The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, March 28, 2022 to Sunday, April 3, 2022: Area: SA Location: In our garden at St Peters Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) (1) Our spinebill turned up about a week ago, but I didn’t get a good look till just now to … Read more

Hi everyone I collect bird-related stamps (and coins) in a desultory way. I was amused to see that my latest acquisition, a set of NZ maxicards from 2000 of "Threatened Birds" includes: Orange-fronted Parakeet Black Stilt Stewart Island Fernbird Kakapo NI Weka Okarito Kiwi and also includes that well-known NZ bird the Lesser Kestrel. I … Read more

Dear all, I hope you're all looking forward to some long-awaited freedom allowing birding in parts of the country that have been inaccessible over recent years. We have just 1 seat left on our following tours this year: – Top End (Darwin/Kakadu etc), 7 days, dep. 2 July – Chestnut-breasted Whiteface & Grey Honeyeater, 4 … Read more

Hi All I hope this message gets through with attachments. I recently found the remains of a bird in a fairly substantial block of forest south of Moe in Gippsland, VIC. I imagine it was killed or scavenged by an introduced predator – perhaps a fox. I should have added something more to the photograph … Read more

Just thought I would send a note to the group to let non-Canberra people know what has been going on with this species in suburban Canberra recently. When we first moved to Canberra in 1994 you had to travel quite a long way to the north west to see Superb Parrots. Gradually, however, they grew more … Read more