July 27th, 2017

Bird song: is it music?

Hollis Taylor takes you on a journey around this question.  Be sure to leave time to listen to the songs.

July 15th, 2017

Tim Low to speak on “Where Song began”

Tim Low, author of the acclaimed “Where Song Began” will speak to the topic at the October club meeting. Says Sean Dooley of the Sydney Morning Herald, “Tim Low is the rare author who is able to turn complex and sophisticated research into a form digestible to the general reader without ‘dumbing down’ the science.”

For a few more details about the book and a whole lot more about Tim Low’s work  visit his web page.

July 4th, 2017

All you budding photographers get ready!

The annual photo competition is on again.  Closing date is 25 September.

See the entry form (MS Word) for rules and note some changes.  Here it is again in .pdf

Entries from all photographers will be welcome this year.

Better get out those long lenses or is it the phone these days?

June 6th, 2017

BirdLife Southern NSW Workshop on Using Birdata (BirdLife Australia Atlas) – Saturday 26 August

More details in MS Word  here:

Registration form for the workshop in MS Word here:

June 6th, 2017

Amended and revised Constitution adopted

The Special General meeting of 2 May 2017 resolved, nem con, to approve the revised constitution as it has appeared on the website.  The revised constitution can be downloaded here:

May 22nd, 2017

Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) Workshops

You are invited to a free Workshop on Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) on  August 5-6, 2017.

This workshop is aimed at KBA guardians, KBA survey volunteers and members of bird clubs and others who want to learn more about KBAs.

The workshop will be hosted by BirdLife Shoalhaven and will be held at St Georges Basin Community Health Centre, 21 Meriton Street, St Georges Basin, on the NSW South Coast, which is about 3 and a half hours drive south of Sydney. The programme for the Workshop is available on the Birding NSW website together with a Registration Form. On the first day topics covered include an introduction to KBAs and workshops on how to use Birdata, bird surveys, how to complete the KBA Health Check forms and how to spread the word about KBAs in communities. On the second day, survey techniques will be tested in the field at Booderee National Park Botanic Gardens. Please remember to download the Birdata app to your phone before the Workshop.

Guardians of KBAs and their survey supporters have priority for attendance at this workshop. While we will have room for up to 80 people on Day 1, the numbers on the Field Day on Day 2 will be limited to 40 people.

Please complete the Registration Form (see below) and return it to Elisabeth Karplus as soon as possible and not later than July 1, 2017. A final programme will be circulated closer to the date of the Workshop.

Download this invitation as a .pdf here: KBA Workshop invitation

Download the workshop registration form here: KBA Workshop Registration form August 2017

Download the workshop program here: KBAs – Shoalhaven Workshop program