RFI OLIVE WHISTLER

I am visiting Canberra in mid-April for a few days and wondering whether any local birder can recommend a site / sites for Olive Whistler. Thanks Andrew Wood

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latest iteration of Nikkor lens

Could someone who is up in these things give me a clue what to search for. For the past decade or so I have been using a Nikon V1 body and 1 Nikkor VR70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 lens. This is not a SLR set up but a sort of system that mimics an SLR at a . . . → Read More: latest iteration of Nikkor lens

Swift sighting 29 March 2021

Gooday Michael and birders,

Homestead Waterhole Prince of Wales Is. Coordinates 10 37 36 S 142 11 31 E

29 March 2021 15.00 Very high 6 Swifts sni. By the time I got my glasses the birds were out of view and were heading in Northerly direction. Strong SE breeze and . . . → Read More: Swift sighting 29 March 2021

Turquoise Parrot

Thanks everyone for this ID. My daughter said she could get close enough to to get a photo on a phone so suspects it may be an aviary escapee. I’ve not been lucky enough to see one yet. A beautiful bird indeed.

Chris Melrose

Chris Melrose Mobile: 0407705140

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Re Out of range Turquoise Parrot. ,    Think  1   escapee   (Think 2  blow in during recent cyclonic weather.)            Cheers                   Michael 

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Mysterious parrot

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Hi All My daughter saw this gorgeous little parrot on her lawn in Mooloolah Valley, Sunshine Coast. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks Christine

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Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, March 29, 2021 to Sunday, April 4, 2021:

Area: SA

Location: Murray Mouth Hindmarsh Island

Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (1) A single bird was foraging on the shoreline is land side

Reported by: Winston Syson on Monday, March 29, 2021

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Canon 500mm series 1 F4 IS USM lens

Hi all… I have my Canon 500mm F4 IS USM series 1 lens for sale…

I’m selling simply coz it’s just too heavy for my girly arms, even though I’ve used it many times and the images are still top quality… I’m looking to save up for the 500mm series 2 version which is a . . . → Read More: Canon 500mm series 1 F4 IS USM lens

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 89, Issue 8

Highly likely to be martins – lots of hirundines on the move at the moment. On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 at 3:00 am, <birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org> wrote:

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