Archive for the 'Birders' Category

Twitching is alive a well in Australia.
Over recent years there have been a number of well documented rare bird sightings in our country. Each of these has resulted in birders - twitchers - heading by car or plane to cross vast expanses of countryside just to “tick” a rare bird off their list of birds […]

When I set out to record a few birding bloopers - misidentification of birds - I never realised I would get so many willing contributors. But here we are - up to number 20. There is a standing, open invitation to all my readers to contribute their embarrassing birding moments - or dob in someone […]

Ever wondered what the birds are thinking while they are looking at us while we are looking at them?
Ponder no more.
The latest I and the Bird carnival has been written by a little bird. A bird’s eye view of birders while on a fascinating journal around the world.
As usual, my contribution is a part of […]

Over the last few weeks I have featured many birding bloopers courtesy of the contributors to the Birding-Aus forum. All that I have approached have agreed for me to publish their mistakes in identification here on my blog.
Here is the latest contribution:
I attended a field day in the WA wheatbelt a few years back […]

Over recent weeks I have been highlighting a number of birding bloopers. These have been shared on the Birding-Aus forum and the contributors have agreed to let me publish them here.
Today I feature another one - this time one of my own experiences.
In the year 2000 my wife and I were visiting our son and […]