I stumbled across this film via a Facebook post and watched it during lunch and on the bus home from work (it’s only 37 minutes long). It provides interesting insight into the birding on either side of the US/Mexico border, an area I knew very little about. A bonus is the wonderful cinematography (in particular the incredible raptor scenes). It’s a niche topic but I highly recommend the film.
An overnight twitch with two friends to Credo Station yielded two new birds for me:
Good views of Ground Cuckoo-shrike and Zebra Finches also which was nice. These two additions take my Australian life list to 358 and my Western Australian life list to 295. Photographs from the trip are on my Flickr site.
In no particular order, my 2020 targets are:
I’m going to compile and maintain this list to assist in distinguishing aviary escapees from over-travelling legitimate wild birds (relative to the Perth metro area).
In no particular order, my 2019 targets are:
So it’s been a while since I’ve posted an update. Apologies to my regular readers…
Here is a point form update:
List of birds seen from my first floor office window in Applecross, Perth, WA (in order seen/recorded).
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Here is a list of the birds I am looking for in 2015 (in no particular order):