I’ve never seen this before. About 20 Topknot pigeons flew over my garden a couple of days ago and now 3 have been in it, looking about. Refugees from the bush fires no doubt. I think its time we actively promoted not only putting water out but also responsible feeding over this unprecedented disaster time. . . . → Read More: Topknot Pigeons in Greenwich, Lane Cove
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Hello birders, Looking through our photos, I found one with interesting contrast between the birds’ eye colors. See the second photo for Chough at this checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61460739 Two birds there, I assume immatures, appear to have dark eyes. The one facing the camera seems to have white eyes, not red. Is that unusual? I have . . . → Read More: Chough eye color Seasons greetings folks. On two occasions last year, I heard the melodic tones of an Eastern Bristlebird calling from the montane heath near one of the summits of Mt Barney [on the McPherson Range in SEQ and one of the best bushwalking locations in Australia]. This was a positive note given the tenuous status of . . . → Read More: The impact of climate change on Bristlebirds Welcome. to the Seniors club Willem, I hear that hearing aids can be a great help although not needing them myself. We lived in Rural Manitoba sometime last century and your post is reminiscent, except cannot recall any birds at all during the windswept winters, a small list of summer migrants including our first . . . → Read More: Fire and Ice Yes, I am still around and living in Northern Norway, although now mainly only lurking on the bird lists and not contributing anymore. My hearing is deteriorating steadily, I am on a waiting list for cataract operations, and I no longer drive my car in winter here. Winter this year has been much ups . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus Canberra today is more smoky than ever, thick, acrid, more than 10x hazardous level. I visited parliament house to get some snaps for the record. This was the scene at the coat of arms above the main entrance. GD
. . . → Read More: Smoky New Year The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, December 30, 2019 to Sunday, January 5, 2020: Area: SA Location: On our Rockleigh property Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) (1) Brown treecreepers disappeared in Dec 2014 (almost 12 months after the bushfire) after having been resident for 6 years. One showed . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest Hi All I was very interested and surprised to see 18 Magpie Geese feeding in a paddock by the intersection of Station Rd and Townsend Rd Moolap just east of Geelong yesterday morning. They then flew to the north edge of Reedy Lake at the end of Station Rd where they were feeding for some . . . → Read More: Magpie Geese Near Geelong Hi All. I’ll be in Hobart on Thursday & Friday this week, the 2/3rd Jan. I’ve done extensive research for my life list but would be more motivated birding in company. Happy to provide transport, morning tea, lunch etc. Please email directly if interested. suedawson4@outlook.com Kind regards, Sue Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list . . . → Read More: Hobart Birding Very exciting to see a light morph South Polar Skua off North Head Manly this morning. Cheers Michael. Sent from my Samsung GALAXY S5 on the Telstra Mobile network |
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