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Birdline Victoria
5 Feb 2012 | 6:44 pm
A great morning walk through the forest with a great diversity of species. Great views of a female Spotted Quail-thrush along West End Track casually walking in front and around for a while giving great views. Also a Cicadabird and Turquoise Parrot at the end of Stoney Creek Track. This is my most southerly record for Turqs in north-east Victoria, I don't think they would occur much further south. Plenty of White-throated Needletails about as well, some so close they[…]
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Birdline Australia
5 Feb 2012 | 6:43 pm
Highlights from today's pelagic departing from Eaglehawk neck were: Immature Sooty Albatross (1) observed very close to the boat providing excellent views for all on board, White-necked Petrel (1) which was also observed close to the boat by multiple observers and on two occasions. HANZAB shows two previous reports, one north of Flinders island, and another from the south east - none of these are detailed in the text - photographs available. Other noteworthy sightings included (19+) Buller's Albatross, (1)[…]
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 6:08 pm
G'day everyone, The Hillarys pelagic trip of Perth in September 2010 recorded a single 'pale' Wedgie, similar in plumage to Mick's bird, just north of Rottnest Island. We described it as an intermediate morph, but as I say, it was similar in plumage to Mick's bird, with pale underbody and underwings. Unfortunately the bird didn't come into the boat and the only photos I know of are very distant. I didn't take them, but I'll see if I can get[…]
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 4:27 pm
Austral Fisheries has a PR promotional advertisement in the latest Weekend Australian magazine:- "At Austral fisheries our constant focus is on the sustainable catching of fish,not wild birds. Our operational standards are set so high that if an Austral fisheries boat catches a single protected seabird off Macquarie Island, our entire season of fishing has to be abandoned at enormous financial cost to us. We don't fish by longline when seabirds are breeding or feeding their young chicks." etc etc.
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 4:03 pm
Victorian birders are invited to help save native waterbirds when the duck hunting season starts on March 17. Information meetings will be held 29 February, 5 March and 8 March at 7.30pm on the top floor of Kindness House, 288 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. You may like to help prevent birds being shot on the wetlands or collect the dead and wounded birds which are taken to the mobile veterinary unit on shore. But there are plenty of other jobs. Volunteers[…]
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 3:56 pm
Hi Jeff, Thanks for your comment. I totally agree. I was actually also trying to say that Mick's is a pale/"intermediate" morph bird (especially if you "lump" pale and intermediate), in contrast our cafe-au-lait and white-bellied birds are just weird dark morphs (e.g. "retained extremely worn belly"; and yes, I've seen this in Providence Petrels, too).
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 3:40 pm
Hi All, I have been sorting out my bird book collection and have a number of duplicates that I thought I would offer to the B-A community first of all, rather than ebay. The list of books is below:- How to identify Native Birds of the Grampians, Ken Woodcock, pp 52. (Excellent condition - brand new)
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 3:27 pm
We had a pale morph wedge-tail on the Sydney pelagic of March, 11, 2006, the only one that I have seen in 200+ trips off Sydney. David Stowe got a picture of it which I have in my files but I'm not sure of the copyright situation so haven't included a link. Maybe David could send copies to interested parties?
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Birdline Victoria
5 Feb 2012 | 3:14 pm
Five seen on the lagoon (2 also seen on the 4/2/12 by Sue and Steve King). Also one Australian Spotted Crake on the wetlands.
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 1:57 pm
It was also on the news bulletin in Canberra, Friday or Saturday night. Philip -----Original Message----- [mailto:birding-aus-boun...@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Debbie Lustig Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2012 12:06 AM To: birding-aus On Friday night, ABC TV in Tasmania screened the following items - the first
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Birdline Victoria
5 Feb 2012 | 1:52 pm
One seen in trees on nature strip near corner of Dorset Road and Parsons Street.
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 1:45 pm
G'day Nikolas, Mick's bird appears to have a typical pale morph body but with a slightly darker under-wing. However the only image that shows the darker than typical under-wing also shows an almost completely dark hood which we know isn't real from other photos of the bird on the water where it looks like a normal
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 12:38 pm
Sorry, I have not only seen cafe-au-lait coloured ones but also birds that I believe are dark morph but with aberrant pale bellies, such as this one in Raja's collection: [link] So this again makes Mick's, Steve's and Lucas's find so interesting! Cheers,
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birding-aus Google Group
5 Feb 2012 | 12:25 pm
Hi Mick & Birding-aus, The bird looks certainly interesting! The only "pale" WTSWs I have seen in Australia were overall cafe-au-lait coloured. Mick's bird, however, looks "normal" from above and has clear white areas underneath (belly and underwing - but not extensive enough for a "perfect" pale
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Birdline ACT
5 Feb 2012 | 10:56 am
Painted Button-quail (1) Female. No sign of platelets to indicate presence. Heard a strange babbling call and waited to bird to emerge from undergrowth.
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Birdline NSW
5 Feb 2012 | 10:44 am
One Little Bronze Cuckoo calling in our garden. Also Brush Cuckoo's really going off, plus occasional call from Fantail Cuckoo.
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Birdline NSW
5 Feb 2012 | 10:42 am
Highlights of the Breakfast with the Birds event in honour of World Wetlands day, at Pioneer Dairy Wetlands today were 10+ Plumed Whistling Duck, a male Musk Duck, a Yellow-billed Spoonbill, Yellow-rumped Thornbills, 3 Buff-banded Rails, several Great Egrets, Royal Spoonbills, 11 Cattle Egrets, Whistling Kite etc.
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Birdline NSW
5 Feb 2012 | 10:41 am
Great Crested Grebe (8) The Grebes were seen on the south end of the :ake at the intersection of Castlereagh & Cranebrook [There are 2 intersections of this road, it is the lake across the road from the north intersection]. There is at least one nest and at least 8 Grebes.
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Birdline NSW
5 Feb 2012 | 10:40 am
An afternoon visit to Long Reef on the off-chance of something interesting was turning up all the usuals - Sooty Oystercatchers, Red-necked Stints, Eastern Golden Plovers - with a few Wedgetails, a Short-tailed and a couple of Flutterings offshore in the very light winds. Then astounded to pick-up a Red-tailed Tropicbird off the reef, gaining height after a dive for fish. After another dive it headed southeast and out to sea.
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Birdline South Australia
4 Feb 2012 | 10:19 pm
A fairly quiet day with a lot more water in the lake than the last trip, so fewer crakes visible. A single Latham's Snipe was along the north-western edge of the eastern lake in full view for some time. A single Elegant Parrot (female going on the duller upper parts and subdued nasal band) was drinking at the edge of the eastern lake near the bridge to the viewing platform. One pair of Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos flew through the picnic site[…]
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Birdline Tasmania
4 Feb 2012 | 10:02 pm
Of 39 species observed within the space of an hour this evening, highlights were Hardhead (5) , Blue-billed Duck (1) & Hoary-headed Grebe 200+ - all on the springlawn lagoon.
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Birdline Tasmania
4 Feb 2012 | 9:53 pm
Highlights from today's pelagic departing from Eaglehawk neck were: Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (1) observed very close to the boat providing excellent views for all on board, White-necked Petrel (1) which was also observed close to the boat by multiple observers and on two occasions. I am currently in the process of seeking confirmation, but this is (we believe) the first record of this species in Tasmanian waters - photographs available. Other noteworthy sightings included (19+) Buller's Albatross, (1) Fluttering Shearwater[…]
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Birdline ACT
4 Feb 2012 | 9:41 pm
Whistling Kite (1) Single bird observed circling high over trees at approx 0900 this morning
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Birdline South Australia
4 Feb 2012 | 9:40 pm
at least dozen Varied Sittellas, larking one part of group was on branch larking about, doing gravity defying revolutions of branch, and as many as 6 would then would all squeeze, together cuddle up much like woodswallows, seemed to be a game also
Sacred Kingfisher was hunting, skinks, i assume, near foxs creek dam .. looking at photos was certainly juv/imm.
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Birdline Central & Southern Queensland
4 Feb 2012 | 6:43 pm
Single Streaked (offshore) and Buller's (inshore). Also Wedge-tailed, Flesh-footed, Hutton's and Fluttering Shearwaters and approx. 35 Tahiti Petrels.
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Birdline ACT
4 Feb 2012 | 5:13 pm
Single White-necked Heron soaring above the ponds this morning. Also 15 Little Ravens observed flying over.
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Birdline ACT
4 Feb 2012 | 5:07 pm
Nankeen Night-Heron, Lathams Snipe and a Black-shouldered Kite at the wetlands this morning
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Birdline Tasmania
4 Feb 2012 | 4:47 pm
[ A large, mottled, muddy brown falcon observed flying at high speed along canal a few metres above water, seen briefly from less than 10 metres. Lacked obvious facial marking, underpart colour, or tail barring. A juvenile Peregrine would appear to be the only other falcon of this size, but colour and marking didn't appear to match (in my experience). This is a "heads up" not a 'claimed' record!]
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Birdline North Queensland
4 Feb 2012 | 3:57 pm
10:35am Travelling south along the Bruce Highway beside the eastern foothills of Mount Elliot, we witnessed an amazing avian phenomenon. For at least 8 kilometres along the Bruce Highway, from about the Cape Cleveland Road intersection past Cromarty Road to about the Emmet Creek bridge many thousands of Fork-tailled Swifts swarmed the skies around us as far as we could see. At times, there was also a small percentage of White-throated Needletails amongst them (3 to 5 individuals). We stopped[…]
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Birdline North Queensland
4 Feb 2012 | 3:53 pm
Numerous individuals and groups seen at Undara Experience (Undara Volcanic NP) just before sunset on Friday, 3 Feb, and then along the Highway driving north to Mount Garnet in the morning of Saturday, 4 Feb. Fri estimate of numbers across a 300m wide strip (poweline clearing)....20-40 birds per 5 sec seen for 25 minutes as they hawked westward just above the trees. Similar numbers seen again as I drive to Mount Garnet on Sat morning, mostly flying westward and most[…]
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