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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
4 Sep 2010 | 5:19 pm
Splendid Fairy-wren - race musgravi, the Turquoise Wren (Jon Thornton)The BackgroundFollowing a report of large numbers of Princess Parrot in the Northern Territory I booked a flight for Alice Springs. Fortunately friends Paul Dodd and Ruth Woodrow were visiting the area and they offered me a seat in their car. The parrots were seen west of the Mereenie Loop Track (also known as Larapinta Drive), and were located on Aboriginal lease land. To enter this area required an entry permit.[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
4 Feb 2010 | 8:07 pm
A coastal zone with stunning white beaches, reportedly the the whitest in the world, complex floristic biodiversity which includes rainforest and coastal heath, and a rich variety of birds - what more could you ask for! I've just returned from family beach holiday to Jervis Bay (approx 150 km south of Sydney) on the central south coast of NSW. During the trip I visited a number of sites in the area including Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay National Park particularly[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
24 Nov 2009 | 12:52 pm
The VicTwitch Record is BrokenTim DolbyCrimson Chat, currently common at Goschen FFR and the Murray Sunset NP.As part of a fund raising event to raise money for Australian Wildlife Health Centre at Healesville Sanctuary this year I've attempted to break the VicTwitch record. So here's a rundown on where the VicTwitch09 currently stands. The good news is that the VicTwitch record is broken! My current standing is 340, 5 more than the previous record.Special thanks Jonathon Thornton for the use[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
24 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
See below a report of the 2009 Victoria Twitchathon for the 7 Year Twitchers. The team members were Tim Dolby, Greg Oakley and Fiona Parkin. We started at Goschen, moved down through central Victoria, and then headed to coastal Victoria, including the Otways and the Bellarine Peninsular. Thanks Jon Thornton for the use of some of your excellent photographs.Masked Woodswallow, common throughout much of Victoria.Goschen and Lake BogaArrived at Goschen at around middaty, so had a good 4 hrs to[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
15 Oct 2009 | 10:39 pm
Birding Iron Range National Park & MusgraveTim DolbyA wonderful bird, Frilled-necked Monarch (recently split from Frilled Monarch) for me was the bird of the Iron Range.The following report describes a birding trip to the Iron Range National Park (Sept-Oct 2009). On the way up we stopped at Musgrave Station, birding several sites nearby. On the trip we also briefly stopped at Lakefield NP, Kingfisher Park, Mt Lewis, Mareemba Wetland and sunny downtown Cairns. Feel free to provide any feedback. Birding[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
8 Jul 2009 | 4:10 pm
This is Part Two of the VicTwitch 2009 (see also VicTwitch Part 1), a summary of all the bird species I've seen in Victoria during 2009. Current Total: 320 (with an aim to see more than 335)Bush in the Victorian central highlands - burnt in the recent fires.Bellarine PeninsulaAfter an extremely quiet month during June, July has started to pick up pace. After having a Portland pelagic boat trip cancelled (twice) I decided to chase a couple of bird species[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
5 Feb 2009 | 3:57 pm
VicTwitch 2009Hudsonian Godwit, first seen at the Western Treatment Plant, 11 Jan 2009.See below a progressive list and commentary - a dairy - of all the bird species I've seen in Victoria during 2009. For the fun of it and to raise money for the Australian Wildlife Health Centre my aim is to see over 330 species in Victoria during a calendar year (pelagic / offshore species not included), thus beating my 2006 record (see Birding Victoria 2006). Wish me[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
7 Oct 2008 | 4:44 pm
In late 2008 I had a brilliant birding trip toSturt National Park in north-west NSW. While in the area I made side trips to the Bulloo Overflow in south-west Queensland and to the red sand dunes of the Strzelecki Desert ( west of Cameron Corner) in north-east South Australia. My 10 year old son asked me to bring back some red desert sand (fortunately I remembered) and my 3 year-old son just missed me.Paired footprints of Eyrean Grasswren near Strzelecki[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
2 Feb 2008 | 10:56 am
WHAT a difference a few years makes. I've just returned from a 5 week family holiday to Tanja the far south coast of NSW . Tanja is located in an attractive valley that borders the Mimosa Rocks National Park - half way between Tathra and Bermagui. The habitat consist of Angophora woodland, Spotted Gum forest, coastal littoral rainforests, beaches and esturies, and some remnant temperate rainforest.Eastern Reef Egret, Cuttagee Lake. The far south coast is going through a dramatic changes[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
4 Sep 2007 | 4:06 pm
Tim DolbyThis report provides some general information about Michaelmas Cay on the Great Barrier Reef. It also provides a summary of the birds seen on a recent trip to the Cay.Michaelmas Cay is a small vegetated coral cay which is a protected seabird sanctuary. Michaelmas Cay is a major seabird nesting island in the northern Great Barrier Reef. An amazing 30,000 seabirds have been recorded on the cay at one time. 1.5 ha in area and 3.5 m high, it[…]
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