Bellingen Birding (Frances Martin 14th April)

Frances, Walking along the riverside across the bridge from Bellingen is generally good. Further afield, downstream, I can recommend the Bundageree Littoral Rainforest Walk, 3 hrs return from Tucker’s Rock via Repton (near the Bellinger mouth) in Bongil Bongil National Park. Much of the walk is in logged tall Eucalypt forest with a regenerating . . . → Read More: Bellingen Birding (Frances Martin 14th April)

Eaglehawk Neck pelagic trip report 23 March 2019

Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Trip Report – 23rd March 2019

Participants:

Joe Bates, Helen Cunningham, Michael Dempsey, Karen Dick, Scott Linnane, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski (report compiler), Andi Magnusson, Ian McDivett, Will Newbery, Ramit Singal, Peter Vaughan and Els Wakefield (trip organiser).

Boat:

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Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic trip report 7 April 2019

Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Trip Report – 7th April 2019

Participants:

Ruth Brozek, Daniel Dance, Karen Dick, Paul Fraser, Steve Grainger, Winnie Grainger, Sara Grealy, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski (report compiler), Andi Magnusson, David Neradil, Peter Vaughan and Els Wakefield. (Paul Brooks, the trip organiser, was unable to . . . → Read More: Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic trip report 7 April 2019

Interesting article

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2019/04/14/cassowary-kills-florida-owner/

Bellingen visit

I will be visiting Bellingen, NSW for a week at the end of April – are there any suggested birding sites, especially bush birds.

Thanks, Frances Martin

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WTNT monitoring

I would like to support Martin in his accolade of Michael Tarburton's work with swifts in Australia. Sadly his work has highlighted the decline of WTNT. However, without this monitoring there could be no support for the efforts to reverse this trend. Geoff Ryan

Free bird prints (Advertisement)

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There are 73 Australian birds (12 parrots by William Cooper, 24 Goulds, 26 by T. Lindsey, 7 by Julie D and . . . → Read More: Free bird prints (Advertisement)

Final WTNT counts please.

The White-throated Needletail’s are ending their visit to Australia (at least one has reached Vietnam, & two have reached China). I have received or located only 9 sightings for April, so this is a reminder to please get your latest sightings to me so I can add them and those from the Atlas and then . . . → Read More: Final WTNT counts please.

‘Birds in Our Lives’ Art Festival on King Island – On-line catalogue

Hello fellow bird lovers,

As you all know, there are very few funds available for the conservation of our birds these days, so on King Island we are running an arts festival to raise funds for bird conservation here. The theme is Birds in Our Lives and all works have a connection to birds in . . . → Read More: ‘Birds in Our Lives’ Art Festival on King Island – On-line catalogue

Re Field Guide for Vanuatu

Hi Wendy,

We used The Birds of the Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia by Doughty, Day and Plant for New Caledonia and found that very good.  Easy to pick out which species were in play from the maps.  Many of the species are restricted to just some of the islands.  We haven’t . . . → Read More: Re Field Guide for Vanuatu