Hi all,
Just found a Brush Turkey in my garden at Como on the Woronora River, South of Sydney this afternoon.
I had no idea they had got this far South.
Paul
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Chris, As old fashioned twitchers but not photographers, and having criss-crossed Oz over fifty years, have never had trouble seeing Spinifex birds. Just walk slowly, stand or sit very still when you hear them and they will jump up to have a look. Usually in pairs. Taking a pic might be another story, they . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 80, Issue 2 That is part of the notes in “The Australian Bird Guide”, and is my experience of them. But while they do hide a lot they also inquisitive to people as this one is. I’ve updated my website Arare Litus so you may not be able to post answers until I can get it sorted. Comments are . . . → Read More: Locally Common But Difficult To See Finally spring in Tromsø Spring came late this year. Last year the last snow in our garden disappeared on 20 May; now, on 1 June, there are still a few piles left. Also the birches greened almost 10 days later than last year, although the migrant birds mostly arrived on schedule (Don’t take the . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus Hi all
Snapped this this morning and assume it is a brown thornbill. Near the HQ of the Blue Mountains National Park in Blackheath. Reminds me, however, of the Chestnut rumped thornbill which I suspect does not occur up here but further west on the palins.
Thanks . . . → Read More: ID confirmation please Tromsø in winter, birding in the dark, part 2 5. Bulk feeders. In this category the grouse are most important. Willow Grouse and Ptarmigan feed on willow buds and shoots, Black grouse on birch, and the large Capercaillie (more an inland bird here) on pine needles. We have few woodpeckers here, but some winters . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus Since a few days, we have got back he midnight sun again in Tromsø, N. Norway, where I have lived since 1973. But spring is late this year: our garden is still 3/4 snow-covered, the birches are still bare and I have not yet heard the Willow Warbler, our most numerous song bird. As . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Angus Innes <angus_innes@hotmail.com> Date: 21 May 2020 at 20:35:56 BST To: Birding Aus <birding-aus@vicnet.net.au>, "wim.vader@uit.no" <wim.vader@uit.no>, "birding-aus@birding-aus.org" <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: Birding Aus letter – Redwing song dialects Dear WimAll I shared your interesting e-mail to Birding Aus with a friend of mine, Dr Ernest Garcia (a distinguished ornithologist and . . . → Read More: Fwd: Birding Aus letter – Redwing song dialects On a number of occasions I have seen 10 parrot species in the North East corner of Cumberland State Forest in Castle Hill.
The list for parrots in that location is as follows :
Galah Long-billed Corella Little Corella Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Rainbow Lorikeet . . . → Read More: 10 Parrots Dear Rob, The strawberry story and its corollary with other fruit and veg is one of the worst things I have ever heard, and along with the Council’s unconscionable brushing it under the table is depressing to say the least. Where I am in Isolation on the Central Coast at present my IPhone . . . → Read More: Pesticides |
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