Hi, My wife and saw a strange bird on one of our wattle trees today eating out of the flowers. 1. 20-30cm 2. Long beak 3. Black head, no spots. 4. A large area...
Thankyou Pam, My wife and I agree it was a figbird, we have had a look at some of the photos of them on the net and he did look very much like them, just a...
Interesting, I was just thinking of removing that photo from my website today. I've just uploaded a new pictre of a figbird taken yesterday, and it was...
Hi Glenn and Deane, Glenn, it's good to be able to put a name to birds you see. Deane, I've just had look at your wonderful photos - they're really great. ...
Hi Deane, I'm still enjoying browsing through your pics and think I can now put a name to a photo I took a couple of years ago at Townsville Common. Do you...
Hi Pam, yes, I think that's what it might be... Deane Lewis - http://dl.id.au ... From: BQ_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BQ_Forum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Dear all, Just a quick word to advise of the recent postings to my Crikey blog, The Northern Myth over the past week or so to today, 13 November. To have a...
Dear all, Just a quick word to advise of the recent postings to my Crikey blog, *The Northern Myth* over the past week or so to today, 22 November 2008. This...
I will be out of the office starting 14/11/2008 and will not return until 01/12/2008. If you have a query about the MA in Applied Linguistics, please contact...
Dear all, I have a post on a recent story in The Economist entitled "China - not a good place to be a bird...or a birder" at my Northern Myth blog at: ...
Dear all, On Sunday 18 January at around 11am, Piero Visconti and I found a single Radjah Shelduck roosting in the trees at the first bird observation tower on...
I'm compiling a bird list for this reserve for the local bush care group, to be posted on the notice board at the car park. Does anyone have any interesting...
Hi all from a Canadian birder escaping the cold and snow. Today I found a pair of long-billed corellas in the Gold Coast Botanical gardens. Are they not...
Dear BQ members, I am new to Brisbane, have been here a few months and will be here a few more while my husband is on sabbatical at UQ. I am enjoying your...
TO ANYONE INTENDING TO COME TO THE BQ CAMPOUT AT GIBRALTER RANGE NATIONAL PARK MAY 1-4 Â It has just been drawn to my attention that on a NSW National Parks...
Margaret, As I mentioned, we are going to Alice Springs at the end of June. We'll spend two nights at Glen Helen, about 150 km west in the Macdonell Range and...
Dear all, As you all know, the spamming of this server is shoking. I now moderate new members, and we will see if this helps. All the best, Marianne...