This morning at Lee Point there was up to 100 Magpie Geese flying from the east lapping over the forest then south out of sight. It was amazing to see so many...
Also at Lee Point this morning were two Red-capped Plover hatchlings which must've hatched in the 24 hours before then as the previous day the female was...
10.35 am.  On a late dog walk around Tiwi oval: one lone little curlew.  Presumably the same bird as on Tuesday. Cheers  Bas 10.35 am. On a late dog walk...
One little curlew at Tracyville Oval 7.15 am , visible from Tembling Circuit.  Later ca 11 am it had moved ( lawn mowers had come in) to the nearby field by...
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gavin3006meg@...
Oct 3, 2011 6:46 am
Sunday morning 2 October at Nightcliff Rocks. 56 Oriental Plovers landed at 8.25. Also a pair of Buff-banded Rails in mangrove roots close to the park. Gavin...
G'day all Below is Lloyd Nielsen's reply - "Yes, Barn Owl. If it was a Masked (race kimberli), the dark, blackish edging around the mask should go two-thirds...
A friend reported seeing a Little Kingfisher in her yard at Brinkin this morning. It seemed to have been feeding on bugs on the surface of her very green pool...
I went with Penny Steele to Howard Springs yesterday to hunt up Rufous Owls. A couple of years ago Clive Garland had a number of early evening sightings of...
Fiddlers lane is good with nice muddy edges: 5-6 marsh, 7 wood, 4 sharp-tailed sandpipers. 1 glossy ibis, spoonbills, 4 egret species, black and whistling...
I had one in my backyard in Ludmilla some years ago, feeding all one Sunday afternoon on the guppies/platys in a shallow fishpond. It stood on the house slab...
Graeme Sawyer saw one in Holmes Jungle while toading 10 days or so ago (the same night he was stalked by a croc!) Fiona I went with Penny Steele to Howard...
Tootling around in a tinny on Darwin Harbour today we came across a single great billed heron in one of the creeks up East Arm (Catalina Creek I think). John ...
I had an email from a 'down-south' birder who thinks he may have seen Banded Fruit-Doves around Greenant Creek in Litchfield recently. There was a group of...
Hi All, Spent Sunday 2nd Oct onboard a Mary River Houseboat. I concentrated more on the fishing than the birding (but with only two catfish caught maybe I...
Re Brolgas, thought I was going mad this morning when I heard the faint call of brolgas here in Fannie Bay. I looked up, and high overhead were 16 flying in a...
This morning: One juv. yellow wagtail, close to the fence on the eastern-most bunt of Leanyer Ponds. Â Everything else as before. The lone little curlew is...
Good find Niven, I searched Bot Gardens on Sunday, No Rufie or Barking Owls.  There was report of them at Fred Pass been seen, Now I have a tape of their...
We are living on Croker Island at the moment. The famous floodplain between the airstrip and community is largely dry and has plenty of Little Curlews and...
I don't know about a rufous owl at Fred's Pass but we do have a resident rufie down the road here in Bees Creek. I hear calls most nights but have also...
The tree the Barking Owls had been roosting in, by the fountain, has been cut back severely, so it may not be useful for the owls anymore. However, I saw a...
This morning Barking Owls calling from big trees to right of main entrance to bot gdns opposite golf course. Johnny ________________________________ From:...
Hi All, A vocal Pheasant Coucal in the park behind our Malak house at dusk. Also saw our two resident Barking Owls. Cheers Magen Magen Pettit Technical...
And an unfortunately deceased one here <http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2011/10/05/roadkill-of-the-week-cou\ cal-pheasant-dunmarra-stuart-highway-nt/> . ...
We have an Ethnoornithology session at next year's ICE13 Last Call for travel grant applications Recognition of the central role of indigenous peoples in all...
At Snipe Lagoon this morning about 80 or more glossy ibis. Â Lots of geese, plumed and wandering whistlers, black ducks, 1 pair of grey teal and only 3 little...
Two Fork-tailed Swifts today low over Black Jungle with a group of Tree Martins. Still over a thousand Little Curlew on the melon farm, very hard to get an ...
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Don Franklin
eucalypt@...
Oct 9, 2011 2:44 am
Hi, Timor-Leste is about the same distance from Darwin as Kununurra, but the bird life is quite different and rich with endemics. I'm giving a talk "A...
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gavinandmegobrien
gavin3006meg@...
Oct 9, 2011 11:41 pm
Can somebody tell me where the melon farm is, please? Regards Gavin From: ntbirds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ntbirds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Webb ...
