During a two-hour sea-watch yesterday from Pt Arkwright on the Sunshine Coast, I saw 1 Fairy Prion close in, 6+ Fluttering Shearwaters and 2 fly-by Sooty Shearwaters. Too far offshore to identify were 3-4 prions, fair numbers of Hutton’s-Fluttering-type shearwaters and an albatross. Greg Roberts =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: … Read more

Hi, Alan Collins and John Graff very kindly provided specific information about the bird, its location and images. We’ve put these up on Bird-O Online at http://birdo.wildiaries.com/trips/10261. Happy birding! Simon Mustoe. > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:41:16 +0800 > To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au; birdswa@iinet.net.au > From: foconnor@iinet.net.au > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Northern Pintail at Erskine Lakes WA … Read more

B***er the sarcasm I was going to write (“That’s wonderful….”)! SA should be ashamed to forget all the work of those greenies in mounting the first Australian Urban Biodiversity conference in Adelaide (1998?). And ashamed not to line up with other states in removing from the wild some easily contained (unless they are allowed to … Read more

Good Evening All I have sent Dr Richard Noske an email asking him about the proposed trip to PNG later this year and received an automatic reply saying that he was away till the 4th of July has anyone else heard from Richard or is he still away? Regards Geoff Jones =============================== To unsubscribe from … Read more

Hi all I have recently returned from a short family holiday at Coffs Harbour, which involved opportunities for some birding around the rest of the family activities. Highlights from our 5 night stay were: – a pair of Black Shouldered Kites and their 2 big, fledged young, seen every day from the balcony of our … Read more