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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
11 Nov 2011 | 1:14 pm
Rainbow Bee-eater, along with Budgerigar, Black Honeyeater and Masked and White-browed Woodswallow are currently in abundance at Goschen Bushland Reserve - Nov 2011. [Photograph Jon Thornton] I have just spent a few days (Nov 2011) at one of my favourite birding location in Victoria, Goschen Bushland Reserve, a small mallee reserve just south between Kerang and Swam Hill. Despite its small size (approximately 25 ha), of all the reserve in Victoria, I think it most comparable to the grassy woodland areas of[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
11 Oct 2011 | 3:52 pm
Black Honeyeater, Whoey Tank. I have just spent part of the spring break (Oct 2011) visiting Lake Cargelligo and Round Hill Nature Reserve. With me were my son Rhys, brother Nic, and nephew Zac. Round Hill Nature Reserve, and the adjacent Nombinnie Nature Reserve, are hotspots for Mallee birds, and include isolated populations of Red-lored Whistler and Malleefowl. Both reserves are 50 km north of Lake Cargelligo, 560 km west of Sydney, and for me the drive up from Melbourne[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
20 Jul 2011 | 3:53 pm
Select image to enlarge. This report covers a winter trip (early July) to Birds Australia's Gluepot Reserve. Part of the Riverland Biosphere Reserve on the South Australia and NSW border, it is located in the centre of the largest block of intact Mallee woodlands in Australia. On the way home from Gluepot we stopped at Billiatt Conservation Park, another Mallee reserve 150 south of Gluepot. BIG thanks to Greg Oakley for the use of some of his images in this report,[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
29 Mar 2011 | 6:08 pm
Red-eared Firetail, Cheynes Beach, Waychinicup National Park (Greg Oakley)Click images to enlarge. Tim DolbyThe following report covers a birding trip to the fantastic south west corner of Western Australia. Joining me on the trip was fellow birding cohort Greg Oakley.Our basic itinerary was to fly 4000 km from Melbourne (Victoria) to sunny Perth in Western Australia. From Perth we'd travel 500 km south to coastal heathland just east of Albany. On the way we'd stop at Dryandra Woodland. Dryandra is[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
29 Mar 2011 | 3:42 pm
New South WalesBomaderry Creek Reserve Jervis Bay and Booderee National Park NSW Far South CoastNSW Mid Coast: Barrington Tops, Boorganna, Crowdy Bay National Park and Ash IslandRound Hill Nature Reseve and Lake Cargelligo Sturt National Park and Mutawintji National ParkNorthern TerritoryAlice Springs 2010 - After the RainsAlice Springs and Surrounds 2007Darwin and KakaduQueenslandCairns, Georgetown, Karumba on Gulf of CarpentariaIron Range National Park and Musgrave StationLamington National ParkMichaelmas Cay Great Barrier ReefBalloo OverflowSouth AustraliaFlinders Ranges, Gluepot, Strzelecki TrackFlinders Ranges 2010Kangaroo Island[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
12 Jan 2011 | 2:49 pm
Click images to enlarge. (copyright Tim Dolby)Immature Rock Parrot, Weir Cove Hike.This report covers a trip to Kangaroo Island (KI) in South Australia, visited (by Tim Dolby) with family during January 2011. Somehow I managed to convinced my family that KI was a good place to visit over summer (following up on a recent trip to the Flinders Range). The weather was perfect, the scenery wonderful, and the birds were everywhere.January in KI is normally very hot, with temperatures regularly[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
3 Nov 2010 | 6:00 pm
Tim Dolby (c) (Click on images to enlarge.)Red-backed Kingfisher, calling regularly at Wilkawillina Gorge (Photo: Jon Thornton) IN SPRING 2010 with family and friends I visited the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. Just prior to this trip I'd just been the Alice Springs in the Northern Territory (see my report Alice 2010) and I was intrigued to see how the Flinders Ranges compared with the MacDonnell Ranges, especially considering all the rain that the arid lands of central Australia had[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
10 Oct 2010 | 1:15 pm
Tim Dolby (c) The Background(Click images to enlarge)Princess Parrot: photographed prior to rejection of permits (Geoff Jones)Following 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[…]
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Tim Dolby's Bird Trip Reports
8 Oct 2010 | 7:50 pm
David Lindenmayer, Michael Veitch and Tim DolbyTim Dolby Conversation Hour Interview October, 2008Follow this link to a podcast of the Conversation Hours 774 ABC Melbourne 22 October, 2008 - see www.abc.net.au, discussing the documentary Chasing Birds.Ali Moore and co-host Michael Veitch chat about twitching and ecology with and Tim Dolby and David Lindenmayer. Michael Veitch, a twitcher and also the presenter of Sunday Arts on ABC TV, were joined by ecologist David Lindenmayer and fellow twitcher Tim Dolby.The second half[…]
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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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