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[Birding-Aus] Vacancies on Birds Australia - Victoria Portland Pelagic Trips for 2010

Dear Birding-Ausers, I am currently organising a Portland trip for 8 August and have several vacancies. So, please email me if you would like one. In the next couple of weeks, I will be organising trips for 05 September 2010 (Reserve day - 12) and 03 October (Reserve day - 10) and expect to have some vacancies for these trips as well. Let me know if you are [>>]

Re: [Birding-Aus] Spinifexbird, Mt Walker

Talk about coincidence! Peter Valentine is staying with us at the moment and had just told me about the Spinifexbird! And yes, it does give hope that other birds might turn up where unreported previously. Denise ============================== = To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: [>>]

[Birding-Aus] Mystery Tern at Lake Samsonvale (SE Qld)

Hi All, Was practising photographing terns this afternoon at Samsonvale Cemetery, and I had just decided to try different camera settings when an unusual 'Crested' Tern flew past and I got several shots(... and of course after getting incredibly sharp pictures before, these turned out to be less than [>>]

Re: [Birding-Aus] Spinifexbird, Mt Walker

Tim, Your Spinifexbird sighting reminds me to tell you of an out of range we had several years ago. We found a pair of Spinifexbirds about 500km east of their range (as given in the field guide). I think the nearest point in the field guide was around Jundah. They were several kms (was it 75km?) along the Charleville - Bollon Road in a narrow band of spinifex [>>]

[Birding-Aus] Spinifexbird, Mt Walker

Hi birders, Of interest, a pair of Spinifexbird has just been recorded on a spinifex covered mesa plateau at Mt Walker, 8.5 km south Hughenden (385 west of Townsville). A relatively sedentary species, this appears to be at least 200 km outside the northern end of its range. The closest records are from Bladensburg National Park (sth of Winton) and Adelong Reserve (near Lake Galilee). [>>]