This autumn the Wings on King program and Friends of the Orange-bellied Parrot are working together to  undertake surveys on the beautiful King Island, Bass Strait. The OBP surveys will be undertaken between 22nd April – 2nd May and the Wings on King surveys between 22nd-25th April. To find out more and to register https://www.birdsofkingisland.com/wings-on-king  Wings … Read more

For Mike Tarburton:   On Saturday, 27 February, shortly after 2pm, at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens, approximately 20 White-throated Needletails were observed high above Trig Track (Google Maps has it marked as Tea Tree Track), roughly halfway between Possum Gully Track (to the north-west) and Lake Track 1 (to the south-east).  They were probably feeding … Read more

Hi all Just wondering if there were any location/ details of birds of this area (Bunya Mountains) NP ? Owls?? I’ve never been there Nd was curious if there’s any must see spots for birds at any of the campgrounds or surrounds… Thanks Kirri 😊 neways34@yahoo.com.au Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To … Read more

In this thread on birdfourm, someone is trying to id a case of Australian birds in a museum, and there's an bird with a yellow crest and white nape that doesn't appear to be Australian. Anyone want to have a go at identifying it? https://www.birdforum.net/threads/help-with-australian-bird-id-historic-cased-taxidermy.405207/ Peter Shute

Not quite complete run of Emus from 1991 to 2008, free to anyone who will pay postage. I will send weight and dimensions to anyone who expresses interest, please research postage costs from 2482. Prefer to keep as one batch but will consider splitting. In the event of no takers, any other suggestions short of … Read more