I have just had a few days in Lightning Ridge N S W and found that the drought has decimated several varieties of birds, but there were an enormous amount of Diamond Doves, White-winged Trillers, Mallee Ringnecks, and hundreds of Rufous Songlarks, they were everywhere in groups of dozens, with the males singing vigorously. Quite … Read more

Might be of interest to some. Last Thursday, 3rd Dec, at Flat Rock, Ballina, far northern NSW, there was an unusual Sanderling, in breeding colours. Don’t know if a photo that I’ve attached will get thru birding-aus, but you can see a few more photos on my eBird list. https://ebird.org/australia/checklist?subID=S77005718 I note, primary moult hasn’t … Read more

If you Email wa@birdlife.org.au and make arrangements for us to send you some. We printed 2000 so there are plenty! Regards, Sue Sent from my iPhone On 8 Dec 2020, at 1:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to birding-aus@birding-aus.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org or, via … Read more

The thing we miss about BOCA is the Blue Book to keep bird list.  Maybe these days, you are expected to keep them on your phone, but what are the chances that it could be resurrected, updated, and made available from the shop? Peter and Bev Morgan The conservation battle is never finally won; the … Read more

Hi all, A last-minute vacancy has arisen on our five day wet season Far North Qld "Papuan Pitta tour", commencing 18 January 2021. Not only will we look for the Papuan Pitta (previously known as Red-bellied Pitta), we also have a good chance of other wet season specialties such as Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher and Black-winged … Read more