I received a forwarded copy of the following email. It may be of interest to conservation minded birders in the region. Details are available at www.glossyblack.org.au Regards, Laurie. Dear Glossy Black-Cockatoo enthusiasts was National Threatened Species Day which is held on 7 September each year to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian tiger in … Read more

Hi Folks, I refer to a post I made in March this year concerning rainfall in the SEQ region in Feb. Noting that the last time we had this amount of rain was in 1956 – the same year the Murray flooded. (see below) Peter Fuller correctly pointed out that the ’56 flood was from … Read more

First Dollarbird at Basin Rd, Samsonvale, SE Qld yesterday, Eastern Koel calling behind our property (Kobble Creek, SE Qld) today (09/09/2010). Tom

Hi Steve, The best thing for you to do is to check the Vicroads website for road conditions. You will quickly find the link to the flood information and which roads are cut. Most of the rivers here in northern Vic flow from south to north, off the ranges and downhill/inland towards the Murray river. … Read more

Sites are always a problem when insuffient info posted. This has come up so many times on birding-aus over the years. Problem exists on many Eremaea Bird weekly reports making the information useless to all except, maybe locals. In this case it did mention Gold Coast, so there was a clue. Its up to each … Read more