Hi all There were at least two W-w BTs at the sewage works this morning. Rather late for them. Would like to have had them for the twitch, but I didn't get to...
Greetings! When is the best time to visit Darwin for Little Curlew? Is that also a good time for Channel-billed Cuckoo and other migratory birds? Kindly yours ...
The Little Curlews seem to start arriving at the airport about October, usually with large numbers by November. They can probably be seen at Snipe Lagoon...
There's an unconfirmed sighting by a Victorian couple of Yellow Wagtail at Fogg Dam early in the week. The bird was said to be an immature which was feeding...
Hi all I had a message that a couple of birders saw Chestnut Rails at Buff Creek this morning (Sat). The birds were mating, which was quite interesting. Cheers...
This morning there were about a dozen birders (local, interstate and international) looking for the chestnut rail between 9-10:30 as the tide went out - only...
After the disappointment of not finding the Rainbow pitta on the 28 May Jo and I were pleased to find the pitta at East Point reserve early this afternoon on...
Howdy, Max Mace, Deb Bisa and I had a wonderful veiw of a Square-tailed Kite overhead at Mary River Park on Saturday. Don Don Franklin & Christine Maas ...
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Jun 13, 2006 12:34 am
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Hello - am back in town and have just read my Nature Territory - loved the Twitchathon story. I'm only partly sorry I wasn't here for the Big Bird Weekend as...
Fri morning at the sewage ponds Sheryl, Fiona Douglas and visitors saw 2 White-winged Black-tern and a White-faced Heron at the Leanyer sewage ponds. Sat...
On Sunday with Nigel Adlam and a Victorian visitor we heard and then found a Black Chinned-Honeyeater just before the first flood plain from the Arnhem H'way. ...
Sheryl is being far too modest about the black-chinned honeyeater sighted on the Marrakai Track - and I can't let her get away with it. The bird was tracked...
Hi ALL, DURING MY TRAVEL'S OVER THE LAST WEEK WITH TASSIE BIRDO, WE SEEN A BLACK FALCON AT ADEL. R. BRIDGE WHILE AFTER THE WHISTLER, AND LAST Saturday THERE...
6 species of tern seen at Buffalo Ck on Friday with Geroge Swann, Fiona Douglas and American visitors. Gull-billed, Caspian, Lesser Crested, Crested, Common...
Hi all, A pair of Bush Thick knees at the St Pauls school oval, Nightcliff, under shrubs about 20m away from the busy Nightcliff Rd/Progress Dve roundabout,...
In Jan. 2005 I was called to Nightcliff bowling alley to rescue a BS Curlew. It turned out to be a pair nesting on the eastern verge of the carpark and...
Howdy, Saw a flock of about 14 Feral Pigeons circling over Nightcliff thisarvo in the area from Grevillea Cct and towards Eugenia St. I've seen the flock a...
Don Franklin & Christ...
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Jun 25, 2006 9:33 pm
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Hi all, I walked the narrow beach strip between the mangroves and vine thicket from end of Orchard Rd to Ludmilla Ck with visiting Canadian birdos Gary and...
I saw about 16 Feral Pigeons on the roof of a block of units in Jacaranda Ave, Nightcliff on June 6. Sheryl ... From: Don Franklin & Christine Maas To: NT...
There is also a flock on MacMillan's Rd just after Northlakes shopping Centre. Might be time to call in Parks & Wildlife. Richard ...
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Jun 26, 2006 10:51 pm
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About 2 hours ago (11:00 hrs) while walking through the CDU Casuarina campus I heard a song issuing from the top of a planted Boab (in the central courtyard)...
Richard Noske
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Jun 27, 2006 4:08 am
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Message from Ray Chatto Parks and Wildlife is still on the pigeon track. We have reduced them in Darwin from several thousand to a handful over the last ten...
Biggles and I saw what appeared to be an adult Dollarbird at Girraween Lagoon yesterday. We also recorded Rufous-throated Honeyeater which we had only once...
Do the guinea fowl at Holmes Jungle fall into the same category? Regards, Graham Brown ... From: A & S Keates To: NT Birds Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:42 PM...
This morning I saw a Square-tailed Kite over Dripstone High School. It was eventually chased off by Blue-faced Honeyeaters. This keeps up the trend for Sq-t...
Hi All, After hearing barking owls calling for a number of months now, yesterday I finally saw a pair roosting in a mahogany tree in the park behind our house...
Message from Ray Chatto below Sheryl ... From: Ray Chatto To: A & S Keates Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:37 AM Subject: RE: [ntbirds] Feral birds Sheryl ...
A pair of Grey Falcon was seen on the pylons on the way to the sewage ponds at Pine Ck by George Swann and his four American passengers. I don't know the...