Hi All We have been on a 6 day birding trip to Cape Crawford and Borroloola, down the Tableland Highway across the Barkly Tableland and back to Darwin via the...
Bas Hensen has reported seeing a nest in Tiwi, with a pair of Grey Goshawks in the same tree but not on the nest. Presumably it is not simply a coincidence,...
Howdy, Back from a wonderful if rather rushed three-week trip, 4,000 km of driving, over half of that off the bitumen. We cut across Barkly Tableland via the...
Don Franklin & Christ...
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Aug 4, 2006 8:35 am
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G'day all, a few sightings from this neck of the woods: a.. Lots of Cockatiels North of Ngukurr (between Ngukurr and Numbulwar) - numerous roadside feeding...
Marc Gardner
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Aug 5, 2006 12:21 pm
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Howdy all Access to leanyer sewage ponds has changed with a new electronic gate replacing the first manual gates. Could not gain access with the other...
Howdy, Here's a low resolution copy of my favourite bird photo from the Barkly and Gulf trip. Cheers, Don Don Franklin & Christine Maas eucalypt@... ...
Don Franklin & Christ...
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Aug 6, 2006 7:28 am
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That's lovely Don - a sort of apricot corella! ________________________________ From: ntbirds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ntbirds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Don...
stephen garnett
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Aug 6, 2006 9:15 am
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Hi Marc, Yellow-rumped Mannikins (with Chestnut-breasted Mannikins), Star Finch and Gouldian Finch at Policemans Point, Timber Creek or along the access road...
I camped at Mary River Park last night and got to the excavation pits (located about 5 km from the park towards Darwin)a little after dawn.I positioned myself...
Howdy, The Field Nats Club in Darwin is making a concerted effort this year to bring our peer-reviewed journal, the Northern Territory Naturalist, back into...
Don Franklin & Christ...
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Aug 8, 2006 8:36 am
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Hi All, called into Power and Water today to inquire about outer gate. Dawn is off for 4 weeks on leave, Viki sorted it out for me and said it was supposed to...
Hi all I went to the sewage works this afternoon to see whether the gate was working and was able to get in okay. There were very few birds there - almost no...
hello the waders of buffalo creek walk and talk for parks alive is on this saturday 12th august starting at 9 am, meeting at the picnic ground near the boat...
Hi all, saw some interesting sightings on a walk from Maguk to Graveside Gorge last week. No Grasswrens unfortunately. Grey Falcon at Graveside Gorge main car...
1 wood sandpiper at Leanyer sewerage ponds Sun morning 10am. Abt 20 purple swamphens at Fogg Dam 6+ black-tailed treecreepers in woodland at back of Leaning...
Yesterday I waited at the excavation site on the Arnhem Highway from 07:30 with other birders but no Gouldians appeared - still too much water everywhere- the...
Jenny and I spent a bit over an hour at the Arnhem Highway excavation pits on Saturday morning (19th), starting just after eight o'clock. One black faced adult...
Hi all, just back from flying trip in Ute to Mitchell Plateau, bit last decision to go for it. So 2,700km and dirty Ute later I'm back with it under my belt. ...
Hello NT birders... I spent last week down in the Vic River/Timber Creek region with work, and managed to fit in a little bit of birding on the side. It was...
Leseberg, Nicholas FL...
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Aug 24, 2006 12:52 am
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hello there is a talk and walk on at buffalo creek this saturday at 9am, this is a parks alive walk and talk, meeting at the picnic ground or on the beach...
Hi All We did a count at Lee Pt - Buffalo Ck this morning, 17 species of migratory waders there, mostly sand plovers (466) and Red-necked Stint (203); while...
Penny and I spoke with Mike Ostwald at Mary River about the recent Gouldian sightings and he said they were regularly seen on the road into Bird Billabong and...
Has anyone been into Butterfly Gorge this year to see if the Gouldians seen there last year are still present? My memory is an observation of about 200 birds. ...
Stephen Garnett
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Aug 29, 2006 7:52 am
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Hi All I found a large group of Gouldians last year near Plum Tree Creek feeding between the two large monoliths on the left hand side of the road on the way...
Steve Popple and I were interested to see a family of six very young, totally down-covered grey Magpie goslings (right term - not real geese??) alongside the...
We have received an unconfirmed report of a Long-toed Stint at Lee Point today. The observer (who has seen the species) said it was the bird seen was the size...
Hi all! Just a quick note to report juvenile Gouldians (3 or 4) near Plum Tree Creek again this year. They were about twoo kilometres along the walk into...
Wednesday 30 August a flock of about 40 gouldians on the Bird Billabong road at 8.00 am, perching in trees and feeding on ground. Also another slightly larger...
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