Now here’s comforting news! Cane toads have hit Sydney for the first time. http://fb.me/FsBFgixo Regards Alan ******************************************************************************* Alan McBride, MBO. Photojournalist | Writer | Traveller | + Member: Australian Photographic Society International Travel Writers & Photographers Alliance National Association of Independent Writers & Editors American Writers & Artists Inc. Travelwriters . com Regional Representative Australia: … Read more

Forest & Bird eAlert Many of us who regularly visit NZ were horrified to think that mining could occur in NZ national parks. A successful petition and lobbying from around the world appears to have stopped this possibility (for now at least). As an aside, for anyone interested in NZ’s wildlife, Forest and Bird is … Read more

Hi – The Indonesian Ornithological Union recently published Volume 14 of Kukila (Table of Contents below). If anyone has notes or papers that they wish to publish, based on visits to Indonesia (new island records, breeding records etc), please send to Richard Noske. Thanks, Colin Trainor >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Overseas copies Kukila is available from the Editorial … Read more

An unusual sighting for this time of year, a Red Bellied Pitta seen on 14 July 2010 whilst spot lighting at about 10pm at the last rainforest stretch on the way to the Chilli Beach / Portland Roads intersection.  Excellent views were had and a few photos taken before it flew off into the bush.  … Read more

Hi all, all this talking about Melithreptus got me intrigued – and I am reading alot about them. There are no photos of Black-headed, White-naped (western/chloropsis), or Golden-backed (M. gularis ssp. laetior) on wikipedia, so if anyone has some ‘off-cuts’ or other photos they are happy to donate under a Creative Commons licence, I’d be … Read more