Hi Mike,   More sightings from a week in the northern Torres Strait:   20 February at 10.06am – 3 White-throated Needletails at the Saibai Cemetery heading east   20 February at 12.40pm – a mixed flock of approximately 110 birds, roughly 40 Pacific Swifts and 70 Uniform Swiftlets, heading west over the trees on … Read more

At 1.30 p.m. on Monday 24 February a Black-breasted Buzzard was seen circling Chiltern No 2 dam for several minutes before disappearing to the south. Seen by Ken Haines and Sue Taylor. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

Hi all, There has been an explosion in the numbers of Australian Ravens around our place on the Woronora River at Como, south Sydney this year. I’ve lived here for 20 years and there has always been a small population in the area, but in the last year the numbers seem to have increased dramatically. … Read more

Good news from Queensland. The Sunshine Coast Council has agreed to protect a 90-hectare wetland as a nature reserve. The West Coolum Wetland, home to several interesting and scarce bird species, had been zoned for sporting development. The decision follows the earlier environmental victory that was the acquisition and restoration of the nearby Yandina Creek … Read more

Worth a read.  https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/21/europe/frozen-bird-ice-age-scli-intl-scn/index.html Warm regards, Charles Hunter