RFI Darwin, Saturday 15 June

I shall be in Darwin next week for work, staying until the morning of Sunday 16 June, but it turns out that the friend and colleague who could have shown me around the local area on Saturday 15 June will now be in Queensland then.

 

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ID if possible

The classic little brown bird! How about an immature Jacky Winter? Geoff

queries about NZ

Wondering if someone can help me with these queries. I am thinking of going to NZ in October, flying in to Wellington, then taking the ferry to the South Island, for the pelagic birds, then picking up a car and driving round down the west coast to the Mt Cook area to see the glaciers, . . . → Read More: queries about NZ

ID help if possible

Hi all, Just back from Gluepot Reserve and photographed this bird (late May 2019) at the Sitella Campsite.  Attached are three lo-res photos?  Any ideas? The color is true to nature.

 

Thanks

 

David in Blackheath.

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Southern Fulmar off Sydney Heads

Had fantastic views of a Southern Fulmar from North Head Manly on the 1st of June it's 18 years ago since my last sighting off Sydney Cheers michael.

Steiner Binoculars

Hi all, I have a pair of Steiner SkyHawk 3.0 10×42 binoculars for sale. Recently serviced and barely used since I upgraded to Zeiss. All caps, covers, straps included. Case also included. Perfect condition.  Happy to post them also. Looking for $500

James . . . → Read More: Steiner Binoculars

Pelagic trip reports Eaglehawk Neck 18th and 19th May 2019

Budgerigars en masse

Hello Birders, I am hoping members of Birding Aus might be able to help me with some recollections of budgerigar massing. Some years ago the late Terry Pacey offered this group a vignette about seeing budgerigars so thick on power lines east of Dalby in the 50s or 60s that they stretched the wires almost . . . → Read More: Budgerigars en masse

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, May 20, 2019 to Sunday, May 26, 2019:

Area: SA

Location: Lake McIntyre Millicent

Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (400+) Birds were roosting all around the edges of the lake along with Chestnut Teal and Black Duck.

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Norfolk Is Birding pal

Will be on Norfolk Is in July when Margaret Christian is not doing her Birding Walks. Will have car and am wondering if there is someone on Norfolk or a visitor at that time who might like to come birding with me on the mornings of Mon 22nd and /or Wed 24th July. I haven't . . . → Read More: Norfolk Is Birding pal