Hi everybody – we’re hoping you can help with our Aus planning; it’s our first trip for birding purposes so entirely green! In November we are leaving New Zealand for an extended birding holiday in Australia; we plan to be there for approximately 4 months, maybe a little longer. We fly initially to Cairns in … Read more

After some consultation, Danny Rogers has identified a White-winged Black Tern that I saw and photographed at Melbourne’s Eastern Treatment Plant near Carrum, Victoria, on Sunday 27 June, (that’s right, what is normally a summer visitor in the middle of our winter), as a juvenile probably no more than 2-3 months old. This means that … Read more

26th June 2010, SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Report prepared by: P.J. Milburn. Departed: 07:15 returned at 16:00. Sea conditions: NW to 0.5m at first rising to SE 2.0m in the afternoon. Swell: NE 1.0 to 1.5m prior to the southerly change. Weather: Cloudy at first but clearing around midday. Temperature range: 14.9 to … Read more

Forgot to mention that the Coopers Creek punt on the Birdsville track doesn’t take trailers / camper trailers / caravans etc, only single vehicles. cheers Peter =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================

Paul, some further information for you. a. East Gippsland BOC Members of the East Gippsland Bird Observation and Conservation would be worth talking to as fruit-doves turn almost regularly now in that part of the state and I know many of the bird sightings from this area are not reported to Birdline though most are … Read more