Archive for the 'Birders' Category

Ornithology: the serious study of birds, the habits, life cycle, habitats and characteristics of birds, often involving keeping of detailed records and writing articles or books about birdlife.
I guess one could call me an amateur student of ornithology. I do take this hobby quite seriously at times, I have written many articles on this blog […]

Africa is one place I would love to go birding one day. Seeing all the animals would be wonderful also. Perhaps. Perhaps one day I will get there. I guess a large number of my readers would also love to go there for a visit to go birding. If you have already been there, share […]

It has been quite a while since I last promoted the newsgroup Birding-Aus. Currently there are about 790 members and this is growing steadily.
Birding-Aus is an information centre for everyone with an interest in Australia’s wild birds, their conservation and behaviour.
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January is holiday time in Australia, so let’s go on a holiday.
Australia on holiday

The mad holiday season in Australia begins with Christmas parties in the week or so before Christmas. Many Australians have an enforced holiday between Christmas a New Year. Some factories and businesses close for several weeks in the early part of January. […]

Hard on the heels of the BIGBY (The Big Green Big Year) where a group of birders is going carbon neutral for at least some of their birding, I find out about ….
…..“THE BIGGEST TWITCH.“
Two Welsh birders have teamed up to break the world record of recording the most birds in a single calendar year. […]