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G'day from Canada! Thanks Tim for creating this new forum. I hope it gets lots of (legitimate) use. My wife and I will be visiting family in North Lakes in...
Congratualtions on the setting up of thisw forum. Question. Does anyone have the address, phone, email of Artemis Station Cape York, Queensland? Thanks...
From memory I looked up Sue Shephard in the white pages(owner of Artemis). Best to ring a week or two ahead to check if she will be around as she will take you...
Just a thought following a recent conversation with my wife. Just what does the average birder have as kit? excluding essentials. Myself: x2 scopes + tripods,...
Steve, I am at the other end of the scale. Binos, hat, rucksack with at least 2 guide books (I have them all at home)and a stale sandwich (for emergencies). ...
Steven, 'Excluding essentials'? I'd certainly count bins as an 'essential' when birding! For me, it depended on where I'm going. Always bins and a note book...
Congratulations on setting this up, with heavy work commitments we don't have time for much birding at the moment and not much contact with other birders too,...
Saw the first Channel-Billed Cuckoo for the season this morning flying south over the Mossman River. Further upstream heard and then saw the first Common Koel...
Alan Boardman and I made a very short visit to Apex lakes at Gatton yesterday - 18/9/6 - we were on the way back from Duraki. The council seems to have...
Hi Steven, In your Photo Album 'QLD Birds' there are two images labelled "Nankeen Night Heron Juv". I believe these images are of a Juv Striated Heron. Note:...
An excellent article in the recent BQ newsletter about birds diving and swooping observers. I was surprised that Black Kite didn't get a mention but as the...
I remember the article but I'm not sure if Welcome Swallow was on the list. They were nesting under a jetty I used to use and they became quite agitated when...
... York, ... I used to have it but can't find it at the moment, it's probably under a thousand pieces of paper on my desk. I will contact my in-laws who live...
... Mar. '07 ... G'day Rick Is that the North Lakes near Kallangur in the Pine Shire? If so thats only about 5km from where I live. If you wish you can ...
... York, ... I used to have it but can't find it at the moment, it's probably under a thousand pieces of paper on my desk. I will contact my in-laws who live...
Hi Gary Yes, that's the place. My daughter, son-in-law, and grandson live on Turnstone Cct. There is a new grandchild on the way, the reason for our next...
Hi birders, Spent the weekend around the Cooloola section of Great Sandy National Park, staying at Rainbow Beach (3 hours drive north of Brisbane). Highlights ...
The effectiveness and reach of a Yahoo group forum largely depends on the number of members - so please pass on the word about the new BQ_Forum to your birding...
Anyone interested in a collection of Wingspan, Bird Observer, Emu and /or Sunbird. Will need to be picked up from Redcliffe Qld. They are for free and cover a...
I have just posted a sighting record on the Birds Queensland Web Site of a reported Great-billed Heron near (45-50 km east on highway) Cunnamulla, SOUTH WEST...
Tim, I am aware of a small flock on Prince of Wales Is Torres St. Qld. that are the remains of Tommy Lees birds that he kept at Pearl Beach. They still exist...
I have just posted two pictures of a female duck on the Birds Queensland Website. http://www.birdsqueensland.org.au/ Please tell me what you think it is. This...
... Queensland ... on my ... Tim, My guess is that it is a female or eclipse male Blue-billed Duck, Oxyura australis. Which would be interesting if it was...
Tim, I would guess that this is a female Blue-billed duck. The colouring looks correct and I would also say that the shape of the beak lends to this being a...
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There are three new bird lists added to the forum, in .pdf format. These are from the Birds Queensland database, and are in our standard format to show...
Hi folks For those interested in the plight of the cassowary in Mission Beach, I believe that the local conservation group, C4, has just lost a case in the...