Friday, May 18, 2012

Patience Rewarded.....Pacific Gull

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Interactions between birds are always interesting, and it's easy to second guess the outcome, as I did on this occasion. I had briefly ...
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Monday, April 02, 2012

French Visitor from the LPO

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I'm often asked to guide visiting birders around some of the local  birding sites and almost invariably decline, but I was recently so...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Shag Bay Bluewings & more

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A passing remark by my son, an occasional, but experienced birder, about seeing "bluewings and firetails" at Shag Bay, inspi...
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Sunday, February 05, 2012

Cooperation.......Little Black Cormorant

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A heavily overcast day, threatening rain, I opted to catch up on one of the many chores that I usually put off to go birding. This one e...
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Season's Greetings

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                                   Have a happy and safe Christmas and New Year                             I recently photographe...
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Victorian Visitor......Pied Oystercatcher

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 I stopped off briefly at Lauderdale Spit recently en route to Pipeclay Lagoon. It's become almost a ritual and I rarely spend more t...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

The Fence Sitters

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A few weeks back, I had returned to Pipeclay Lagoon to try to find a single Sanderling (a small migrant wader) I had seen there a few days...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Always a Challenge....Pink Robin

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One of my favourite birds is the Pink Robin, but they are often elusive, live in dense forest, and are mainly dark in colour and photographi...
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Wander Lust..... Wandering Whistling-Duck

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A report on Birdline Tasmania at the weekend, caught my eye as much from the observers' comments as from the content. Ian Lundy reporte...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Chatham Albatross on Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic

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Report from Els Wakefield: The pelagic trip, led by Dan Mantle from Canberra, left Pirates Bay (Eaglehawk Neck) and headed straight to the C...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Ever the Opportunist........Silver Gull

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While my son and I were fishing the River Derwent recently, without much luck, we were heartened to see flocks of Silver Gulls, with the od...
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