In late May this year, the birding world was made poorer by the loss of Alan Keith Morris, husband, father, friend, and bird mentor. Alan was often referred to as “Mr NSW” because of his intricate knowledge of birds in NSW, both past and present. But to many birders, Alan was known simply as “AKM”. …
To understand how birds are faring, long-term monitoring of birds is essential. Setting up standardised surveys at specific locations that are repeated over time is an effective way of detecting changes in bird populations. ‘Wings on King’ is a dedicated long-term monitoring program on King Island that uses Birdata to collect, collate, and monitor birds. …
Whilst birding is often a beautiful, relaxing activity to engage in, it’s not always a walk in the park. Bird surveying can sometimes mean crawling through muddy mangroves, getting tangled in wait-a-while vine in the rainforest, or even witnessing the impacts of a catastrophic environmental event as the Gulf St Vincent Migratory Wader Survey team …
Christine Heiser from Birdwatchers of Hervey Bay recently finished a multi-year project of entering into Birdata the historic bird lists maintained by the late John Knight. This amounts to over 1300 surveys translated into Birdata! What dedication! Since Birdwatchers of Hervey Bay formed in the late 1990s, John Knight had recorded all the group’s bird …