November 19, 2019
Forthcoming Annual General Meeting: December 3, 2019
The 2019 Annual General Meeting of Birding NSW will be held on Tuesday 3 December at 19:30 at Mitchell Theatre Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney,
You can read or download the draft minutes of the 2108 Annual General Meeting of Birding NSW here.
Financial reports can be viewd or downloaded from the FINANCIAL REPORTS page.
October 30, 2019
RICHMOND WOODLAND BIODIVERSITY FORUM
FInd the Richmond Woodlands Forum draft program here.
and download a printable version of the poster above here: Poster-FB
September 1, 2019
The announcement of winners in the annual Photo Competition has loomed and gone
Winners were announced and prizes awarded on Tuesday 5 Nov 7:30 pm at the Mitchell Theatre in the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Level 1, 280Pitt St Sydney.
Congratulations to all who entered and to the photographers who submitted these top ten images:
Some information on each photo is available if you click on ‘i’ once the photo is selected and displayed.
June 25, 2019
REPORT OF 15TH BIRD SURVEY AROUND GRENFELL
Report of 15th BIRD SURVEY around GRENFELL in the SOUTH WEST SLOPES KEY Biodiversity Area
Elisabeth Karplus
On Saturday March 23rd, 32 surveyors took part in the 15th survey around Grenfell in the South West Slopes Key Biodiversity Area (KBA). The survey group included four surveyors from Grenfell. One surveyor came from Forbes, six from Canberra while the rest came from Sydney and surrounds. Eight people were new to the survey. We were able to have seven survey groups with most groups surveying on four sites. Other survey leaders apart from myself were Allan Richards, Jill Molan, Ron Broomham, Graham Fry, David Winterbottom and Russell Beardmore. I thank all the survey leaders.
During the survey 11 Superb Parrots were seen on five sites including on “Rosemont”, which is owned by Mikla Lewis, one of the Grenfell surveyors. However 70 additional Superb Parrots were seen during the weekend with a maximum flock size of 29 birds. A single Diamond Firetail was seen on one site in Warraderry State Forest. Of other threatened species, one Brown Treecreeper, six Hooded Robins (three sites) and four Speckled Warbler (three sites) were seen on survey sites. Several interesting species were seen in Warraderry State Forest including two Southern Whitefaces, Varied Sittellas, a Striped Honeyeater and Double-barred Finches. Another unexpected sighting was of a Peregrine Falcon. Seven species of honeyeaters were seen including a single White-fronted Honeyeater, which is more common further inland.
Red-capped Robin Photographer: Colette Livermore
Overall 25 Red-capped Robins were seen on eight different sites. The maximum number of species seen on any site was 14 species (two sites). The maximum number of birds in any site was 84 (49 of these were Apostlebirds or White-winged Choughs) though most sites had many fewer birds.
Grey-crowned Babbler with nest material. Photographer: Dianne Deans