G’day I have flushed a single buttonquail on three occasions in recent days while walking the dog through an echidna/koala-hosting grassy woodland/forest on the lower slopes of a large hill in greater Brisbane. The native grasses are generally knee high clumps and medium density. The flushing distance for the bird typically around 5 metres. It … Read more

Yesterday in Mulgoa Valley, six YTBCs were screeching and wildly flying into and around a Radiata pine whose cones were providing their lunch. Investigating, there were four (4) Sparrowhawks noisily attacking the cockatoos, which after about five minutes departed. Couldn’t tell age or sex of Sparrowhawks but presumably they were two families, unless there was … Read more

Hi everyone What's the situation with Spotted Whistling Ducks nr Cairns these days? I'm thinking of another pilgrimage to Cairns/Atherton Tablelands this year and was wondering if they had become reliable anywhere in the area.  — John LeonardCanberraAustraliawww.jleonard.net Make nature great again.

Over the last few months, I have been watching a colony of four different Egrets nesting on a small island in a lake on the Gold Coast, occasionally I see a dead Egret floating in the lake, which I presumed was runt of the clutch and had missed out on enough food and has starved … Read more

Hello Birders, My son and I have three days in Cairns between Friday 21st and Sunday the 23rd January next week, during which time we’re hoping to locate a short list of birds we are yet to view. From e-bird I’ve identified a recent hotspot for each of these birds viz: Nordmand’s Greenshank & Great-billed … Read more