Simon Mustoe stated in his recent posting on this chat-line and on his website that the recovery team is planning on removing half the population of OBPs to captivity this year. This statement is wrong and unhelpful and I ask that it be removed from Bird-O. An accurate description of the Action Plan endorsed by … Read more

I thought so, too. Fantastic reading. Cheers, Merrilyn Chris Charles wrote: > Dull? > This is the most inspiring trip report of 2010, and there have been > some very good ones. > > What makes a good trip report? > Probably plenty of birds to report is a really good start – tick. > … Read more

I was looking over the dam at a local property today, and saw what I first thought were swallows. However, a few things made me wonder: First, they were flocking — there was a good 15-25 birds together. I don’t recall seeing swallows in those numbers before. Second, they were up higher than what I’m … Read more

Hi All, By some miracle, my employer has agreed to let me assist one of our surveyors on a job in the Gulf Country between Burketown and Kowanyama possibly as soon as next weekend. It will be a working-trip so my birding opportunities will be severely limited but if anyone has info, sites, species (and … Read more

This morning at the Sewage Ponds, 4 Gull-billed Terns flew overhead and circled a couple of times before flying low and westward out of sight. 2 adults and 2 juveniles. Chris Watson Alice Springs =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) … Read more