Hi all, Our local magpies had chicks this year and one of the juveniles came in to try t swipe some dog food from the bowl at our place (Como on the Woronora River, Southern Sydney) I could see it had something wrong with its eyes so went to get binoculars and say a pretty … Read more

A few observations: March 20 – watched huge flocks of large waders circling around and landing on Mangroves surrounding Hickey Island opposite Calypso Caravan Park in Yamba. I could accurately identify, as Whimbrels, the 20 or so birds that landed on the nearest mangrove but could not be confident about the others which could have … Read more

Thanks to everyone for their helpful information. I have found a solution! cheers — John Leonard

I am visiting Canberra in mid-April for a few days and wondering whether any local birder can recommend a site / sites for Olive Whistler. Thanks Andrew Wood

Could someone who is up in these things give me a clue what to search for. For the past decade or so I have been using a Nikon V1 body and 1 Nikkor VR70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 lens. This is not a SLR set up but a sort of system that mimics an SLR at a fraction of the … Read more