By Birding-Aus, on October 20th, 2020 The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, October 19, 2020 to Sunday, October 25, 2020:
Area: SA
Location: Barrage Goolwa
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) (1) single bird in water dept land behind barrage
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (60) birds were feeding with other shorebirds near the second pull . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest
By Birding-Aus, on October 19th, 2020
By Birding-Aus, on October 19th, 2020
By Birding-Aus, on October 19th, 2020
By Birding-Aus, on October 19th, 2020 Hi all,
A friend of mine just told me the following occurred on Castle Cove Golf Course in Sydney:
“Walking on golf course. Thought they were mating but one bird had the other by the neck and was slamming it on the ground (like they kill snakes) took 10 mins for the victim to . . . → Read More: Killer kookaburra (NSW)
By Birding-Aus, on October 19th, 2020 Hi All, For those wishing to enter the NSW Twitchathon this year (being run by BIGNET), or if you want to get behind one of the teams, please see details on the website: www.twitch24nsw.org/ Rules and other details are found here.
The fundraising target is $20,000 for the Origma Enigma, a bushfire relief effort . . . → Read More: NSW Twitchathon information
By Birding-Aus, on October 19th, 2020 Dear Fellow Birders,
So, a few people asked me to write out my comments on the book “All the Birds of the World” Edited by del Hoyo and published by Lynx. Here they are:
Wow, it’s a huge book! The customs receipt lists it as 5kg. Also, it is very well-packaged in a pretty much . . . → Read More: All The Birds of the World: Review
By Birding-Aus, on October 18th, 2020
From: Wim Vader <wjm.vader@gmail.com> Sent: tirsdag 13. oktober 2020 17:04 To: Willem Jan Marinus Vader <wim.vader@uit.no> Cc: Riet Keuchenius <mmkeuchenius@gmail.com>; Jan Willem Vader <jw.vader@chello.nl>; Lena de Vries <lenajee@ziggo.nl>; Anja Kroodsma <anja.kroodsma@xs4all.nl> Subject: New birds in The Netherlands
‘New ‘ birds in The Netherlands
. . . → Read More: FW: New birds in The Netherlands
By Birding-Aus, on October 18th, 2020 Hi all saw my first swifts of the spring/summer today at Central Coast Wetlands, Tuggerah, NSW. Approx 100 birds at peak, although unless I can actually count individually, I think that’s conservative – all WT Needletails that I could see. It was a large group of birds that moved back and forth over the . . . → Read More: Swift Signting – 18 Oct 2020
By Birding-Aus, on October 18th, 2020 Can someone please update me on what if any regulations cover photography at Golden Bowerbird bowers? We currently have someone who has set up a blind with flash devices near a bower, and I seem to recall that this is not permitted? If we see a passing ranger we will ask him what the situation . . . → Read More: Golden Bowerbird bower query
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