April 21, 2018
Share your great and interesting bird pictures
textLots of wonderful photos weer taken on the Grenfell Survey weekend but that is not the only weekend in the year when beautiful/curious birds are captured in wonderful poses. Send your bird pictures to us (info@birdingnsw.org.au) and we will put them up in the gallery. Medium sized pictures are preferred. High resolution is better but we will take all pix.
Have a look now
March 20, 2018
Report on the recent Sydney Naturalists Bioblitz – 14-15 April from Elliiot Connor
Ku-ring-gai Bioblitz 14th-15th April
On the weekend of the 14th and 15th of April, Elliot Connor, a young nature enthusiast from Mosman, organized a bioblitz event around the Kalkari Discovery Centre in Ku-ring-gai National Park. The aim of this was to identify as many species as possible (covering all forms of life) within the area of the discovery centre and document them using the online nature observation recording platform iNaturalist (linked to ALA). A total of eleven groups of people took part over the course of the event, totalling 100 species and 167 observations. A particular highlight of the event was a very majestic white-bellied sea eagle circling close overhead on the Sunday.
Following on from this event, Elliot is forming a new informal nature club in the Sydney area. Hoping to improve on existing organizations through the bringing together of young and old, regular field trips, free membership, and a more relaxed and informal atmosphere in which a general love for the natural world can be expressed and explored, all are invited to join. The currently named ‘Sydney Naturalists’ group will meet on the last Sunday of every month in one of several local areas chosen for their wildlife, beginning on 24th June.
Email Elliot at elliotconnor212@yahoo.com.au to join, and please also join the existing Sydney Naturalists project on iNaturalist (there are a lot of fishes currently): https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/sydney-naturalists
November 28, 2017
April 2018 newsletter and Bulletin 128 now online
November 28, 2017
Minutes of the 2017 AGM
The 2017 AGM was held on Tuesday 5 December 2017 in the Mitchell Theatre of the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street Sydney at 19:30
Read or download the draft minutes of the 2016 AGM here.
November 8, 2017
Annual Photo Competition Prizes awarded
Birding NSW 2017 Photographic Competition Results:
The winning photo taken by Alfred Schulte:
The top ten:
1) Eastern Grass Owl Alfred Schulte First prize
2) Peregrine Falcon Michael Hanvey Second prize
3) Dusky Grasswren Christine Schulte Group of Birds winner
4) Marbled Frogmouth Alfred Schulte
5) Bar-tailed Godwit Michael Hanvey
6) Willie Wagtail Maria Mazo Lavin Birds in Flight winner
7) Ruddy Turnstone Michael Hanvey
8) Bell Miner David Turner Single Bird winner
9) Australian Ringneck Michael Hanvey
10) Barking Owl Alfred Schulte
A truly wonderful array of images delighted the audience at the announcement of the top ten photos in this year’s photo competition. It was more than enough reason to go out but for those who could not the slideshow can be viewed here for a limited time. (Page down for successive photos.)
Congratulations to all the entrants and especially to the prize winners.