I am reading with interest the discussion on the Myiagra flycatcher seen by Tom Tarrant in Darwin. This immediately rang a bell with me, as it matched very well a bird I saw in Timber Creek on 14 September 2000 during a long birding holiday from UK. My notes made at the time were brief, … Read more

Birds Queensland has found itself in a spot of bother over moves by its president, Mike West, to rehabilitate the controversial Queensland naturalist, John Young. Mike has boasted in a letter to one Birds Queensland member that the group under his leadership had “left the door open” for John because other birding groups had shunned … Read more

An afternoon’s birding on the Sunshine Coast kicked off with a Brown Booby offshore from Port Arkwright among the numerous Australasian Gannets. A few Wedge-tailed and Fluttering Shearwaters were also about. A pair of Beach Stone-Curlews showed well at the mouth of the Noosa River, where they have been easy to see on the north … Read more

Hi all, Quick note on the highlights of this weekend’s Wollongong pelagics run by SOSSA: Yesterday, Saturday, 28 August: A WHITE-HEADED PETREL. Today, Sunday, 29 August: A NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS. And of course many of the expected avian and mammalian pelagic species. Cheers, Nikolas

Three artists’ response to the idea of flight is now showing at Brightspace Gallery, 8 Martin Street, St Kilda, Ph 9593 9366, email bright@brightspace.com.au from 26 August to 5 September. Contributors include Sarah Watt, animator, writer and director of the feature film Look Both Ways. Watt participated in the beautiful interactive online documentary about the … Read more