*28^th August 2010* SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Report prepared by: Lindsay E. Smith. *Departed: *07:15 returned at 15:25. *Sea conditions:* 3.0 – 5m easing later in the day *Swell:* South to 3.0m inshore increasing to 4 m beyond the continental shelf decreasing during the day. *Weather*: Scattered cloud during the morning. Clearing, later … Read more

I’ve noticed a definite increase in YTBCs around my house, I hear em nearly every day, whereas before I was going months between sights. I think I read in the Birds of Whilloughby that they are more are winter visitors (absent from Dec-Jan) But I only started to notice them from about a fortnight before … Read more

Recently Marie posted a message reporting a Square-tailed Kite acting suspiciously close to our home near Brisbane. This morning I was just about to commence a bird-walk when I heard the Noisy Miners ‘alarming’ and spotted a SQT Kite ‘quartering’ around our trees. Eventually it flew across Watson Rd to an area where Marie had … Read more

This evening I saw an Eastern Grass Owl near my home at Ninderry on the Sunshine Coast. This is the same site where I first found the species 10 months ago, and while I did not get the chance to check over winter, it is nice that they are still in the area. The bird … Read more

Dear all To my surprise and a bit of chagrin yesterday, I discovered there is a White-faced Heron nest in a tall gum in the garden beyond the lane behind my house, with two well developed grey fluffy chicks. Why had I not seen this before? I had noticed the herons settling in the trees … Read more