Hi all I'm planning on going looking for Princess Parrots in late Sept with a small number of birders and we can take 1-2 more. It'll be a week-long camping trip and you need to be reasonably fit and healthy. Please contact me by email or phone if you're interested. cheers, Peter 0409 763172
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One of the highlights of a birding expedition last Saturday across Fogg Dam causeway, just south of Darwin, NT, was seeing an Australian Hobby on the ground in one of the dirt parking areas. As I was driving between stops rather than walking the length of the causeway (because of the crocodile warnings), . . . → Read More: Hobby eating gravel Hi folks Find I’m not using my scope much since I got superzoom camera and may as well on-sell to someone who can make use of it. It is a Celestron Regal M2 80ED. Angled mount and 20-60x zoom eyepiece. Nice scope, barely used, still with original box / packaging, soft stay on case . . . → Read More: Angled scope for sale All I have some Kowa optics for sale if anyones interested. All were purchased new from Japan less than 4 weeks ago from Kowa dealer. All items come with original box/packaging/documentation and purchase invoice/receipt. – Kowa TSN-883 Spotting Scope with TE-11WZ 25-60x eyepiece + stay on case https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/192944440904?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 – Kowa Genesis 8×22 binoculars + hard . . . → Read More: Kowa Optics for sale Morning Rob Could the first be an immature Yellow-plumed Honeyeater and the second juvenile Gilbert's Whistler? Geoff G’day avid bird watchers. I have just completed adding all of the last seasons WTNT sightings to my database and so are ready to start working on the season’s statistics. So if you have any sightings please let me have them pretty soon. Many thanks to all those who have already sent their sightings to . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletail Sightings Hi All. Going through some old photos and think I may have mis-identified these two birds. Have the first as immature Grey-headed Honeyeater and second as immature Red-lored Whistler. Both taken at Nombinnie NR, NSW. Could someone please confirm, or correct? TAI. Rob Quinan . . . → Read More: Bird ID Hi Paul, Mike, Thanks for your input to the discussion. I feel more confident Birdata is the most logical/useful place to enter standardised survey data with the intention of furthering bird conservation. Looking forward to the interface updates! If anyone is interested in the paper Paul mentioned, the full version is available for free . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 68, Issue 7 Firstly thank you Jack for submitting standardised surveys into birdata. It really does help BirdLife Australia run State of Birds reports and indices which inform bird conservation priorities and decisions: birdlife.org.au/documents/SOAB-2015.pdf birdata and eBird are complementary in a country with such a large land mass and low population density, except for our cities. You . . . → Read More: eBird or Birdata (Jack Worcester) Hi Jack eBird is in some ways more user friendly but Birdata is the national bird database and entering bird survey data conforming with birdata methodologies is the scientific way to go. The data can then be used in a variety of ways by Birdlife Australia (our national birding organisaation) for research i.e. compilation of . . . → Read More: eBird vs Birdata |
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