The bird is a yellow South African Bishop I think. Possibly remnant of a cony of escapees that was once living somewhere along the Hawksbury and lower Murray, but not to my knowledge reported for years. Came to me at 2.00 am. Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or … Read more

Hi Martin,  I always found around Sydney that Latham’s arrived after first full moon in August. Interested to hear of Sydney arrivals now. Best Alan Alan McBride  ·  Photographer ·  Writer ·  Social  Narbonne, Occitanie ∙ France |  Melbourne, Victoria ∙ AustraliaTel: + 61 481 103 322 http://www.linkedin.com/in/alanmcbride  https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanmcbride/ This e-mail and any files transmitted with … Read more

Hello all… Yesterday, my partner Sally Sheldon and I came across 2 separate groups of Latham’s Snipe in the Cairns region – this represents a relatively early arrival up here for this species. Flock numbers were a minimum of 4 birds in one near Port Douglas, and the other was a min of 3 birds … Read more

I'd like to contact Rob Reed regarding Rob's ebird report of the Star Finches roosting around Karumba and offer to assist anyone interested in finding the birds.   Catherine Hirsch and I are currently located in Karumba until tomorrow if anyone can pass this onto Rob or provide his contact details by PM. Thanks if anyone … Read more