Archive for the 'Seabirds' Category

Early last year I took this photo of a sign on the beach front at Victor Harbor, about an hour’s drive south of Adelaide in South Australia. The message of the sign is quite clear. This beach is one of the nesting places of the rare and endangered Hooded Plover. The beach also happens to [...]

The Adelaide Zoo has been very much in the news lately. I refer to the recent attack on one of the Flamingos in the zoo. Fortunately the injured bird is well on the way to recovery and back on exhibit. The incident has created quite a stir in the media both here in South Australia [...]

During our recent holiday in Robe in the south east of South Australia we went for a short drive to Cape Dombey. This is within walking distance of the main street but our cottage was at the other end of town so we drove.
The cape consists of some low but spectacular cliffs. We spent about [...]

The latest Shorebird Newsletter (March 2007) is now available to download as a pdf file. This newsletter is published by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. It covers shorebirds of NSW and includes colour photos of some of the birds featured in the newsletter.
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Shorebird Newsletter March 2007

Granite Island lies a short distance off the coast from Victor Harbor, South Australia. The island is one of several in Encounter Bay. It is possible to walk the short distance from the town to the island via a wooden causeway. It is also possible to take a ride on the historic horse drawn tram [...]