. But many areas are closed – Austin road has been closed for several months as a result of weather conditions, the road between the Beach Rd entrance and the bird hide is closed . . . → Read More: Access to WTP Werribee |
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