By Birding-Aus, on August 18th, 2020 The bird is a yellow South African Bishop I think. Possibly remnant of a cony of escapees that was once living somewhere along the Hawksbury and lower Murray, but not to my knowledge reported for years. Came to me at 2.00 am.
Michael
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By Birding-Aus, on August 18th, 2020
By Birding-Aus, on August 17th, 2020 Hi Martin, I always found around Sydney that Latham’s arrived after first full moon in August. Interested to hear of Sydney arrivals now. Best Alan
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By Birding-Aus, on August 17th, 2020 Hello all…
Yesterday, my partner Sally Sheldon and I came across 2 separate groups of Latham’s Snipe in the Cairns region – this represents a relatively early arrival up here for this species. Flock numbers were a minimum of 4 birds in one near Port Douglas, and the other was a min . . . → Read More: Latham’s Snipe arrival
By Birding-Aus, on August 16th, 2020 I'd like to contact Rob Reed regarding Rob's ebird report of the Star Finches roosting around Karumba and offer to assist anyone interested in finding the birds. Catherine Hirsch and I are currently located in Karumba until tomorrow if anyone can pass this onto Rob or provide his contact details by PM. Thanks if . . . → Read More: Trying to contact Rob Reed
By Birding-Aus, on August 15th, 2020 Just forwarding a post I received yesterday with a nice cartoon about conservation advances on the Forty-spotted Pardalote.
Thought you might enjoy The First Dog on the Moon’s cartoon today – Click on the first box below.
———- Forwarded message ——— From: The Guardian <info@editorial.theguardian.com> . . . → Read More: Forty-spotted Pardalote The best of Guardian Opinion Australia
By Birding-Aus, on August 13th, 2020 Background: We’ve had a Brush-turkey mound in our SE QLD backyard since just after Christmas last year – very late in the season, but Spring was very hot and dry. The usual mass movements of leaf litter etc. occurred, but you get that living on the fringe.
In the last week of so, . . . → Read More: Brush-turkey legalities
By seashore, on August 12th, 2020 During the winter months of 2013 there was an irruption of Black Kites in the Pilbara. The usual kites seen along the Pilbara coast are Whistling, Brahminy and Black-shouldered. Black Kites are usually few in number but in mid-2013 they arrived on mass and congregated at the Karratha landfill site. They joined in with Little . . . → Read More: Irruption of Black Kites in 2013
By Birding-Aus, on August 7th, 2020 Dear All, It goes without saying that anyone exposed to its effects in the field, knows that Global Warming is very real. The naysayers, mostly motivated by economics, politics or just complete denial of the evidence like the rapid rise in CO2 levels paralleling human activity, ie ignorance, claim that it is a natural cycle . . . → Read More: Global Warming
By seashore, on August 6th, 2020 I don’t know how many Great Egrets you have seen at one time in one place but on two recent trips to Thompson’s Beach north of Adelaide in South Australia I’ve seen over 100 on each occasion. The details are on my blog: https://www.ararelitus.com/birds-1 I’d appreciate any information on large sitings as my experience . . . → Read More: A Siege of Great Egrets
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