Winter in Albert Park, Melbourne
Updated: 2023-07-30 11:00:00
, About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding Winter in Albert Park , Melbourne July 30, 2023 by Clare M 2 Comments When we spent a few weeks in Melbourne in the summer of 2015, which was February , I would often walk to Albert Park I would do a lap of the lake and take in all of the different species of birds that called the city home . Visiting Albert Park in winter recently , all wrapped up in layers of clothing ethically sourced down is good we encountered a different variety of birds . It remains a good location for observing birds close to the city and easily accessible by public transport . The header photo is the view from the far end of the lake where you can see the city skyline in the distance . As you can see in the photo the
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, , About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Destinations Birding Porto Lagos Lagoons , Greece , or the snake-cold Vergina lager July 27, 2023 by Dragan No Comments Visit to our next national park in Greece started with an excellent fish dinner in the Porto Lagos harbour , overlooking the pine forest with a heronry , and we had Black-crowned Night-Herons Little Egrets and Grey Herons coming and going , a lone White Stork a Common Tern and numerous Yellow-legged Gulls in the harbour , together with half a dozen cats around our table . Basically , Porto Lagos is a hamlet built , you got it , around a harbour , on an isthmus separating Lake Vistonida more about it later from the Aegean Sea . On its eastern side lies a small archipelago of
: About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding Birding Information : the Birding Community E-Bulletin July 26, 2023 by Jason Crotty No Comments Although it was once difficult to obtain reliable birding information in the United States , there is now so much information that curated summaries are valuable . The â Birding Community E-Bulletin â is an excellent curation service , and it is . free The bulletin is written by Paul Baicich and Wayne Petersen , and it is distributed via email at the beginning of each month . It is hosted by the National Wildlife Refuge Association a non-profit that supports programs that protect , promote , and enhance the National Wildlife Refuge System Each bulletin typically contains several regular
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About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding The Collared Finchbill July 24, 2023 by Kai Pflug No Comments The Collared Finchbill is not a rare bird , and it is not endangered , but it is a particular favorite of mine . So , in order to show a few more photos of the bird than the usual two or three had I included this bird in a post of birds seen around Wolongshan , Sichuan here is one dedicated to the . species The Collared Finchbill is a bulbul , even though the name does not state this directly . It is a bit of an outsider in the bulbul family , being only one of two bulbuls in the genus Spizixos chirping bulbul” a bit strange as many other bulbuls including the omnipresent Light-vented Bulbul also chirp a lot The other is the Crested 
About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding White-winged Choughs July 23, 2023 by Clare M No Comments White-winged Choughs Corcorax melanorhamphos are native to southern and eastern Australia and one of the bird species that is likely to suddenly make you jump when you walk through a forest . As you carefully wander through a forest keeping an eye out for any movement you may well suddenly be startled when they take off from the ground and move into the nearby trees . White-winged Choughs tend to be in quite large groups of twenty or more as they feed on the forest floor or roost in the tall trees . When the White-winged Choughs are in the trees they do stand out due to their very black plumage and also their red eyes . The bill is very
About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding Birding Balangshan tunnel area in June 2023 July 20, 2023 by Kai Pflug 2 Comments Yes , I know . It is kind of unappealing to see blog posts with highly specific and rather boring-sounding titles such as this one . But then , birdwatching is boring most of the time , too all the periods when there are no birds As by now usual for me , the trip was done with Alpinebirding which helped reduce the time spent not seeing any birds . And yes , they are still offering me free beers on future trips if I mention them positively in one of these posts . A clear conflict of interest , if you ask . me Birding the tunnel area and some places at roughly the same level was a bit of a disappointment this time
, About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding Flemington Racecourse , Melbourne July 16, 2023 by Clare M No Comments Flemington Racecourse is mostly famous for the Race that stops a Nation” , which is held on the first Tuesday in November every year . However , there is a short walking trail around the lake beside the track that can be accessed at all times . There are a few benches for you to sit on out of the wind and in the sun-if it is out The trail offers native flowering trees and shrubs , which attract birds as does the water . The header photo shows the view looking back at the location of the Quest Apartments and the photo below looking in the opposite direction late afternoon in . winter Flemington Lakes When you walk around
Humans have made the world less hospitable for birds in many ways. One obvious and intentional example of this can be found in towns and cities worldwide: anti-bird spikes. The pointy wires you might...
, : About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Destinations Birding Lake Kerkini , Greece : Three Lazy Days July 13, 2023 by Dragan No Comments Lake Kerkini National Park in the north of Greece is the very best birding area in the Balkan Peninsula and definitely among the top ten hotspots of Europe . Surprisingly , despite being on the site of a former marsh , Kerkini is an artificial reservoir with the purpose of irrigation of arable fields . The lake lies at a mere 35 m 115 ft a.s.l . and is towered by the forested , 2,030 m 6,660 ft high Mt . Kerkini Belles on its northern side , offering a huge altitudinal range and a great variety of habitats . Some 320 species have been recorded here , and in springtime it is possible to observe more than
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How do you plan to spend your Fourth of July? We have advice, but it will be extremely hard to beat the way Steve Kress commemorated the holiday in 1981. That was the day the first Atlantic...