Tag: birds
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Toowoomba Bird Observers: April 25
Toowoomba Bird Observers April newsletter is out. Bird of the Month is the Eastern Whipbird and there are pieces about upcoming walks, observations on the April walks, birds in Vietnam, the hazards facing playful corellas, and more.
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Owlet-nightjars in Duggan Park
Charles Dove has kindly offered these two photos of owlet nightjars nesting in Duggan Bushland Park.
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Toowoomba Bird Observers: Mar 25
Toowoomba Bird Observers have distributed their March newsletter featuring as bird of the month the Whimbrel. Details of two forthcoming walks during April are included along with information and images from recent walks. Other items of interest include images and description of an Oriental Cuckoo in Redwood Park and a piece about recording bird sounds.
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Birdata records for parks
FEP member, Roger Jaensch, has offered to provide links to Birdata records for parks where FEP members work. As the links become available they will be added to the relevant park pages. The first instalment appears at the foot of this page below the explanation of Birdata that Roger has provided. Birdata is a national…
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A Rocha bird survey
Toowoomba representatives of A Rocha Australia have recently completed a report on observations of bird life in Duggan Bushland Park undertaken during 2024. The report has been linked from the Duggan Bushland Park page along with earlier reports and is available here:
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FEP Open Day – 8 March
The Friends of Escarpment Parks is hosting our Open Day at Williams Park in Highfields this year on Saturday, March 8th as part of Toowoomba Regional Council Parks Week. FEP has recently started working there and although it is not a large park, it has the added interest of Klein Creek running through the middle.…
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Toowoomba Bird Observers January 2025
Toowoomba Bird Observers January newsletter features the Royal spoonbill as bird of the month. There are outings planned for Wednesday, 12 February to Pittsworth and on a date to be confirmed to Moreton Bay/Wynnum.
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Puffins to Penguins
On Wednesday 22 January at 10.00am Toowoomba Bird Observers member, Ann Alcock, will be doing a presentation titled “Puffins to Penguins” at Cobb & Co Museum. Ann will be talking about these birds as well as others she photographed on a recent trip to the Sub-Antarctic Islands to the south of New Zealand. Everyone welcome…
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Toowoomba Bird Observers December Newsletter
Toowoomba Bird Observers have shared their December newsletter. Bird of the month is the Superb Fairy-wren. There is information about upcoming outings on 8 and 25 January and more.