Swift Parrot (and survey weekend)

That is great Annabel – this is the northernmost record of Swift Parrots on the mainland so far in 2016 (that has been reported to BirdLife anyway). Last year the northernmost report was west of Armidale, yet in 2014 there were birds right up as far north as near Bundaberg. Most Swifty reports in NSW . . . → Read More: Swift Parrot (and survey weekend)

Klaus Uhlenhut

Does anyone know how I might get in touch with Klaus, an old friend?

Thanks. Richard

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Spanish birdo

Hi Perth birdos, I have been asked by a Spanish birder I took out birding in Sydney some months ago if I could find a contact in Perth of a birder who could help a 17 year old Spanish birder who arrived in Perth a couple of days ago and is staying for 12 months. . . . → Read More: Spanish birdo

Swift Parrot

On a Tamworth Birdwatchers outing to Gunnedah last Saturday. We were lucky enough to have a sighting of a Swift Parrot. It was in flowering gums in Black Jack State Forest on the outskirts of town. We were able to watch it for quite a while as it fed quietly in the area, but for . . . → Read More: Swift Parrot

Double-eyed fig parrots

Hi all Just came into service to write this. Have been in Cape York area for the last 4 weeks. 3 days ago I was at Chilli beach and heard a high pitched parrot call and followed the sound and found about 5 or 6 Double-eyed fig parrots sitting in Sheoke trees on the edge . . . → Read More: Double-eyed fig parrots

RFI Kakadu tours/tour guides

Hello All

I am posting this on behalf of an old friend. Two women, a biologist (Eva Jablonka) and a retired biologist, would like to go on a small group birding or more general natural history tour of kakadu. They have in mind something like the dates of 5th and the 9 September, though they . . . → Read More: RFI Kakadu tours/tour guides

RFI Elcho Island

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, August 1, 2016 to Sunday, August 7, 2016:

Area: SA

Location: Black Point, Y.P.

Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (19) 19 Double-banded Plover, mostly in full breeding plumage were standing in the seaweed at the sand spit at high tide. Suddenly a . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

Great Grasswren Air Safari update (ADVERTISEMENT I guess)

Hi all We’re already halfway through our Great Grasswren Air Safari! Never before has anyone attempted to search for all of Australia’s Grasswren species in one tour by private airplane. Here’s a brief update:

Day 6: A pre-dawn departure from Birdsville for the 1-hr flight to Lark Quarry near Winton, central Qld. Main target: Rusty . . . → Read More: Great Grasswren Air Safari update (ADVERTISEMENT I guess)

Red-bellied Pitta splits

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