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ACCOMMODATION ADVERTISEMENTS (later years omitted) Aireys Inlet, Vic. 1986/8.83, 9.95, 10.107, 11.113, 12.129; 1987/1.10, 3.22, 4.27, 5.41, 6.60, 7.63, 8.78, 8.80, 9.93, 10.105, 11.111, 12.129; 1988/2.22, 3.35, 4.47, 6.72, 8.88, 10.113, 12.144; 1989/1.12, 4.36, 6.59, 8.74, 11.112; 1990/4.36, 7.71, 10.99; 1991/1.9, 6.52, 9.87, 12.123; Ambua Lodge, Tari, New Guinea 1990/9.94 Ascot Park, near Bendigo, Vic. 1989/12.130 Forest Taragon Lodge 1985/9.95 Barnidgee Creek 1983/1.11 Barren Grounds Observatory Jamberoo, NSW 1987/8.78, 1989/5.45; 1990/3.14 Bellellen Rise, Grampians, Vic. 1986/1.11, 3.23, 4 35, 5 47, 6.59 Bellwood, NSW 1990/6.54, 9.95 , Vic. 1986/4 35 Bendigo Area, Strathfieldsaye 1985/5.47 Bool Lagoon, SA 1989/7.68, 10.107 Bright, Forest Lodge 1983/1.91 Bright, Vic. 1991/10.106, 11.120 Broome, W.A. 1986/7.71; 1987/3.15, 4.36, 5.41, 6.52 Beach Resort, N.S.W. 1986/1.5, 3.23, 4.29, 5.47, 6.58, 7.71, 8.82, 9.95, 10.107, 11.120, 12.128; 1987/1.8, 3.14, 4.36, 5.41, 6.52 Byron Bay, Belongil Wood Resort 1985/9.95 Cape Liptrap 1983/1.11 Cape York Wilderness Lodge 1987/8.84, 9.94, 11.112; 1988/2.23 Capertee Valley, near Glen Davis, NSW 1990/3.22, 4.26, 5.45 Casino, N.S.W. 1982/9.71 Cassowary House, Kuranda, Qld. 1986/7.71, 8.83, 10.107; 1987/1.11, 4.36, 6.52; 1988/3.29, 6.71, 8.90; 1989/3.18, 5.40, 11.118; 1990/1.10, 4.35, 5.44, 12.29; 1991/1.3, 11.114; Coffs Harbour 1981/12.107 Colignan (near Mildura, Vic.) 1983/3.19;1984/1.11; 1985/4.35; 1986/4.35, 5.47, 6.59, 7.71; 1987/3.24, 4.35, 5.41, 6.57, 8.80, 9.89; Conargo, N.S.W. (Riverina) 1987/9.87 Country Lane Farm Holidays (Vic.) 1988/6.64 Crystal Creek, , NSW 1991/12.123 Deniliquin, NSW 1989/3.19 Dunbar Host Farm near Kyneton, Vic. 1989/3.14 Dungog, Barrington Ranges, N.S.W. 1987/4.36, 5.39, 5.44, 9.94, 10.101, 11.110 Dunkeld, Vic. (The Bunkhouse) 1990/6.51, 7.70, 10.108; 1991/5.41, 8.82, 9.96, 10.108 Eremophila Park Reserve, S.A. 1986/1.11, 3.23 Falls Creek 1982/6.47 Farm and Rural Holidays () 1991/1.10 Flinders Island, Tas. 1987/8.81 Gipsy Point, Vic 1991/5.43, 6.51 Glenelg Nat. Park, Holiday Farmhouse 1985/4.35 Gloucester Tops Caravan Park 1985/4.35 Grampians Blue Holiday House, Vic. 1990/5.38, 8.81, 9.95 Grampians, Vic (Chinamans Lodge) 1990/7.69, 8.83, 9 95, 10.101, 12.125; 1991/3.22, 9.94; Grampians, Vic (Redman Farm) 1991/8.77 Grampians, Vic (Southern Grampians Log 1990/3.23, 7.64, 8.84, 9.89, 10.99, 11.120, 12.130; Cabins) 1991/1.8, 3.17, 5.48, 6.60, 7.65, 8.82, 9.96, 10.103, 11.118, 12.125; Grampians, Vic. 1990/6.53 Grampians, Vic. (Wartook) 1990/10.107, 12131 2 Observer Index 1975-2011

Healesville-Badger Creek Caravan Park, Vic. 1986/7.71, 9.94 Heywood, Vic (Portland/Hamilton area) 1990/7.63 Holiday and hospitality exchange 1980/8.68 Iron Range Bird Camp 1983/1.11; 1985/1.11 Jinda Park, Bambra, Otway Ranges, Vic. 1986/6.59 King Island, Bass Strait, Tas 1990/3.23, 4 34, 5 39, 6 51, 7.71, 9.95, 11.115; 1991/1.8 Kingfisher Caravan Park, Julatten, Qld 1988/11.126 Kingfisher Haven, Shoal Bay, NSW 1986/4.35 Kooraweera Homestead, Camperdown, Vic. 1990/11.119, 12.132; 1991/1.8, 3.16 Kulkurt, Host Farm near Grampians, Vic. 1989/6.54, 7.62, 8.78 Kuranda, Cassowary House 1984/6.591985/3.23; Kuranda, N Qld 1983/12.115;1984/1.11; , NSW 1983/1.11 Victoria, , Vic 1986/11.112, 12.124 , Qld 1988/9.99 Little Desert 1982/6.47, 7.55 Little Desert Lodge, Nhill 1983/7.59; 1984/3.13; 1985/1.11, 11.118, 119 Linton 1981/1l.95; 1986/10.107, 11.113; 1987/1.12, 3.14, 4.29; 1989/4.35 Lorien Wildlife Refuge, NSW 1985/8.83; 1987/1.11 Mallacoota (Gipsy Point Lodge), Vic 1983/8.67; 1984/1.11;1986/3.23, 4.35, 10.107; 1987/3.24, 4.35, 9.89, 10.105; 1988/2.18, 3.33, 7.75, 8.93, 9.98, 10.118, 11.127, 12.138; 1989/1.8, 4.35, 5.41, 6.54, 7.66, 8.83, 9.92, 10.101, 11.113, 12.125; 1989/8.76, 11.117; 1990/1.5, 3.22, 5.42, 6.58, 7.71, 8.83, 9.89, 10.108, 11.119, 12.131; 1991/1.9, 3 21, 5 41, 6.54, 7.69, 8.82 Mallacoota (Karbeethong Lodge), Vic 1988/6.62, 7.83, 8.92, 9.101, 10.118, 11.122, 12.140; 1989/1.11, 3.23, 4.34, 5.46, 6.59, 7.70, 8.82; Mallacoota Inlet (Adobe Flats), Vic 1983/7.59; 1989/1.10, 3.17, 4.34, 5.41, 6.59, 7.62, 8.81, 9.86, 10.98, 11.119, 12.128; 1990/1.8, 3.21, 4.35, 5.45, 6.52, 7.70, 8.83, 9.95, 10.105, 11.114, 12.129; 1991/1.19, 3.21, 5.39, 6.60, 7.66, 8.79, 9.94, 10.99, 11.111, 12.126; Mallacoota Inlet, Vic 1984/7.71; 1985/1.11; 1986/1.11, 3.23, 4.35, 5.47, 6.59, 7.71, 8.83, 9 95, 10.107, 11.118, 12.130; 1987/1.11, 3.24, 4.33, 5.41, 6.59, 7.65, 8.81, 9.93, 10.106, 11.120, 12.123; 1988/2.23, 3.35, 4.47, 5.52, 6.65, 7.77, 8.89, 9.99, 10.119, 11.127, 12.138; Mallacoota, Gypsy Point 1985/3.23 Mallacoota, Vic (Mudbrick Cottage) 1990/6.53, 11.114 Marysville Holiday flats 1980/5.39 McCrae, Mornington Peninsula 1983/10.91; 1984/1.11; 1985/4.35 Mornington Peninsula, Vic 1986/4.35, 9.95; 1987/4.35, 9.95; 1988/5.57, 6.72, 7.78; 1989/3.17, 9.90 Mount Gambier, SA 1981/11.95, 12.07; 1982/5.39, 7.55 Mountain View Motel, Halls Gap, Vic 1987/1.10, 3.15, 4.33, 5.48, 6.52, 7.62, 8.83, 9.88, 10.101, 11.118, 12.131; 1988/2.23, 3.35, 4.39, 5.55, 6.71, 7.77, 8.86, 9.102 Nerrinyerie Cottage, Nerrinyerie, Harrow Vic 1991/10.99 Newhaven Bridge Motel, Newhaven, Vic. 1986/7.71; 1988/6.71, 7.77, 8.89, 9.99 Noosa, Little Cove 1985/8.83 Ptiloris, N. 1982/8.63, 10.79; 1983/1.11; 1986/9.95 Quiamong, Deniliquin, NSW 1988/2.22, 5.58 Rawson Village, Vic. 1989/l.5 River Murray Houseboats 1983/10.91 , Vic. 1989/3.20; 1990/1.11, 4.28, 9.88; 1991/5.47, 8.83; Sorrento 1981/3.19 Taragon Lodge Holiday Farm Mathoura, NSW 1983/7.59 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 3

Tarragon Lodge, Mathoura, NSW 1986/1.11, 7.71, 8.83, 10.107; 1987/4.35, 9.90, 10.101; 1988/3.30, 4.46, 7.78, 9.102 Tathra, NSW 1986/10.107; 1987/3.14; 1990/3.16, 12.122 The Hermitage, Narbethong, Vic 1989/10.108 Toora 1982/5.36 Tynong, Victoria, Log Cabin 1984/5.47; 1985/6.59 Waldheugel Lodge, Bega, NSW 1984/10.107; 1985/1.11; 1989/9.86, 10.104, 11.117; Warburton Arrirbri Lodge 1985/9.95 Warrumbungle National Park 1987/10.102 Webegong Warren, NSW 1987/4.33 Weekend Bird-watching Retreats, Vic 1990/4.36, 5.48, 6.56, 7.71, 12.130; 1991/1.11, 5.40, 6.50, 7.62 Whimpey's Little Desert Lodge, Vic 1986/1.11, 3.23, 5.47 Wollumbin 1981/3.19; 1983/7.59 Woorlong Villas, Colignan (near Mildura, Vic.) 1988/3.29, 4.47, 5.59, 6.70, 7.76, 8.88; 1989/1.4, 3.24, 4.35, 5.41, 6.56, 7.68, 8.77, 9.92, 10.106; 1990/1.3, 3.16, 4.35, 5.38, 6.60, 7.71, 8.83, 9.96, 10.99; 1991/1.8, 3.24, 5.47, 6.55, 7.61, 8.82, 9.94, 10.101 Wyperfeld 1983/3.19 YHA 1981/11.95 ANECDOTES A Child's Thought on Ducks 1990/10.106 Another Chamberlain: Other Wildlife 1989/8.83 Buff-sided Robin 1992/8.4 Can You Hear Me? 1993/4.11 Cat and Rail Tale 1986/6.60 Cause for Alarm 1995/7.8 Ear, Ear! 2005/8.4 Final Word 1994/1.12 Gleanings 1979/2.3, 3.11, 5.27, 6.35, 7.43, 8.51, 9.60, 10.67 Gleanings 1980/3.15, 4.27 Gossip from the garden 1978/6.27 I Hate ! 1993/4.6 In Search of a Mega Tick 1986/1.10 In Trouble with the Law 1995/3.12 Larus agapanthus whakataneiensis 1993/8.8 Little Grassbird, Yarran Dheran Reserve, Mitcham, Vic. 1986/10.105 New Rainforest ? 1994/3.12 No speed limit for Emus 2005/4.7 Now I Am Seedy! 1993/8.20 Overseas oddspot 2001/4.5 Peregrinations 1984/1.9, 3.20, 5.45, 7.69, 8.81, 9.93, 10.107, 11.118, 12.129 Ramblings on the Challenge Bird Count 1992/4.18 Records, Reminiscences and Reflections 1980/6.49 Shot in the Dark 1993/5.15 Talking Cockatoos 1986/5.46 The 'Jizz' of a Bird 1995/3.8 The Two Georges 1986/5.46 This and That 1980/3.23, 5.47, 8.68 Three Farthings a Parrot 1994/12.5 Village Abuzz 1989/8.83 Warning: Ducks Crossing 1990/10.106 Wedged in 2002/6.3 Woe is Me! 1992/11.9

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ANIMALS (See also BIRD BEHAVIOUR, and CONSERVATION) Invertebrates Ant, Crazy 2006/10.14 Ant, Electric 2006/10.14 Ant, Fire 2006/10.14 Beetle, Elephant 2009/8.27 Butterfly, Wood White 2005/2.7 Cicada, Redeye 1989/3.21 Cuttlefish 2007/6.19 Damselfly, Blue 2009/2.13 Locusts 2010/5.10, 8.18 Orb-weaver, Golden 2011/5.32 Tick on Pilotbird 2010/8.32 Fish Flying fish 2010/5.14 Porcupine Fish 2010/11.27 , Growling Grass 2009/2.9 2006/12.6 Toad, Cane 2007/4.23, 2011/2.28 Reptiles Crocodile, Freshwater 2009/12.15 Dragon 2006/6.19 Dragon, Long-nosed 2003/12.9 Monitor, Lace 2001/4.3 Python in Great Bowerbird’s bower 2006/6.4 Snake, Brown 2001/6.3 Snake, Tiger 2001/12.11 Snakes 2002/4.3, 12.5 Snakes, Do’s & Don’ts 1984/1.2 Tortoise 2001/10.3 Turtle, Green 2007/4.21 Turtle, Kreft’s 1986/8.80 Turtle, Loggerhead 2007/4.21 Water Dragon, Eastern 2003/2.3 Cheetah 2003/10.20 Cat. Feral 2011/5.6, 2011/5.7 Cat, Savannah 2008/10.9 Dingo 2001/8.10 Echidna 2005/2.48 Flying-fox, Little Red 2010/11.27 Fox, Red 2001/12.11; 2008/4.5, 4.7 Foxes in Tasmania 2006/10.16 Hare 2005/4.7 Pipistrelle, Murray’s 2003/6.15 2001/10.3; 2002/2.5 Possum, Common Ringtail 2002/8.15 Possum, Leadbeater’s 2011/11.22 Rabbit, European 2007/4.4, 2010/5.18, 11.27 Rat, Black 2010/2.12, 2011/5.9 Reindeer, Svalbard 2009/12.20 Rock-wallaby, Short-eared 2009/12.15 Seal, Australian Fur 2003/10.25 Seal, Elephant 2007/4.5 Seal, Leopard 2001/6.11 Spotlighting mammals 1980/5.39 Squirrel Glider vs Common Bronzewing 2002/6.35 Tree Kangaroo, Lumholtz’s 2006/6.19, 2006/8.6 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 5

Weta 2008/12.8

Austraflora, A Thank You 1985/6.54

AUTHOR INDEX year/month.page no. A., E [Abel, Will Victorian Taxpayers be Asked to Subsidise 1976/6.42 Elizabeth] Destruction of Bird Habitat ? Abbots, Susan Magic Faraway Tree, The 2008/10.14 Abel, Elizabeth The Drongo is the Culprit 1983/6.49 Abel, Elizabeth & Nature in the Raw on the Goulburn 1982/4.30 Sadie Evans Acton, Marleen Australasian Bittern in 2000/8.17 Acton, Marleen Winter Challenge 2003 2002/10.15 Airey, Joan Miscellaneous Notes 1975/7.53 Akers, Daryl Our remnant woodlands 2007/6.12 Allan, Peter Memory Lane, , Vic. 1978/12.81 Allan, Peter The wait-a-while woodland 1997/1.7 Allen, C. A Surfeit of Woodswallows 1980/12.113 Allen, Irene Cattle Egrets, Eden District 1982/4.25 Allen, Irene Pelicans at Timbilic, N.S.W. 1982/7.55 Allen, Irene Ducklings, Timbilica, N.S.W. 1986/9.89 Allen, Peter Dairy Farm Birds 1976/4.27 Allenson, E.J. A Flame robin and the decease of a plant 1977/10.82 Allison, Bill How to Protect the Birds in Your Garden 1992/11.8 Allison, Bill From Petfood to Persimmons 1993/1.10* Allison, Mary A Tragedy 1978/7.38 Ambrose, Bernard Rosella Park 2008/2.20 Anderson, Bob Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater celebrate 20 2009/4.11 years Andrew, David Birding at Iron Range, Qld. 1986/12.132 Andrew, David Bird-watching in Papua New Guinea 1987/12.121 Andrew, David Birds on a Military Base 1988/8.95 Andrew, David Halcyon days in Kakadu 1989/6.49 Andrew, David Birds of Bali 1989/8.73 Andrew, David Banding for Beginners 1990/3.13 Andrew, David Rules of the Game 1990/8.82 Andrews, Maree & West to Mount Isa 1988/5.56 Marj Andrews Andrews, Marj A ‘Flock’of Pratincoles 1991/9.89 Andrews, Marj 2000/6.12 Andrews, Marj 2001/10.32 Andrews, Marj Eungella Honeyeater Project 2001/4.34 Andrews, Marjorie Site Fidelity of Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher 1995/12.9 Angel, Betty Suffolk Park, N.S.W. 1978/12.84 Angel, Betty Pallid Cuckoos — Adult Feeding Young 1981/3.17 Anon Luxury Birding near Wedderburn 1983/3.18 Anon Photographing Australian Birds 1987/7.61 Anon Elizabeth Gould 1995/10.7 Anon Battle of the sexes 1996/12.13 Anon Bare essentials of bird photography 1996/12.2 Anon Was it Namatjira? 1999/3.8 Appleby, C A Deadly Swallow’s Nest 1984/5.46 Appleby, C. Bird in Hand — A Spotted Pardalote 1981/7.59 Appleby, Claire Raptor Round ! 1984/2.9 Appleby, Claire The Saga of a Sparrow Hawk 1985/11.118 Appleby, Claire Some “New” Shorebirds 1987/10.108 Appleby, Claire A Pre-European Glimpse 1988/1.2 Appleby, Claire The Laverton Saltworks,Vic 1988/8.94 Appleby, Claire Honey Pots 1990/5.45 Appleby, Claire Leucopogon ‘Lunches’ 1990/7 68 Appleby, George, On the Beach, February 1983 1983/4.24 6 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Robert & Claire Ap-Thomas, D Just a fun day 1998/11.16 Ap-Thomas, David Pity the Chats 1985/9.93 Ap-Thomas, David Pelicans 1986/8.80 Ap-Thomas, David Camp at Cape Liptrap, 11-14th March 1988/5.54 Ap-Thomas, David Letter from the President 1992/1.2 Ap-Thomas, David Programme for Belize 1992/1.6* Ap-Thomas, David Artists in Aid of 1992/8.2 Arnold, Heather White-faced Herons and Windows 1976/4.27 Ashford, Bob Rose-ringed Parrakeets breeding ...? 2001/10.4 Ashton, C.B. Common Sandpiper Feeding from a Midstream 1987/5.47 Perch Ashton, Colin Predation of Young Bee-eaters by a Magpie 1986/9.96 Astle, Laurel A different kind of tapping 1996/12.11 Aummann, T. Identifying Goshawks and Sparrowhawks 1984/8.78 Austin, Adele Fijian Birdlife 1983/3.17 Austin, Claude N. Speckled Warbler Host to Black-eared Cuckoo ? 1975/3.22 Austin, Claude N. The Cuckoo and the Warblers 1975/8.60 Austin, Shaun Barn Owl Hovering 1975/4.31 Post birds stamp issue 1997/8.7 Badman, Frank Up the Oodnadatta Track 1993/5.9* Bailey, Susan A Bird-watching Holiday in Eastern Australia 1990/5.44 Bailley, Jim A Note on Doves, Sparrows and Magpies 1989/2.4 Bain, Margaret Barking Owl identification? 2001/10.6 Baker, David Black and White Birds to Remember 1986/11.120 Baker, Ian Black-necked Stork (Jabiru) off course 1981/2.4 Baker, Ken BOCA Extended Tour to Far Western New South 1988/11.125 Wales and 10-25th September 1988 Ballingal, Betty The Ingenious Behaviour of Two Birds 1988/2.23 Balmford, R. Birding in Antarctica 1996/2.8* Balmford, R. Australian birds in Australian poetry 1997/8.11 Balmford, Rosemary Birds in the Kimberleys 1984/3.13 Balmford, Rosemary Introduced Birds in Australia 1988/1.3 Balmford, Rosemary Native Birds which use Humans as a Source of 1991/6.49 Food Balmford, Rosemary Looking at Birds in East and Central Africa 1991/9.88 Balmford, Rosemary People and Birds in Australia 1992/3.10 Bard-Brucker, Bela A Good Move 1982/6.46 Bard-Brucker, Bela Fires in the You Yangs, 1985 1985/5.40 Bard-Brucker, Bela Nest Boxes in the You Yangs, Vic. 1985/9.89 Barker, Edna Black-necked Storks nesting 2002/2.20 Barker, Glen Reply to : “Nesting Habits of Domestic King 1976/6.47 Quail” Barker, S. Re-Discovery of Night Parrot Geopsittacus 1979/9.62 occidentalis Barkla, J.G. Magpies and Miners 1989/4.34 Barkla, Jack Winter Birding on “The Farm” — 1978 1978/10.57 Barkla, Jack Magical Moments 1987/11.117 Barkla, Jack The Strzelecki Track in Winter 1991/11.110 Barkla, John Bowra Station 2008/10.12 Barkla. Jack A Search for the Rarities 1986/6.49 Barlow, Brenda Pratincoles Breeding near Rushworth 1978/4.9 Barlow, Jeremy & Wedge-tailed Eagles at Rushworth 1976/2.14 Brendan Barnes, Chris Holiday in southern California 1997/6.10, 7.8 Barnes, Chris A day birding in The Isa 1998/3.15 Barnes, Chris Pelagic magic 1998/9.5* Barnes, Daryl Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher 2008/6.20 Barns, A.J., K. Beach Wash Survey 1977/4.27 Bartram, D. Eades Barns, Bill Sanctuary on the Plains 1977/8.65 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 7

Barraclough, Brian Birds and Human Diseases 1984/4.25 Barraclough, Bryan & On The Road to Coleraine 1976/5.38 Nancy Barraclough, C Saving the Helmeted Honeyeater 1999/9.24 Barraclough, Colin Save the Glossies 1994/7.2 Barraclough, Colin Infamous roads of the Kimberley 2001/12.16 Barraclough, Nancy BOC Members Around the Kimberleys 1980/3.13 Barraclough, Nancy Werribee Willie Wagtails 1982/6.47 Barrett, Bill “If I Live to be a Hundred I will Never Like 1983/2.9 Starlings” Bartels, Pauline A Grebe Experience 1994/8.4 Bartels, Pauline Winter visitors 1996/2.7 Barton, Edith Little Desert Lodge 1991/12.129 Bartram, Kevin Red-chested Quail Sighted 1975/7.54 Bassett, L.H. Letter-winged Kite at Port 1977/10.81 Battagline, Robin White-necked Herons 1983/10.90 Batten, B. A Hungry Hobby 1987/7.71 Battle, Lyn Sweers Island: Stone-curlew haven 2001/6.12 Baum, Peter Galapagos 2008 2008/6.22 Baum, Petr French flamingos 2007/12.14 Baynham, John & Effect of 1080 on Bird Life 1989/5.47 Brenda Bear, Cedric Black-tailed Godwits in Inland N.S.W. 1978/10.61 Bearup, John Launch Trip on Blackwood River, W.A. 1977/3.21 Beasley, Leila Second Chance for a Magpie 1991/3.21 Bedggood, George Avian Odds and Ends 1975/11.84 Bedggood, George Winter Oddments 1977/11.89 Bedggood, George Omeo Birding in Drought 1978/6.29 Bedggood, George Some Short Flights 1979/3.13 Bedggood, George Black-Shouldered Kites At Ocean Beach 1979/5.30 Bedggood, George Mimicry by the Crested Shrike-Tit 1980/11.100 Bedggood, George “Dead Crow” 1985/4.34 Bedggood, George Satin Bowerbirds in Orbost, Vic. 1990/11.119 Bedggood, George Honeyeaters on the Move 1990/9.95 Bedggood, George W. Avian Escapees ? 1975/8.59 Bedggood, George W. Recent Feeding Observations 1976/10.77 Bedggood, George W. Hovering by Magpie-lark 1978/7.38 Bedggood, George W. Some Short Notes 1980/10.91 Bedggood, George W. Red-browed Finches feeding Fantail Cuckoo 1981/3.15 Bedggood, George W. Red-capped Robin in 1981/9.77 Beeson, Barbara Dancing Azure Kingfishers 1989/9.95 Begg, Elizabeth Excursion to the 9/2/85 1985/4.32 Begg, Elizabeth Walking at Lord Howe 1999/5.13 Beggs, Helen Little Corellas 1976/7.52 Bell, Beth , Ted Display by White-necked Herons (Ardea 1977/5.42 Faggetter & Trish pacifica) Sinclair Bell, Harry Bareij’s Torres Straight Pigeon 1981/11.93 Bell, Horry Black-eared Cuckoo and Speckled Warbler 1976/7.50 Controversy Bentley, Beatrice Feasting on the Wild Tobacco 1994/1.5 Beruldsen, Gordon R. Cape York North from Bamaga 1987/6.57 Beruldsen, Jim Wheatear Oenanthe Sp. 1996/5.2 Beruldson, G.R. Large-tailed Nightjar in South-Eastern 1991/6.58 Queensland Beruldson, Gordon R. Terawah 1985/4.25 Beste, Hans Blue-faced Finches on “Ptiloris” 1983/2.10 Beste, Hans & Judy Black Bittern — A Victorian Record 1977/7.57 Beste, Hans & Judy “Ptiloris” — paradise 1981/4.29 Bielby, Clive Further Sightings of Australasian Bitterns 1986/11.118 Bielewicz, Julian A. Oddbirds 1992/12.6 Bingham, P.J. & Ellen An Aerial Mob of Magpies 1984/2.9 8 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

M. McCulloch Bingham, Pat BOCA 90th Birthday Dinner 1995/6.8 Bingham, Pat Birding Costa Rica 2010/8.6, 11.7 Bingham, Val A Whipbird has the Last Word 1991/9.93 Bird, Janice Buying Back the Bush 1995/4.10 Bird, Janice Bush heritage update 1998/7.15 Bird, Peter Sparrowhawk profits from Magpie 2003/6.4 Bisgrove, Alexis Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo 2001/2.3 Bishop, Yvonne Changing Habitat and Effect on Birdlife 1980/8.65 Black, Aileen Beating the Crested Pigeons 1983/11.97 Black, Andrew Why We Should Not Export Cockatoos 1985/8.76 Black, Keith Channell-billed Cuckoo 1981/4.28 Black, Keith Birds at Play — Little Corella 1981/6.51 Black, Tom Superb Fairy-Wrens 1989/10.107 Blackham, E. Corranderrk Outing 1975/6.46 Blackham, E. Canberra Trip 12–14 June 1976 1976/8.61 Blackham, E. What Bird was That ? 1977/12.100 Blackham, E. Castlemaine Camp 23rd-25th April 1977/6.51 Blackham, E. Flinders Island Trip — 10th–13th march 1978/5.19 Blackwell, G.A. & Bird Haunts in Britain 1977/1.1 G.S. Blackwell, G.A. & Ao Tea Roa (The Long White Cloud) 1977/12.104 G.S. Blackwell, G.A.& G.S. Birding in the Highlands of Malaysia 1979/11.79 Blackwood, Nick Birding the Kimberley 2003/6.10 Blake, Trevor Shearwater Deaths, East Gippsland 1989/7.71 Blood, D C Pink-eared Ducks 2000/2.12 Blood, D C Urban Cattle Egrets 2001/2.33 BOCA Bush Stone-curlew and Fox calls 1999/11.16 BOCA Advice on orphan birds 1999/12.19 Boekel, Con Large flock of Magpie-larks in Darwin 1977/11.90 Bohnke, H. Ocean Grove Outing 1977/10.82 Boles, Walter E Ibis in urban areas 2010/2.17 Bolger, Peter From Magpie to Fairy-wren 1994/9.2 Bolton, H.C. Pre-Dawn Singing of the White-backed Magpie 1977/2.14 Bolton, H.C. & K.Hall An Unusual Nesting Record for Willie Wagtail 1982/4.25 (Rhipidura leucophrys) Bolton, H.J.C. Black Cormorant at 5000 Ft. 1977/2.15 Bond, June A Wolf in Rosella’s Plumage 1981/9.77 Bonser, Christine Cape Barren Geese and Flinders Island 1977/5.39 Bonser, Christine More of the Purple Swamphen, Porphyrio 1984/9.82 porphyro Boote, Linda Re Dairy Farm Birds 1976/5.38 Booth, Carol Going with the Tide: BOCA Kimberley Trip, 1993/8.10 1993 Booth, Carol Week of Birds At Gipsy Point Lodge 1994/9.19 Borrie, Wendy Wendy's "B" Galahs! 1995/11.8 Boughtwood, Ron Birds Caught in Spiders’ Web 1991/3.20 Bounds, Irene What a Day ! (A lighthearted account of a Birdo’s 1978/12.79 activities) Bounds, Irene Birding Around the Golf Links at Echuca 1979/11.81 Bourke, P.A. Speckled Warbler and Black-eared Cuckoo 1975/6.44 Bourke, P.A. Birds in Katherine Gorge 1984/9.82 Bourke, P.A. The Australian Bird Watcher, Unabashed 1985/5.44 Bower, G. Cocoparra National Park 1985/10.104 Bower, Graham Birds of King and Flinders Island 1986/6.60 Bower, Graham Southern Africa 2007/4.17 Bowker, Gracie Port Fairy Notes 1980/10.94 Boyd, Ian Special area in Townsville, A 2009/10.17 Braby, Elaine Birds of Fiji 1984/9.95 Braby, Elaine “Mutton-birds” 1986/5.44 Braby, Elaine Wood Duck 1987/12.132 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 9

Braby, Elaine Night Owls 1987/4.25 Braby, Elaine High-Rise Lapwings, Eltham, Vic. 1989/11.109 Brade, E. Pardalotes 1978/8.47 Brandis, Kate Colonial waterbird breeding 2011/2.9 Bransbury, John Where to Find Birds in Australia 1. Lord Howe 1990/9.85 Island Bransbury, John Where to Find Birds in Australia 2. Queensland’s 1991/2.4 Sandstone Gorges Bransbury, John The Magic of Malaysia 1991/6.56 Bransbury, John Observations on Birds Using Humans as a Source 1991/8.80 of Food in Eastern Australia Breen, Simon Birding in the Outback 1989/5.47 Brewster, D.G. Eastern Rosella at King Island 1980/3.22 Brewster, Os & Eulalie More Nocturnal Kookaburras 1991/7.69 Brickhill, T. & Interesting Sightings, Great Victoria Desert 1991/12.130 M.Andrews Brickhill, Tess A Cup of Water 1990/3.21 Brickhill, Tess Palm Cockatoos Drumming 1991/7.70 Brickhill, Tess Nesting Eungella Honeyeater 1998/3.7 Brickhill, Tess Nesting Eungella Honeyeaters 2005/6..8 Brickhill,T. Juvenile Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher in 1986/12.121 Mackay, Queensland Briggs, S.V. Tales of the Wetlands 1994/4.6 Broadberry, Joan A year of irruption 2000/4.11 Broadhurst, Lola Expedition to the Flinders Ranges and the Centre 1990/7.68 — Spring 1989 Broadway, George Mt. Dryden Camp 1991/12.128 Brooke, Max S The Gyrocast Story 1994/6.7 Brothers, Nigel Longline Fisheries 1992/3.7 Brouwer, Joost Black-Cockatoos in Western Australia 1988/5.58 Brown, Barbara A View from NSW, or Victoria Re-visited 1981/7.58 Brown, Barbara Uniform Swiftlets in Northern Queensland 1983/2.3 Brown, Barbara & On Visiting New Zealand 1991/11.119 Martin Brown, Celia Japanese Snipe — Again 1979/7.47 Brown, Dick & Molly Trans-Tasman Friends 1984/7.70 Brown, Graeme A Place to See the Mallee Fowl 1977/2.13 Brown, J & M Caravanning 1999/6.15 Brown, Jim The joy of Swifts 2000/4.6* Brown, Jim Cooperative fishing 2001/4.32 Brown, Jim Silvereye chased by Wattlebird 2002/10.5 Brown, Jim Does size really matter? 2002/2.16 Brown, Jim Turkey dinner? 2002/8.19 Brown, M.& J. Ospreys Choose a Mobile Home 1992/11.11 Brown, Mollie Latin names 1997/11.21 Brown, Mollie Purple Swamphens 1997/5.9 Brown, Molly Ambivalent World of the Whistlers 1994/12.8 Brown, Molly Coot Comment 1994/8.5 Brown, Molly The Remorseless Builders 1994/9.6 Brown, Molly Star Billing 1995/11.6 Brown, Molly Our Resident Swallows 1995/5.8 Brown, Molly Watching at the Window 1995/8.6 Brown, Molly Wandering wagtails 1996/12.4 Brown, Molly Nest watcher 1996/4.8 Brown, Molly Roadside walk 1996/6.6 Brown, Molly Quiet look at White-breasted Robin 1996/8.2 Brown, Molly Clamorous Reed-Warblers, The 2001/12.32 Brown, Molly Daily list, The 2001/6.6 Brown, P.B. & Orange-bellied Parrots Winter Survey 24, 25 July 1983/2.1 R.I.Wilson 1983 Brown, R.W. Peck-order Among Scavengers 1981/7.59 Brown. Barbara Julatten — A Birdwatcher’s ‘Mecca’ 1985/10.107 10 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Browne, Celia Japanese Snipe 1979/6.34 Browne, Celia About Feathers and Fur 1979/8.53 Browne, Celia Koonung Creek 1997/4.5 Browne, Celia Rainbow Lorikeets 1997/6.3 Browne, Celia M. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, Lichenostomus 1980/8.73 melanops Browne, Celia M. White-winged Choughs, at Toorourrong 1981/7.58 Ressservoir, Victoria Browne, Celia M. No Room for Fish-Fingers 1981/10.86 Browne, Celia M. Winter in North Balwyn 1983/7.59 Browne, Celia M. Great Victoria Desert Safari, 1986 Some 1987/2.10 Comments on the Eastbound Trip Browne, Celia M. Lorikeets in Love 1987/6.53 Browne, Celia M. An Autumn Interlude 1987/6.59 Browne, Celia M. Finding a Mistletoebird’s Nest 1991/7.61 Brownsea, A. Notes from Kiata 1978/3.123 Brownsea, Anthony Notes from Kiata 1977/3.23 Brownsea, Anthony Notes from Kiata 1977/10.83 Brownsea, Clive New Bird for Little Desert National Park 1976/6.46 Brunner, Hans & Celia Vermin Control and Hazards to Non-Target 1979/11.77 Browne Species 1 Rabbit Bait Acceptance by Birds in a Southern Victorian Forest Bryan, Gregory Chickadee at Christmas 1996/6.11 Buckingham, Marj A True Nest-Box Story 1988/3.33 Buckingham, Marj Experiences of a ‘Carer’ for Birds 1991/6.59 Buckingham, R. Maryborough Visit, 2nd September 1977/11.90 Buckingham, R. ‘Bye Bye’ Birdie 1982/5.34 Buckingham, Rex State Emblem of Victoria — Meliphaga cassidix 1975/2.10 Buckingham, Rex Water-Birds and Bone Disease 1975/10.77 Buckingham, Rex Cape Barren Geese and Flinders Island 1977/3.18 Buckingham, Rex Christmas Island 1979/12.86 Buckingham, Rex A Note on Some Coral Sea Islands 1982/7.52 Buckingham, Rex The House Crow — Don’t Give it Houseroom 19877./63 Buckingham, Rex Another Parrot for Paradise ? 1987/7.64 Buckingham, Rex The International Council for Bird Preservation 1987/10.97 Buckingham, Rex & A Spring Holiday 197511./82 Lilla Bull, Lyndall Conserving woodland wildlife 1998/3.6 Bullivant, Brian M Rewards from watching birds 2003/10.13 Bulman, Liz Night Sight of the Week 1991/7.69 Burbidge, Mary The 1989 BOCA Mackay Tour — A First- 1990/2.1 Timer’s Perspective Burbidge, Mary Paradise Regained 1995/10.4 Burbidge, Mary What, No Flamingoes? 1995/3.3 Burbidge, Mary Newport and Jawbone Reserve 2002/10.16 Burbury, C.I. Rufous Night Heron at Orford, Tasmania 1981/7.59 Burns, Barbara Birds on a Busy Schedule 1995/7.8 Burrows, Todd Bird life of South Stradbroke Is. 2010/8.12 Burrows, Todd Waders on the Cairns Esplanade 2010/2.9 Bywater, Brian Caravanning — a few facts 1999/12.13 Caddy, Merle Whipstick Camp — November 1982 1983/2.3 Cairns, Robyn Point Cook College P-9 2010/11.23 Cameron, Marj Hazards for Nesting Birds 1988/5.58 Cameron, Suzanne Atherton Tableland Bird-watching 1980/5.41 Campbell, Ellinor A bird somewhere 1999/1.20 Campbell, Kay White-faced Heron - breeding notes 1999/6.10 Campbell, Nancy Silence after the fires 1996/4.12 Cardilini, Adam Starlings in Australia 2011/11.23 Carew, Arthur Merger and me, The 2011/11.6 Carew, Denise Hey, cut that out! 1996/4.6 Carey, Mark J. Islands in the Strait 2009/12.12* Carlyle, Janice More on Landings of White-throated Needletails 1982/12.97 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 11

Carroll, R.D. Birds and Conservation 1975/9.65 Carter, Michael Nocturnal Feeding by Welcome Swallow 1989/8.81 Carter, Mike The Southern Fulmar Wreck of 1978 1978/12.76 Carter, Mike A Wreck of Common Diving Petrels in Victoria, 1985/9.85 Australia Carter, Mike Nocternal Swifts/Swallows and Gulls 1988/7.83 Carter, Mike The Kings of 1989/9.95 Carter, Mike New Bird for Australia 1992/3.2 Carter, Mike Australian Bird Species 1992/7.2 Carter, Mike Blue Rock-thrush 1998/2.21 Carter, Mike Black-backed Wagtail 1998/7.17 Carter, Mike Little Grebe 1999/12.20 Carter, Mike Pelagic sightings 1999/4.11 Carter, Mike South Island Pied Oystercatcher 1999/4.9 Carter, Mike Ringed Plover at Marlo, Vic 2002/4.36 Carter, Mike Isabelline Wheatear 2003/2.28 Carter, Mike Fairy Pitta 2008/2.10 Cassel, Marion Changing Bird Names 1979/12.89 Cassels, Marion Honeyeaters Near Frewena, N.T. 1976/1.7 Cassels, Marion The Changing of Names 1979/9.61 Caswell, Don Laughing Kookaburra’s Feeding Habits 1987/5.47 Catchpole, Brian Mornington Peninsula Outing — 13th April 1975/5.39 Catchpole, Brian Nagambie–Rushworth Outing, 25th May 1975/8.60 Catmur, Charlotte Coastal Weeds and Birds Project 2011/11.23 Causton, Elizabeth Discovery 1992/11.12 Chafer, Chris Prions or Whalebirds 1983/9.77 Chafer, Chris The Big Hole 1984/6.57 Chaffer, Barrie Screaming-woman bird 1998/6.7 Chambers, Connie Canning Stock Route Trip 1979/11.80 Chambers, R.W. Us Crazy Birdos 1979/3.14 Chandler, Chris French Island Notes 1975/9.71 Chandler, Chris Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar), in N.S.W. 1976/3.23 Chandler, E.Wreford Mistletoe-bird, A Pollen-Eater ? 1981/9.76 Chandler, Wre (Ray) Kookaburra Sets Europe Laughing 1978/6.25 Chapman, Andrew E. What Were the Birds ? 1978/6.27 Charmichael, D.A. Observations from Oaklands, N.S.W. 1986/9.92 Cheers, Christina Egyptian Goose in Princes Park 1999/7.20 Cheers, Christina Brown White-backed Magpie 1978/4.4 Cheung, Catherine Tiritiri Matangi 2008/12.7 Childs, Henty E. Improving Binocular Straps 1983/11.98 Chisholm, A.H. “Unheard” Melodies 1975/4.31 Chisholm, Alec Magpies as Vocal Mimics 1975/10.75 Chisholm, Alec A Bird-Student’s Beginnings 1976/11.84 Chisholm, Alec Tool-Using by Birds 1976/11.84 Christidis, Les History, DNA and birds 2002/6.18 Clark, Don Osprey Observations 1991/7.68 Clarke, Gordon Rediscovery of the at Linton 1977/7.57 Clarke, Gordon Is the Regent Honeyeater Vanishing ? 1979/2.3 Clarke, Lynne Cairns to Townsville 1996/10.4 Clarke, Lynne Suburban Button-quail 2001/4.6 Clarke, Lynne Silver Gulls 2002/12.5 Clarke, Lynne Hidden treasure 2002/2.6 Coate, Kevin The Great Expedition 1993/3.2 Coate, Kevin Kingston Rest 1996/7.10 Coates, Phyl Bird Watching from a Suburban Window 1981/9.79 Coburn, Margaret The Snake Catchers 1977/6.49 Cochran, Tonia A Small but Beautiful Bird 1995/8.2 Cochran, Tonia An unusual Tasmanian winter 1996/10.14 Cochran, Tonia A bumper season 1997/6.5 Cockram, P & L Monkey Mia and Mt Magnet, WA 2003/6.9 Cockram, Peter Field identification made easy 2000/12.29 Coles, Wallie Australian Bustard (Eupoditis Australis) 1978/8.46 12 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Coles, Wallie Pink Cockatoo (Cactua leadbeateri) 1978/9.54 Coles, Wally Mt Beckworth Outing, 22nd November, 1980 1981/2.11 Collins Jess & Arthur Black-shouldered Kites or — ? 1976/1.7 Collins, A.C. A plea for Extension of the List of Recommended 1980/12.107 English Names Collins, Jess & Arthur Bird ‘Ghosts’ on Windows 1975/5.38 Collins, Jess & Arthur Migration Route of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters 1975/6.46 Collins, Jess & Arthur Feeding Habits of Cattle Egrets 1976/10.77 Collins, Jess & Arthur Woodpeckers in the Garden 197712./100 Collins, Jess & Arthur An Albino Magpie 1978/12.85 Collins, Jess & Arthur A Bird Cliff in Scotland 1982/5.37 Collins, Tess & Arthur Puddling Action of Silver Gulls 1976/6.46 Collister, M. Young Members Camp at Werribee 1977/2.15 Collister, M. Young Members’ Camp at French Island 1978/3.123 Collister, Marc Young Members’ Camp at Taminick 1976/4.31 Collister, Marc Ferntree Gully National Park Outing 1976/5.39 Collister, N. Birdlife on the Yarra 1975/3.23 Colliston, Marc Young Members’ Outing to Linton 1976/2.15 Colquhoun, Margaret South- to Trip 1981/8.67 Colson, Margot Striated Pardalote Nest-Box 1988/7.77 Coman, Brian J. The Vermin Poison Sodium Monofluoroacetate 1976/12.90 (1080) as a Hazard to Wildlife Comden, Pat North East Herald Cay 1997/12.9 Comerford, Sr Pat Black-backed Wagtail at Derby WA 1996/4.2 Compton, Charles Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) 1979/8.52 Compton, Charles Wychitella Forest 1980/2.10 Conole, Lawrie Night Life at Linton and Notes on Cinema Point 1980/10.94 Cook, Annette Birds and bushfires 2003/2.12 Cook, Annette Glossy Black-Cockatoo 2007/10.7 Cook, Annette Birding and nature fair, Leeton 2007/4.8 Cook, Annette Between the mountains and the sea 2008/12.16 Cook, Annette BOCA Forum 2008 2008/12.18 Cook, Annette Education 2008/2.12, 8.14, 10.18 Cook, Annette Australian Bird Fair, Leeton NSW 2008/2.18 Cook, Annette Lake Woods – a desert oasis 2011/2.13 Cook, Annette Regent Honeyeater activity 2011/11.18 Cooke, Belinda Endangered Swift Parrot, The 2008/6.13 Cooke, Judith 1982 B.O.C. Tour — O’Reillys 1983/6.48 Cooper, M. Yellow-rumped Pardalote in Spider’s Web 1990/7.71 Cooper, Meg Observations from Tallabudgeera Creek Qld. 1991/7.68 Cope, E.J. “Flightless Parrots” 1975/3.19 Cope, E.J. Thoughts on Bird Watching 1975/3.21 Coscarelli, E. Rosella Turned Miner ? 1985/2.10 Coster, G.E. Native Birds of New Zealand : The Kakapo 1976/10.74 Coto, T. Conservation of Wetlands 1983/10.84 Coulson, M.E. Cat with Bell 1980/3.22 Coulson, M.E. Absence of Pallid Cuckoo 1980/2.9 Coulson, Margaret Ducks and Dams 1985/9.93 Coulson, Margaret Native Gardens 1985/9.94 Coulson, Margaret E. Nesting Notes from Neerim South 1980/4.33 Coulson-Bartlett, M. Birds in the Heathcote Area, Vic. 1988/2.23 Coulson-Bartlett, M.E. Murray-Goulburn Outing to Tatura 1990/6.58 Coulson-Bartlett, Observations after Rain 1989/3.22 Margaret Coventry, Diana For the sake of the survey 1998/11.10 Coventry, Diana Pesky Sparrows 1999/11.15 Coventry, P.P. Mainly about Birds in the British Isles 1988/9.105 Cowan, Alan Birding in Costa Rica 1998/8.7 Cowan, Alan & Anne Atherton Tablelands Birding 1975/11.86 Cowan, I.A. More of the Cairns Mudflats 1985/9.94 Cowan, Ian Gone Kingfishing 1982/8.61 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 13

Cowen, Alan The Falkland Islands and the Scotia Arc : A 1983/5.39 Cruise on the Lindblad Explorer Cowling, S.J. Wildlife Conservation in Victoria — Note on the 1979/2.1 Work of the Fisheries & Wildlife Division Crammond, Lorraine The Return of the Natives 1983/9.72 Crawford, Dorothy Show Week Camp at St Arnaud 1987/11.117 Crawford, Kenneth Double-banded Finches 1977/1.4 Crawford, Lydia Two firsts 1978/8.46 Crawford, Molly Predation on Grey Teal by a Pelican 1987/5.47 Crawford, Molly The Fisherman 1989/4.34 Cribb, Julian Life and Death of the Billabong 1993/6.10 Cribb, Julian Dances with cranes 2005/8.12 Cribb, Julian Poachers into gamekeepers 2007/4.12 Cribb, Julian Flight path to peril 2007/8.10, 2007/10.22 Crompton, Neville Black-necked Stork 2001/2.13 Crompton, Neville & Black-necked Stork Fishing 1991/8.82 Lena Crouther, Marion Channell-Billed Cuckoos on the Move 1979/5.29 Crouther, Marion Pacific Bazas in the Pioneer Valley, Near 1981/11.102 Mackay, Queensland Crouther, Marion Eungella Honeyeater 1994/10.2 Crouther, Marion Wonga Pigeons north of Capricorn? 1996/10.11 Crouther, Marion Metallic Starlings 1996/11.2 Crouther, Marion M, Some Observations of Chsnnel-billed Cuckoos in 1980/7.60 Crouther, Marion M. Swamphen Behaviour is not Unusual 1978/7.37 Crouther, Marion M. Introduced Birds — Mackay District, Qld 1984/6.54 Crouther, Marion M. Vagaries of Magpie Geese 1984/7.69 Crowhurst, John More Confusion over Gulls 1989/3.23 Crowhurst, John Birdwatching Near Georgetown, Queensland 1981/9.76 Crowhurst, John John Crowhurst Special 1982/8.61 Crowhurst, John Crowhurst’s Cairns Chronicle 1983/12.112 Crowhurst, John Joys of Julatten 1983/5.41 Crowhurst, John Discovery ! 1983/6.45 Crowhurst, John Lethal Drongos 1984/12.107 Crowhurst, John Cairns Update 1984/9.81 Crowhurst, John Spot Lighting Trip to the Crater 1984/9.83 Crowhurst, John Crowhurst’s Cairns 1984/9.93 Crowhurst, John Birding on the Esplanade, Cairns 1986/7.72 Crowhurst, John Returning Waders and Wandering Birdos at 1987/12.131 Cairns Crowhurst, John March News from The Esplanade, Cairns, Qld. 1987/6.57 Crowhurst, John Notes on Waders from Cairns, Qld 1987/9.95 Crowhurst, John Unusual Sightings from Cairns, Qld. 1988/2.21 Crowhurst, John Of Gulls and Kingfishers 1988/6.70 Crowhurst, John Field Notes on Franklin’s Gull 1988/8.94 Crowhurst, John Notes from Cairns, Qld. 1989/11.118 Crowhurst, John In Search of Parrots 1989/7.70 Crowhurst, John Cairns Wader and Tern Notes 1990/12.131 Crowhurst, John Notes from Cairns and Kurunda, Qld. 1990/3.22 Crowhurst, John Notes from Cairns 1991/9.89 Crowhurst, John Birding at Julatten 1993/6.3 Crowhurst, John Letter from Cairns 1994/11.7 Crowhurst, John On a Tropical Track 1995/6.2 Crowhurst, John On the Esplanade: report from Cairns 1997/6.12 Cullen, Peter New Zealand Sights ... and the Birds 1986/7.69 Cumming, Graham Nesting of Australian Pratincole 1981/11.93 Cupper, J.M. Letter-winged Kites 1977/2.13 Cupper, J.M. Re The Wedge-tailed Eagle 1978/7.36 Cupper, Jack A Film-making Trip for ABC Wildlife Division 1977/12.101 Cupper, Jack Jack Cupper’s triumph — Red Goshawk filmed at 1980/11.98 14 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

nest Cupper, Lindsay A cameraman’s lament 1999/3.21 Curry, Peter For the Potential Traveller 1975/9.70 Curtis, A. Kookaburra Eats Rat 1979/3.14 Curtis, Val A “Rosy” Female Rose Robin 1982/8.62 Curtis, Valerie Maldon, Sunday, 29th October 1978/12.86 Cusworth, Eileen A Murderous Musk Duck ? 1978/4.10 Dahlberg, Chris Great-billed Heron 1998/11.8 Dahlenburg, John Mallee Dam, The 2001/2.31 Dane, Eric Rescue of Young Barn Swallows 1981/5.39 Dann, Frank A Trip to Warmer Regions 1977/10.77 Dann, Frank Springtime Ramblings — October, 1978 1979/3.12 Dann, Frank Labour Day Weekend Camp, Toora 1982/5.36 Dann, Frank Painted Ladies 1983/11.101 Dann, Frank & Hazel Birding on the Ghan 1977/1.2 Dann, Frank & Hazel Counting Penguins 1980/4.33 Dash, Alan Unusual Magpie, Lorikeets & Feral Cats 1991/12.131 Davidson, Alistair A Place for All Seasons 1995/12.13 Davidson, Alistair & The Call of the Kimberleys 1984/12.122 Pat Emery Davidson, Garry The First One Hundred 1988/10.109 Davidson, Gary The Second Hundred 1989/7.61 Davies, Dorothy Birds Join the Cricket 1982/3.18 Davies, Jeff Was It a Azure Kingfisher ? 1975/2.12 Davies, Jeff Birding in Nelson Area 1977/5.41 Davies, Jeff White-fronted Honeyeaters Near Nelson 1977/8.66 Davies, Jeff A National Park Birdo 1979/12.85 Davies, Jeff Notes from Nelson 1980/5.45 Davies, Jeff Boobooks and Rabbits 1980/8.71 Davies, Jeff A Daylight Landing of White Throated 1982/10.76 Needletails Davies, Jeff The Eagles Verses the Magpies 1986/11.119 Davies, Rex Corranderrk, 9th May 1976/6.46 Davies, Rex Australian Gannets off Marlo 1981/7.58 Davies, Rex Cattle Egrets Harassed by Raptors 1981/7.59 Davies, Rex Driven to Drink 1986/2.10 Davies, Rex Birds in Gardens : Correas 1986/10.101 Davies, Rex Birds in Gardens : 1986/11.112 Davies, Rex Birds in Gardens 1987/2.4 Davies, Rex Eucalyptus 1988/2.24 Davis, Cath The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at Beaumaris 1976/7.54 Davis, Virgil Wedge-tailed Eagles Hunting 1976/4.30 Dawkins, May BOC Bendigo Whipstick Camp — 28.9- 2.10.78 1978/11.71 Dawson, John Easter Camp, Barham, N.S.W. 13-17 April, 1979 1979/9.62 Dawson, Stewart Carving out a bird list 2001/8.8 Day, Nicolas Birds of Raine Island 1998/5.8 Day, Nicolas Partial albinism in a Tree Martin 1999/11.11 Day, Nicolas Sacred Kingfisher — plumage notes 2000/8.19 Day, Nicolas Wildlife watching in FNQ 2001/2.16 Day, Nicolas House Crow ... at Phillip Island, Vic 2001/6.25 de Bruine, Chris Housing Shortage 1995/7.11 Dean, Bruce June Notes from Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, 1987/9.94 Vic. Dean, Graham Birds of Darwin, N.T. 1991/7.66 Deane, Jill & David “Kooraweera” Homestead 1990/11.119 Deason, Dorothy Valencia Creek Show Weekend Camp 1988/12.143 Deayton, Gary The Superb Parrot Project 1999/9.6 Debus, S.J.S. Ravens as Predators 1983/4.30 Debus, Stephen Australian Bird Watcher Editor’s Reflections 1985/5.44 Debus, Stephen Birds in Gardens 1986/7.68 Debus, Stephen Search for Red Goshawk in 1988/10.100 Debus, Stephen In Defence of Hawks 1988/3.34 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 15

Debus, Stephen Red Goshawk Update 1989/3.15 Debus, Stephen Little Eagle Again 1989/5.44 Debus, Stephen Some Thoughts on Watching Nests 1994/7.7 Debus, Stephen Red Goshawk 2008/10.10 Debus, Stephen Diurnal raptors under threat 2008/10.5 Debus, Stephen Threatened raptors 2009/6.25 Delaney, T.J. Common Tern North of Carnarvon 1976/3.21 Dennett, Xenia Leonard Thomas Jackson 1999/10.13 Dennett, Xenia Antarctica and the Banana Belt 2001/6.10 Dennett, Xenia BOCA tour to Antarctica 2001/6.8 Dennett, Xenia Magical avian moments 2006/6.16 Dennett, Xenia Macquarie Island Nature Reserve 2007/4.4 Dennett, Xenia Question of , A 2007/6.14 Dennett, Xenia Magic Faraway Tree, The 2008/10.14 Dennett, Xenia From the Red Centre to Pindan 2008/12.9 Dennett, Xenia From the red centre to Pindan 2009/2.17 Dennett, Xenia Following birds 2010/11.14 Deretic, Jo What’s in a ? 2009/2.14 Dickson, Celeste Nesting Currawongs 1983/2.5 Dimmitt, Brenda Bellbirds in Blackburn 1980/10.93 Dinnie, Bob Diamantina Lakes 2001/8.25 Dinnie, Bob Go north 2002/10.11 Dinnie, Bob Operation Square-tailed Kite 2003/4.5 Disher, Peter Cattle Egret Breeding at Gunbower 1975/4.26 Disher, Peter Nesting Caspian Terns — Lake Gregory, W.A. 1983/12.112 Disher, Peter An Unusual Ibis 1983/9.77 Dixon, Bunty & A Blue Flash in the Mirror 1986/11.118 Margot Dixon, Margaret The You Yangs Outing, 25-5-80 1980/8.74 Doig, Alan Whistling Grass-Duck, The 2009/12.18 Doig, Marguerite White-faced Heron as House Pet 1977/1.3 Dorr, Gavin & Joan Desert Bird Safari — July 1987 1987/9.95 Dotto, Tina The riddle of the glucking bird 1999/11.12 Doucette, Lisa I Foraging tactics of the Australian Owlet-nightjar 2011/2.6 Doughty, Chris The Elusive Scarlet-chested Parrot 1995/5.5 Doughty, Chris Tour to India 2001/10.30 Doughty, Chris Feline Owlet-nightjar 2003/4.10 Doughty, Chris Birds of Christmas Island, The 2003/6.14 Douglas, Neil I Don’t Want a Cement Stork ! 1978/4.1 Douglas, Tony Whither the Wedgie? 1998/9.19 Dow, John Birds and the Bushfires 1983/4.24 Dowling, Bary Eyes Peeled at the Alice 1993/9.3 Dowling, Bary Bottoms up for the Top End 1998/11.5 Dowling, Bary Flyaway to the Macleay Valley 2001/12.19 Dowling, Helen A. Cattle Egret at Brindabella, N.S.W. 1979/3.14 Dowling, Ian & June Notes from the north 2002/2.5 Dowling, Ian & June Anzac Weekend at Wron Wron 2002/8.30 Druce, Julian White Blackbird 1978/12.87 Drummond, Robert A Trip Through the Big Desert — Easter 1975 1975/6.46 Du Guesclin, Philip The 1990 Apollo Bay Oil Spill: The ‘Bad’ Oil on 1990/12.121 Oil Duffield, Margaret Whose Breakfast ? 1985/9.94 Dunlop, June Blue-billed Ducks 1976/11.85 Dunn, Jim Thoughts on Birds 1977/1.3 Dunn, Jim White-backed and Black-backed Magpies Mate 1977/5.41 Dunstan, Bob Winter-time Observing in the Murray Valley 1976/10.78 Dunstan, Keith Bird watching 2002/10.20 Dunstan, Peter Station 2010/5.12 Dunworth, Noreen Coach Trip to Whipstick — Saturday, 27th 1986/11.114 September Dunworth, Noreen Autumn Coach Trip 1987/5.41 Durnsford, Joan On The ‘Georgetown Block’ 1995/12.4 16 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Durnsford, Joan A Rail explosion 1998/7.12 Durre, Marion Birds Around the Bruce Weir 1993/6.5 Eady, Sylvia Observations from a Melbourne Garden 1989/9.92 Eagle, Pat Bird-watching on a Sandhill 1991/10.107 Eames, A. Bird Observation made from St Louis De 1978/7.38 Montfort’s Presbytery, Aspendale Eames, A. Migration of Rainbow Birds 1978/8.46 Eames, A. Gang-Gang Cockatoos Feeding on Wattle Galls 1981/2.11 Eames, A. Birds of a Feather Fight Together 1982/7.53 Eames, David Fairy Penguins (Eudyptula minor) 1975/2.12 Eames,A. Food for Laughing Kookaburra Nestlings 1981/1.10 Eams, A. Whiskered Terns feeding in Paddocks 1981/2.5 Earl, Geoff Birds at Clarkesdale Sanctuary 2001/8.3 Edmonds, Joyce Birdwatching at Peterborough, Vic 1982/7.53 Edmonds, Joyce Observation on Hungry Swamp Harrier 1987/10.106 Edmonds, Joyce A Further Note on Nesting Tawny Frogmouths 1989/10.106 Eley, Judith Starlings at the Door 1982/12.99 Elliot, Rodger So, You Want Birds in Your Garden 1992/1.19 Elliot, Rodger Melliferous Magnificence 1992/10.5 Elliot, Rodger Summer Foods 1992/11.19, 12.8 Elliot, Rodger Creation of Habitat 1992/3 19 Elliot, Rodger Some More Pricklies! 1992/5.18 Elliot, Rodger Irresistible Banksias 1992/6.19 Elliot, Rodger Protective Pricklies 1992/7.16 Elliot, Rodger Nectar-rich Grevilleas 1992/8.9 Elliot, Rodger Insect Attractors 1992/9.6 Elliot, Rodger Wattles, Wattles, Wattles! 1993/1.8 Elliot, Rodger Plants Out of the Ground Can Attract Birds 1993/10.13 Too!!! Elliot, Rodger Sometimes We Need to be Narrow-minded! 1993/11.11 Elliot, Rodger Birds Like Christmas Presents Too! 1993/12.19 Elliot, Rodger Summer Water 1993/3.19 Elliot, Rodger Fibre and Roughage 1993/4.10 Elliot, Rodger Tufting Tussocks 1993/5.14 Elliot, Rodger Glory of Winter Fare! 1993/6.14 Elliot, Rodger Pendulous Delight 1993/7.13 Elliot, Rodger Carpeting and Cascading Delights 1993/8.12 Elliot, Rodger Captivating Climbers 1993/9.13 Elliot, Rodger What’s in a ‘Bird’ Name? 1994/1.13 Elliot, Rodger Shade and Dryness 1994/10.11 Elliot, Rodger Eremophilas 1994/11.12 Elliot, Rodger For Maximum Sunshine 1994/12.11 Elliot, Rodger Juicy and Fancy Fruits 1994/3.10 Elliot, Rodger Nectar and More Nectar 1994/4.3 Elliot, Rodger Acacias, Acacias, and More Acacias! 1994/5.12 Elliot, Rodger Clothing for Ponds, Pools and Billabongs 1994/6.12 Elliot, Rodger Formality for Us — and the Birds! 1994/7.19 Elliot, Rodger Nothing More than One Metre 1994/8.8 Elliot, Rodger Different Hedges 1994/9.10 Elliot, Rodger Gold May Be Treasured but Silver Is Not Always 1995/1.10 Second Best Elliot, Rodger Groundcovering Banksias 1995/10.13 Elliot, Rodger Plants with Beautiful Stamens 1995/11.12 Elliot, Rodger Birds Like These Rarities Too! 1995/3.10 Elliot, Rodger Steep & Sometimes Slippery Slopes 1995/4.12 Elliot, Rodger Winter Wetness 1995/5.12 Elliot, Rodger Rough Barks Revisited 1995/6.18 Elliot, Rodger Picturesquely Pendent 1995/7.18 Elliot, Rodger Screen & Shelter for Us & the Birds 1995/9.12 Elliot, Rodger Graft can be beneficial 1996/2.16 Elliot, Rodger Back to basics 1996/3.12 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 17

Elliot, Rodger Water, water, water! 1996/5.11, 6.12 Elliot, Rodger …and clay, clay, clay! 1996/8.12 Elliott, D.H. Frogmouths in Pinetrees 1977/1.4 Elliott, Ellen Jane Welcome Swallows Like Warmth 1976/6.46 Elliott, Ellen-Jane A Visit to Slimbridge 1977/8.63 Ellis, W.R. Surveying Roadside Vegetation 1989/8.77 Embleton, N. Storks, Ospreys and a Brahminy Kite 1991/7.68 Emmerson, M. Blue Wrens 1980/10.94 Emmerson, M. Rescue of Young Swallow 1981/3.15 Emmerson, M. The Battle of the Kingfishers 1981/3.17 Emmerson, M. Starlings Versus Kookaburras, 1981 1982/2.8 Emmerson, Myrtle Nesting Eastern Spinebills 1980/3.22 Emmerson, Myrtle Eastern Shrike-tit 1985/9.93 Endersby, Ian Ibis Numbers at Rhyll Swamp, Victoria 1991/10.101 Endersby, Ian What's in a name? (Meaning of Eopsaltria) — 1996/10.7 correction Endersby, Ian What's in a name? 1996/9.6 Ervin, Pru Observations from Blairgowrie, Vic 2002/8.8 Evans, Debbie Arnhem Land Trip — 1980 1981/6.43 Evans, Sadie Club Outing to Tonimbuk 1981/8.66 Evans, Sadie Interesting Behaviour of Birds of Iron Range, 1981/11.89 August 1981 Evans, Sadie Linton in Summer 1985/5.42 Evans, Sadie Chiltern Camp — Labour Day Weekend 1979/5.30 Evans, Sadie In Nepal after the ICPB Conference 1984/11. 86 Evans, Sadie A Birdwatching Tour of Sri Lanka, April-May 1984/8.73 1984 Evans, Sadie & Eddie Pacific Gulls Inland 1979/4.23 Evison, Stephen Glossy Black-Cockatoos 1996/11.10 Eyre-Walker, Norman Supplementing His Diet 1982/11.86 Eyre-Walker, Norman Rail at the Races 1985/2.10 Eyre-Walker, Norman We Visit the Port of Melbourne 1985/9.88 Eyre-Walker, Norman Birding in the Otways 1987/4.34 Eyster, Linda S Digital technology for birding 2002/6.37 Ezzy, Len & Chris ‘Moonlighting’ for Grass Owls 2005/4.8 Faithfull, Ian Albinism in Birds 1984/2.11 Falconer, Peter Grey Currawong Robs Bell Miner Nest 1984/6.57 Falkingham, Caroline New to the North 1994/5.6 Falkingham, Cecily Feeding the Young 1977/9.73 Falkingham, Cecily Birds Seen From My Garden 1979/4.23 Falkingham, Cecily My Outdoor Schoolroom 1980/3.16 Falkingham, Cecily Kingfisher’s Visit 1980/10.92 Falkingham, Cecily Nesting Dusky Woodswallows 1983/5.42 Falkingham, Cecily Grey Butcherbird and Magpies 1983/7.53 Falkingham, Cecily White-necked Heron 1983/10.90 Falkingham, Cecily Little Grassbirds at Yarran Dheran Reserve, 1986/10.105 Mitcham Vic. Faragher, Trevor Bewdy, Buteo et Alia 1985/11.117 Faragher, Trevor In Search of a Mega Tick 1986/2.10 Faragher, Trevor Of Birds and Orchids 1986/5.46 Farnes, Robert Concern over Orange-Bellied Parrot Habitat in 1988/10.111 Farr, Frank Silver Gulls at Mt Waverley 1977/12.100 Farr, Frank Silver Gulls Around Waverley 1978/4.10 Farr, Frank Easter Camp Wyperfeld 3-9 April 1980 1980/6.53 Farr, Frank Pied Currawongs at Mt Waverley 1980/10.92 Farr, Frank A Fraser Island Holiday 1988/11.129 Fearnley, Cecily White Terns at Noosa 1978/8.46 Fearnley, Cecily Trials and Tribulations of a Nature Writer 1979/11.73 Fearnley, Cecily Waders Everywhere 1984/7.61 Fearnley, Cecily Bird Magic of Salvator Rosa 1985/2.1 Fearnley, Cecily Three Weeks in Japan 1993/9.10 18 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Feather, Leslie Flinders Ranges car camping safari, September 1977/12.105 1977 Feathers, Leslie Linton Camp, Melbourne Cup Weekend 1978 1978/12.86 Feathers, Leslie Outing to Saltworks 1980/2.10 Feathers, Leslie Eden Park Outing 1980/8.73 Feathers, Leslie The China Tour 1980 1981/8.67 Felton, A.& W. Papuan Frogmouth 1976/4.30 Felton, W.G. A Seven Year Puzzle 1980/11.101 Felton, W.G. & A.M. Young Jabirus in the Cairns Area 1977/2.13 Field, Gary Koels in a Northern Garden 1982/2.5 Finch, Alf Kyabram Fauna and Waterfowl Reserve 1977/5.39 Finlay, Roslyn Notes from a Springwood, Qld., Garden 1988/10.104 Fisher, Clemency Glucking birds and goatsuckers 2000/2.15 Fisher, David Influx of Water-Birds 1977/4.35 Fisher, David Nesting Rainbow Bee-eaters 1982/2.5 Fisher, Lawrence Birds in Southern Tasmania 1994/8.2 Fisher, Lawrence Smoothys Point revisited 1996/4.3 Fisher, Lindsay Cairns Esplanard a Update 1990/2.12 Fisher, Michael The Great Bowerbird 1977/4.33 Flack, Jan Brunswick’s Birds Burgeon 1985/10.104 Fleay, Joy Rainbow Lorikeets in Perth, W.A. 1976/6.46 Fleming, A.M. Lorikeets Feed on Pollen 1975/5.38 Fleming, A.M. Dr John Albert Leach (1870-1929) 1979/10.68 Fleming, A.M. Do Pallid Cuckoos Feed their Young ? 1979/12.90 Fleming, Anthea Kananook Creek, Seaford, Vic. 1976/3.22 Fleming, Anthea Little Falcons 1976/4.30 Fleming, Anthea Tame Birds on Heron Island, Queensland 1986/3.13 Fleming, Anthea Silvereyes in Mock Orange 1987/9.89 Fleming, Anthea Up Tails All 1992/1.8 Fleming, Anthea The value of field notes 1996/9.4 Fleming, Anthea Birding at Heathcote, Vic 1999/12.4 Fleming, Anthea Brown Goshawk feeding in a storm 2000/12.18 Fleming, Anthea Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo 2001/8.7 Fleming, Larry A Visit to North Queensland 1977/6.49 Flentje, Bill Neighbourly helpers 2001/6.5 Fletcher, Dawn Observations on Swallows in a Suburban Garden 1988/10.119 Fletcher, Tom Why “New” Names ? 1979/11.82 Fletcher, Tom Brown Falcon Carrying Tiger Snake 1981/2.11 Follett, Pauline First visit to Ned’s Corner Station 2003/6.16 Ford, Robert “V” for Victory” bird, The 2003/6.23 Ford, Tony Birds of the Orvale District 1984/4.27 Forster, Joan The Value of Coastal Heathland 1991/7.63 Forster, Joan M. & 1982 BOC Tour, Fraser Island 1983/8.63 Cyril Bowden Forsyth, Bob 101 and not out at Mount Isa 1998/7.11 Foster, Ky Hoodlum Magpies 2002/8.9 Fowler, P. & V. New record for Victoria 1996/6.16 Franklin, Don A Note on Apostlebirds in Victoria 1984/9.82 Franklin, Don Decline of birds in northern savanna 1999/9.14 Freeman, Amanda Tooth-billed Bowerbird 2006/4.9 Frere, Geoff Paradise, Hell's Gate and the Go-away Bird 1993/7.3 Frick, Murray Bundaberg to Cape York 1998/10.5* Frick, Murray Our backyard 2000/12.32 Frick, Murray White Butcherbirds 2001/2.5 Frick, Murray Paluma, Queensland 2003/12.28 Frick, Murray Cattle Egrets 2003/6.13 Frick, Murray J Katherine, Kakadu & Kununurra 1999/1.4 Fricke, R. Trees Belong on Farms 1980/12.111 Fricke, R. Blackbirds and Smilax 1983/2.10 Fricke, Ray Feeding Native Birds 1980/8.73 Fricke, Ray In Praise of Sparrows 1981/8.64 Fricke, Ray An Unnatural Friendship 1981/11.95 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 19

Fricke, Ray More Grey Butcher-Birds and Magpies or They 1983/12.112 can Spot a Sucker Gabb, Joan Birding in Arcadia 1985/12.129 Galey, D. Trip to Wilson’s Promontory 1977/8.67 Galey, D. A Bird Photographer Looks Back 1983/12.106 Garden, F.M. Relocation of Swallow’s Nest 1987/12.125 Gardener, Jocelyn Sophisticated Pardalotes 1986/7.68 Gardener, Tom & Pam What Birds Will Eat 1976/1.7 Gardener, Tom & Pam White-winged Cough 1978/12.80 Gardener, Tom & Pam Maliphaga domesticus ? 1978/12.82 Gardner, E. Orchard Raiders of Julatten 1982/9.70 Gardner, Tom & Pam Sea Eagle Challenges Parachutist 1975/11.85 Garnett, Stephen Moult and the Confusion of Identity 1987/7.70 Garrett, Barbara Observations on Bathing Birds (2) 1979/7.45 Garrett, Barbara Kelp for Food and Protection 1994/6.8 Garrett, Barbara Birdwatching in Sou’West Victoria 2001/4.28 Geering, David Where do the Regents roam? 1998/5.5 Giffard, Charles G. Cassowaries and Mangosteen 1980/2.8 Giffard, Charles W. Osprey Behaviour 1980/9.81 Gifford, Charlie Sighting of Blue-faced Finch 1979/8.53 Gill, R.O. & A.M. Some Birds of Norfolk Island 1989/2.9 Gillespie, H.M. Grey Shrike-thrushes Nesting 1985/12.130 Ginnane, Peter Caravanning and birding with a dog 2002/2.35 Ginnane, Peter Waychinicup National Park, WA 2002/4.28 Ginnane, Peter Onkaparinga Recreation Park, SA 2006/12.16 Girouard, Ethel Birds a Bathing at a Blackheath Garden, NSW 1987/5.45 Girouard, Ethel Satin Bowerbirds at Blackheath, NSW 1987/6.53 Gladstone, Fran A glowing bird 1996/8.8 Glancy, Pat Mating Ritual of Fairy Terns 1977/4.34 Gleeson, Barbara Impact of Cats on Native Wildlife 1992/4.19 Gleeson, Bob Hiding at Hervey Bay 2000/4.4 Glover, Brian The Role of the Amateur in Ornithology 1975/11.81 Glover, Brian The White-necked Heron that Wasn’t 1981/8.66 Golding, Jean Quite at home: J G’s Scrubwrens 1998/7.14 Gole, Cheryl ‘Pilliga Scrub’ under threat, The 2011/8.8* Goodall, G & J Unusual visitor 1999/9.20 Goodfellow, D Top End mangroves 1999/5.7 Goodfellow, D At Parap, a suburb of Darwin 1999/7.21 Goodfellow, D L Baby Dreaming 2003/12.14 Goodrich, Kath Bird-Watching at Clarence and Wooli Rivers 1978/7.37 Goodrich, Kath More from Wooli 1978/8.45 Goodwillie, Diane Desert blooming 2007/10.15 Goodwillie, Diane Lady Musgrave Island 2007/4.21 Gorrie, Ian Bringing back the birds 1997/12.20 Gorrie, Ian Native fruits for birds 1998/7.6 Gould, Avis Observations from Rockhampton, Qld. 1988/11.130 Gould, John Leach's Cockatoo (Extract From The Birds of 1995/7.3 Australia, Vol V, 1848) Graham, Hope & Don Superb, Superb Parrots 1986/11.120 Graham, Hope & Don Spring Camp — Mt Cole State Forest 1986/4.30 Graham, Hope & Don Birds of a Feather 1986/7.70 Graham, Hope & Don Noddy Defies Death 1986/9.93 Graney, Ivor The Garden Masters 1993/11.8 Grant, Harold Blue Wrens in the Garden 1989/10.107 Grant, J.H. & B.R. White Kookaburra ! 1976/8.63 Grant, Murray White-eared Honeyeaters Feeding on Kangaroo 1977/11.88 Back Grant, Murray Red-backed Kingfisher near 1978/3.122 Grant, Murray Glossy Ibis in Ballarat District 1980/4.32 Grant, Murray Black Honeyeaters — in the Backyard 1983/7.58 Grant, Murray Ballarat Branch B.O.C. Notes 1986/11.114 Grant, Murray Ballarat Branch Sightings 1987/11.118 20 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Grant, Murray & Unusual Sighting of an Australasian Bittern near 1986/9.85 David Bennett Ballarat, Vic. Gravatt, David Queensland Institute of Medical Research 1977/2.11 Corrects False Impressions Green, Anne Close Encounters 1989/3.17 Green, Anne The Importance of Garden Water 1990/11.119 Green, Anne Birding Around Morgan, SA 1993/3.11 Green, Pauline Bath Time 1986/9.89 Green, Tom Birdwatching in a Deep Freeze: The Christmas 1981/5.33 Bird Count at Algonquin Park, Canada Green, Valeri & family Another Hand-reared Cuckoo-shrike 1987/6.58 Greenhill, John Eagleby Wetlands (Qld) 2009/2.15 Griffin, Andree C.M. A Hungry Young Channel-billed Cuckoo 1987/7.71 & Ray J. Swaby Griffith, Mary Nesting Attemps by Red-capped Dotterels at Port 1981/5.39 Fairy Griffith, Mary Odd Bods 1982/9.70 Griffith, Mary Some Unlucky Little Duckies 1983/11.101 Griffith, Mary Successful Nesting by Red-capped Plovers 1982/4.28 Griffiths, Mary An Unusual Ibis Colony 1987/4.36 Grogan, G. Springtime is Nesting Time 1979/11.81 Grogan, G. Nesting Troubles 1980/3.22 Grogan, Gay Swamplands in January 1980/12.112 Grogan, Gay The Sentinel of the Reserve, my friend 1980/8.72 Grogan, Gay Backyard Birding, Croydon, Vic. 1985/6.60 Grogen, G. Bird-Watching at Home 1979/8.54 Groom, M.R. The Rape of Mt.Riddell : The Corranderrk 1976/4.26 Experiment Grove, Tom Birds of the Kimberley 2001/2.8 Gully, Rob Barking Owls ? 1982/8.61 Gutman, George A. Play by Galahs 1981/9.77 Guy, Kate Hawking insects 2001/8.5 Guy. Catherine Raptor in the library 1999/10.15 Gynther, Ian Coxen’s Fig-Parrot: a bird on the edge 1999/9.16 Haarhoff, Felix Bendigo Coach Tour, 10-11th October 1987/12.129 Haines, L. Courtney Some Thoughts on the Little Grassbird and the 1977/3.17 Australian Reed-Warbler Haines, L. Courtney Live birds in the bush — not dead one in the 1977/12.96 hand: A Reply Haines, L.Courtney A Note on the Tawny Grassbird 1976/6.43 Hall, Elaine Pelsart Island, WA 1993/4.3 Hambling, Bob The quest for the Powerful Owl 1999/3.9 Hamilton, Mitta Fellow Members Wondrous Kind 1976/10.78 Hando, R.A. Sighting a Pair of Plainswanderers near Isla 1989/8.84 Gorge, Qld. Hanna, Warwick Spotted Harrier Near Katunga 1976/12.94 Harrap, F.E.G. Requiem for a Rainforest 1977/9.72 Harris, John Wader watching 1996/5.6 Harris, Ken City Raptors 1991/10.99 Harris, Ken More on Wedgie prey 1998/11.7 Harris, Ken Marqua Station, NT 2002/2.9* Harris, Ken Great Sandy Odyssey, A 2002/6.9 Harris, Leanne Over the Fence 1978/12.85 Harrop, Max A Varied Diet for Honeyeaters 1981/8.65 Harrop, Max Ducked ! 1981/11.93 Harrop, Max Grey-crowned Babblers Near Locksley, Vic 1991/10.101 Harrup, Frank Gang-Gang at Mount Helen, Ballarat, Vic. 1991/7.70 Hart, Betty Tale of Donald, The Baby Black Duck 1986/11.119 Hart, Betty Early Morning in a Yarra Junction Garden 1987/5.39 Hastwell, Karma Lyrebirds Playing Follow the Leader 1981/11.95 Hawkey, Ken White-eared honeyeater Feeding on Donkey’s 1978/3.122 Back Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 21

Hawkey, Ken The Tree 1987/8.83 Hawkins, Jenny White-fronted Terns wiith Bands 1982/4.29 Hawtin, Alec The Story of the Eremophila Patch 1994/3.5 Hay, Melva Eastern Rosellas 2001/8.5 Hazle, Dorothy A Dream Fulfilled (or Birding in Retirement) 1984/12.130 Hedding, Marjorie & A Winter Holiday at Noosa Heads 1977/1.2 Alan Heislers, Arnis Our disappearing birds 2000/10.14 Helman, Mike Australian Bustard breeding program 2005/2.16 Hendry, Peg Flying Lessons 1981/9.76 Hendry, Peg Magpies Defend Young Birds 1982/5.39 Hendry, Peg “Dream” Nests ? 1985/6.58 Hendry, Peg Birding in Scotland — April-May 1986 1987/6.49 Hendry, Peg Some Garden Birds of Botha’s Hill, Natal, South 1990/11.118 Africa Henry, Russell Spotted Pardalotes in Sawdust 1984/9.96 Henry, Stephen Lyrebird Encounter 1978/4.10 Herring, Eve & Rita Birding at Gypsy Point, Vic. 1984/5.47 Harrison Hicks, Roger K. Birdwatching on the Glen Dirran Estate, Atherton 1991/11.117 Tableland Higgins, Jule A Bird-Watching Year 1984/10.97 Higgins, Jule Camp Cooriemungle 1991/5.44 Hill, Brian Who Uses Nest Boxes ? 1976/9.70 Hirst, M.J. The Emperor Penguin has been Studied in Mid- 1977/12.105 Winter Hirst, M.J. Sacred Kingfisher in Spider’s Web 1991/10.106 Hirst, Michael Ruffled feathers 2000/12.8 Hirth, Graeme White-winged Trillers 1975/9.71 Hirth, Graeme Warrnambool Outing, 23/9/76 – 26/9/76 1976/11.87 Hirth, Graeme Summer Jottings 1977/5.41 Hirth, Graeme Easy to Make a Mistake 1977/10.82 Hirth, Graeme Ramblings 1978/4.11 Hobbs, J.N. The Flooding of Gol Gol Swamp August to 1987/4.34 November 1987 Hobbs, John Caspian Terns Breeding at Mildura 1988/2.22 Hobbs, John Birds Beat the Heat 1990/3.21 Hobson, R. G. Birdwatching the Lockyer Valley 1993/1.2* Holden, J.E. Yes, I want to be a birdwatcher 1997/5.12 Hollands, David Owl Mania 1993/12.3 Hollands, David Kingfishers and Kookaburras 1999/7.9 Hollingworth, R Mystery mark (Sacred Kingfisher) 2000/2.11 Hollis, Andrew Aerosonde — a new Australian bird? 1998/7.8 Holmes, Glenn How Rare is Coxen’s Fig-Parrot ? 1987/11.111 Holmes, Glenn Two species of Cicadabirds 1999/10.12 Holt, Beatrice Caboolture, Qld. 1978/12.85 Homburg, Bill Stopping for a Chat 2002/12.15 Hooper, N. Birds’ Food — Past and Present 1985/8.73 Hooper, N. Kimberley Diary Final Part 1986/6.57 Hooper, Nicolette Aireys Inlet Today — But Tomorrow ? 1975/3.21 Hooper, Nicolette Nectar or Pollen Feeding 1975/8.62 Hooper, Nicolette Aireys Inlet — November 1976/1.4 Hooper, Nicolette Another Host for the Black-eared Cuckoo 1976/1.4 Hooper, Nicolette Beyond the Black Stump 1980/9.77 Hooper, Nicolette By Any Other Name 1980/11.99 Hooper, Nicolette Display of Spotted Bowerbirds 1985/10.106 Hooper, Nicolette Kimberley Diary Part 1 1986/3.22 Hooper, Nicolette Kimberley Diary Part 2 1986/4.33 Hooper, Nicolette Kimberley Diary Part 3 1986/5.45 Hooper, Nicolette Chiltern, Vic. — An Enforced Stay 1987/11.119 Hope, Graham Bumper Bitterns at “Bimbi Park” ANZAC 1983/6.48 Weekend 22 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Hosford, Jon A Red Gum and Bird Safari 1987/7.68 Hosken, Graeme Wilhelmina Falls : 23-9-79 1979/11.82 Hosking, Janis Bird routes of the Dubbo District 2001/2.14* Hough, Katharine Twenty-eight Parrots 1976/5.35 Houghton, Janet Galahs Breaking Up Cow-Pats 1979/4.23 Houghton, Janet Singing Honeyeaters can Sing 1987/7.70 Houghton, Janet Treecreepers in NSW Mallee 1998/10.9 Howard, Betty Plenty Scaly-breasted Lorikeets at Noosa 1978/10.62 Howard, Max Pelsart Island, WA 1993/4.3 Howes, Michael & Rose Robin at Eynesbury 1976/11.85 Dorothy Hubregtse, Virgil Sparrows and Starlings Copy Honeyeaters 1978/4.4 Hubregtse, Virgil Birding Near Coles Bay, Tasmania 1978/12.79 Hubregtse, Virgil ... And Meliphaga vulgaris ? 1979/3.11 Hubregtse, Virgil Magpie is Boss 1979/12.90 Hubregtse, Virgil Cotoneaster Provides a Feast 1980/12.113 Hubregtse, Virgil A Trip to the Flinders Ranges, S.A. 1980/2.9 Hubregtse, Virgil House Sparrows Eating Scale 1980/10.94 Hubregtse, Virgil Birds and Other Animals at 1981/2.4 Reserve, Victoria Hubregtse, Virgil Of Wheat and Birds 1981/11.93 Hubregtse, Virgil Close Encounters of the Bird Kind 1983/12.112 Hubregtse, Virgil Birdos Go Out with Nestlings, 14.2.84 1984/4.28 Hubregtse, Virgil Do birds have fun? 2000/10.33 Hubregtse, Virgil Birding at a hundred and ten 2001/12.7 Hucker, Anne Garden diary 1998/5.12 Huggett, Andrew The Birds of Hutt River Province, W.A. 1975/10.79 Huggett, Andrew Bird Shooting is Not a Sport 1976/3.23 Huggett, Andrew Support for Wirrimbirra 1976/4.31 Huggett, Andrew Nesting Habits of Domestic King Quail 1976/5.39 Huggett, Andrew Bar-shouldered Dove at Tahmoor N.S.W. 1976/6.47 Huggett, Andrew Re-discovery of the Beautiful firetail (Emblema 1977/10.83 bella) at Buxton, N.S.W. Hughes, Bob A Swift Visit 1987/7.71 Hughes, Dianne Poaching at Inverleigh Common, Vic 1994/6.11 Hughes, Robert Observations from 1987/10.107 Hughes. Anne Letter from a member in Tonga 2001/4.7 Hull, Grant Magpie Geese in Victoria 1981/7.53 Humphreys, David S. Goshawk with Snake 1978/4.11 Humphreys, David S. Feral Cats 1978/6.25 Humphreys, David S. Willie Wagtail — The Great Survivor 1979/11.78 Humphries, Chris The Pursuer Persued 1985/8.82 Humphries, Chris Some Ornithological Observations in Japan 1986/11.117 Humphris, Neil Birding at Muloorina waterhole, South Australia 2010/8.15 Humphris, Neil Western Australia’s ‘Rocks” 2011/5.11 Hunt, A.C. Luci-Jet Kills Whistling Eagles 1977/11.85 Hunt, Judith & Sandy Red-backed Wren’s Behaviour 1977/1.4 Hunt, Judy A Curlew Tale 1989/5.44 Hunt, Tim Re Wedge-tailed Eagles 1976/3.19 Hunter, Margaret Tree Lucerne 1995/11.5 Hunter, Michael Wedge-tailed Eagles and Rabbits 1976/6.42 Hurley, Julia Lead Poisoning of Birds at Bool Lagoon, S.A. 1986/11.109 Hurley, Julia Lead Poisoning of Waterfowl 1987/7.64 Hurley, Julia Silver Gulls Eat Beard-Heath Fruit 1990/7.68 Hurley, Julia A Tame Thrush 1991/2.11 Hurley, Julia Anyone for a Picnic? 1992/9.7 Hurse, Michael Brown Goshawk taking Crested Pigeon 1979/11.80 Hutchinson, C. The Housing Problem, 1 1985/12.130 Hutchinson, C. Grey Currawong Verses Grapes 1986/8.81 Hutchinson, Colin Flats for Birds Young ones welcome ! 1986/8.81 Hutchinson, Colin Conservation, Cockatoos and Curlews 1989/2.1 Hutchinson, Colin Care needed in the use of 1080 1989/7.64 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 23

Hutchinson, Colin Mopoke Diary, 1989/90 1990/8.81 Hutchinson, Colin Satin Bowerbirds Out of Usual Range 1991/3.21 Hutton, Ian Birds of Lord Howe Island, The 2001/6.20 Hyden, Jonathan Free-flying Magpie Geese in Victoria 1981/2.4 Hyett, Jack Birding in Sri Lanka 1979/10.65 Hyett, Jack Salt (?) and a Little Wattlebird 1989/5.44 Ibbotson, Jan Family affair in Queensland 1998/4.7 Illing, Denise Arctic encounters 2009/12.20 Incoll, E. More About Regent Honeyeaters 1981/11.101 Inglis, Robert (Bob) C. At Last ! I’ve Seen the Hall’s Babbler ! 1991/8.82 Inglis, Robert C. Mundibarcooloo Waterhole 1987/11.118 Ipsen, John C. A White’s Thrush Visits “Lyal Glen” 1983/3.13 Ipsen, John C. “Lyal Glen” Bird Notes 1984/5.46 Ireton, Tania Snipe 1997/5.10 Ireton, Tania Saemangeum Shorebird Monitoring Program 2008/8.10 2008 Ireton, Tania Yellow Chats of Lake Argyle, The 2009/12.15 Ives, Helen The story of Jake 1997/11.9 J., R You Yangs — Boneseed 1976/7.54 J., R. Bird Problems 1976/9.69 J., R. Scarlet Honeyeaters Galore 1976/12.94 Jackson, Christine E. Bayfield, Hart and Richter: John Gould’s 1990/5.41 Assistants Jackson, Christine E. John Gould and His Employees 1990/6.58 Jacobs, Timothy A Visit to Rottnest Island, W.A. 1978/6.31 Jakes, Vic Frogmouths 2006/10.11 James, Barbara Garden birds 2001/6.7 James, Marjotie A Letter from Elliminyt, Victoria 1983/9.76 Janetski, Mick Nesting Choughs 1993/3.8 Janetzki, Mick Nhill Notes 1991/12.130 Janetzki, Mick Effects of the Drought, Nhill, Vic 1995/4.3 Janetzki, Mick Notes on nesting 2000/2.27 Jarman, Beryl October 1989 Bus Trip to Warrnambool 1990/5.40 Jarman, Beryl BOCA Library ... 1948-2001 2001/10.16 Jarman, Howard Tree Martins’ Nest Sites 1977/3.22 Jarman, Howard English Names for Australian Birds 1979/7.45 Jasper, Tom They Die on the Roads Too 1975/5.38 Jasper, Tom Bird Watching as a Way of Life 1975/9.67 Jeays, David On the BOCA Scene — Signs of the Times for 1989/9.85 Sandgate Jefferies, Allan L. A Brown White-backed Magpie 1977/12.101 Jeffers, Rae Billabong story, A 2002/8.3 Jeffery, P.E. Nankeen Night-Herons (Nycticorax calenonicus) 1978/6.30 Rookery, Avondale Heights Jenkins, David Kestrel nursery 2010/8.16 Jessop, Rosalind Caught in the Act! 1995/1.11 Johnson, H.R. A Hopeless Case ? 1979/9.61 Johnson, H.R. Hall’s Babbler Sightings 1979/11.76 Johnson, H.R. Painted Honeyeater in Outback 1979/11.76 Johnson, H.R. If You want to See Grey ... 1979/11.76 Johnson, H.R. Nero Fiddled ! 1986/2.1 Johnson, H.R. Water is Life 1986/6.60 Johnson, K.& R. Wonders Never Cease 1978/12.84 Johnson, R. Mary, Mary ... 1980/3.17 Johnson, R. Actions Speak Louder than Pictures 1980/2.7 Johnson, Reg Cinema Point 1975/6.43 Johnson, Reg Musk Lorikeets at Macleod 1977/5.41 Johnson, Reg Two Unusual Sightings 1978/4.4 Johnson, Reg Queensland Bound ? 1980/5.37 Johnson, Reg The Pallid Cuckoo Camp, Rushworth 1982/12.94 Johnson, Reg Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1987/9.85 Johnson, Reg Lost in the Bush 1988/3.36 24 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Johnson, Reg One Man's Vision of the Future 1992/5.3 Johnson, Reg Dry as Dust 1992/7.8 Johnson, Sheila Chats at Maude, N.S.W. 1982/4.31 Johnson, Sheila M. Scarlet Honeyeaters 1982/3.19 Johnstone, Gavin W. Australian Islands in the Southern Ocean 1980/9.85 Johnstone, Joy Another Night-Flyer 1978/10.60 Johnstone, Joy A Melanistic Kookaburra 1989/2.11 Johnstone, Joy Puzzling Behaviour of Yellow-rumped Mannikins 1991/11.118 Jones, D & E Off-the-beaten-track birding 1999/6.5 Jones, M.V. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet — A Rare Bird ? 1978/6.24 Jones, M.V. Interaction Between Cattle Egrets and Domestic 1988/11.130 Pigeons Jones, Maureen Lyrebirds dance at Tarra Bulga 1999/12.3 Jones, O.L. Palm Beach Area — 23.8.80 1980/11.101 Juliff, Peter Birdlife in the billabong 1998/11.9 Juliff, Peter Scavengers of the Antarctic 1998/3.21 Juliff, Peter Kenya and Tanzania 2007/10.10 Juliff, Peter Bird people of St. Kilda, The 2007/12.22 Juliff, Peter Panoply of penguins, A 2008/2.14, 4.8, 6.16, 8.16, 10.16, 12.12 Juliff, Peter Boobies of the Galapagos Islands 2009/8.20 Katsineris, Steven Birdplay in the garden 2010/2.20 Katsineris, Steven Superb Parrot, The 2011/5.25 Keays, Greg Birds of Play 1986/2.12 Keller, Daphne & Don’t Forget Mt Isa ! 1975/10.78 Ralph Keller, Daphne & The Challenge 1979/6.38 Ralph Keller, Ralph & Night-time in a Rainforest 1980/5.39 Daphne Kelly, Aileen At home 1998/2.6 Kelly, Robert Australian Hobbies in Montrose, Vic. 1986/10.105 Keowen, B. Parrots in Kew, Vic. 1978/6.28 Kerr, Mike Merger and me, The 2011/8.7 Kerr, Mike and Ann Broome and the Kimberleys Revisited 1994/1.8* Kinloch, David Swift Parrot with an identity crisis? 2001/12.6 Kirk, Lilian Interacting on the Coorong 1991/5.45 Kirk, S.C. Grey Shrike Thrush’s Reaction to Noise of 1975/3.23 Vacuum Cleaner Klapske, Peter Khao Yai National Park Birdwatching in 1980/8.70 Thailand Klapste, Jaroslav Observations on the White Goshawk 1975/3.23 Klapste, Jaroslav Strange Behaviour of Flame Robin (Petroica 1975/6.47 phoenicea) and other Observations Klapste, Jaroslav How High Can Birds Fly 1975/8.59 Klapste, Jaroslav Winter Observations of the Olive-backed Oriole 1975/11.86 (Oriolus sagittatus) and Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus palidus) in Victoria Klapste, Jaroslav Birding Trip to the “Corner Country” of New 1976/1.7 South Wales Klapste, Jaroslav Where to Go to See the Barn Swallow 1981/11.101 Klapste, Jerry Trekking in Nepal Himalaya in Search of Ibisbills 1986/8.73 Klapste, Jerry Bird-watching in Israel 1987/8.73 Klapste, Jerry Notes on the Rufous-bellied Eagle 1990/10.105 Klapste, Peter Bird-Watching in Thailand : A Visit to the Open- 1979/11.79 Billed Stork Colony Kleingeerts, E. Tool-Using Choughs 1976/9.70 Kloot, Tess Mr R.E.Trebilcock of Kerang — and a plea 1975/2.10 Kloot, Tess Preserving Our Records 1976/2.13 Kloot, Tess Bird-Watching in the USSR 1979/9.57 Kloot, Tess Blackbird Behaviour 1980/8.73 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 25

Kloot, Tess Birds and Swimming Pools 1980/10.87 Kloot, Tess Banded Land Rails Bathing 1982/8.61 Kloot, Tess Bird-Watching in the Canadian Tundra 1982/9.65 Kloot, Tess Curb on Imports of Birds into Britain 1985/8.76 Kloot, Tess Birds of “Retamar”, Andalusia, Spain 1988/1.10 Kloot, Tess Earliest European Records of Australian Birds 1988/1.2 Kloot, Tess A Day on the Dry Tortugas 1988/6.68 Kloot, Tess Dove Love 1988/7.77 Kloot, Tess Birds of “Retamar”, Andalusia, Spain 1989/2.10 Kloot, Tess Mind Your Manners 1989/5.42 Kloot, Tess Spring Coach Trip — Bendigo, Whipstick Forest 1990/11.116 Kloot, Tess The biography behind the bird 1997/12.10 Kloot, Tess Elizabeth (Eliza) Gould (1804-1841) 1998/11.12 Kloot, Tess Dr John Latham 1998/5.18 Kloot, Tess Beryl Jarman 1999/10.13 Kloot, Tess The biography behind the bird 1999/6.20, 8.15 Kloot, Tess The biography behind the bird 2000/2.28, 4.28, 6.29, 10.36, 12.33 Kloot, Tess Cuckoo-shrike rain-bathing 2001/12.11 Kloot, Tess Biography behind the bird, The 2001/12.31 Kloot, Tess Victoria’s Riflebird employing the ‘Zirkeln’ 2001/8.6 feeding method Kloot, Tess The biography behind the bird, no. 18 2002/10.18 Kloot, Tess The biography behind the bird: Blue-winged 2003/8.11 Kookaburra Kloot, Tess Birding in Chanhassen, Minnesota 2005/2.12 Knight, Bruce J. Birding on Lordhowe Island 1975/5.34 Knight, Bruce J. Wirrimbirra ... Birds ... and an Invitation 1976/2.13 Knight, Pamela White Goshawks Sightings 1976/10.78 Knorr, Stephen At Kallista, in the Dandenongs, Vic 1999/7.21 Knorr, Stephen Hazards on the roads 2001/12.10 Knorr, Stephen Small bird with the big voice, The 2001/12.4 Konter, André A period of grebing 1998/9.6 Konter, André Birding in the Australian winter 2000/12.12 Konter, M & A Rift Valley & Masia Mara of Kenya 2003/10.20 Kracke, Coral Letter from East Gippsland 2003/4.6 Krauss, H.B. Birds Have a Haven in Boort 1976/4.31 Krohn, Jack Birding in Switzerland 2011/8.16 Kurz, Peter Minstrels in Mallacoota 1993/10.10 L., E. Honeyeater Mystery 1977/3.21 Labbitt, Bill Black Falcons Hunting Quail 1978/4.4 Lancaster, B. Trip to Broom, WA. 1988/9.106 Land, Pam Honeyeaters in the Blue Mallee 1997/8.14 Land, Pam My OBP experience 2002/4.8 Land, Pam Western Queensland National Parks 2005/10.15 Lane Brett A. For Fisherman — Here’s the Catch 1979/7.46 Lane, Bruce Silver Gulls Catching Insects 1975/5.38 Lane, S.G. Peregrine Falcon Prey 1989/10.106 Lane, S.G. (Bill) More than 500 Visits to Seabird Breeding Islands 1990/7.61 of Australia Lane-Bell, Margaret Bush Serenade 1990/11.118 Lang, Pat Masters of Deception 1986/4.32 Langdon, Peter Ground-nesting Galah 2000/2.4 Langley, Felicity Surprises off the Tasmanian Coast 1990/7.70 Lansley, Peter More About Pacific Gulls 1979/5.28 Lansley, Peter The Birds of Studio Park, Langwarrin, Victoria 1980/3.19 Larkins, Dariel Magpie and Grey Butcherbird Mimicry 1975/11.85 Larmour, Bill Visitors to King Island 1986/4.30 Larner, J.D. Mooloolaba Birding 1978/8.47 Lau, Jenny Controversial Coorong 2009/10.14* Lau, Jenny Australian Birdfair, Leeton, NSW 2009/2.22 26 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Lau, Jenny Problem with plastic, The 2009/4.8 Lau, Jenny Birds after wildfire 2009/6.9 Lau, Jenny Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo 2009/8.17 Lau, Jenny Birders & their valuable lists 2010/11.10 Lau, Jenny River Red Gum forests face a brighter future? 2010/5.5 Lau, Jenny Finding Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens 2011/5.9 Lau, Jenny Merger and me, The 2011/8.6 Lau, Jenny ‘Pilliga Scrub’ under threat, The 2011/8.8* Lau, Jenny Surveying birds in urban wetlands 2011/11.15 Lau, Jenny Wetlands live – just add water! 2011/2.11 Laverick, Keith Visit to North & South America 1977/9.71 Laverick, Keith A Two-day Visit to the Kruger National Park, 25– 1977/12.99 26 June, 1977 Laverick, Keith Birds of the Donetsk Region of the USSR 1979/8.52 Laverick, Keith Visit to Wando Island, Korea 1989/9.94 Laverick, Keith Bird report from the Republic of Korea 1991/10.104 September 1990 through May 1991 Laverick, Keith Some Birding Highlights in Vancouver, Canada 1991/2.11 Laverick, Keith Arasaki Crane Spectacular 1991/8.73 Law, Thelma A Birding trip to Queensland 1999/5.10 Law, Thelma Fraser’s Hill ... Malaysia 2002/10.11 Layton, John Tree hollows hold biodiversity key 2002/12.9 Layton, John Much ado about Robins 2002/4.35 Layton, John Improved habitat for Little Penguins 2002/8.15 Layton, John K Good intentions, tragic results 1998/10.12 Layton, John K Gould’s Petrel versus the rabbit 1998/6.4 Layton, John K Avian haven in Canberra 1999/1.10 Layton, John K DNA and Cassowary dung 1999/1.21 Layton, John K Birding at Mulligan’s Flat, ACT 1999/11.20 Layton, John K Birds sing the history of the rainforest 1999/5.17 Layton, John K Fast-food Choughs 2000/4.5 Layton, John K Birding in a cold climate 2001/12.14 Layton, John K Jazz singers of suburbia 2003/12.6 Lazarus, Nevil Far North Queensland beauty 2007/6.22 Le Rossignol, Albert Short-tailed Shearwater 1993/7.8 Lechte, Ruth Desert blooming 2007/10.15 Lechte, Ruth Lady Musgrave Island 2007/4.21 Lee, Robert Kookaburras The unlikely foster parents 1989/5.48 Legg, Stella Autumn Coach Trip, Bellarine Peninsula 1990/6.56 Lester, Chris The Dry Country in January 1991/7.71 Lester, Chris The Kimberley 1997/10.13 Lester, Chris Christmas Island and West Java 1997/7.11 Lester, Chris A Bird in the bush 1998/6.20 Lester, Chris Birding in the Czech Republic 2001/10.27 Lester, Chris Ecuador 2002/12.16 Lester, Marion BOCA Cape York Bird Trip 1993/3.6 Lew, Betsy Bird Watching in Israel March 17th to August 1978/5.13 2nd, 1977 Lew, Betsy Two Days with NAMBOC 1982/11.86 Lewis, Colin F. Travelling in California 1976/7.51 Lines, Jan Birds of the Top End Mangroves 2002/8.5 Living, Laurie On the Edge 1994/12.3 Living, Laurie Magpies in Australia 1995/8.9 Lloyd, Elizabeth The great Grasswren gallop 1996/6.7 Longden, Moira Some Notes from Beaumaris 1983/9.75 Longden, Moira Skuas at Ricketts Point 1994/3.15 Longden, Moira Blue-breasted Fairy-wrens 1998/2.5 Longden, Moira Superb Fairy-wrens 2002/6.12*, 8.31 Longmore, Wayne (Un)coloured birds 2002/4.32 Longmore, Wayne Museum Victoria - a bird in the hand 2002/8.33 Longmuir, Barbara Birding from Bed, or Never Travel Anywhere 1982/3.18 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 27

Without Binoculars Longmuir, Barbara Desert Birding 1986/4.22 Longmuir, Barbara Western Australia 1992/5.10 Lonsdale, Lucy Birds of Swanhaven, N.S.W. 1977/5.41 Lonsdale, Tommie Friends from the Bush 1987/5.46 Loos, Tanya The beautiful birds of Palenque 1999/8.7 Lord, Geoff A surprise visitor 1997/12.21 Lord, N & G Ground-nesting Long-billed Corellas 1999/12.8 Low, Kim W. Getting to Know the Ibis 1983/5.33 Lowe, Mary Sacred Kingfisher at Birdbath 1977/2.14 Lowe, Mary Nutty Birds and Honeyeaters 1977/10.82 Lowe, Vic Alas No Stephensii 1976/3.21 Lowe, Vic Eastern Golden Plover at Mystic Park 1976/5.37 Lowe, Vic Wrens in Nest Box 1976/5.38 Lubcke, June Some Peckings in a Park 1976/11.85 Lyndon, Ellen A Magpie Problem 1977/1.4 Lyndon, Ellen Louse Flies 1976/3.22 Lyndon, Ellen An Aberrant Female Blue-winged Parrot 1976/5.36 (Neophema chrysostoma) Lyndon, Ellen A Leongatha Bird Sanctuary 1976/6.45 Lyndon, Ellen Bird Pool in a Park 1976/7.51 Lyndon, Ellen Hedge Wattle 1977/1.4 Lyndon, Ellen Cats and Birds Again 1977/7.55 Lyndon, Ellen New Posts for Old 1977/8.66 Lyndon, Ellen Letter-winged Kites in South Gippsland 1977/8.66 Lyndon, Ellen Cattle Egret Again 1977/10.81 Lyndon, Ellen Scissor-grinders in South Gippsland 1977/11.88 Lyndon, Ellen Bird Behaviour 1978/6.29 Lyndon, Ellen Flight of egrets 1978/4.9 Lyndon, Ellen On the Ways of Ravens 1979/7.42 Lyndon, Ellen Black Duck Nesting 1979/7.44 Lyndon, Ellen Common Bird Names 1979/7.45 Lyndon, Ellen Blackbirds Eating Feijoa Leaves 1980/2.10 Lyndon, Ellen Little Wattlebirds 1980/2.4 Lyndon, Ellen Battery Boxes for Wild Duck 1981/4.28 Lyndon, Ellen The Curious Ways of Galahs 1981/4.30 Lyndon, Ellen Some Nest Records 1981/6.50 Lyndon, Ellen Cattle Egret Behaviour 1981/9.76 Lyndon, Ellen Migration of Silvereyes 1981/9.76 Lyndon, Ellen 1080 and the Eagles 1981/9.79 Macfarlane, Neil Critical of Some Aspects of the R.A.O.U. Camp 1976/4.28 Report MacFarlane, Neil A Further Comment on the use of 1080 1989/9.88 Mack, Joe Roosting of Tree Martins 1980/7.61 Mackie, Wendy Potted Pardalotes 1995/3.9 MacNiven, Margaret From a Rockhampton Garden 1988/10.104 MacQueen, A.R. Notes from Yuragir National Park, NSW 1988/10.119 Maddeford, Wynton Goshawk and Little Falcon Hunt Together 1975/6.47 Maddeford, Wynton Birds and Flying Ants 1975/7.52 Maddeford, Wynton Nesting (?) Behaviour of Little Falcon 197512./95 Maddock, Max Tagged Egrets on the Move 1987/5.37 Maddock, Max Wetlands Centre at Shortland, NSW 1992/7.11 Maddock, Max Wetlands Centre, Shortland, N.S.W. 1994/1.6 Maddock, Max Decline in Cattle Egret population? 2009/10.18 Magarrey, Dawn Last Night at Julatten 1985/5.47 Magarry, Arnold Observations on Metallic or Shining Starlings 1987/7.71 Aplonis metallica Magarry, Dawn A Trip to Georgetown, Qld. 1978/6.29 Magarry, Dawn July Birding in North Queensland 1978/11.68 Magarry, Dawn In A Cairns Garden 1978/4.9 Magarry, Dawn Birding in the N.T. 1979/8.54 Magarry, Dawn Holiday Birding in North Queensland 1981/2.3 28 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Magarry, Dawn A Blue-faced Finch 1981/8.65 Magarry, Dawn Courtship of Lovely Wrens 1981/9.77 Magarry, Dawn Nesting Record of a Pair of Papuan Frogmouths 1982/3.18 Magarry, Dawn A ‘Red’ Kookaburra ! 1982/4.25 Magarry, Dawn A Black-winged Monarch 1982/4.29 Magarry, Dawn A Winter Visit to the Northern Territory 1982/12.96 Magarry, Dawn Sunday Outing 1983/12.112 Magarry, Dawn More News of the Papuan Frogmouth 1983/3.18 Magarry, Dawn Iron Range, October 1982 1983/5.40 Magarry, Dawn Mt.Lewis Weekend 1984/12.129 Magarry, Dawn Georgetown Didn’t Let Us Down 1984/7.69 Magarry, Dawn Magarrys on Walkabout Part 2 -— Northern 1985/10.106 Territory Magarry, Dawn 1984 in Our Garden 1985/5.45 Magarry, Dawn The Magarrys on Walkabout Part 1 — 1985/9.90 Queensland Magarry, Dawn Birds in Gardens : Some Observations from a 1986/11.112 Tropical; Garden in Cairns, Qld. Magarry, Dawn Little Terns Nesting 1986/4.32 Magarry, Dawn A Predatory Catbird 1986/5.44 Magarry, Dawn Easter at Georgetown Qld. 1987/8.83 Magarry, Dawn Bird-watching near Cardwell, Northern 1987/9.94 Queesland Magarry, Dawn Cuckoos and More Cuckoos 1989/5.45 Magarry, Dawn Observations from near Julatten, Qld. 1989/6.59 Magarry, Dawn Summer Observations Northern Queensland 1990/3.21 Magarry, Dawn Birding Near Mareeba, Qld. 1991/10.102 Magarry, Dawn Trip to Winton, Qld. 1991/3.18 Magarry, Dawn & At Last We Found Them 1984/2.9 Arnold Mainwaring, Sybil Territorial Activity of Male Golden Whistler 1987/7.69 Major, T. Jason The Paradox of 1998/11.20 Mallen, C & L Raising a Pacific Baza 2003/6.6 Manley, Peter Trip to the (very) Far North, A 2001/4.8 Manley, Peter Buff-breasted Paradise at Julatten! 2005/6.12 Marcard, Marjorie Coolart Spring Bus Trip 1985/12.128 Margarry, Dawn Holiday in Hawaii 1988/6.69 Marr, Noela Birding in New Zealand 1984/2.1 Marr, Noela A Study of the Birds of Deception Bay, Qld. Part 1986/11.110 2 Passerines Marr, Noela A Study of the Birds of Deception Bay, Qld. Part 1986/11.111 3 Non-Resident Birds Marr, Noela Ornithological Oddities 1986/5.45 Marr, Noela Birding Around , Qld. 1986/9.93 Marr, Noela A Study of Birds of Deception Bay, Qld. Part 1 1986/10.97 Marr, Noela Encounters of the Bird Kind 1987/12.130 Marr, Noela Birding in Suburban 1988/10.119 Marr, Noela Birding on the Edward River 1988/11.131 Marr, Noela Birding in Tasmania 1988/7.82 Marr, Noela Birds for Breakfast 1989/3.16 Marr, Noela Dry Country Birding 1991/12.130 Marr, Noela Those Grass Wrens ! 1991/9.92 Marr, Noela A stop in the mulga 1998/2.12 Marr, Noela Fabulous forest 1999/4.4* Marr, Noela Stirling’s Crossing for diversity 1999/7.5 Marr, Noela Christmas Island 2006/4.25 Marr, Noela Sad saga of Brown Honeyeaters 2006/6.8 Marr, Noêla Caravan park birding 2000/12.11 Marr, Noêla Speckled Warbler country 2000/4.27 Marr, Noêla Birding Bribie’s Buckley Hole 2001/2.7 Marr, Noêla Waterhole watching 2001/4.19 Marr, Noêla Birdwatching memories 2001/4.5 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 29

Marr, Noêla Birding in Venezuela 2003/6.11 Marr, Noêla Water watching 2005/12.14 Marr, Noêla Mulga magic 2005/12.6 Marr, Noêla Two weeks in Namibia 2005/6.16 Marr, Noêla Digital dallying at Little Desert Nature Lodge 2007/2.16 Marr, Noela & Cyril The Elusive Nullarbor Quail-thrush 1991/5.46 Hembrow Marriott, Nance Dawn Chorus on Atherton Tableland 1977/1.2 Marriott, Nance Pelicans are Back in Numbers at Noosa 1977/1.4 Marriott, Nance Along the Darling 1980/7.61 Marriott, Neil Bird Notes from The Grampians 1978/6.27 Marriott, Neil Return of the Stone-curlews 2000/10.12 Marriott, Neil Bird Environment Education Centre 2002/6.16 Marsh, Don Birds Returning to Organ Pipes Park 1983/9.72 Marshall, Irene Great Crested Grebe at Edenhope 1976/5.37 Martin, Bryan Port Albert Worth Visiting 1976/5.38 Martin, Grace Notes from a Farm Garden, Warren, NSW 1987/5.39 Maskell, J.C. Bird Behaviour 1977/12.100 Maskell, J.C. Cuckoo Notes 1979/5.29 Maskell, Pearl On Tour from Kingaroy to Cairns 1976/7.52 Maskell, Pearl A Mystery Bird ! 1978/4.10 Maskell, Pearl Cut-Throat Escapee in Queensland 1981/7.59 Mason, Peter Red Gums : A Haven for Wildlife 1983/11.100 Massie, Peter Spring Coach Trip to Trawool, Saturday 30 1989/11.113 September Matenson, Winsome & Phillip Island, Vic. — Coach Trip, 5th March 1988/4.46 Geoff Matthews, Jamie Swamps Near Renmark 1981/7.57 Mayo, Garry Mysterious death of a Southern Boobook 1996/2.12 Mc Donald, David Will Bubblegum Keep Birds Away? 1994/1.15 Mc Donald, David Birds of the Arid Zone 1994/10.8 Mc Donald, David Glossy Black-Cockatoo in Victoria 1994/4.13* Mc Donald, David Do Birds Use Seaweed? 1994/4.5 Mc Donald, David Birds, Hollows and Honeybees 1994/7.6 Mc Donald, David Harvesting Native Species 1994/9.5 McBean, Lachlan Further Notes on the Use of 1080 and its Effects 1989/11.111 on Birdlife, and Observations on the Rabbit Problem McC., E.M. Metropolitan Parks Near Melbourne, Vic. 1977/1.3 McC.,E.M. Threat to Future of the Barmah Forest Along the 1976/2.12 McCall, Owen The Rufous Bristlebird 1987/4.35 McCann, I.R. Darters at Lake Lonsdale 1976/6.46 McCann, I.R. Nunn’s Bore 1983/3.18 McColl, Ian In The Otways 1976/5.37 McColl, Ian Kangaroo Island Worth a Visit ! 1976/7.52 McColloch, Ellen M. Neck-Banding of Birds 1980/9.81 McCulloch, E. Birds and Windows 1975/10.78 McCulloch, E.M. The Black-eared Cuckoo 1978/11.69 McCulloch, E.M. Laughing Kookaburra Nesting in Flinders Street, 1981/1.10 Melbourne McCulloch, Ellen Nesting of Ospreys on Artificial Nest-sites 1979/7.43 McCulloch, Ellen Crescent Honeyeater 1981/6.48 McCulloch, Ellen “Where the Pelican builds her nest” 1984/9.87 McCulloch, Ellen Why Falconry is Illegal in Australia 1987/2.1 McCulloch, Ellen Australian Birds and the Law 1987/3.13 McCulloch, Ellen Protecting the Travellers — Think Globally, Act 1987/9.96 Locally McCulloch, Ellen A Look to the Future 1988/1.12 McCulloch, Ellen Binoculars for Bird Observers 1988/7.73 McCulloch, Ellen Glossy Black-Cockatoos on Tap 1988/8.95 McCulloch, Ellen Tropical Rain-forest 1992/1.4 30 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

McCulloch, Ellen Flying High 1992/3.4* McCulloch, Ellen Flamingo Country? 1992/4.7* McCulloch, Ellen Cats! Cats! Cats! 1992/8.3 McCulloch, Ellen White-backed Swallows 1993/1.5 McCulloch, Ellen Tackling the Top End 1993/11.2 McCulloch, Ellen Regent Bowerbird 1993/4.2 McCulloch, Ellen Sun, Dust and Dollarbirds 1993/5.2 McCulloch, Ellen Counting Sacred Kingfishers 1993/7.6* McCulloch, Ellen Garden Birds in Winter 1993/8.5 McCulloch, Ellen Cats and Honeyeaters 1994/10.4 McCulloch, Ellen Water for Birds 1994/11.4 McCulloch, Ellen Please Put That Little Bird Back 1994/12.10 McCulloch, Ellen Tackling the Top End, Part 2 1994/5.3 McCulloch, Ellen Ground-nesting Birds 1994/6.2 McCulloch, Ellen Nesting in Hollows 1994/7.3 McCulloch, Ellen Seedeaters of Australia 1995/10.10 McCulloch, Ellen Bird Bollards 1995/2.2 McCulloch, Ellen ABEF Assistance Appreciated 1995/6.7 McCulloch, Ellen Save the Glossies 1995/7.4 McCulloch, Ellen Melbourne City Birdlist 1995/9.5 McCulloch, Ellen BirdWeek '96: ground-nesting Birds 1996/10.8 McCulloch, Ellen Foxes in Australia 1996/12.6 McCulloch, Ellen Enquire within upon everything 1996/4.13 McCulloch, Ellen Seven hundred species 1996/5.8 McCulloch, Ellen Save our seaweed 1996/6.2 McCulloch, Ellen Banksias abound in June 1996/8.4* McCulloch, Ellen Washpool National Park 1996/8.6 McCulloch, Ellen From the library shelves 1996/9.11 McCulloch, Ellen Introducing problems 1997/1.14 McCulloch, Ellen Flocking of Richard’s Pipit 1997/10.15 McCulloch, Ellen Birds & wattles 1997/11.4 McCulloch, Ellen Roosting of Tree Martins 1997/6.7 McCulloch, Ellen Update on conservation 1997/8.16 McCulloch, Ellen Lure of the lerp 1997/9.12 McCulloch, Ellen Memories of Tom Tregellas 1997/9.8 McCulloch, Ellen Pet cats 1998/10.20 McCulloch, Ellen Nest-box for the Peregrines 1998/4.11 McCulloch, Ellen ABEF grants in 1997 1998/8.21 McCulloch, Ellen Old trees and hollows for birds 1998/8.4 McCulloch, Ellen Save our seaweed 1999/10.8 McCulloch, Ellen Roosting of Tree Martins 1999/11.8 McCulloch, Ellen Flying in formation 1999/4.10 McCulloch, Ellen Feeding the birds. Right or wrong? 1999/6.7 McCulloch, Ellen BOCA Westernport Survey 1999/8.13 McCulloch, Ellen Was that a rare bird I saw? 1999/8.9 McCulloch, Ellen Superb Fairy-wrens in the Royal Botanic 2000/12.17* Gardens, Melbourne McCulloch, Ellen Betty Temple Watts 2000/12.9 McCulloch, Ellen Where is your nearest Silky Oak? 2000/4.12 McCulloch, Ellen Darter (‘Snakebird’) 2000/4.32 McCulloch, Ellen Waders of 2000/6.11 McCulloch, Ellen Window on the past 2000/8.29, 10.3 McCulloch, Ellen Are vagrant birds important? 2001/6.26 McCulloch, Ellen Migration of the Red Knot 2002/12.14 McCulloch, Ellen Australian Pelican 2002/8.29 McCulloch, Ellen M. Edowie Station, South Australia 24th Aug–6th 1975/2.6 Sept 1974 McCulloch, Ellen M. Suggestions for Nest Boxes for Australian Birds 1975/12.90 McCulloch, Ellen M. Overseas Analysis of Feathers Shows Degrees of 1976/3.19 Mercury McCulloch, Ellen M. Urban Creeks Campaign, Melbourne 1976/3.20 McCulloch, Ellen M. The Unfortunate Introduction of the Mallard 1976/5.35 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 31

McCulloch, Ellen M. What Did You Say ? 1976/9.66 McCulloch, Ellen M. Sorting out the Swallows and Martins 1976/10.74 McCulloch, Ellen M. Feeding of Birds 1976/12.89 McCulloch, Ellen M. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Nesting on Top of 1977/12.102 Nest of Magpie-lark October 1977 McCulloch, Ellen M. Swift Parrot in You Yangs, Vic. 27-10-1977 1977/12.105 McCulloch, Ellen M. Letter-Winged Kites (Efanus scriptus) 1977/7.58 McCulloch, Ellen M. Crimson Rosellas Eating Mistletoe Berries 1977/1.8 McCulloch, Ellen M. Exhibition “Birds in Victoria from 1770–1978 — 1978/10.59 Bird Observer Historical Exhibition” McCulloch, Ellen M. Greenfinch Chloris chloris eating Seeds from 1978/12.83 Dropping of Blackbird Turdus merula McCulloch, Ellen M. White Ibis Nesting on Pier 1979/6.33 McCulloch, Ellen M. “Birds in Victoria from 1770–1978 — Bird 1979/6.36 Observers’ Club Historical Exhibition, November 1978” McCulloch, Ellen M. Middlesex Field Study Centre, W.A. Report 1979/11.80 McCulloch, Ellen M. Encounter with Cassowary, 17-7-1979 1979/12.88 McCulloch, Ellen M. The Channel-billed Cuckoo Seythrops 1980/5.42 novaehollandiae McCulloch, Ellen M. Hiding at Coolart 1980/11.97 McCulloch, Ellen M. Birdwatching in Britain, Summertime 1981 1981/12.97 McCulloch, Ellen M. Same Name : Different Bird 1982/2.10 McCulloch, Ellen M. Bell Miners in the News 1982/5.36 McCulloch, Ellen M. The Ruff, Philomachus pugnax 1984/2.10 McCulloch, Ellen M. Birdwatching by the Disabled in WA 1984/6.49 McCulloch, Ellen M. Little Desert Lodge Malleefowl Aviary — 1985/11.118 Victoria McCulloch, Ellen M. Food for Thought. To feed or not to feed : that is 1985/2.12 the question McCulloch, Ellen M. Ibis Viewing Hide at Kerang, Vic. 1985/3.24 McCulloch, Ellen M. Orange-Bellied Parrot Recovery Plan 1985/4.33 McCulloch, Ellen M. Birdwatching on a Visit to Tasmania 1985/6.50 McCulloch, Ellen M. Some New Zealand Birdspots 1986/7.69 McCulloch, Ellen M. Birds in Gardens : Silvereyes 1986/8.78 McCulloch, Ellen M. Garden Birds Need Water 1986/9.89 McCulloch, Ellen M. BOC Extended Tour, Second Group. 13th 1987/12.129 September-3rd October, 1987 McCulloch, Ellen M. The Tool-Using Palm Cockatoo 1987/12.131 McCulloch, Ellen M. Project Pelican 1987/4.26 McCulloch, Ellen M. Of Birds and Bees 1987/5.38 McCulloch, Ellen M. Pardalotes Nesting in a Hanging Basket 1987/6.53 McCulloch, Ellen M. Management of Little Terns 1988/10.111 McCulloch, Ellen M. Nest-Watch through Telescopes 1988/5.51 McCulloch, Ellen M. Binoculars for Bird Observers 1988/7.73 McCulloch, Ellen M. Trunketabella Gardens, Bodalla, NSW 1989/3.16 McCulloch, Ellen M. Bill Abnormalities 1989/8.82 McCulloch, Ellen M. Dollarbirds, Southern Tablelands, NSW 1990/3.23 McCulloch, Ellen M. The Cleaning of Oiled Birds 1991/5.37 McCulloch, Ellen M. Further Observations on Native Birds Using 1991/6.50 Humans as a Source of Food McCulloch, Ellen M. Breeding of Marsh Harriers 1991/7.69 McCulloch, Ellen M. Sunflowers and Birds 1991/9.87 McDonald, David Striated Pardalotes 1992/8.10 McDonald, David My Left Foot: "Southclaw" Glossy Black- 1993/7.5 Cockatoos McDonald, David What Can We Do? 1993/8.9 McDonald, David Tax Concession. Did You Know? 1995/4.10 McDowell, Joan Travels in the Northern Territory 2005/12.11 McEvey, Allan Ornithological Art in Australia 1988/1.6 McGill, Arnold Survived N.S.W. Bushfire 1975/7.50 McGill, Arnold Major Threats to Bird Conservation in NSW 1975/3.17 32 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

McGill, Arnold An Early Sight Record of the Southern Fulmar in 1979/5.30 Australia McGill, Arnold Records Remininscences and Reflections 1980/6.49 McGregor, Bruce A Week at Mallacoota ...7-13 November 1982 1984/9.94 McGregor, Greg Unusual Behaviour of Starlings ? 1986/5.45 McInnes, Ian & Sandy Hollow and the Capertree Valley 2006/12.12 Bobbie McIntyre, Ina A Trip to 1984/2.9 McKaige, Edna A Visit to Shetland 1977/6.50 McKay, Gloria Spring Coach Trip Castlemaine/Maldon — 1986/4.30 Saturday, 9th November, 1985 McKay, K. Azure Kingfisher (Alcyone azurea) at Goulburn 1975/3.23 Weir McKee, Eileen An Amateur ‘Birdo’ in Palawan 1982/7.51 McKellar, Tim A Cleaver Nankeen Kestrel 1975/8.62 McKellar, Tim Re Wedge-tailed Eagle 1975/11.85 McKellar, Tim Re Wedge-tailed Eagle 1976/5.38 McKellar, Tim Bird Observer Water Trough, Hattah N.P. 1976/1.4 McKellar, Tim Pelicans can Travel 1976/6.46 McKellar, Tim Darling River and Southern Queensland 1976/10.77 McKellar, Tim Black-shouldered Kite 1977/7.57 McKellar, Tim Re Whistling Kites 1977/8.66 McKellar, Tim Once Again — Luci-Jet 1978/3.119 McKenzie, L. Can We Save the Superb Parrot? 1993/1.6* McLaughlin, Gillian A Tapping Heron 1987/7.69 McMahon, Alan Palm Cockatoo 1995/1.19 McMahon, Alan Lyrebirds in the Gully 1995/6.10 McMahon, Alan Lyrebirds from the gully 1997/8.9, 9.10, 10.10 McMahon, Ian Sandgate 1990/3.22 McMahon, J.N. Along the , Qld 1984/7.70 McMahon, J.N. Observations from Near Bowen, Qld. 1986/11.117 McMaster, D.G. Twice in One Season 1978/8.47 McNaughton, Jim Round Australia 1977/12.102 McNeill, Sue Nearly Scrambled ? 1987/11.118 McNeilly, Graeme Swallowing boats 2005/6.10 McNiell, Sue Farmer’s Unusual Crop 1987/6.58 McPhee, Carmel Victoria’s Endangered Alps 1983/7.56 McPherson, Bob Tyrendarra Brolgas, Sept. 2007 2008/4.7 McVicar, Jess Merger report 2011/8.6 McVicar, Jess Merger update 2011/11.6 Mearns, Stella Private lives of Rainbow Bee-eaters, The 2010/8.10 Melaine, Krystii Wildlife art: a personal view 1999/9.4 Mellick, Pat “Cup Feeding” of Young Silvereyes 1986/5.44 Melvin, Max White Browed Woodswallows 1975/7.54 Menkhorst, Peter Good News for the Orange-bellied Parrot 1992/6.3* Merrall, David A Tiny Tragedy 1987/7.70 Merrick, Freya Ramsar sites 1997/7.5, 9.20, 10.20 Merrick, Freya International Year of the Ocean 1998/2.17, 3.3 Merrick, Freya Threat to the Albatross 1998/5.15 Michelmore, Joy Spotted Pardalotes 1982/5.33 Mills, Rita The chisellers 1999/3.9 Mills, Val Billy Ho 1996/2.5 Millsom, Ren BOCA Western Port Survey, Vic 1992/3.9 Minter, Derek Bronzewings at Bedourie 2002/8.6 Minton, C.D.T. Report on a Visit to Japan — 14th to 23rd May, 1982/10.73 1982 Minton, C.D.T. Report on a Visit to Japan — 14th to 23rd May, 1982/11.81 1982 Minton, Clive Inquisitiveness of birds 1997/4.7 Minton, Clive & Pat Garden Wood Duck 2010/2.14 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 33

Mitchell, Alma Pelicans over Nunawading 1976/11.85 Mitchell, Alma Birds in Suburbia 1977/5.40 Mitchell, Alma Bird Observers’ Club Headquarters 1977/11.93 Mitchell, Alma Guest Editorial 1992/4.3 Mitchell, Eve Spring Camp, Costerfield 1985/4.32 Mitchell, Gwen Magpie Imitates Birdcalls and Sounds 1975/2.12 Mitchell, H. Boneseed Battle on Mornington Peninsula 1976/7.54 Mitchell, Lyn Flocking of Little Friarbirds 1982/5.39 Mitchell, Lyn Birdwatched 1982/7.53 Mitchell, Peggy Minsmere, Suffolk Bird Sanctuary in Danger 1977/4.34 Mitchell, Peggy A Decade of Birdwatching in Mt Eliza 1982/9.71 Mitchell, Peggy Wreck of seabirds 2000/12.35 Mitchell, Steve Little Egrets, Little Black Cormorants 2001/8.6 Moor, Julie Ravens Help Swamp Harrier to a Meal 1978/12.82 Moore, Denise “The SCP Track” 1997/12.13* Moore, Denise Birding ... on 2000/8.15 Moore, E. Purple-gaped Honeyeaters 1982/8.62 Moore, M. Little Friarbirds as Flycatchers 1975/10.77 Moore, Patricia Coach Trip to Ballarat 1990/3.20 Moore, Susan Julaka Birds CD 2011/11.27 Moorhead, Bill Birdwatching with the children 1996/11.11 Moorhead, Bill Birding on the Capricorn Coast 1997/12.4 Morgan, B & J The 'Gator Cranes of Karumba 1994/6.13 Morgan, B. & J. Birding in Hong Kong 1996/3.7 Morgan, John Birds of Coastal Garden and Shore 1981/11.103 Morgan, John Honeyeaters of the Rye–Sorrento Area 1983/9.77 Morris Alan K. Nesting in Association with Predators 1977/11.90 Morris, Alan Wedge-tailed Eagles in Central-Western New 1976/6.43 South Wales Morris, Alan Tuggerah Lakes 1992/6.9* Morris, Alan Seabird mortality 2000/12.34 Morris, Alan K. The Black-eared Cuckoo and the Speckled 1975/6.44 Warbler Morris, Alan K. Illegal Shooting in N.S.W. 1976/6.44 Morris, Alan K. The Channel-billed Cuckoo in The Coonabran 1980/8.71 District Morris, Alan K. Unusual Seabirds at Fraser Island, Qld. 1988/10.113 Morris, Frank T. Nest construction of the Magpie-lark 1996/3.9 Morrison, Alastair In Support of “New” Names 1979/9.61 Morrison, Crosbie The vanishing Plain Wanderer 1998/12.12 Morrison, Dawn Pity the Poor Novice Bird-Watcher 1984/5.46 Morrison, Dawn Musk Lorikeets at Wattle Park, Melbourne 1987/10.106 Morrison, Dawn Brampton Island — Naturalists’ Delight 1987/6.58 Morton, Bill & Marie Cape Barren Geese at Port Lincoln 1975/3.23 Muir, Ian BOCA membership services & fees 1998/10.11 Mulvaney, M. Birds and the National Estate 1993/5.19 Murray, Andrew Fox control programs 1998/4.8 Musker, Ron History of Water-Troughs at Hattah Lakes 1976/3.18 National Park Musker, Ron Interest at Hattah 1978/8.43 Myers, Kay Python in the palms 1999/7.4 Mylius, Bob Week of Birds at Gipsy Point Lodge 1994/9.19 Naarding, J.A. Latham’s Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) in 1983/10.81 Southern Australia Nace, Joan Confusion in the Kulkyne 1995/10.9 Nagano, Michiyo Birdwatching in Japan and Australia 1984/12.118 Neilson, Lloyd In the Spotlight: Nocturnal Birding at Julatten, 1993/12.9 Qld Neve, B & H Lesson from White-winged Choughs 2000/12.15 Nevill, Rosemary Experiences with Magpies 1976/5.37 Nevill, Rosemary Creatinga wetland habitat 1997/3.8 Nevill, Simon Birding in the West: the endemics 1997/4.3, 5.4 34 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Newbey, Brenda Bird Awareness in Country Schools 1986/5.42 Newling, Greg Australian Hobby and Pied Butcherbird “in 1988/9.104 Partnership” Newman, Gwen Parroting at Warburton — Autumn, 1981 1981/6.50 Newman, Gwenda A Baby by the Front Door 1982/8.62 Nicholls, Felicity White-Feathered Blackbird 1979/10.70 Nilan, Joy Washing Day Entertainment 1978/12.86 Nilan, Joy The Brabhams of the Bird World 1982/3.19 Niland, David Birds in relationships – symbiosis 2011/8.15 Nimbs, Barry A. Greenshank at Jell’s Park 1982/11.86 Nimbs, Diane Ground Thrushes in Gardens 1976/9.70 Nimbs, Diane Silver Gulls at Wantirna 1978/4.9 Nimbs, Diane & Barry A Rewarding Trip 1977/5.40 Nimbs, Dianne BOC Outing to Puckapunyal, 20.9.80 1980/11.102 Nixon, C. Absence of Wedge-tailed (or any) Eagles 1976/11.85 Nixon, Carmen Notes from a Garden in Kew, Melbourne 1987/7.71 Nojek, Raymond Bird Observations in the Timor Sea 1989/11.118 Nojek, Raymond Birdwatching in Darwin 1994/1.2 Norris, Michael Honeyeaters and Tree Lucerne 1995/4.13 Norris, Michael Tree lucerne revisited 1996/5.3 Norris, Michael They are already pests! 2000/12.38 Norris, R.C. Tex and the Cumberland Waterhole 1989/11.119 Nowotny, Richard The joy of birding — five of the best 1997/6.2 Noyce, John A Glimpse 1983/6.50 Noyce, John A Note from Queensland 1986/12.131 Nuttall, Beverley Autumn Coach Trip Mystery Trip — Bellarine 1986/7.65 Peninsula Nuttall, Beverley Summer at Waratah Bay, Vic. 1987/6.59 O’Brian, Colin Observations from a Rural King Island Garden 1989/5.46 O’Brian, Meryl Alaskan and West Coast Holiday 1981/11.94 O’Grady, D.M. Bird Notes 1980/7.61 O’Grady, G.M. & Yellow Figbird at Grafton, N.S.W. 1978/12.84 D.M. O’Malley, John & Sue A Territory of Birds — and Birdos 1984/12.108 O’Neill, W J Bush memories (1941) 2005/4.18 Oates, Sydney Trying to Make Amends 1995/10.5 Oddie, Bill The Big bird race 1990/11.109 Oehring, Barbara Birds in my backyard, The 2007/12.12 Officer, Brigadier H. Guest Editorial 1992/6.11 Officer, Colin The New Crossing Place Seymour 1975/2.10 Officer, Colin The Brolgas of Dartmoor 1976/3.21 Officer, Colin Pied Currawongs on the Booze ? 1976/9.69 Officer, Colin Albino Grey Fantail 1979/6.37 Officer, Colin John Cotton and his Birds 1980/7.57 Officer, Colin The Seymour Bushland Park 1982/4.29 Officer, Colin The Gan Gan Pond in Summer 1983/5.41 Officer, Colin Birding on Horseback 1986/4.33 Officer, Colin The Emus of Puckapunyal 1989/12.131 Officer, Colin Some Birds of the Mid-Goulburn Catchment. 1991/10.106 Little Wattlebird, Anthochaera chrysoptera Officer, Colin Some Birds of the Mid Goulburn Catchment. 1991/11.118 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Officer, Colin The Grey-crowned Babbler Decline in Victoria 1991/8.81 Officer, Colin John Cotton's Country 1992/7.7* Officer, Colin Easter in a Military Camp 1995/7.7 Officer, Colin Questing New Zealand’s birds 1998/4.12* Officer, Colin Farm forest at Broadford, Vic 2002/8.12 Officer, H.R. Rose Robin (Petroica rosea) Nesting 1977/2.12 Officer, H.R. Unusual Diet for a Blackbird 1977/3.22 Officer, Hugh R. The Amytornis ... The Grasswren 1978/2.109 Officer, Hugh R. The Genus Gerygone ... 1978/9.49 Officer, Marie More About Magpies 1982/12.98 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 35

Officer, Mary Jean Partly-Albino Wren at Braeside (2) 1981/11.102 Offor, Paul ... And Another Hanging Basket 1986/7.70 Offor, Paul Observations on Nesting Goshawks 1988/5.58 Oldfield, John The Mallee Dam 1995/5.11 Oldfield, John Red-tails in a timeless land 1999/7.16 Oldfield, John Birding on The Coorong, SA 1999/7.7 Oldland, P. & A. Birding in the Otago Peninsula, NZ 1995/1.7 Oldland, Peter Birding in Britain 1998/7.13 Oliver, Gary A Whirlwind Tour of Japan 1995/7.9 Olsen, Julie Last call to save the Daintree 2003/6.18 Olsen, Penny Misunderstood Predators 1988/3.34 Oreoica Further Notes on Wood-swallows of the Artamus 1980/11.100 family Oreoica Babblers and Such 1980/12.109 Oreoica Fantails 1980/3.17 Oreoica Wattle-birds 1980/4.28 Oreoica Herons of the Ardea Family 1980/5.43 Oreoica Robins of the Petroica Family 1980/6.52 Oreoica White Cockatoos of the Cacatua Family 1980/7.59 Oreoica Cuckoos — Harbingers of Spring 1980/8.67 Oreoica Bronzewing Pigeon 1980/2.7 Oreoica Those Puzzling Bronze Cuckoos 1980/9.79 Oreoica Wood-swallows of the Artamus family 1980/10.88 Osborn, Tom A Beginning Birdwatcher’s Visit to Sydney 1982/6.45 Osborn, Tom Spoonbill in the Malvern Urban Forest 1991/9.93 Osetroff, Ken Birdwatching in Greece 1997/11.2 O'Sullivan, Max Trip to Tasmania 1995/8.5 Owen, Anne Wattle Park Birding 1975/4.30 Owen, Anne Grey-crowned Babblers are a Friendly Lot 1976/10.78 Page, Reg & Selma Mallacoota Notes 1975/4.30 Pagenstecher, May Honeyeaters 1987/3.14 Pagon, Michael North Central Study Area Bird and Habitat 1978/5.17 Survey Park, Geoff & Kim White Goshawk At Phillip Island 1980/12.112 Lowe Parker, Barry & July A Birdo Wedding 1983/10.90 Parker, Joy Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoos and Galahs at 1991/10.106 Wilcannia Parker, Julie & Barry Cat and Rail Tale 1986/6.60 Parkes, Ton & Laurie Glimpses from a Journey up North 1976/9.70 Parkin, M.R. Magpie Frolic 1979/3.14 Parrington, Peter A Turkish Delight 1989/10.104 Parsons, Ian Bayside observing 1999/3.7 Pascoe, Bruce Beach Stone Curlew near Mallacoota 1977/9.73 Pascoe, Enid Birds coping with heat 2001/6.4 Passfield, Martin H. Ticks, No — Birds, Yes 1976/10.77 Passfiels, Martin Plover on Road 1979/11.80 Passmore, Maurice D. Notes on the Red Goshawk 1981/7.57 Paterson, Roslyn Reprieve for Gold Coast Glossies 1996/4.9 Patience, June Injured Currawong Fends for Itself 1978/12.85 Patterson, Howard Further Comments on Water in Dry Country 1986/8.82 Patterson, Pam Notes from Murgon, NSW 1989/5.45 Paul, Michael Tawny Grassbird in Liverpool N.S.W. 1976/2.5 Paul, Michael Some Uncommon Visitors to the Darwin Area 1978/6.29 Payet, Rosemary Daintree Getaway 1995/12.3 Payet, Rosemary Bowling Green Bay, Bushland Beach 1997/12.6 Payet, Rosemary Coastcare in the Townsville Region 1999/8.12 Payet, Rosemary Black-throated Finch, The 2009/8.19 Peakall, Rodney Sacred Kingfisher 1975/2.13 Peake, Paul B.O.C. Young Members’ Group Camp August 1981/11.92 1981 Peake, Paul Why Stop at Sunset? 1993/12.5 36 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Peebles, Alan Photographing Fairy-wrens 2003/12.4 Peebles, Alan Hervey Bay, Qld. 2003/6.12 Peet, Judie Glossies in Goonoo 1996/7.17 Penhallurick, John Round Trip 1988/3.25 Pennells, Wynnie A Hamburger-Eating Ibis 1981/10.86 Perry, L D (Snow) Birds in the Roaring Forties 1999/3.4 Perry, Michael Birdwatching on Bruny Island, Tas 1995/8.3* Perry, S & D Story of a travelling birdo 2002/10.12 Pescott, Trevor Point Wilson Development — Parrots, People, 1979/3.9 Politics and Pollution. Who is the Loser ? Pescott, Trevor Plovers and Seaweed at Breamlea,Vic 1994/7.13 Peters, David Bird Atlasing 1976/2.10 Peters, Joan Summer Rain 1980/2.10 Peters, Joan Ravens’ Larder 1986/4.34 Peters, Linton Grey Currawong’s Return 1980/4.32 Peters, Linton A Greedy Grey Currawong 1981/9.79 Pettit Holten The “Six-pack Carrier” 1976/10.76 Pettit, Holt Outing to Mt Egerton/Werribee Gorge 1987/2.8 Pettit, Holten A Round trip of some South Australian National 1977/12.104 Parks Pfeiffer, Dorothy Little Desert Gems 1985/9.94 Pfeiffer, Dorothy Malleefowl 1986/7.70 Pfiffer, Dorothy Do Not Bulldoze or Burn My Home Please ! 1986/8.81 Phillips, Hugo Birds of the Moon 1992/5.4 Phillips, Lois Cobboboonee Forest under threat 1998/10.9 Phillips, Norman A. Black-eared Cuckoo at Camden, N.S.W. 1977/4.34 Phillips, Norman A. Bell Miners Near the Oaks, N.S.W. 1977/8.65 PhotoBOCA members Male or female? 2011/11.31 Pickett-Heaps, Jeremy Emptying the skies 2011/2.26 Pierce, Frank The Black Falcon 1997/9.6 Pierce, Frank Superb Lyrebird 2001/4.5 Pierce, Frank Finding the northern subspecies of the Crested 2007/12.18 Shrike-tit Pierce, Helen My Day with the Noisy Scrub-bird 1987/10.106 Piesse, Jim Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Pine Cones and 1983/10.90 Goshawks Pizzey, Graham Plain-Coloured Swiftlets in Northeastern 1984/4.26 Queensland Pizzey, Graham On Being a Birdwatcher 1992/12.5 Pizzey, Graham Thoroughly Modern Brolgas 1994/1.3 Pizzey, Graham Brolgas: information wanted 2001/4.20 Plant, David Black Grasswrens 2001/6.4 Plant, Michelle Wild birds: to feed or not to feed? 2009/4.13 Platt, Stephen Land for Wildlife 1992/11.5 Platt, Stephen Mistletoe 1994/9.8 Platt, Stephen Land for Wildlife 1996/5.10 Pleasance, Elly & Little Desert Lodge Bird Camp 1984/12.129 Cecily Falkingham Plowright, H A Field Guide to Australian Birdsong 2000/6.15 Plowright, Howard Rex Angus Buckingham 1999/11.18 Plowright, Howard Darter: sibling feeding, not rivalry 2002/4.35 Plowright, Howard Songs of our birds: the making of a field guide 2007/4.28 Plowright, Jill From Cairns to Cape York 1987/11.109 Plowright, Jill South Georgia Island 1998/6.5 Plowright, Jill Tour to India 2001/10.30 Plowright, Jill Appeal for purchase of Ned’s Corner 2003/2.10 Plowright, Jill Little brown birds 2008/2.22 Pollock, Harold J. More Bird Mimicry 1981/8.65 Pollock, Harold J. Is the Tyrebird a Liar ? 1982/6.46 Pollock, Harold J. “Whose Stealing from Whom ?” 1982/11.87 Pollock, Harold J. Bird Observing the Easy Way 1984/7.71 Potter, Ross Holiday 1977/11.91 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 37

Powys, Vicki Birding in Perth, WA 1988/11.128 Prest, Jean & David A Hazardous Journey 1990/10.106 Prestedge, C.K. Behaviour of Juvenile and Adult Masked 1983/10.89 Lapwings Price, Darrell The Birds of Cape York Wilderness Lodge 1988/8.85 Price, Darrell O’Reilly’s Bird Week 1988 In search of the BBQ 1989/3.13 Price, Darrell In Search of the Birds of Paradise Part 2 1990/10.104 Price, Darrell In Search of the Birds of Paradise Part 1 1990/9.94 Pridham, Tony Yellow Wagtail at Werribee, Vic 1999/1.14 Pridmore, Karen A Cuckoo-shrike Story from Inglewood 1986/10.105 Pring, Colin An Aquatic Wren 1979/3.14 Pring, Colin The Raven Leads the Way 1979/4.23 Proberts, Carol Broken-beaked Currawongs 1989/10.106 Probets, Carol Little Wattlebird with Rusty Forehead 1987/5.45 Probets, Carol Currawongs at Play, or The Flying Plastic Bag 1988/4.47 Probets, Carol Juvenile or immature? 2011/11.20 Probets, Carol Surprising Lyrebirds of Scenic World, The 2011/8.13 Prytherch, John Some Birds of Metropolitan Park, Templestowe 1978/12.83 Prytherch, John Lyrebird Survey, Kinglake National Park, Vic 1992/6.6 Prytherch, John Bell Miners and Foxes 1995/1.8 Prytherch, John Paradise Lost 1995/10.4 Prytherch, John Scarlet Robins 1997/8.13 Prytherch, Robin Pilotbirds 2002/6.5 Puller, W.R. Out-of-season Nesting of White-plumed 1977/8.64 Honeyeaters Pulz, Merelyn Easter Camp, Barham, NSW, 31st March-6th 1988/6.66 April Quested, Trevor Garnett’s Lagoon 2010/5.13 Quinn, Des By Ferry to French lsland 1992/5.9 Quinn, Des The Captivating Pilotbird 1995/7.5 Quinn, Des Bird hazards 1997/9.13 Quinn, Des Black Falcon — innocent masquerader 1997/9.6 Quinn, Jo Byron Bay Notes (N.S.W.) 1985/9.94 Quinn, W.L. Letter-winged Kites at Central, York Peninsula 1977/4.34 Quinn, W.L. Unusual Honeyeater 1978/4.4 Quinn, W.L. Native Plants Attracting Birds 1979/11.80 Quinn, W.L. Fork-tailed Swifts 1981/2.4 Radford, Jim White-browed Treecreepers and me 1998/10.7* Rae, Pamela Goshawk/Oystercatcher encounter 2002/6.41 Ramsay, B & S Fairy Wrens vs Grey Shrike-thrush 2002/12.4 Ramsay, Bruce Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos in Canberra 1986/11.118 Ramsay, M. Sunrasia BOC Notes 1990/11.117 Raymond, Anne Partly-Albino Wren at Braeside (1) 1981/11.102 Raymond, Anne Vale Brigadier Hugh Ronald Officer 1996/11.12 Raymond, Anne Our introduction to … the Inland! 2005/2.20 Reed, D & S Silver Gull and Sea-Eagle 2002/10.6 Reeders, Peter Sand Plant — or Menagerie 1980/2.8 Rees, Ian Letter-winged Kite at Little River 1977/10.81 Reid, D. & S. Crested Pigeon behaviour 1996/6.13 Reid, Don & Shirley Bringing Back the Birds 1995/5.13 Reid, Graham R. Rainbow-birds in Mangroves 1976/11.86 Reid, Julian Cotton on the Cooper developments 1997/1.10 Reid, Nick The Massacre at Bool Lagoon, S.A. : Requiem for 1980/5.44 the Freckled Duck Reid, T. Part-Albino King Parrot 1979/11.78 Reid, Timothy Whistling Kite Catches Bird in Flight 1978/10.63 Reilly, Pauline In Search of Penguins 1976/1.1 Reilly, Pauline Curiosity + Research = Adventure 1979/4.17 Reilly, Pauline The Fruit at the Top of the Tree 1989/2.4 Reside, J. Australian Pratincoles at Corop, Victoria 1983/3.17 Reside, J. Sale Common 1983/10.90 Reside, Jim Fencing for protecting shorebirds 1998/3.10 38 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Reynolds, Ellis G. Strange Behaviour of New Zealand Pigeon or 1975/11.87 Kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) at Lowry Bay Reynolds, Ellis G. The ‘Foot-Pattering’ Feeding Habit of the Flame 1976/3.21 Robin Reynolds, Ellis G. Small Birds and Drink Can Rings 1976/7.51 Reynolds, Mary Swallows Disappeared Suddenly 1977/2.13 Rhodes, Vic The Brolgas are Back 1976/9.70 Riach, Ida Birds in a Dubbo Garden 1981/10.87 Rich, Edwin F. Nostalgia 1980/3.20 Rich, Edwin F. Of Birds, Trees and Bees 1981/7.57 Rich, Harvey Notes from Maryborough, Vic. 1977/8.65 Rich, Harvey Ayers Rock Encounter 1977/10.81 Rich, Harvey Adaptable fellows 1978/3.122 Rich, Harvey Maryborough Briefs 1979/4.22 Rich, Harvey Maryborough Briefs 1980/7.61 Richards, Del Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo 2001/2.36 Richards, Del Unusual food item for cuckoo 2001/4.32 Richards, Del Aggression in Fig-Parrots 2001/8.4 Richards, Keith In Search of Flock Pigeons 1982/8.59 Richards, Keith Orange Chats at Lake Tyrell, N.W.Victoria 1982/11.84 Richards, Keith, Beryl Outback birding at its Best 1977/4.25 Richards, Keith, Beryl The Adaptable Spotted Pardalote 1978/6.25 Richards, Keith, Beryl Birds of Carnarvon, W.A. 1978/8.41 Richards, Keith, Beryl Story of a Forest Pool 1980/12.105 Richards, Keith, Beryl Birding in the Outback 1981/4.21 Richards, May How Long is a Bird’s Memory ? 1975/8.62 Richards, Peter An Experiment in Teaching Birdwatching; 1982/4.24 Ivanhoe Grammar School at Lima Richards, Roger Birding in New Zealand 1999/7.8 Richardson, Dorothy Kookaburras in City 1977/10.82 Richardson, Jeff Birds and wildflowers (WA) 2002/8.20 Richardson, Valeri Common Bronzewing’s Defensive Display 1986/11.118 Richmond, P Pink-eared Ducks 2000/2.12 Richmond, P Urban Cattle Egrets 2001/2.33 Richmond, Phillip The Bushfires and Early Aftermath 1983/4.24 Richter, W. Not Quite a Cuckoo — Golden Whistler Using 1985/4.34 Honeyeaters’ Nests Riemann,Diana Brolgas and Hawk 1979/12.90 Riviere, Paul Bird-Watching in Northern India 1986/8.80 Riviere, Paul Kashmir, 1987 1988/9.105 Robb, Victor Galahs Shepherded by Swans 1975/11.86 Robb, Victor Another Brown Magpie 1978/4.11 Robb, Victor Raven robs Chough’s Eggs 1978/10.60 Robb, Victor Mimicry By a White-browed Babbler 1981/8.65 Robbins, Leonie Birding at 1984/12.120 Robbins, Leonie Sunday, Soggy Sunday (When time flies with the 1987/6.60 birds) Robbins, Leonie Wintering Over at Wye River 1988/11.130 Robbins, Leonie West Coast Fly-Past 1989/2.11 Robbins, Leonie Silver Gulls as Peregrine Prey 1989/8.81 Robbins, Leonie Birding in winter Victoria 2000/8.11 Roberts, Don Crakes at Gemmill’s Swamp, Mooroopna, Vic. 1975/4.31 Roberts, Don Swamp-Birds at Kyabram Water-Fowl and Fauna 1977/3.22 Park Roberts, Don Waterbirds Observed at Kyabram 1982/6.46 Roberts, Don Plants and Birds, Burrendong 1985/2.10 Roberts, Don Murray-Goulburn B.O.C. Spring Outing 1985 1986/4.30 Roberts, Don Observations on Use of Nest-Hollows 1988/7.81 Roberts, Gwen From a Small Suburban Garden 1983/5.43 Robertson, Clare Gold Coast Holiday — Queensland 1981/2.3 Robertson, Craig Listening across Wallace’s Line 2003/10.21 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 39 Robertson, David Reply to Sue Taylor 2006/2.6 Robertson, S & A Gipsy Point & Mallacoota 2000/2.6 Robertson, Susan Eastern Whipbird, The 1999/10.17 Robertson, Susan Eastern Whipbird, Feeding habits of 1999/12.15 Robinette, Joan Birdwatching in the Pine 1984/12.107 Robino, Janet The summer of the Sunbirds 2000/10.10 Robinson, Len Weekday Outing to Laverton Saltworks 1985/4.33 Robinson, Len Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Near Cairns, North 1990/10.105 Queensland Robinson, Len Glucking birds and goatsuckers 2000/2.15 Robinson, Len Leichhardt’s ‘Glucking Bird’ 2000/6.25* Robinson, Len Large-tailed Nightjar 2000/6.26 Robinson, Len Victoria’s Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae 2001/2.20 Robinson, Len Paradise Lost — forever? 2009/8.15 Robinson, Norman Yellingbo after the Crowd has Gone 1977/1.7 Robinson, S. Rosella Notes from Rhyll 1989/3.17 Rochford, Sue Mystery behind painting birds, The 2007/6.32 Roddom, Sally My first bird 2001/10.29 Rodwell, Sharon Pardalote Nesting Tunnel on Beach 1977/5.42 Roff, Derek And Again the Wedge-tailed Eagle 1976/7.50 Rogers, Diana Sea-Eagle Behaviour Notes 1989/8.81 Rogers, J. & P. The Magic of Mungo 1993/8.2* Rogers, Jennifer We're All Guilty, Aren't We? 1994/10.7 Rogers, Jennifer Women's Desert Expedition 1995/1.2* Rogers, Jennifer Let the Cooper run free 1996/11.7* Rogers, Jennifer Birds & history in an island paradise 1997/1.5 Rogers, Jennifer Life on a wetland 1997/8.4* Rogers, Jennifer Outing to 1998/4.21 Rogers, Jennifer A coastal walk 1998/9.10* Rogers, Jennifer Hidden treasure in Tasmania 1999/8.4* Rogers, Jennifer Songbirds’ nests 2000/10.6 Rogers, Jennifer Wings over Lake Eyre 2000/8.12 Rogers, Jennifer Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port 2001/8.16 Augusta, SA Rogers, Jennifer Habitats of outback Australia 2003/12.8 Rogers, Jennifer Grasswrens in the Gawlers 2006/2.8 Rogers, Jennifer Follow the dream 2010/2.12 Rogers, P. & J. Bird Life in the Desert 1994/7.13 Rogers, P. & J. A walk in the mallee 1996/7.4 Rolland, Bill How to See More Birds : You see birds better 1985/10.104 with a pencil Rolland, Bill I Want to Draw Birds 1987/9.86 Rolland, Will You ain’t seen nuffin until you’ve seen a puffin 1989/9.96 Rolland, Will Our introduction to … the Inland! 2005/2.20 Rose, A B Satin Bowerbirds 2001/12.25 Rose, A B Competition in the garden 2001/2.32 Rose, A. Barclay Spangled Drongos 1989/4.35 Rose, Nicky A Beginner’s Trials 1982/7.54 Rose, Nicky Not Masochists, Just Birdos ! 1984/8.77 Rose, Nicky Going Cuckoo 29th June, 1985 — , 1985/9.92 Wheelers Hill, Vic. Rose, Nicky Commuting in Melbourne 1991/9.93 Rose, Nicky A bit of a challenge 1996/9.13 Rose, Nicky Western Port Survey 1998/4.15 Ross, Isabell BOCA Golden-shouldered Parrot Tour 1990 1990/9.93 Ross, Peter Re : Wedge-tailed Eagles 1976/9.68 Ross, Sonja Birds on the wing 2007/12.20 Rossiter, Heidi Wrong Kinds of Tree Planting 1975/12.91 Rossiter, Heidi More About Wedge-tailed Eagles 1976/6.43 Routley, R.W.R. Birds Watching People 1981/11.102 Rowe, D. Broken-beaked Kookababurras 1989/8.82 Rowley, Ian Shit in the Bush 1995/12.15 40 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Rowley, Ian Western Magpie 2002/4.6 Ruff, M. More Birds in Area 1977/7.58 Ruff, Manfred Birds of Dandenong Creek Area, Glen Waverley 1975/10.79 Ruff, Simon Natural predators and natural prey 2010/8.14 Runciman, David More Roosting Martins 1981/5.38 Runciman, John Julaka Birds CD 2011/11.27 Russell, John From Weebill to Wedgetail 1987/5.45 Russell, John Bird-watching from Darwin to Sydney 1989/11.116 Russell, John Redgum Reunion 1989/3.22 Russell, R. & P. Man-Made Lake at Creswick Attracts Water 1975/8.62 Devonshire Birds Russell, Tony Reflections on a winter trip 1997/5.6 Russell, Tony In search of the Scarlet-chested Parrot 2001/4.13 Russell, Tony Mad dash by twitchers 2001/6.29 Ryan, Brian J. Bird-Watching from Boardwalks 1990/3.23 Ryan, J.V. An Unusual Visitor 1976/3.22 Ryan, J.V. Notes on Two Honeyeaters 1977/12.105 Ryan, J.V. The Ground (Mountain) Thrush 1977/5.42 Ryan, J.V. More Letter-winged Kites 1977/6.48 Ryan, J.V. Tracking Down treecreepers 1978/6.28 Ryan, J.V. A Visitor from the Far North 1978/6.30 Ryan, J.V. Habits of Nightjars 1978/7.38 Ryan, J.V. Call of White-plumed Honeyeater 1978/4.4 Ryan, J.V. Sudden End of a Bronze Cuckoo 1978/4.4 Ryan, J.V. Glen Waverley Notes 1978/8.46 Ryan, J.V. Grey Thrush and Crested Bell-bird 1978/10.62 Ryan, J.V. Blackbirds Outsmart Cuckoo 1978/12.83 Ryan, J.V. Revisiting Eppalock 1978/12.84 Ryan, J.V. Short Tour to Wonga Park 1979/3.13 Ryan, J.V. Random Autumn Notes 1979/8.53 Ryan, J.V. Detour to Bendigo and Visits to Philip Island 1979/8.55 Ryan, J.V. Two Methods for Seeking Food 1979/11.81 Ryan, J.V. Observations Down South During May 1980/12.113 Ryan, J.V. Picnic at Yarra Junction 1980/12.113 Ryan, J.V. The Spurwing’s Nest and Other Notes 1980/3.22 Ryan, J.V. The Easter Camp-out to Murrabit 1980/8.72 Ryan, J.V. A Study of the Black-eared Cuckoo 1980/10.90 Ryan, J.V. Spring Bird-Observing in the Whipstick : I 1981/6.46 Return to a Familiar Haunt Ryan, J.V. Kallista, Autumn 1981/6.48 Ryan, J.V. Birdlife in the Murrabit-Wakool Area 1981/8.65 Ryan, J.V. Annual Visit to Phillip Island 1981/8.66 Ryan, J.V. Seasonal Nomads 1981/8.66 Ryan, J.V. The Regent Honeyeater — Some Early Notes 1981/10.85 Ryan, J.V. Winning a Bird’s Trust or Mateship with Birds 1981/11.94 Ryan, J.V. Honeyeaters of the Bendigo District 1982/10.78 Ryan, J.V. Confusion over Two Thornbills and Babblers 1983/6.50 Ryan, J.V. An Endangered Species 1983/7.58 Ryan, J.V. The Long Road Back 1983/9.75 Ryan, J.V. Trouble with Ravens — Bendigo District 1983/2.9 Ryan, J.V. A Day Trip to the Bendigo District 1984/2.10 Ryan, J.V. Notes on the Martin-Swallow Group 1984/12.118 Ryan, J.V. Unusual Nesting of the Black-fronted Dotterel 1984/3.21 (Plover) Ryan, J.V. The Banded Plover (Lapwing) 1984/6.56 Ryan, J.V. Some Autumn Notes 1984/9.82 Ryan, J.V. Talented Artists of the Scrublands 1985/3.22 Ryan, J.V. Quail Thrushes and Painted Quail 1985/5.46 Ryan, J.V. Unusual Nests 1989/8.83 Ryan, Paul You can make a difference! 1996/12.7 Ryan, Paul BOCA's year in conservation 1996/12.8 Ryan, Paul Friends of Stone-curlews 1996/4.4 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 41

Ryan, Paul Lost sound of the bush 1996/4.4 Ryan, Paul Tailings dams 1996/7.7 Salter, Barbara An Unexpected Owl 1983/12.112 Salter, Barbara A Life Full of Birds 1983/9.69 Salter, Barbara Magpie Geese in Victoria 1984/2.3 Salter, Barbara Matters of Territory 1985/6.58 Salter, Barbara Birds in a Dry Season 1986/6.58 Salter, Barbara Whistlers 1989/10.107 Salter, Barbara Little Eagle 1989/2.12 Salter, Barbara Further Notes on the Little Eagle 1989/5.44 Salter, Barbara Zebra Finches 1989/9.92 Salter, Barbara E. A Bird Lover’s Lament 1975/5.35 Salter, Barbara E. Coastal Visitors 1975/9.70 Salter, Barbara E. A Note on the Channel-billed Cuckoo 1978/6.24 Salter, Barbara E. Birds of Kyogle, N.S.W. 1978/6.26 Salter, Barbara E. Some of our Bird Friends 1978/6.30 Salter, Barbara E. Some of Our Bird Friends 1978/8.44 Salter, Barbara E. Some Denizens of the Blady Grass 1978/11.68 Salter, Barbara E. Birds of South Ballina 1978/12.80 Salter, Barbara E. Nylon Fishing Line and Birds 1979/5.28 Salter, Barbara E. Efficient Fishing 1980/11.101 Salter, Barbara E. Black Honeyeaters at Inglewood 1982/5.38 Salter, Barbara E. Birds in Cold Weather 1982/8.59 Salter, Barbara E. Every Little Helps, in Time of Drought 1982/11.86 Salter, Barbara E. Some Rubbish is Valuable 1985/8.81 Salter, Barbara E. To Be With Birds is Happiness Enough 1986/9.94 Salter, Barbara E. The Value of a Tailings Heap 1988/5.49 Salter, Barbera E. Notes from a Short Trip 1979/11.80 Salter, Barbera E. Notes from the North 1980/2.8 Saltrer, Barbara Predators and Victims 1987/12.130 Sandell, Peter et al. Monitoring Malleefowl in Victoria 2009/8.12 Sansom, Guy Peregrine Falcons at Mount Dandenong, Vic. 1991/3.22 Saunders, Don Confusing conservation categories 1998/10.10 Saunders, Don Conservation update 1998/9.12 Saunders, Don Shorebird action plan, The 1999/5.20* Saunders, Don Contempt for our wildlife 1999/5.8 Saunders, Don Careful language 2000/6.14 Saunders, Don Box-Ironbark — what is its future? 2001/10.15 Saunders, Don Shorebirds 2002/12.12 Saunders, Don Graham Pizzey, AM, 1930-2001 2002/4.30 Saunders, Don Australia’s Important Bird Areas identified 2010/5.19* Saunders, Don Wyperfeld and BOCA 2010/5.34 Saunders, Don Cassowaries and cyclones 2011/5.13 Saunders, Don Wetlands live – just add water! 2011/2.11 Saunders, J. Roof-Spotting 1984/5.46 Saunders, Judy Birding in Botswana 1980/12.110 Saunders, Judy A Sunny Story 1984/12.129 Saunders, Judy A Natural Hazard 1985/5.45 Saunders, Judy Spotted Turtle-Doves 1986/11.119 Saunders, R. Making a V-Line for an Artificial Hollow 1984/5.45 Savage, Melissa Yongergnow: Australian Malleefowl Centre, 2007/6.8 Ongerup, WA Savory, Margaret Bus Tour Weekend, Echuca, 14–15 September 1991/11.116 1991 Sawrey, P Mount Isa to the Gulf Country ... BOC Tour, July 1984/5.48 1983 Scammell, Alan & A Tale of Two Intrepid Bird Watchers 1985/10.106 Trish Schoenjahn, Jonny Tanami birding 2003/8.14 Schuet, Tania Cry of the curlew 1996/1996/4.5 Schultz, Martin Yellow-tipped Pardalote, Spotted Harrier at 1975/8.63 Brighton 42 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Schultz, Martin Whimbrels Galore 1976/6.47 Schultz, Mike Management for Fivebough and Tuckerbil 2009/10.12 Wetlands Ramsar Site Scott, Barbara Crawling Rainbow Bee-eaters 1981/5.38 Scott, Barbara A Stunned Cuckoo 1987/6.59 Scott, Max F. Interesting Sightings from Phillip Island, Vic 1986/10.106 Scott, Max F. The Birds of Beachmere, Qld. 1987/6.58 Scott, Max F. More on Birds of Beachmere, Qld. 1988/2.22 Scott, Max F. Highlights of a Darwin Holiday 1989/7.68 Scott, Rodger Mystery behind painting birds, The 2007/6.32 Scott, Rodger Autumn Birding Week 2009/6.18 Scouler, Colin Naming names 2010/11.12 Searle, Colin A New Zealand Birdo Abroad 1986/9.93 Secomb, D & M Cape York after the Wet 1999/10.4* Sedgwick, Eric H. Bird Conservation In Western Australia 1975/8.57 Sedgwick, Eric H. Common Names for Australian Birds 1979/9.61 Sedgwick, Eric H. Colonisation of Ecological Niche: Harvey 1983/11.99 Sewage Tanks Seebeck, J.H. Powerful Owl at Warrandyte — Death and Diet 1976/12.94 Sekercioglu, C H Impacts of birdwatching on human and avian 2003/6.20 communities Selby, A.D. Confessions of a Bushcomber 1978/11.65 Selby, A.D. Greenies Under the Weather 1978/12.86 Selby, A.D. Cat Trouble 1979/11.81 Selby, A.D. A Pair of Old Mates 1980/10.92 Selby, Alex D. Some Further Notes on Albino Birds 1987/10.107 Selby, D. Willy Wagtail is a Wag 1980/12.111 Selby, Dick Dick Selby’s Trance 1980/4.25 Selby, Dick Experiences Strange and Curious of a Bird 1988/7.83 Photographer Semmens, A. Keith Shelter Against the Wind 1995/9.8 Semmens, Bob Glossy Black-Cockatoo in E. Victoria 1994/4.12 Semmens, Bob Unusual nest sites 2001/4.4 Semmens, Keith A Cloud of Swallows 1988/5.59 Semmens, Keith Has the Fairy Martin a Future? 1992/12.2 Semmens, Keith The Old Stager and the Fishermen 1993/9.7 Semmens, Keith Why Swallows Visit Victoria 1994/7.10 Semmens, Keith Sept. morning on the Gold Coast 1996/11.6 Semmens, Keith Visitor in the night 1997/3.10 Semmens, R.B. Hanging Baskets, A Monastery and Now A Milk 1986/7.68 Bottle ! Serong, Merrilyn You Yangs birding and boneseeding 2011/8.30 Seventy, Vincent The Forgotten Ocean — A visit to the bird islands 1979/8.49 of the Indian Ocean Sevior, Elizabeth On Sparrows and Garden Birds 1982/4.31 Seyfort, Michael 1984 B.O.C. Western Australia Tour 1 — 23 1984/12.124 September 1984 Seyfort, Michael The History of Bird Photography in Australia 1988/1.8 Seyfort, Michael Emu vs. Dingo fight, An 2001/8.10 Seyfort, Michael Large-tailed Nightjar, The 2007/8.18 Shackleton, Eric Rail(ways) at Julatten 1991/11.117 Shanks, Bob Firewood gathering 1996/10.2 Shanks, Bob Message from the President 2000/12.30 Shanks, Bob Letter from the President 2000/6.6 Shanks, Bob President’s Report 2001/4.29 Shannon, Andrew Birdlife at Barham 1976/7.55 Shannon, Andrew Interesting Sightings at Jamieson 1976/9.71 Sharland, Michael Gulls starve out the Pigeons 1976/10.74 Sharland, Michael A Surprise in Scotland 1976/2.9 Sharland, Michael Sidelights on Swamp Harrier : Circus 1977/6.45 aeruginosus Sharland, Michael Display of Victoria Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) 1977/8.69 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 43

Sharland, Michael Southern Limit for Migrating Waders 1983/8.61 Sharland, Michael Budgerigar in England 1984/9.82 Sharland, Michael Spotlight on a Pardalote 1985/6.49 Sharrock, R. Trans Tasman Troubles (or a field guide to New 1984/5.45 Zealanders) Sharrock, Rex The Bird of Livingston State Forest, N.S.W. 1981/4.30 Sharrock, Rex The Birds of Mitchell, Queensland 15-9-82 to 1984/12.105 15-9-83 Sharrock, Rex Black-Headed Pardalote Nests 1984/4.34 Sharrock, Rex & Lila Maliphaga Orru ? 1979/12.90 Sharrock, Rex & Lila Entertaining Unexpected American Birders at 1981/1.10 Wagga, N.S.W. Sharrock, Rex & Lila Surfing Corellas 1981/9.77 Sharrock, Rex E. More on Tawny Grassbird 1976/8.62 Sharrock, Rex E. The Livingstone State Forest, N.S.W. 1977/3.22 Sharrock, Rex E. Eagles Outfoxed 1977/9.73 Sharrock, Rex E. Birding Trip to S.W. Queensland 1977/12.98 Sharrock, Rex E. The Cattle Egret at Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 1978/8.45 Sharrock, Rex E. Cattle Egrets at Tumut 1978/9.53 Sharrock, Rex E. The Cattle Egret at Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 1978/11.69 Sharrock, Rex E. Mining Reserve at Weethalle, N.S.W. 1978/12.83 Sharrock, Rex E. “New” Names for Old Ones ? 1979/6.35 Sharrock, Rex E. Bourke’s Parrots in S.W. Queensland 1980/10.91 Sharrock, Rex E. A Sighting of the Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus 1984/9.92 saturatus at Mitchell, Queensland Sharrock, Rex E. Where have all the Goldfinches Gone ? 1987/7.69 Sharrock, Rex E. And the Reply (“Aberrant” Magpie’ at Mitchell, 1988/10.118 Qld.) Sharrock, Rex E. Aberrant Magpie at Mitchell, Qld. 1988/4.48 Sheedy, Brian Silver Gulls — Dromana 1989/3.23 Sheppard, Jacqui Riverside camping, St George, Qld 2002/2.19 Sheppard, Jacqui Christmas Bird Camp, Horsham, Vic 2002/4.27 Sherlock, Pam Superb Fairy-wren in a Spider’s Web 1991/5.46 Shingleton, Ken To the Daintree ... and Back 1995/3.6* Shingleton, Ken My trip to Mildura 1996/7.5 Shingleton, Ken Pelagic trip off NSW 1999/10.15 Shingleton, Ken Common Redshank at South West Rocks, NSW 2000/12.38 Shingleton, Ken Hazards of birding 2006/4.26 Shingleton, Ken odyssey, A 2007/8.22 Shingleton, Ken Lesser Yellowlegs 2008/2.16, 6.25 Short, F.G. Saltanpur 1991/9.89 Shultz, Bill Wooli, N.S.W. — an Interesting Area 1976/3.20 Sibson, R.B. How Should we Name Our Golden Plovers 1978/6.28 Simmons, Bill & Jim Peaceful Dove Nesting in Mangroves 1976/3.21 Simpson, Ken Letter-winged Kite Invasion of Victoria : 1977 1977/6.49 Simpson, Ken A Grey-headed Albatross from BOC Camp, 1977/6.50 Warrnambool, Vic, 1976 Simpson, Ken We Migratory Birds Need More than Bed and 1992/3.3 Breakfast Simpson, Ken Watching Birds in Tropical Mangroves 1993/6.2 Simpson, Ken Aberrant Plumage in Wild Birds 1994/3.2 Simpson, Ken Melanistic Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 1994/4.8 Simpson, Ken Birds of Paradise 1994/6.2 Simpson, Ken Did You See a Monarch or a Flycatcher Today? 1995/12.10 Simpson, Ken Certain Amount of Homework 1995/5.3 Simpson, Ken On a patch of fallen feathers 1996/2.10 Simpson, Ken Forest tearaways 1996/5.4 Simpson, Ken Maturing male Golden Whistler 1996/6.10 Simpson, Ken Twitching the twitchers 1996/6.16 Simpson, Ken Have you seen this bird? 1997/1.2 Simpson, Ken Jack Hyett O.A.M. 1997/4.10 Simpson, Ken Bristlebirds 1997/4.2 44 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Simpson, Ken Nankeen Kestrel 1998/2.2 Simpson, Ken Is Land for Wildlife under threat? 1998/6.19 Simpson, Ken Tree Martins 1999/11.6* Simpson, Ken Golden Whistler 1999/5.12 Simpson, Ken Songbirds’ nests 2000/10.6 Simpson, Ken Red-backed x Superb Fairy-wren 2000/12.10 Simpson, Ken Birds hawking sugar ants 2000/4.7 Simpson, Ken White-throated Needletails: a profile 2000/4.8 Simpson, Ken Jack Hyett (O.A.M.) (1915-2001) 2001/10.31 Simpson, Ken Quick look at Robins, Monarchs, Flycatchers and 2001/10.7 Fantails, A Simpson, Ken Come on the Bay Trip 2001/12.20 Simpson, Ken Black-necked Stork 2001/2.13 Simpson, Ken Birds that nest in tree-hollows 2001/4.15 Simpson, Ken Australian Wood Duck’s nest 2001/4.33 Simpson, Ken Are vagrant birds important? 2001/6.26 Simpson, Ken Those Yellow-bellied, Olive-backed Sunbirds 2001/8.11 Simpson, Ken Laughing Kookaburra vs Cockatoo 2002/12.6 Simpson, Ken Underwing patterns 2002/2.11 Simpson, Ken Australian Magpie 2002/2.14* Simpson, Ken Turtle-Dove subspecies (races) 2002/4.19 Simpson, Ken Graham Pizzey’s books, 1958-2000 2002/4.31 Simpson, Ken Blue-winged Kookaburra 2003/8.12*, 12.17 Simpson, Ken Black and white honeyeaters 2005/12.16* Simpson, Ken Owls – Barn, Grass or Masked? 2006/4.10 Simpson, Tuppy A Juggling Booby 1988/5.59 Sinclair, Trish A Fledgling in the Kimberleys 1978/12.73 Skinner, Jean Tree-Top Feeding Wrens 1983/10.90 Skinner, Jean Notes from Bowraville, NSW 1989/9.92 Skinner, Jean F. Reminiscences of Grasswrens, Scrub-Birds and 1991/9.92 Bristlebirds Slee, John Black beauties 1997/11.10 Slee, John Our Magpie family 2002/10.5 Small, Mary “Strike Swiftly” 1982/12.97 Smilt, Gil Increasing Suburban Birdlife 1985/5.45 Smith, D Birding at Bairnsdale 1978/10.62 Smith, E.M. A Little Snippet from N.S.W. 1980/4.32 Smith, Fay & Ted A Soft-Plumaged Petrel in Queensland 1984/9.92 Smith, Fred Great Frigatebird 1993/4.20 Smith, Fred Olive Whistler 1993/7.2 Smith, Fred Regent Honeyeater 1993/9.2 Smith, Fred Unexpected waterfowl behaviour 1996/12.6 Smith, Fred Was it the weather? 1997/4.12 Smith, Fred Black-tailed (Japanese) Gull in W A 1998/2.14 Smith, Fred Black Tern in southern Victoria 1998/7.19 Smith, Fred T H Second Victorian Sighting of a LesserYellowlegs 1995/7.13 Smith, Fred T H Reports from ‘Werribee Farm’ 2000/10.37 Smith, Fred T H Sunda Teal: for what it’s worth 2000/6.30 Smith, Fred T H Christmas Island: April 2000 2000/8.6 Smith, Fred T H Waterbirds and a Tiger Snake 2001/12.11 Smith, Fred T H Another Lesser Yellowlegs in Vic 2001/4.40 Smith, Fred T.H. With the Seabirds near Geelong 1975/9.68 Smith, Fred T.H. The B.O.C. 1985 Kimberley Tour No 2 Group 1985/11.109 Report Smith, Fred T.H. The Altona, Vic. Foreshore 1985/7.72 Smith, Fred T.H. Aberrant Chestnut Teal, Or Another Species ? 1985/8.81 And other notes from Werribee Farm Smith, Fred T.H. Migrating Waders come to Grief 1987/7.72 Smith, Fred T.H. More Birds of Werribee Farm 1987/9.93 Smith, Fred T.H. Common and Brush Bronzewing Pigeons 1989/10.100 Smith, Fred T.H. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper 1989/11.110 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 45

Smith, Fred T.H. White-winged Triller and Varied Triller 1989/12.128 Smith, Fred T.H. An Aberrant-Plumaged Silver Gull Larus 1989/3.23 novaehollandiae Smith, Fred T.H. Wandering and Plumed Whistling-Ducks 1990/11.112 Smith, Fred T.H. Crakes : Spotless, Australian and Ballon’s 1990/12.123 Smith, Fred T.H. Cranes: Brolga and Sarus Crane 1990/3.16 Smith, Fred T.H. Swifts 1990/4.25 Smith, Fred T.H. Swiftlets 1990/5.47 Smith, Fred T.H. Swallows and Martins 1990/6.53 Smith, Fred T.H. Striated Thornbill, Yellow Thornbill, Brown 1990/7.64 Thornbill and Weebill Smith, Fred T.H. The Bronze-Cuckoos 1990/8.75 Smith, Fred T.H. Skylark, Richard’s Pipit and Singing Bushlark 1990/2.8 Smith, Fred T.H. Brown Goshawk and Collared Sparrowhawk 1990/9.87 Smith, Fred T.H. House Sparrow and Tree Sparrow 1990/10.99 Smith, Fred T.H. Buff-banded Rail and Lewin’s Rail 1991/2.1 Smith, Fred T.H. A Mixed-up Little Wattlebird 1991/10.106 Smith, Fred T.H. Bird of the Month Further Information 1991/3.15 Smith, Fred T.H. Aerial Manouvres over The You Yangs 1991/3.22 Smith, Fred T.H. Some Small Plovers: Large (Greater) Sand 1991/5.38 Plover, Mongolian Plover (Lesser Sand Plover) and Double-banded Plover Smith, Fred T.H. Autumn Coach Trip Angahook Forest Park, 16 1991/5.44 March Smith, Fred T.H. Birds of the Month A Different Approach 1991/6.52 Smith, Fred T.H. Lorikeets and Swift Parrot 1991/6.52 Smith, Fred T.H. Laughing and Blue-winged Kookaburras 1991/7.62 Smith, Fred T.H. Whimbrel Attacking a Marsh Harrier 1991/7.69 Smith, Fred T.H. 1992 Coral Sea Vcnture 1992/11.2* Smith, Fred TH “Blondie”, a long distance traveller 1999/11.17 Smith, J & A Mornington Peninsula garden 1998/12.6 Smith, J & A Autumn at McCrae 1998/7.13 Smith, Janice Protecting Remnant Vegetation 1995/10.6 Smith, Jean Birding at Anderson’s Inlet 1975/7.54 Smith, Jean & Jock Silvereyes in a Garden at Black Rock, Vic. 1987/9.89 Smith, L.H. The Tragedy of Sherbrooke 1992/6.7 Smith, Michael Australian Bustard breeding program 2005/2.16 Smith, Norm Care of a Marsh Harrier 1989/7.71 Smith, P & J Win for the birds of north-east Vic 1997/10.9 Smith, Perter & Judy Fires and Birds in the Blue Mountains, NSW 1987/8.84 Smith, Peter & Judy Blue Mountains Fire Study 1987/2.4 Smith, Rebecca Consider the Cassowary 1997/1.8 Smith, Vic Tawny Frogmouths in Albany, WA 2002/6.7 Smith. Fred T.H. Spring Coach Trip to Bailieston/Whroo Forest 1988/12.143 Somerset, Henry 1080 – Sodium Trifluoracetate ! 1976/10.76 Somerset, Henry More About 1080 1977/2.11 Somerset, Henry Sighting of the Year — The Peregrine Falcon 1977/8.63 Somerset, Henry Regent Parrot 1981/2.3 Somerset, Henry Great Bower Birds 1982/12.98 Somerset, John The Resourceful Blackbird 1979/10.68 Sonter, Chris Northern Form of Masked Lapwing at Red Cliffs 1980/11.102 (Vic.) Sonter, Chris Lake Victoria, N.S.W. 1982/6.41 Sonter, Chris Another Record of the Northern Form of Masked 1982/10.79 Lapwing in Mildura Sonter, Chris News from Mildura 1982/11.85 Sonter, Chris More on Pardalotes and Honeyeaters 1986/9.92 Southall, George More on Spotted Nightjars 1983/8.66 Spalding, Joe Upper Murray Branch Notes 1975/10.80 Spalding, Joe Double-banded Finches at Albury 1979/6.38 Spalding, Joe Howlong District News 1980/12.114 Spalding, Joe Notes from Howlong 1981/2..4 46 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Spalding, Joe Corowa Club Notes 1990/6.57 Spalding, Joe & Jill Albury Area News 1980/6.55 Spalding, Joe & Notes from Howlong 1985/7.70 Margo Spry, Jennifer Red-footed Booby pursuit-fishing from moving 2010/5.14 boat Standen, Roger Observations of Mistletoebirds 1998/3.8 Standen, Roger Painted Button-quail 1998/4.9 Standen, Roger Wandown in the spring 1999/5.5* Standen, Roger Superb sighting 1999/7.16 Standen, Roger Aerobatic herons 2000/10.5 Standen, Roger Inland nomads on the fringe 2000/4.14 Standen, Roger First flight of the eagles 2000/8.20 Standen, Roger Competition in the garden 2001/2.32 Standen, Roger Kingfisher thwarts goanna 2001/4.3 Standen, Roger Birding from Melbourne to Darwin 2002/10.8 Standen, Roger Waders say goodbye, Roebuck Bay 2007/2.4 Standen, Roger Fishing techniques 2010/5.16 Standen, Roger Mistaken observation of Pallid Cuckoo feeding its 2010/2.18 own young Starks, Philip Field Trip, Donnelly’s Weir, 21-1-80 1980/3.23 Steele, Will Conservation ponds at the Western Treatment 2009/2.8 Plant, Werribee Steele, William House Sparrows gleaning prey 2007/4.30 Sten, Fred Travelling Outback at Leisure 1977/8.66 Sten, Fred Birds at Boaga, Qld. 1977/11.89 Stephans, Frank Cassowaries do Like Bananas 1981/11.103 Stephen, Frank Red Goshawk near Ballina 1985/10.105 Stephens, Carol Demise of the Babblers of Lowanna 1999/4.12 Stephens, Frank And Again — Letter-winged Kites 1977/7.58 Stephens, Frank Bustards Galore ! 1978/9.54 Stephens, Frank Willy Wagtail Following the Mower 1981/11.103 Stephens, Frank Butcherbird and Thornbills 1982/6.47 Stephens, Frank That Pool at Julatten 1982/2.5 Stephens, Frank You Asked for it, Claire 1982/7.53 Stephens, Frank Woodswallows with Electric Blanket 1982/2.9 Stephens, Frank Those Orange Chats of Lake Tyrell 1983/2.10 Stephens, Frank & A Quiet Day at Yellingbo 1975/3.23 Rona Stephens, Frank & Alas — No Malurus stephensii 1975/11.86 Rona Stephens, Frank & Gossip from the Garden 1978/6.27 Rona Stephens, Frank & Crested Hawk and Grey Goshawk 1978/10.61 Rona Stephens, Frank & Burdekin Ducks in Coastal Queensland 1981/12.105 Rona Stephens, R.H. Feeding Practice of Grey Butcherbirds (Cracticus 1980/12.113 torquatus) Stephens, R.H. Gull Report 1982/12.98 Stephens, Rona Death from the Skies 1978/8.45 Stevens, Richard Willie Wag Tales 1998/6.13 Stevens, Richard Unusual visitor to SW Victoria 2007/6.15 Steward, Gillian Spring in the Strathbogie Ranges, Vic 1998/2.7 Steward, Gillian Coward Springs, SA 2001/8.17 Stewart, Frank Pelicans at Moorabbin 1976/9.70 Sticklen, Eric & Ruth Strange Behaviour of Black-necked Stork (Jabiru) 1981/7.59 — Iron Range Qld. Sticklen, Ruth My Pet Torres Strait Pigeon, Iron Range, Qld. 1981/9.79 Sticklen, Ruth Boat-billed Flycatcher Calling, Iron Range, Qld. 1981/10.86 Sticklen, Ruth Fawn-breasted Bower Birds Feeding, Iron Range, 1981/10.86 Qld. Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 47

Sticklen, Ruth Magnificent Riflebird Displaying, Iron Range, 1981/10.86 Qld. Sticklen, Ruth Red-bellied Pittas Shot, Iron Range, Qld. 1981/10.87 Sticklen, Ruth Nesting Asociation Between Eclectus Parrots and 1981/10.87 Shining Starlings, Iron Range, Qld. Sticklen, Ruth Sighting of Radjah Shelducks (Burdekin Ducks) 1981/7.59 — Horn Island, Qld. Sticklen, Ruth & Eric White-tailed Kingfishers Nesting, Iron Range, 1981/10.85 Qld. Sticklen, Ruth & Eric Manucode Display and Nesting, Iron Range, Qld. 1981/10.86 Stirling, John On the water's edge 2007/8.20 Stock, Linda Birds of prey 2007/2.10 Stockwell, Keith River Red Gum forests: a local perspective 2010/5.7* Stokes, Beris King Parrot at Blackburn, Victoria 1982/2.9 Storey, Ray Bird Destruction in the Field 1977/4.27 Strahan, Ronald The National Photographic Index 1988/1.10 Sungaila, Audrey Keeping the Waders at Williamstown 1987/7.63 Sungaila, Audrey Strange Refuge for Little Lorikeets 1991/5.48 Sutton, P.H. Unusual Behaviour in a Pied Currawong 1991/10.107 Swaby, R.J. Townsville Common Revisited—Birds in “The 1987/3.22 Dry” Part 2 Swaby, R.J. Townsville Common Revisited—Birds in “The 1987/2.9 Dry” Part 1 Swaby, Ray Another Perching Wader : Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1986/2.10 Swaby, Ray J. Tape Recording Sarus Cranes 1983/11.93 Swaby, Ray J. A Guide to the Cairns Mudflats for Politicians 1985/7.61 Driving in the Fast Lane Swaby, Ray J. & Turtle Shells Beneath the Nest of a Sea-Eagle 1986/8.80 Arthur A. Sellers Swan, A. Westernport — Seagrass, Swans and Sewage 1983/9.72 Swan, Ailsa How Far can a Sparrow Stretch ? 1976/3.22 Swan, Ailsa Rams Island Re-Visited (July 1978) 1978/9.53 Swan, Ailsa Who is Boss of Your Bird-Bath 1990/11.118 Swan, Ailsa & Claire Christmas Camp, Noorinbee, 1982 1983/4.29 Appleby Swan, Alan Point Wilson Petrochemicals — and You 1979/5.29 Swan, Sally Gang-Gang Cockatoo — Meat Eaters ? 1977/12.101 Sweetman, Nola Birds of Katherine, NT 1999/12.17 Syme, Cathy Pelican Hooked on Fishing Line 1978/4.11 Sympson, M.F. Nesting Ravens 1977/12.100 Sympson, M.F. Mt Egerton Bird Notes 1984/9.81 Sympson, M.F. Mt Edgerton Bird Notes 1985/7.70 Sympson, Margaret Trouble with Red Wattle-Birds 1977/6.50 Sympson, Peg & Rod Birds of Barham N.S.W. 1976/7.52 Sympson, R.T. Magpie with Unusual Plumage 1988/10.118 Sympson, R.T. An Unconfirmed Sighting of Red-lored Whistler 1990/6.58 Szabo, Judit Threatened birds of northern Australia 2011/5.6 Talbot, Alice Trip to French Island 1990/6.56 Tarr, H.E. Highlights of Birdlife in Wyperfeld National 1976/8.62 Park, 1976 Tarr, H.E. Interesting Bird Records in North-Western 1977/1.2 Victoria, Season 1976 Tarr, H.E. Wyperfeld Notes 1977/5.40 Tarr, H.E. Blackburn Lake News 1978/3.122 Tarr, H.E. Wyperfeld National Park News 1978/4.3 Tarr, H.E. Report on , Season 1979/4.18 1978 Tarr, H.E. Interesting Items from Blackburn Lake 1985/2.10 Tarr, Harold E. The Tawny Frogmouth of Blackburn Reserve 1976/5.37 Tate, Bob Birding, biking and bushwalking 1997/11.14 Tate, Bob Bikie with binoculars 1997/3.3 Tate, Bob Visit to Cairns 1999/10.6 48 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Tate, Bob The Raven and the Lyrebird 1999/12.3 Tate, Bob Birding at Barraba, NSW 1999/8.19 Tate, Bob Holiday at Kununurra 2001/2.12 Tate, Bob Hervey Bay Birdwatchers 2001/8.24 Tate, Bob My own history of bird photography 2002/8.32 Tatt, H.E. Blackburn Lake Area, Season 1976 1976/11.86 Taws, Nicola Birds in Regenerating Forests 1983/11.101 Taylor, Malcolm Successful 'Hit and Run' to SA 1994/3.6* Taylor, Malcolm Short (and long) walk in Hindu Bush 2002/8.16 Taylor, Nancy Nesting raptors at Willis 2001/2.6 Taylor, Sue Etiquette of the Outback 2005/12.10 Teesdale, Trish Flying visit to Sweers Island, A 2003/8.24 Teese, Don To the Top of Australia 1977/4.33 Temby, Ian Search for the Glucking Bird, The 2001/8.25 Temby, Ian Bird damage control 2001/8.26 Temple Watts, Betty White-winged Black Terns Feeding Over a 1981/5.38 Paddock Terrill, Peter Colonial waterbird breeding 2008 2008/8.12 Thatcher, Betty Another Note on Glossy Black-Cockatoos 1988/8.95 Thatcher, Betty Glossy Black-Cockatoos at Tathra, NSW 1989/2.9 Thiele, Kevin Study of Striped Honeyeater 1976/8.59 Thoday, Ron Nest-boxes for Maned (Wood) Ducks 1992/4.9 Thomas Roger Clarksdale Comment (BOC property at Linton, 1979/10.69 near Ballarat, Victoria) Thomas, Brian Bird Hide at "Coolart" 1993/10.8 Thomas, Evan Notes on Woodswallows 1975/10.77 Thomas, Evan Magpie-Larks Nests have Lodgers 1978/4.10 Thomas, Evan Road Deaths 1988/8.94 Thomas, Godfrey Bundyboc lends a hand 1997/12.2 Thomas, Godfrey Tropicbirds of Lady Elliot Island 1998/12.20 Thomas, Joyce Native Birds in Urban Surroundings 1975/2.13 Thomas, Joyce Interesting Birds in Mallee 1978/4.4 Thomas, Ray Regent Honeyeater Project 2011/8.11 Thomas, Roger Confusing Clarksdale Choristers 1980/7.61 Thomas, Roger Clarksdale Comment 1980/9.81 Thomas, Roger Clarksdale Comment 1981/5.39 Thomas, Roger Cup Weekend Camp — 1982 1983/2.3 Thomas, Roger Any Young Pallid Cuckoos Last Season ? 1983/7.58 Thomas, Roger Unusual Behaviour of Common Birds 1985/4.35 Thomas, Roger Back-Yard Nest-Boxes 1986/12.124 Thomson, Kelvin A Rail Surprise 1991/11.113 Thornton, Betty Delights of Francis Swamp 1996/4.16 Thornton, Judith Birding on the Corowa Sewage Ponds 1985/4.32 Thornton, Judith Displays, Telescopes and Plains-Wanderers 1987/3.15 Thornton, Judith Many Albinos, but where are the Cuckoos ? 1987/5.46 Thwaites, Michael Metamorphosis 1984/5.47 Tiley, Ivan Can a ‘Froggie’ Win Gold ? 1989/8.83 Tolhurst, Len , Eleanor Beyond Bourke 1976/11.86 & Ken Barrett Tongue, Philip South Africa Has It’s Problems Too 1975/6.41 Toppin, Christine First steps: a letter from Guyana 1999/4.6 Torr, Dave New BOCA website, The 2010/8.5 Townsend, Simon Wedge-tailed Eagle and Fox 1977/12.103 Townsend, Simon Japanese Snipe in Unusual Habitat 1977/6.50 Townsend, Simon “A Observation of Silver Gull Reactions to the 1978/9.54 Presence of Black Falcon” Townsend, Simon A Bird with a Problem 1978/10.62 Townsend, Simon On a Crippled Silver Gull 1978/12.82 Trainor, Russell Artificial Nest-Hollows 1995/12.5 Trainor, Russell Sweet Danger 1995/4.5 Trakell, Lynn Recreational duck shooting in Vic 2002/2.17 Tratt, Pat Living with wildlife in E Gippsland 1999/12.10 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 49

Tratt, Pat & Ted An Interesting Observation on Plover Chicks 1988/11.131 Tregellas, Tom The truth about the Lyrebird 1997/9.8 Tremaine, D. Magpie as Snakekiller 1976/6.45 Tremaine, D.J. A Talkative Galah 1977/11.88 Tretchler, Eric A Ring-tailed Possum in Trouble 1978/12.85 Trigellis-Smith, Outing to Trawool, 24-11-79 1980/2.10 Nancye Troy, Declan Migration of a Pomarine Jaeger 2008/4.14* Tucker, Ellin M. Black-tailed Yellow Cockatoo ! 1976/2.14 Tucker, Ellis Long-billed Corella in Grampians 1975/4.30 Tully, Pauline Honeyeaters and Silvereyes 1976/4.30 Turmbull, Irma Banded Lapwings 1990/8.80 Turnbull, Irma Passing Through 1991/5.46 Turnbull, Susan Mimicry by Olive-backed Oriole 1981/5.39 Turner, Elizabeth A Special Bird Week with Peter Slater 1990/5.46 Turner, Kaye Birdwatching in Britain, Summertime 1981 (2) 1981/12.99 Turner, Lyn Project Ternwatch 1995/6.5 Turner, Rosemary Circumnavigating Lake Eyre 1994/3.8 Twaits, Doug A Much-loved Inland Journey 1976/4.33 Tyers, Bessie Birding on Flinders Island 1990/7.70 Tyers, Bessie The Goose in the Gum 1994/4.4 Tyers, Bessie Wesboc’s Website 2001/8.32 Tzaros, Chris New home, A 2001/12.13 Tzaros, Chris Orange-bellied Parrot habitats 2006/2.20 Tzaros, Chris Endangered Swift Parrot, The 2008/6.13 Uren, Michael In Maranoa Gardens 1978/4.12 Valentine, Peter Birding the Gulf 2011/11.12 van Gessel, Fred Call of the Cicadabird 1999/10.9 van Haeff, Piet Fruiting trees for birds 1998/12.7 van Haeff, Piet Birding in ‘Sunset Country’ 1999/9.9 Vandyke, Inger Pelagic peril 2008/2.6 Veacock, Jan Birding from a Caravan 1975/2.6 Veacock, Jan Concerning the Deaths of Birds by Entanglement 1978/11.70 in the Seeds of Pisonia Veerman, Philip Dismal Swamp Trip, 1975/1976 1976/7.53 Veerman, Philip Powerful Owl Diet 1979/5.30 Veerman, Philip Comment on the “Aberrant” Magpie’ at Mitchell, 1988/10.118 Qld. Veerman, Philip White-Plumed Honeyeater Display Flight 1991/8.82 Vellenga, Sidney & Notes on the Food Cycle of the Satin Bowerbird 1985/8.74 Reta Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Venn, D.R. Yellingbo State Faunal Park 1981/8.61 Verity, Nedra Battle of the Bath 1989/9.92 Vincent, Joan Still on the Subject of Our Earliest Names for 1975/11.85 Australian Bird Species Vincent, Joan White-breasted Sea-eagle 1975/11.87 Vincent, Joan Are Nectar-eating Birds Wastrels ? 1976/3.22 Vincent, Joan How High Do Birds Fly ? 1976/4.30 Vincent, Joan A White-breasted Sea Eagle Hunting 1976/1.4 Vincent, Joan Gippsland Wetlands Need Water 1977/4.34 Vincent, Joan Things that Pass Unseen in the Night 1978/7.37 Vincent, Joan Cattle Egret and Floods 1978/8.45 Vincent, Joan Diurnal Movement of Silvereye in East 1978/11.70 Gippsland, Victoria Vincent, Joan Red-Capped Robin (Petroica gooodenvii) and 1978/12.78 Other Species in East Gippsland, Victoria — August 1978 Vincent, Joan Seen Any Coloured Cattle Egrets Lately 1979/5.28 Vincent, Joan A Pepper Tree and Pied Currawongs 1979/6.37 Vincent, Joan Breeding Little Tern Versus the Constant Flow 1983/4.21 of Humanity Vincent, Joan Possible Names for The Australian Bird Watcher 1985/5.44 50 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Vincent, Joan Nesting habits 1999/4.7 W., W.R. Another New Bird for Victoria and Australia 1978/9.53 W., W.R. 1976 & 1977 Bird Diary for Island, 1978/4.8 Victoria W., W.R. [Wheeler, We Visit Weipa, Cape York Peninsula, 1977/2.9 W. Roy] Queensland Walker, Geoff Tribute to Queensland, A 2001/2.19 Wall, L.E. Scrub-wrens in Coastal Scrub 1977/2.13 Wall, Leonard E. Tasmanian Wetlands — Conservation 1975/5.33 Wallace, Cynthia Magpie at 57 McCulloch St., Nunawading 1975/8.62 Wallace, Steve World’s First at the Bird Park 1983/12.111 Walters, I.N. Conservation and Politics : The Question of 1976/8.57 Survival Ward, Keith A. Drought refuge, Northern Victoria 2009/2.12 Wardrop, Ian Some thoughts of a new birdo 2000/8.33 Wardrop, Ian Birdwatching...and bird conservation 2002/12.10 Wardrop, Ian Birds in Fiji 2002/4.16 Waterhouse, Jack Historical Aspects of Ornithology over the Last 1988/1.4 200 Years Watkins, Doug National Plan for Shorebird Conservation in 1994/6.9 Victoria Watsford, Penny Birdwatching as stress management 1998/11.19 Watt, Anna Ravens’ Larder 1986/4.34 Watts, Margaret A. Observations on Bathing Birds (1) 1979/7.44 Watts, Margaret A. Tawny Crowned Honeyeater at Black Rock 1980/8.73 Watts, Margaret A. Observations from Inglewood 1980/2.9 Weatherly, Bill Clarksdale Sanctuary, Linton Vic 1992/1.8 Webb, Susan Nesting Grey Shrike-Thrushes 1984/6.58 Webb, Susan S. More Food for Thought 1985/9.93 Webster, Joan K. The Cat Nuisance 1979/5.26 Wegner, Andrew More of the Late July Bird Wreck 1985/10.105 Wells, J. The Amorous Rainbow Bee-Eaters (Meres 1991/10.107 Hornets) Wells, J. Thank You Geoff (Gratia Magnitudinis) 1991/9.87 Wells, J. The Mad Mynah 1991/9.93 Wells, Jim The Rewards of Patience 1994/12.7 Wellstead, Marie Notes from Stanley, Vic. 1988/9.104 Wenborn, Alan H. Nesting Time 1980/2.10 Wesson, Mal & Notes on Sacred Kingfisher Behaviour 1987/7.70 Dorothy Wesson, Malcolm & South of Eden 1977/5.40 Dorothy West, Phillip Investigate Westgate 1987/11.119 Westmore, Dorothy & Birding Down Under 1988/4.37 Robert Westmore, Dorothy & Birding Down Under 1989/5.37 Robert Weston, Bob Grey Falcon — A Prize for Enterprise 1982/12.98 Weston, Inez L. Banding Jacanas-Lotus Birds in Papua New 1977/12.103 Guinea Weston, Lawrie More Bush Thick-Knees 1983/9.77 Weston, Michael Keeping people on the beach 1997/10.5 Weston, Michael Fencing for protecting shorebirds 1998/3.11 Wheatley, Ross Swift and a pigeon, A 2007/4.22 Wheeler, Eric Drama at the dam 1999/8.21 Wheeler, Eric The ‘tent-peg bird’ 2000/2.16 Wheeler, Jack Water Skiing on 1975/2.9 Wheeler, Jack Hides at Ocean Grove Nature Reserve 1976/2.13 Wheeler, Jack You Yangs Tree Planting 1976/3.17 Wheeler, Jack Weekend Camp-out of W.V.F.N.C.A. at 1976/6.45 Wyperfeld Wheeler, Roy Collared Sparrowhawks at the Royal Botanic 1975/2.13 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 51

Gardens Wheeler, Roy Kingfishers of South-Western Australia 1975/4.30 Wheeler, Roy Birding in March, 1975 1975/5.35 Wheeler, Roy Fraser Island, Queensland 1975/6.44 Wheeler, Roy New Bird for the Royal Botanic Gardens, 1975/6.44 Melbourne, Vic Wheeler, Roy Silver Gulls Catching Insects 1975/6.44 Wheeler, Roy Great Crested Grebe Record 1975/7.51 Wheeler, Roy Honeyeaters on Migration 1975/7.51 Wheeler, Roy Black-eared Cuckoo Distribution 1975/7.52 Wheeler, Roy O’Reilly’s ‘Green Mountains’ 1975/8.60 Wheeler, Roy A Week at Echuca, Vic. 1975/9.66 Wheeler, Roy Status of the Peregrine Falcon in Victoria 1975/10.76 Wheeler, Roy The Bird Observers’ Club Past Work in 1976/4.25 Conservation Wheeler, Roy We Visit 10 National Parks 1976/8.59 Wheeler, Roy Tree Martins Nesting in Cities 1977/3.22 Wheeler, Roy Rainbow Lorikeets Nest in Melbourne 1977/9.74 Wheeler, Roy We Visit the Northern Territory 1978/3.117 Wheeler, Roy The Annual Bird Count, 1977 1978/6.34 Wheeler, Roy Three More New Bird Species for Victoria 1978/6.34 Wheeler, Roy Two More Additions to the Victorian Bird List 1978/8.42 Wheeler, Roy Highlights of My Queensland Trip in 1978 1979/6.36 Wheeler, Roy I Visit Mud Island 1980/12.108 Wheeler, Roy Chasing a Record 1980/3.18 Wheeler, Roy Chasing a Record (continued) 1980/4.31 Wheeler, Roy Chasing A Record (continued) 1980/5.45 Wheeler, Roy I Visit Inglewood and Boort 1980/8.67 Wheeler, Roy I Visit Kangaroo Island, South Australia 1980/10.93 Wheeler, Roy I Visit “Wonga Hills”, Chinchilla, Queensland 1981/6.47 Wheeler, Roy I Visit Borroloola, Northern Territory 1982/4.30 Wheeler, Roy A Second Year of Listing 500 Species 1982/7.54 Wheeler, Roy I Visited Bundaberg, Gin Gin and “Walla 1983/11.102 Station”, Qld. Wheeler, Roy I Visited Englewood in the Drought 1983/9.76 Wheeler, Roy I Visit Phillip Island 1984/3.20 Wheeler, Roy 600 Species in 1983 1984/5.37 Wheeler, Roy & Vera Exciting Birding in February 1975/4.30 Wheeler, Roy & Vera Birding on the Ghan 1977/3.21 Wheeler, Roy & Vera We Visit 1977/4.28 Wheeler, Roy & Vera We Visit Wyperfeld National Park and Hopetoun 1977/7.56 in the Victorian Mallee Wheeler, Roy & Vera We Visit Canberra in the Winter 1977/10.78 Wheeler, Roy & Vera We Visit “The Common” at Townsville, North 1978/6.26 Queensland Wheeler, Roy & Vera We Visit Stradbroke island, Morton Bay, S.E. 1978/8.44 Queensland Wheeler, Roy & Vera We Visit Fawkner Park, Melbourne 1978/9.53 Wheeler, Roy & Vera We Visit Port Fairy in Western Victoria in July 1978/11.67 Wheeler, Roy & Vera We Visit Mt Isa, Western Queensland 1978/4.7 Wheeler, W.R. I Visit the Moomba Gas Field in South Australia 1981/12.105 Whinray, John Birds of Little Chalky Island, Tasmania 1977/10.80 Whinray, John Birds of Big Chalky Island, Tasmania 1977/11.85 White, David Where, When and How to watch Birds in the 1988/3.32 USA Whitelaw, J.S. Welcome Invader(s) 1991/5.48 Whitlam, Lindsay Strange Behaviour of a Wedge-tailed Eagle 1981/2.3 Wicksteed, Pauline BOC Queensland Tour 1976 1976/11.81 Wicksteed, Pauline & Great Victoria Desert Safari, 1986 Report from 1986/12.129 Stuart Westbound Trip Wieneke, Jo Magnetic Island — Something Different 1978/6.21 Wilkins, Win & Gar Seen : A White Goshawk 1979/11.76 52 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Williams, B. Birding by the Bus Load, Linton 1985/9.88 Williams, Carine Nesting-Time in the Tropics 1979/4.22 Williams, Chris Ned’s Corner Station 2003/2.7 Williams, Jean A Daylight Barn Owl 1981/6.51 Williams, John Where the Sparrow is the Native Bird 1985/9.93 Williams, Leslie C. Edithvale Wetlands 1989/3.22 Williamson, Anne Cats in Australia 1998/10.18 Willis Rory Crows, Crows, Crows !!! 1978/12.81 Willis, Ida The Cunning Grey Butcher-Bird 1977/10.81 Willis, Ida Frustrating a Fox 1978/6.27 Willis, Ida Maternity Ward for Grey Shrike-Thrushes 1978/10.60 Willis, Ida Cinderella Tree 1978/12.84 Willis, Ida Pardalote Woodpeckers 1979/4.22 Willis, Martin Gouldians at Gregory 2006/10.8 Willis, Martin Living on the beach 2009/12.16 Willis, Martin Luck, patience and stealth 2010/2.10 Willis, Rory Above the Eagles in Nepal 1981/3.13 Wilson, Helen Willie Wagtail, Notes from NT. 1988/11.130 Wilson, Helen A Banded Pigeon in the Mulberry Tree 1988/2.21 Wilson, Helen Bird-Watching between Stirring the Rosellas 1988/7.76 Wilson, Helen Bird Notes from Winnellie, NT 1989/2.4 Wilson, Helen Observations from Douglas Hot Springs, NT 1989/5.46 Wilson, Helen Berry Springs Wildlife Park 1991/7.66 Wilson, Helen Batswing Birding 1993/11.7 Wilson, Helen Take It from the Top 1995/12.14 Wilson, Jill Lyrebirds at dawn 2009/10.19 Wilson, Ron The Sydney Olympics 2000/8.10 Wilson, Steve Birding in North Queensland 1998/4.4 Wilson, Zoë Pink Cockatoo 1994/7.3 Wilson, Zoë A Thick-knee by Any Other Name 1995/3.11 Wilson, Zoë BOCA: future directions 1996/3.10 Wilson, Zoë Attracting birds to your garden 1996/8.11 Wilson, Zoë An abef? I'd like to see that! 1996/9.8 Wilson, Zoë Golden-shouldered Parrot 1998/10.4 Wilson, Zoë Planting for fruit-eating birds 1998/7.4 Wilson, Zoë And what IS a taxon? 1998/9.13 Wilson, Zoë Your garden: a sanctuary for birds 2000/10.18 Wilson, Zoë Songbirds’ nests 2000/10.6 Wilson, Zoë Birds that feed in Grevilleas 2000/4.13 Wilson, Zoë BOCA Garden Bird Survey 2001/10.10 Wilson, Zoë Birds of Victorian gardens 2001/10.11 Wilson, Zoë Robins and Flycatchers in gardens 2001/10.13 Wilson, Zoë BOCA’s Headquarters, Dec 2001 2001/12.12 Wilson, Zoë Can you put a price on a honeyeater? 2001/6.14 Wilson, Zoë How to write about birds 2001/8.14 Wilson, Zoë The mangrove shore 2002/6.31 Wilson, Zoë BOCA centenary 2005 2003/10.10 Wilson, Zoë Gardening for birds 2003/10.14 Wilson, Zoë Rhododendrons and azaleas 2003/12.7 Wilson, Zoë Introduced species and the Common 2003/8.7 Wilson, Zoë Writing the history 2005/2.22 Wilson, Zoë After fifteen years... 2006/10.3 Wilson, Zoë Southern Giant-Petrel 2006/6.20 Winter-Irving, W.A. Poison 1080 1976/8.63 Wood, K.A. Some Birds of Madang, Papua New Guinea 1985/12.130 Woodall, Peter Bush Curlews on Campus 1984/5.45 Woodhouse, J.D. Birds Seen in Malaya 1980/3.21 Woodhouse, John D. Mount Buffalo Visit 1979/4.22 Woodhouse, John D. Birding in Wales 1980/10.89 Woods, Barry Discarded Fishing Lines 1979/8.51 Woods, Betty Family of Sparrowhawks, A 2007/10.8 Woods, Doug & Betty Flight of the woodswallows, The 2010/5.10 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 53

Woods, J.P. A Spotted Harrier at Altona 1977/12.107 Woods, J.P. Hurstbridge, 26-6-77 1977/8.67 Woods, J.P. On Tour to Coopers Creek 1977/11.91 Woods, J.P. An August Weekend on the Bellarine Peninsula 1977/11.91 Woods, J.P. New Bird for Altona : Black-breasted Buzzard 1978/6.34 Wright, Mandy Africa! A dream destination 2011/5.14 Zillmann, Eric White-throated Nightjar 2010/2.16

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Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 55 B BIRD ATLAS 1976/2.10, 4.28, 6.42, 8.59, 11.83, 1977/3.21, 10.78

BIRD AVIARIES Zoological Gardens Aviary 1980/9.88 Great Flight Aviary, RM Zoo 1980/9.88

BIRD AWARENESS in Schools 1986/5.42, 8.77

BIRD BANDING Australian Band recovered China 1979/2.3 Bird Banders of Australia, information on 1976/3.19 Bird banding for beginners 1990/3.13 Egrets, Cattle N.S.W. 1979/5.28 Geese, Cape Barren 1980/9.81 Ibis, Sacred , Westernport 1979/2.2 Oystercatchers, Pied and Sooty, Colour-Banded 1989/12.123 Seabird Island series 1980/1.2 Terns, Fairy , Werribee 1978/10.60 Terns, Little E. Gippsland 1979/4.18 Wing tag 1006, information required 1980/1.2

BIRD BEHAVIOUR AND PLAY

Amusing bird behaviour 2000/8.3 Baza, Pacific, Raising a 2003/6.6 Bird behaviour in flood, fire and heat 2009/6.13, 2009/6.15 Birds calling at night 2002/2.3, 4.3 Birds coping with heat 2001/6.4 Birds sheltering from heat 2009/6.15, 2009/6.16 Birds’ reaction to dilapidated softball 2007/8.16 Birds’ use of Silky Oaks 2003/2.15 Bird-snake encounters in Victoria 1998/7.10 Brolgas - study of flocking 2003/4.32 Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining, behaviour 2003/2.4 Bronze-Cuckoos 2002/12.29 Chat,White-fronted: the interloper 2000/4.26 Cockatoo, Gang-gang spread-eagled against wire netting 2009/8.25 Coot, Eurasian behaviour 2005/12.5 Corella, Long-billed playing with gumnuts 1998/3.5 Duck dive (Pacific Black Duck) 1999/11.3 Ducks, Pink-eared, Bizarre behaviour of 2000/2.12 Falcon, Black swooping 2009/2.28, 2009/4.21 Galahs and Rainbow Lorikeets 1999/12.10 Garden birds 1998/5.12 Gurgle-fowl (Orange-footed Scrubfowl) 1999/9.3 Herons, (White-necked), Aerobatic 2000/10.5 Honeyeater, Black-chinned “preens” Koala 1999/7.25 Kookaburra, Laughing with tennis ball 2009/8.25 Kookaburra, Laughing, Steady gaze 1998/9.9 Magpie, Australian behaviour 2002/4.6, 8.7, 8.8, 12.5 Magpie, Australian breaks juvenile Magpie’s beak 2006/2.5 Magpie, Friendly 2001/12.5 Magpie-lark in traffic 2000/4.26 Male or female? 2011/11.31 Malleefowl 2006/8.12 Migration by ambulance (Eastern Spinebill) 1998/3.5 Mynas, Common 1998/12.5 Parrot, Swift associating with Purple-crowned Lorikeets 2001/12.6 Pelicans, Australian ‘yawning’ 2007/4.31 56 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Pigeons, Crested and Noisy Miners 2000/10.4 Pipits, Richard’s 1998/3.20 Prion, A, and a Pelican 1999/5.13 Raven follows Lyrebird 1999/12.3 Raven, Shepherding 2000/6.3 Ravens, Australian 2002/2.13 Ravens, Pilfering 2000/6.3 Ravens taking golf balls? 2011/5.28 Skua, South Polar 1998/3.21 Swallow, Welcome 1998/10.3 Wattlebird behaviour, Unusual 2001/4.7 Wattlebird, Red follows person with dog 1999/7.25 Whistling-Ducks, Plumed with tennis ball 2009/8.25

BIRD BEHAVIOUR AND PLAY Aggression, Territorial Behaviour, Predation Aggressive birds 2000/10.19 Apostlebird attacks human 1999/6.3 Apostlebirds 2000/8.34 Birds mob Tortoise 2001/10.3 Blackbirds and Kookaburra, Double distraction 1998/5.3 Brolga attacks Black Swans and Straw-necked Ibis 2008/4.7 Brolgas attacked by a hawk 1979/12.90 Butcherbird, Pied, plovers attack humans 1983/6.49 Button-quail, Battle of the 1998/4.9 Cockatoos, Foxed by 1985/5.45 Competition in the garden 2001/2.32 Crow, Torresian 2003/10.3 Crows fighting 1996/9.5 Currawongs and Wattlebirds Birds of a feather 1982/7.53 Drongo, Spangled and Rufous Whistler 2000/2.5 Duck, Pacific Black defends young from Raven attack 2002/12.5 During attack 1978/6.29 Eagle, Running duel with 1999/3.17 Eagle, Wedge-tailed, fights with Sea-Eagle, White-bellied 2010/11.27 Egrets, Startled 1997/6.12 Emu vs. Dingo fight 2001/8.10 Fairy-wren, Splendid harasses Jacky Winter 2011/8.31 Fairy-wren, Variegated harasses Jacky Winter 2011/8.31 Fairy-wrens, Red-backed vs Grey Shrike-thrush 2002/12.4 Falcons, Black, hunting Quail 1978/4.4 Fig-Parrots, Double-eyed 2001/8.4 Friarbird, Noisy attacks Laughing Kookaburra 2009/6.26 Friarbirds, Noisy attack Blue-faced Honeyeaters 2005/2.6 Frogmouth, Tawny aggression 2002/2.13 Harassing Humans 1985/5.45, 11.117 Honeyeater, New Holland 2000/12.7 Honeyeater, White-eared , Strange Behaviour of 1992/8.12 Honeyeaters, Blue-faced , Blue blood at Bundaberg 1997/5.2 Honeyeaters, Golden-backed, attack Rufous-throated 2008/12.25 Honeyeater Honeyeaters, New Holland attack Red Wattlebird 2002/2.35 Honeyeaters, White-eared , Vicious 1992/10.19 Honeyeaters, White-plumed fighting 1997/7.3 Imperial-Pigeon, Pied attacks Torresian Crow 1996/5.16 Imperial-Pigeons, Pied 2000/2.5 Interactions between species 1997/10.17 Kestrel, Nankeen , Reaction of birds to 1998/2.4 Kookaburra, Laughing vs Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 2002/12.6 Kookaburras, Laughing, chase away Brown Goshawk 2010/11.27 Lyrebirds at Ned’s Gully, Vic 2007/10.12 Lyrebirds, prey for Goshawk 1978/6.25 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 57

Magpie killer of Rosellas 1976/10.77 Magpie, Australian 1989/1.4 Magpie, Australian 2000/12.6 Magpie, Australian 'disciplines' offspring 2007/8.15 Magpie, Australian kills Blackbird 1999/7.25, 11.3 Magpie-lark and Australian Hobby in water 2003/12.3 Magpie-lark, divebombing human 1986/11.120 Magpie-larks 2003/8.4 Magpie-larks dive-bomb Pied Imperial-Pigeons 2000/2.5 Magpies Attack Little Raven, Poetic Justice 1993/1.4 Magpies, Australian 2003/2.3, 6.4, 8.4 Magpies, Australian attack diseased Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 2006/6.5 Magpies, Australian attacking Magpie Goose 2002/2.16 Magpies, Australian harass Tawny Frogmouth 2002/8.9 Magpies, Australian kill Common Blackbird 2002/4.5 Miners, Noisy 2000/8.34, 10.4 Miners, Noisy 2003/8.3, 10.3 'Mobbing' behaviour 1995/1.8, 5.10, 1996/9.11 Mynas, Common 1995/7.10 Mynas, Common and Magpie Larks Attack Nutmeg Mannikin 1995/11.11 Neighbourhood dispute 1999/4.7 Osprey, Eastern, drives off White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2010/8.13 Owl, Powerful attacks 2009/10.24 Owl, Powerful mobbed by smaller birds 2009/12.26 Owlet-nightjar, Australian, attacks Carpet Snake 2007/4.11 Parakeet, Rose-ringed 2005/2.7 Parrot, Superb bossing King Parrots 1997/9.3 Python in the palms 1999/7.4 Quail hunted by Falcons, Black 1978/4.4 Raven attacks Spotted Turtle-Dove 1996/2.5 Raven robs Chough’s nest 1978/10.60 Raven, Australian 1998/6.15 Raven, Little Decapitates Spotted Turtle-Dove 1995/10.4 Raven’s way of life 1979/7.42 Ravens as Predators 1983/1.9, 4.30 Ravens attack an exhausted Raven 1996/2.5 Ravens, Little Attack Owls 1994/4.13 Ravens, Little chase away Collared Sparrowhawk 2009/8.25 Robins, Red-capped 2000/10.3, 12.4 Sea-Eagle and Parachutist 1975/11.85 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied 2002/8.19 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied attacks Brahminy Kite 2005/12.8 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied, fights with Eagle, Wedge-tailed 2010/11.27 Shrike-thrush, Grey 1996/12.11 Sparrows, House destroy Welcome Swallows’ nest 2003/2.3 Starling Attacks Dog 1992/11.13 Starlings, Common mobbing Brown Falcon 1997/4.6 Stilt, Black-winged dismisses Grey Teal 2007/8.13 Stone-curlews, Beach chase goanna 2009/12.28 Swans skirmish at Yarrawonga 2000/8.5 Thornbill, Yellow-rumped harasses Jacky Winter 2011/8.31 Turtle-Dove, Spotted 1988/7.77 Wagtail, Willie harasses Black-shouldered Kite 2005/10.8 Wagtail, Willie harasses Jacky Winter 2011/8.31 Wattlebird outwits Siamese cat 1980/3.23 Wattlebird, Red 2000/12.7 Wattlebird, Red chases Silvereye 2002/10.5 Wattlebirds 1998/12.6 Wattlebirds and Currawongs Birds of a feather 1982/7.53 Whistlers, Rufous attack their reflections 2002/4.3 58 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Alarm Antics when snakes in vicinity 1982/6.45 Associations Between Species Magpie, Australian and Magpie-lark 1995/10.14 Moorhen, Dusky, incubating Black Swan eggs 2010/2.27 Redshank adopts Snipe chick ? 1978/4.3 Pilotbirds and Lyrebirds, a pair of old mates 1980/10.92 Bathing, Drinking, Sunning see also Feeding, Drinking, Hunting Apostlebirds dust bathing 2006/12.4 Bee-eater, Rainbow sunning 2009/2.29 Birds bathing at Mackay, Qld 2010/2.26 Blackbird, Common 2005/2.7, 2005/4.6 Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested 2001/12.11 Crow, Dust bathing 1985/4.34 Cuckoo-shrike, Black-faced rain-bathing 2001/12.11 Currawongs sand-bathing 2003/4.15 Dollarbirds, Sun, Dust and 1993/5.2 Dusting, sunning & anting 1998/9.9 Emu bathing in the sea 1997/3.7 Emus bathing 2009/2.26 Fantail, Grey 2010/2.26 Fresh water supply 2000/8.4 Frogmouth sunning behaviour 2002/4.4 Galahs ‘rain-dancing’ 2001/2.3, 12.11 Heron, White-necked sunning 2009/2.26 Honeyeater, White-plumed 1993/9.6 Kite, Whistling 1993/6.15 Kookaburra mud-anting 1998/5.3, 9.9 Kookaburra, Laughing 1996/9.4 Lorikeets, Bathing 2002/6.6 Magpie, Australian 2003/4.3 Magpie, Rain-bathing ? 2002/2.3 Mixed bathing 1997/4.6 Mynah, Common “pretends” to bathe 2000/8.4 Needletail, White-throated drinking 2000/4.10 Osprey 1996/4.15 Packing up the bird bath 2001/10.5 Pigeon, Crested 1993/9.6 Pigeon, Wonga sunning 2000/2.7 Pigeons, Crested 1996/6.13 Pipits and Scrubwrens, Dust Bathing by 1989/1.11 Plover, Red-capped 1993/9.6 Puddle, The 2000/8.5 Puddles on the Paving 1993/1.4 Raven takes gold for 100m butterfly 1996/2.5 Riflebird, Victoria's 1993/12.11 Rosella, Crimson , Willie Wagtail Water Games 1994/5.10 Silvereye Bathing 1994/10.11 Silvereye bathing 2010/2.26 Sparrows and a Blackbird at Birdbath 1989/5.46 Sparrows, House; Silvereyes, Communal bathing: 2005/2.7 Spinebill, Eastern 1993/5.18 Spinebill, Eastern 2005/2.7, 2005/4.6 Starling, Common 2005/2.7 Stone-curlew, Bush sunbathing 1997/11.15 Sunbathing Birds 1995/3.12 Swallows at Sea, drinking? 1985/10.107 Thornbills, Striated Bathing 1989/9.94 Turtle-Dove, Spotted 2005/2.7 Turtle-Dove, Spotted takes a sunny bath 1997/4.6 Waders bathing 1999/5.22 Wattlebird Surfing 1992/8.12 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 59

Wattlebird, Red in deep water 1997/4.6 Which is Wetter 1992/8.12 Courtship, Mating, Hybridisation Bee-eater, Rainbow 2010/8.10 Booby waves branch 1997/3.4 Bower in suburban Canberra 1998/6.3 Bower, The Modern 2005/2.15 Bowerbird, Western’s bower 1999/3.8 Bowerbird, Great, Bower 1995/3.7 Bowerbird, Satin – perfect housekeeper 2007/8.17 Bowerbird, Satin bower 2009/8.29 Bowerbirds, Great ‘steal’ white stones 2003/12.3 Brolga tossing and catching stones 2009/12.8 Button-quail, Painted 1993/9.5 Cockatoo, Major Mitchell’s, Possible courtship feeding with 2010/5.28 Eclectus Parrot in Melbourne Zoo Corella, Long-billed and Galah breeding 2005/4.10 Duck, American Black 2006/2.13 Duck, Musk 2005/4.4 Duck, Pacific Black 2006/2.13 Eclectus, Parrot, Possible courtship feeding with Major 2010/5.28 Mitchell’s Cockatoo in Melbourne Zoo Fairy-wren, Female, displaying? 2006/8.14 Fairy-wren, Superb 1998/11.20 Fairy-wrens, Superb 1999/7.21 Falcons, Peregrine , Werribee Gorge closed to Public 1983/8.65 Finch, Red-browed 1999/3.17 Finch, Red-browed 2009/6.17 Frogmouth, Tawny pair-bonding? 1999/7.3 Galah and Little Corella 2007/8.13, 2007/10.13, 2007/10.14 Galahs leaf-waving 1997/3.4 Gander, Friendship of with Black Swan (after death of 2005/4.7 goose) Gulls, Silver Courting in Car Park? 1994/10.13 Harriers, Swamp 1997/4.11 Herons, White-necked in courting flight 1996/2.7 Herons, White-necked, display 1977/5.42 Lapwing, Masked Protects Young 1983/10.89 Lyrebirds dance at Tarra Bulga 1999/12.3 Magpie, Australian 2003/12.5 Monarchs, Pied 1998/3.20 Possible courtship feeding between Eclectus Parrot and 2010/5.28 Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo in Melbourne Zoo Quail, Painted, mating display 1985/5.46 Shrike-thrush, Grey 1996/10.14 Swan, Black mating behaviour 2010/2.27 Swans, Black - courting & mating behaviour 1999/5.25 Whistler, Golden 1995/ 8.7 Curiosity, Intelligence Crows, Tool-making 2003/12.3 Fowl, Stickybeak 2002/6.3 Kookaburra, Laughing 2005/2.6 Parakeet, Rose-ringed 2005/2.7 Parrot, African Grey counting 2002/6.6 Teal, Chestnut and Black Snake 2002/4.3 Waterbirds and a Tiger snake 2001/12.11 Wisdom of Birds 1992/4.10 Feeding, Drinking, Hunting Academics in Black and White 1992/9.12 Antics of birds, The 1999/3.3 60 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Anyone for a Picnic? 1992/9 7 Avian invasion, The 1999/3.3 Babblers, White-browed feeding Grey Shrike-thrush 2001/6.5 nestlings Be Shrewd with Shells 1994/10.5 Bill Abnormalities 1989/8.82 Bird Feeder available B.O.C.H.Q. 1981/8.65 Bird Feeders 1982/7 55 Bird Feeding: Birds of Iron Range 1981/11.90 Bird foraging observations at constructed wetlands 2011/11.17 Bird friends 1996/3.8 Bird plants in the tropics 1999/3.3 Birds & wattles 1997/11.4 Birds and weeds 2011/2.24 Birds at a lick 2005/4.6 Birds Beat the Heat 1990/3.21 Birds Eating lnsect Pests, Information Req'd 1985/1.9, 5.46, 9.86 Birds eating mice 1997/10.2 Birds fed by travellers 2002/4.3 Birds feeding at Alice Springs Ponds 2005/10.9 Birds feeding on fish 2001/8.25 2010/2.25 Birds Food, Past & Present 1985/8.73, 8.77 Birds hawking sugar ants 2000/4.7 Birds in relationships – symbiosis 2011/8.15 Birds of a Feather don't Drink Together 1983/9.77 Birds of the sugarcane 2008/4.16 Birds that feed in Grevilleas 2000/4.13 Birds, Swimming pools and effect on birdlife 1980/10.87 Birds, Trees and Bees 1981/7.57 Black Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed 1984/7.62 Blackbirds eating Feijoa petals 1980/1.10 Blackbirds, Common overeating 2002/4.3 Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed at lunch 2001/8.7 Black-Cockatoos feeding on pine seeds in Canberra 2003/8.19 Black-Cockatoos, Glossy 1996/11.11 Black-Cockatoos, Glossy in casuarinas, Brisbane 2005/12.4 Black-Cockatoos, Yellow-tailed 1996/9.4 2010/5.14 Bowerbird, Satin, Food Cycle 1985/8.74 Bowerbirds 1996/9.5 Bowerbirds and Fruit Bats avoid furry peaches 2003/4.3 Brolga 2006/10.4 Bronze-Cuckoo, Horsfield’s 2001/6.3 Bronzewing, Brush 1996/11.13 Burnt Offerings 1991/12.131 Butcherbird 2001/12.5 Butcherbird and Thornbill at Box Hill 1982/6.47 Butcherbird takes wattlebird 1998/8.3 Butcherbird, Black 2006/8.7 Butcherbirds, Grey 1980/12.113 Butcherbirds, Grey refuse meat covered with ants 2005/2.6 Button-quail, Painted eating ants 2002/8.3 Cane Toads, Dead 1988/2.21 Car radiator grilles 1982/6.46 Cassowaries like Bananas, Bird Feeding: 1981/12.103 Cassowary calamity (includes diet items) 2006/8.7 Catbird, Predatory 1986/5.44 Caterpillars in Bird Nests 1983/4.30 Cattle Egrets Feeding 1981/9.76 Chats, Crimson 2000/4.15 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 61

Cherry Ballart puzzle, The 2005/2.7 Choughs, Fast-food 2000/4.5 Cockatoo, Gang-gang Eating Sawfly Larvae 1993/6.8 Cockatoo, Gang Gang feeding on Wattle galls 1981/1.11 Cockatoos Like Peppercorns Too 1986/9.96 Cockatoos, Black-breasted White ! 1995/11.11 Cockatoos, Gang Gang in Plane Trees at Healesville 1982/7.53 Competition in the garden 2001/2.32 Condor, California chick – contents of crop 2006/10.15 Co-operative feeding (Little Pied Cormorant and Platypus) 2002/2.5 Cooperative fishing: Little Egret and Little Black 2001/4.32 Cormorant Cooperative fishing:Cormorants, Egrets, Gulls 2001/8.6 Cormorant and Platypus 2001/10.3 Cormorant tragedy 1999/11.3 Cormorant, Great consumes great eel 2002/4.18 Cormorant, Great eats snake 1997/12.11 Cormorant, Pied and Platypus 2003/10.3 Cormorant, Pied eats small penguin? 2005/10.7 Cormorants with Gulls Using Humans as a Source of Food 1992/9.8 Corvid storing biscuits 1998/6.15 Corvids feeding 1997/5.2, 7.10, 11.10, 11.11 Cotoneaster provides a feast 1980/12.113 Crows eating blossom 1979/12.90 Crows, Soft Bones for 1991/12.130 "Cup Feeding" of Young Silvereyes 1986/5.44 Cuckoo feeding by foster parents 1979/5.29 Cuckoo, Channel-billed eating Eucalypt leaves 2001/4.32 Cuckoo, Channel-billed takes young Magpie-lark 2005/2.6 Cuckoo, Channel-billed, chick 1986/9.93 Cuckoo, Chestnut-breasted : one adult feeding another 2001/2.36 Cuckoo, Pallid — adult feeding young 1981/3.17 Cuckoo, Pallid feeding young? 1979/12.90 Cuckoo, Pallid feeds juvenile 2000/8.35 2010/2.18 Cuckoo-shrike, Black-faced feeds Crested Shrike-tit 2006/10.4 Cup of Water, A 1990/3.21 Currawong behaves like Wattlebird 1979/8.52 Currawong Feeding 1994/12.5 Currawong, Pied feeding on nectar 2007/6.19 Currawong, Grey Robs Miners Nest 1984/6.57 Currawong, Grey Versus Grapes 1986/8.81 Currawong, Pied 1993/1.10* Currawong, Pied , Unusual behaviour in a 1991/10.107 Currawongs, Black and Forest Ravens 2001/4.6 Currawongs, Broken-Beaked 1989/10.106 Currawongs, Pied , Pepper tree and 1979/6.37 2010/5.16 Darter: sibling feeding, not rivalry 2002/4.35 Death by rhododendron? 1998/4.3 2010/2.21 Drongo, Spangled eats Superb Fairy-wren 2006/10.5 Drongo, Spangled preying on Double-barred Finches 2000/2.5 Duck, Black, Baby, feed 1986/11.119 Duck, Pacific Black , Cracked! 1992/12.9 Duck, Pacific Black , Tea on the Lawn Today, Please 1992/12.9 Ducks, Australian Wood eating acorns 1998/9.3 Ducks, Pacific Black eating acorns 1998/7.3 Eagle Eats Emu 1992/3.8 Eagle, Little , Lunch for a 1991/7.69 Eagle, Wedge-tailed 1998/9.19, 11.7 62 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Eagle, Wedge-tailed attacks kangaroo 2002/10.6 Eagle, Wedge-tailed attacks Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 1997/9.5 Eagle, Wedge-tailed carrying prey 2001/4.7 Eagle, Wedge-tailed had young Kookaburra 1979/7.44 Eagle, Wedge-tailed takes Black-Cockatoo 1997/6.3 2010/8.14 2010/11.27 Effects of the Drought 1995/4.3 Egret, Cattle eats 2011/2.28 Egret, Great and Yellow-billed Spoonbill 2003/10.3 Egret, Great eating a mouse? 2002/10.3 Egrets, Cattle , inforrnation on food intake required 1982/11.86 Egrets, Cattle, Feeding Companions of 1987/5.47 Egrets, Little , Great Egret and Little Black Cormorants 2003/8.4 Fairy-wrens, Superb feeding from car radiator grille 2005/8.7 Falcon, Brown 1998/12.3 Falcon, Brown 1999/4.12 Falcon, Brown 2007/4.10 2010/11.28 Falcon, Peregrine attempts to capture Pink-eared Duck 2009/2.26 Falcon, Peregrine loses Pacific Black Duck 2006/8.6 Falcon, Peregrine pursues Latham’s Snipe 1997/7.14 2010/8.33 Falcons, Peregrine deterred by white rumps on prey 2005/10.31 Fantail, Rufous feeding young Brush Cuckoo 2008/4.17 Fantails, Grey feeding on moths, Kingfish B platform 2000/6.31 Feasting on the Wild Tobacco 1994/1.5 Feeding birds 1996/3.5 Feeding in the Waves 1992/8.7 Feeding the birds. Right or wrong? 1999/6.7 Figbird 1997/3.3 Figbird swallowing gravel 2006/8.14 Fig-Parrot, Double-eyed 2005/4.8 Finches, Nectarivorous ? 1991/3.22 Finches, Red-browed, feeding Fantail Cuckoo 1981/3.15 Firetails, Red-browed 1994/12.7 Fishing for bats (Collared Sparrowhawks?) 1999/1.3 2010/5.16 Flooding in the Channel Country 2000/10.11 Food Foils False Falcons 1988/5.58 Food for thought 1998/8.3 Food For Thought 1985/1.2, 9.93 Friarbird, Noisy and banksia 1979/6.37 Frogmouth, Tawny 1998/3.17 Fruit at the Top of the Tree 1989/1.4 Galah eating Chillis and Icecream, Hot and Cold Polly 1992/4.10 Galahs break up cow pats 1979/4.23 Galahs on Tree Lucerne 1995/7.10 Gannet, Australasian with fish in bill 2011/5.4 Garden Birds in Winter 1993/8.5 Garden Raiders 1992/1.3 Gardens to Attract Native Birds 1985/9.94 Giant-Petrel, Northern attacks Australasian Gannet 2006/8.8 Goshawk Hunting, Panic 1993/6.9 Goshawk takes Crested Pigeon 1979/11.80 Goshawk, Brown /Pied Oystercatcher encounter 2002/6.41 Goshawk, Brown feeding in a storm 2000/12.18 Goshawk, Brown pursues cat 2005/8.6 2010/11.27 Goshawks, Brown– apparent cooperative hunting 2009/12.28 Grassbirds, Little at Purni Bore, SA 2007/8.13 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 63

Gull, Pacific attempting to eat a sea snake 2005/6.34 Gull, Pacific eating barnacles 1998/12.3 Gull, Pacific eats cuttlefish 2007/6.19 Gull, Silver ‘puddling’ 2003/4.15 Gull, Silver as Peregrine Prey 1989/8.81, 10.106, 11.118 Gull, Silver, Persistent 1987/7.72 Gulls Feeding on Tadpole Shrimps 1984/1.10 Gulls, American create FLAP 1998/2.15 Gulls, Pacific feeding inland 1979/4.23 Gulls, Silver 2007/4.11, 2007/4.21 Handout 1993/6.8 Harrier, Swamp Eating Masked Lapwing’s Eggs 1995/1.11 Harrier, Swamp Taking Masked Lapwing’s Eggs 1994/10.13 Harrier, Swamp, Observations on a Hungry 1987/10.106 Hawking insects: Pied Currawongs and Silver Gulls 2001/8.5 Heron, White-faced eating goldfish 1998/2.20 Heron, White-faced eating kangaroo 2000/4.3, 6.3 Heron, White-faced eating wild oats 2000/8.4 Hobby, Australian 2003/8.4 Hobby, Australian 2008/12.26 Hobby, Hungry 1987/7.71 Honey Pots 1990/5.45 Honeyeater Week 1994/2.5 Honeyeater, Regent 1998/5.6, 5.7 Honeyeater, Yellow-tufted 1980/8.73 Honeyeaters and Silvereyes feeding on tree lucerne 1996/8.8 Honeyeaters and Tree Lucerne 1995/4.13 Honeyeaters feeding on exudate from Acacias 1998/4.3 Honeyeaters varied diet 1981/8.65 2010/2.26 Ibis tackles Hamburger 1981/10.86 Ibis, Australian White with Cane Toad in bill 2011/2.28 Importance of Garden Water, The 1990/11.119 In Defence of Predators 1988/2.22 Ingenious Behaviour of Two Birds 1988/2.23 Kestrel, Nankeen 1998/12.3 Kestrel, Nankeen catches and eats rat 2011/5.29 Kestrel, Nankeen feeding on frog 2006/12.6 Kingfisher, Azure feeding 2002/8.4 Kingfisher, Azure Stretches the Imagination 1983/11.95 2010/5.16 King-Parrots, Australian, ‘Tame’ 2006/6.5 Kite, Black catching and eating Cane Toads 2007/4.23 Kite, Square-tailed over garden 2002/8.4 Kite, Whistling captures Prion 2002/2.3 Kite,Black-shouldered 2005/12.7 Kites, Whistling prey on Fairy Prion 2001/10.4 Knot, Red 2007/2.4 Koala bird 1998/11.3 Kookaburra catches snake 2001/6.3 Kookaburra eats rat 1979/3.14 Kookaburra nestlings 1981/l.l0 Kookaburra, Blue-winged 2009/8.27 Kookaburra, Laughing 1997/9.3 Kookaburra, Laughing attempts to kill and eat plug 1996/9.4 Kookaburra, Laughing eating Blackbird 1996/3.5 Kookaburra, Laughing Eating Climbing Rose Flowers 1995/6.14 Kookaburra, Laughing feeding from spoon 1996/3.5 Kookaburra, Laughing kills Eastern Whipbird 2009/6.28 Kookaburra, Laughing takes Common Starling 2005/6.6 Kookaburra’s Breakfast 1989/1.11 64 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Kookaburras 1998/3.17, 9.9 Kookaburras ‘Kill’ Sausages 1992/9.10 Kookaburras at the BBQ 2001/10.3 Kookaburras stealing food 2002/2.3 Kookaburras, Broken-Beaked 1989/8.82 Kookaburras, Nocturnal 1991/5.45, 7.69 Kookburra, Laughing, Feeding Habits 1987/5.47 . Leucopogon Berries as Bird’s Food 1990/5.45, 7.68 Life and Death on a Spring Wind 1993/9.18 Little, Ravens and Locusts 1993/1.14 Lorikeet, Rainbow, Meat feeding by 1999/3.10 Lorikeets, Intoxicated 1988/2.21 Lorikeets, Musk feeding on galls 1996/3.15 Lorikeets, Rainbow and Scaly-breasted 1981/7.57 Lorikeets, Rainbow eating Chinese Elm seeds 2008/6.30 Lure of the lerp 1997/9.12 Lyrebird 1997/8.10, 9.11 Magpie eats before Raven 1979/12.90 Magpie foraging technique 2001/10.5 Magpie regurgitating pellets 1980/8.70 Magpie, Australian caching food 1996/12.10 Magpie, Australian catches mouse 2002/8.7 Magpie, Australian eating mouse 1997/7.10 Magpie, Australian feeding young 2007/8.15 Magpie, Australian with broken beak 2000/6.4 Magpie-lark 2001/12.3 Magpie-larks 2002/6.6 Magpies and Butcherbird, Grey 1983/7.53, 12.113 Magpies hoarding food 1998/8.3 Magpies, Australian ‘singing’ for food 2002/4.6 Magpies, Australian with Broken Beaks 1995/4.10 Magpies, Australian with Broken Beaks 1994/11.15 Mangoes and Chilli Peppers 1992/3.18 Mannikins, Pictorella eating seeds from Rhodes Grass 2007/6.31 Martins, Fairy 1984/9.96 Martins, Tree foraging on the ground with thornbills 2006/12.5 Meal of Moths 1988/2.21 Miner, Noisy kills and eats young Brown Snake 2001/6.3 2010/8.32 Miners, Thieving 1997/10.2 Mistletoe Bird — pollen-eater? 1981/9.76 Mistletoebirds, eating Peppercorn berries 1986/9.94 Mistletoebirds, Peppercorn Birds? 1986/9.94 Mixed flock in suburban garden 1997/12.15 Mouse Plague 1993/9.15 My garden birds 1997/10.8 Native Birds Using Humans as a Source of Food 1991/6.49, 6.50, 8.80 Native birds, feeding of 1980/8.73 Nectar feeders at Berry Springs, NT 1997/3.7 Night Sight of the Week 1991/7.69 Nightjar, Large-tailed 2000/6.27 Observations from the Apple Isle 1992/9.11 One Man's Meat 1988/7.76 Osprey, Hunting Observation 1987/5.47. Our Verandah Rails 1993/10.9 Owl, Powerful captures Koala in Otway Ranges 2009/12.28 Owl, Powerful diet 1979/5.30 Owl, Powerful diet 2003/8.38 Owlet-nightjar, Australian 2011/2.6 Oystercatchers, Sooty 2009/4.20 Pardalotes, Spotted and Striated feeding on the ground 2005/2.9, 2005/4.9 Parrots, Drunken 1998/2.13 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 65

Pelican lineup 2000/10.4 Pelican takes small dog 2001/2.38 Pelican, Australian 2006/6.4 Pelican, Australian about to swallow Pacific Black Duck 2005/8.4 Pelican, Australian takes fish from Little Pied Cormorant 2002/12.5 Pelican, Predation of Grey Teal by a 1987/5.47 Pelicans, Australian 1993/9.7 Pepper tree, pink berries relished 1979/7.43 Peregrine Falcon city dweller Baltimore 1979/3.11 Pigeon, Banded in the Mulberry Tree 1988/2.21 Pigeon, Banded, in Mulberry Tree, Winnellie, NT 1988/2.21 Pigeons, Crested, Beating the 1983/11.97 Pigeons, White-headed 1992/5.8 2010/8.32 Pitta Picnic 1993/8.20 Planting for Birds 1993/6.9 Plants to Attract Native Birds 1984/8.78 Plover, Golden with broken beak 2000/8.35 Powerful Experience, Possum Has 1993/12.14 Provision of Water in Dry Spells 1985/8.84 Quail, Brown in central Townsville 2009/6.14 Raven helps Goshawk to meal 1979/3.13 Raven leads the way foodwise 1979/4.23 Raven, Australian Eats Cane Toad 1987/5.47 Raven, Little (Eating Eggs) 1994/1.11 Raven, Little courtship feeding 2011/11.31 Raven, Little eating toast 1992/9.12 Ravens dunking bread 1996/8.7, 11.9 Ravens interacting with dog 2008/8.27 Raven’s Larder 1986/4.34 Ravens, Australian Feeding on Nectar 1995/1.5 Ravens, Little and Silver Gull eating paper 2001/6.4 Riflebird, Victoria’s, Feeding technique of 2001/2.20 Ringneck, Australian eating meat 2003/2.3 Robin, Eastern Yellow eating a frog 2002/10.3 Robin, Hooded catches 2006/12.5 Robins Feeding on Seaweed 1995/3.5 Rosella, Crimson’s strange behaviour 2005/10.7 Rosella, Crimson feeds Magpie 1998/3.5 Rosellas, Crimson eating butter 2003/2.3 Rosellas, Eastern Eat Meat Scraps 1987/5.47 Rosellas, Eastern Eating Meat 1995/12.2 Sandpiper, Common Feeding from a Midstream Perch 1987/5.47 Seabirds, World consumption fish 1979/7.43 Sea-Eagle Behaviour Notes 1989/8.81 Sea-Eagle, Turtle Shells Beneath the Nest of a 1986/8.80 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied at Coldstream, Vic 2006/8.6 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied captures Australian Magpie 1998/11.3 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied captures Silver Gull 2002/10.6 2010/11.27 2010/11.27 2010/5.16 Seed-bells for Birds 1992/1.19 Shearwaters, Short-tailed 2002/4.10 Shelduck, Radjah 2000/2.5 Shorebirds, Some "New" 1987/10.108 Shrike-thrush, Grey 1994/2.5 Shrike-tit, Crested 2003/6.7 Shrike-tit, Crested eating galls 1999/7.3 Shrike-tits, Eastern Eating Codlin Larvae 1985/9.93 Silvereye Feeding Habits 1987/9.89 66 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Silvereyes Eating Polystyrene Beads 1995/10.14 Silvereyes Enjoy T-bone Steak 1987/5.47 Silvereyes feeding on privet berries 2011/2.24 Snipe, Painted 2003/2.5 Some Rubbish is of Value 1985/8.81 Sorry, ‘Wong Number 1989/9.93 Sparrow and Starling eating nectar 1979/3.11 Sparrow, How far can a stretch 1976/3.22 Sparrowhawk, Collared 2003/2.4, 6.4, 8.5, 10.4 Sparrowhawk, Collared 2006/12.10 Sparrowhawk, Collared prey 2007/10.8 Sparrowhawk, Collared pursues Gang-gang Cockatoo 2009/8.25 Sparrows, House eating scale 1980/10.94 Sparrows, House gleaning prey from spider webs 2007/4.30 Spinebill, Eastern 1996/8.8 Spinebill, Eastern feeding on scale 1980/11.100 Spinebills, Eastern, Grevilleas: winter winners for 1997/11.20 Starling, Common adult as prey of Laughing Kookaburra 2005/6.6 Starlings Hawking 1986/5.45, 8.82 Starlings, Metallic drink from knothole 1997/7.4 Stone-curlew, Beach eating mussel 1999/6.3 Stone-curlew, Bush feeding young 1997/9.3, 11.15 Stork, Black-necked, Fishing 1991/8.82 Suburban Avian Acrobats 1990/11.119 Sunflower Seeds 1993/8.6 Surprises on Heron Island 1992/9.9 Survival during cold weather 1982/8.59 Survival during very hot weather 1982/4 29, 5.38 Suzzlers of South-eastern Australia, Up Tails All: the 1992/1.8 Swallows, Welcome 1994/5.11 Swallows, Welcome, Nocturnal Feeding by 1989/8.81 Swamphen, Purple 1997/5.10, 7.4 Tems ,Whiskered feeding in paddocks 1981/1.5 Tems, White-winged Black 1981/5.38 Termites Taken in Flight 1985/10.107 Tern, Whiskered Food Item 1991/11.118 Thornbills, Brown and Striated feeding young Bronze- 2001/6.3 Cuckoo Thrush, Song devours water snails 1982/4.31 Thrush, Song Feeding Pallid Cuckoo 1989/5.45 Treecreeper, Little at a Picnic 1992/9.10 Turtle Dove, Spotted , are acorns attractive 1979/7.44, 10.70 Turtle-Dove, Spotted 1999/4.3 Turtle-Doves, Spotted 1986/11.119 Unusual feeding, N.E. Queensland 1976/1.7 Value of Black Wattles 1994/11.3 Visitors to our fowl pen 1997/12.8 Wagtail, Willie , Unusual Flycatching by 1992/9.7 Wagtail, Willie hitches a ride 2001/10.5 Wagtails, Willie feeding from lions 2000/6.3 Watching Wattles 1994/3.12 Water for Birds 1994/11.4 Wattlebird, Little, and Salt(?) 1989/5.44 Wattlebird, Red eats Dingy Swallowtail butterfly 2001/6.3 Wattlebird, Red feeding from spider webs 2001/10.5 Wattlebird, Red, eating cooked potatoes 1985/9.90 Wattlebirds 2000/6.4 Wattlebirds and nectar feeders 1977/6 50 Wattlebirds, Red eating Passionvine Hoppers 2008/6.31 Wattles and Birds 1992/11.6 Weebill feeding on the ground 2005/2.9 Whimbrel swallows red and blue crab 2002/10.3 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 67

Whipbird, Eastern 1999/10.17, 12.15 Whipbird, Eastern 2000/2.3 Whistler, Golden adult feeds an ‘older’ immature bird 1999/5.12 Whistler, Golden Likes Cheese 1992/9.11 Whistler, White-breasted 2009/2.29 Who is Boss of Your Water-Bath? 1990/11.119 ‘Zirkeln’ feeding method used by Victoria’s Riflebird 2001/2.20, 8.6 Flocking, roosting Magpies, Australian 2009/6.15, 2009/6.16 Martins, Tree— Flocking and roosting 1981/5.38 Pardalotes, Spotted 2009/12.27 Starling explosion, Waratah Bay 1980/11.103 Woodswallows with electric blanket 1982/1.9 Handedness Hawks, left handed? 1975/6.47 Imprinting 1994/5.10 Locomotion Bird Flight — Lessons by Parents 1981/9.76 Birds, Wings provide clues 1977/12.94 Blackbird "Dancing" 1994/10.13 Brolga chicks swimming 2008/6.27, 8.22 Coot, Eurasian, Slick Story: at Lance Creek Reservoir 1992/3.8 Corvus aquaticus? 1999/1.3 Crows swimming 1996/9.5 Duck, Australian Wood juveniles diving 2008/12.26 Eagle, Wedge-tailed 1993/3.5, 8.7 Eagle, Wedge-tailed , flapping flight 1981/1.3 Egrets, Little, hovering 2003/8.4 Fledging Troubles 1981/9.73 Flight training (Pacific Gulls) 2007/6.16 Flying in formation 1999/4.10 Galah 2006/10.6 Galah acrobatics 1981/9.77 Height and speed of flight 1975/8.59 Heron, Nankeen Night 2006/10.5 Herons, (White-necked), Aerobatic 2000/10.5 How high do they fly 1976/4.30 Lapwing, Masked, chicks swimming 1999/10.3 Nightjar, Large-tailed 2000/6.27 On Raptors and Vortices 1993/5.6 Quail, Dancing 1992/3.8 Raven swimming 1996/2.5 Memory 1975/8.62 Migration and seasonal movements Bird Migration in and out of Australia, Flying High: 1992/3.4* Birds move south for Spring 1996/2.15 Black Honeyeaters, White-browed Woodswallows, 2010/2.26 Cockatiels and Budgerigars at Rainbow, Vic, Black-Cockatoo, Carnaby’s 2009/8.17 Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed 2000/12.7 Brolga 2009/4.7 Budgerigars, and other birds at Rainbow, Vic, 2010/2.26 Buteos 2010/8.8 Cockatiels, and other birds at Rainbow, Vic, 2010/2.26 Contaminated water causes huge losses 1978/9.53 Corellas, Little invade Chadstone and Camberwell, Vic 2008/8.27 Cuckoo, Channel-billed 1979/5.29 Cuckoos, Our Migratory 1992/10.2 Currawongs, Grey return to Donvale 1980/4.33 Dollarbird 2008/10.27 68 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Drought, Effects of the 1995/4.3; 2006/12.5 Eagle, Wedge-tailed, homing instinct 2007/12.11 East Asian-Australasian Flyway 2008/8.10 Fantails, Rufous 1978/10.61 Flight path to peril 2007/8.10, 2007/10.22 Giant-Petrel, Southern travels over 9000 km in 5 months 2005/12.21 Godwit, Bar-tailed 2010/11.15 Godwit, Bar-tailed returns after a marathon flight 2007/12.11 Honeyeater, Blue-faced 2009/6.26 Honeyeaters, Blue-faced 2005/12.5 Honeyeaters, Scarlet, invade Victoria 2010/2.22 Imperial-Pigeon, Pied– moving south? 2009/10.21 Imperial-Pigeons, Pied, moving south? 2010/8.24 Jaeger, Pomarine 2008/4.14* Key terms to do with the occurrence and movement of birds 2001/6.27 Kite, Black heads south to Victoria 2007/8.16 Kite, Swallow-tailed 2010/8.8 Knot, Red Calidris canutus Migration of the 2002/12.14 Migration 2003/6.14 Migration and protection of birds 1976/10.73 Migratory Birds Need More than Bed and Breakfast! 1992/3.3 Migratory Birds: Special Interest Species 1992/10.9 Needletail, White Throated 1983/9.75 Nhill, Migrants to 2000/2.32 Parrots, Swift 2002/6.35, 8.11 Pelicans suffer oil contamination 1978/9.51 Pigeons, Torres Strait 1978/10.61 Plover, Double-banded, ‘Blondie’ made it again 2000/10.37 Plover, Double-banded, ‘Blondie’ still with us in 2002 2002/6.40 Rainbow-birds 1978/8.46 Seabirds, Beach-washed 1977/4.35 Seasonal visitors 2000/8.37 Shearwater, Short-tailed 2009/12.13 Shearwaters, Fleshy-footed, on Lord Howe Is 1992/3.12 Shearwaters, Short-tailed 2007/6.10 Silvereye, diurnal movement 1978/11.76 Silvereyes in gale-force conditions 1981/9.76 Stilt, Black-winged 1996/3.6 Swallows 1995/ 9.9 Swallows sudden disappearance 1977/2.13 Swallows, Welcome, like warmth 1976/6.46 Swans, Whooper 1995/8.5 Swift, Fork-tailed and two Marsh Tern species, Wintering 2000/10.37 Tern, Little, “Terns Up” in Japan 1994/10.14 Thrush, Bicknell’s 1999/1.3 Turnstone, Ruddy 2010/11.15 Turnstone, Ruddy 18 years old 2007/12.11 Vagrant birds 2001/6.26 Vulture, Turkey 2010/8.8 Waders 1983/8.61 Waders 2007/2.4 Wagtail, Grey at Ashmore Reef, Evidence of ‘ship 2005/2.28 assistance’: Winter Exodus 1992/8.8 Woodswallows, White-browed, and other birds at Rainbow 2010/2.26 Year of irruption 2000/4.11 Navigation 1980/7.60, 8.68 Navigation, report on 1978/5.15 Night flying 1978/7.37, 10.60 Nests, Nesting, Fledging & Parasitism Babblers, Grey-crowned 1998/3.21 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 69

Bee-eater, Rainbow 2010/8.10 Bee-eaters, Rainbow nesting near Binalong, NSW 2006/12.6 Bee-eaters, Rainbow nesting river-bank 1982/1.5 Bees take over Galahs’ nest 2000/12.3 Bees, Feral , Nest Box Invasion by 1995/4.7, 12.7 Bird & Koala observation 2000/2.3 Birds & wattles 1997/11.4 Birds breeding in autumn, after drought 2000/8.4 Birds nesting at Mallacoota 2003/2.3 Birds nesting in Peppercorn trees 2003/4.9 Birds that nest in tree-hollows 2001/4.15, 12.13 Birds, Hollows and Honeybees 1994/7.6 Blackbird 1998/3.16, 5.3 Blackbird, Common 2005/10.5 Blackbird, Yuppy! 1989/1.12 Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed in Redgum 1994/3.10 Black-Cockatoos, Glossy 1996/11.10 Bowerbird, Satin 2000/10.9 Brolga 2008/4.7 Brolga News No.2, From 1992/9.3 Bronzewing 1998/3.16 Building Materials 1994/11.5 Bustard, Australian nesting in sugarcane plantation 2008/4.16 Caterpillars in Bird Nests 1983/4.30 Chat, Crimson 2000/8.34 Chat, White-fronted 1995/1.7 Chough, White-winged 2006/12.4 Chough, White-winged nest and nestlings 2000/10.9 Choughs 1993/3.8 Choughs, White-winged 1997/6.4 Cisticola, Golden-headed nests house verandah 1982/4.25 Cockies, Perseverance Pays off for 1992/3.19 Colonial waterbirds 2011/2.9 Corellas, Long-billed Ground-nesting 1999/12.8 Cormorants 1994/4.7 Corvids collecting hair from Hereford bull 1996/9.5, 9.7 Cuckoldry as Investment 1989/5.46 Cuckoos, Channel-billed 2002/6.3 Cuckoo-shrike, Black-faced 1999/1.3, 4.7, 11.3 Currawongs 1989/1.11 Dotterels, Red-capped— difficulty in nesting 1981/5.39 Dove, Peaceful 1997/1.6 Dove, Peaceful nesting in peg basket 2007/2.7 Dove, Peaceful, unusual sight 1980/1.8 Drama at the dam 1999/8.21 Drongo, Spangled nesting in powerlines, Townsville 2008/4.16 Duck, Australian Wood 2010/2.14 Duck, Australian Wood down under branch beneath nest 2003/12.5 Duck, Australian Wood fledglings 2003/4.4 Duck, Australian Wood nest 2001/4.33 Duck, Black x Mallard hybridisation 2006/2.13 Duck, Pacific Black 2010/2.14 Duck, Pacific Black 1995/12.6 Ducked — hazardous leap by Ducklings 1981/11.93 Ducks, Australian Wood seeking nest hollows 2000/12.3 Ducks, Australian Wood with large brood 2006/6.7 Ducks, Pacific Black, Pool Party 1992/12.9 Eagle, Black nests in South Africa 1997/4.9 Eagle, Little & Finches Share Nest 1984/3.20 Eagle, Wedge-tailed 1998/6.18 Eagle, Wedge-tailed 2003/4.7 70 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Eagle, Wedge-tailed 2005/2.4 Eagles, Wedge-tailed 1996/6.13 Eastern, Rosellas 2001/8.5 Egret, Intermediate nest 2011/2.12 Egrets, Cattle 1994/5.9 Egrets, Cattle, Bundaberg Botanical Gardens, Qld 2003/6.13 Eider Duck 2006/10.28 Emu-wren, Mallee 2000/10.8 Experiences of a ‘Carer’ for Birds 1991/6.59 Fairy-wren, Superb 2011/5.29 Fairy-wrens, Superb 1999/7.21 Falcon, Peregrine 2007/2.10 Falcons, Peregrine nesting Werribee Gorge 1982/9.69 Fantail, Grey with woven nest 2000/10.6 Figbirds 1993/3.5 Finch, Firetail 1994/3.12 Flamingos on the Rann 1993/5.8 Flooding of nesting colonies in Victoria 2011/2.12 Flycatcher, Broad-billed 2000/10.9 Flycatchers, Satin 1978/12.83 Friarbird, Noisy 2000/10.8 Frogmouth, Papuan 1996/2.4 Frogmouth, Papuan nesting record Cairns 1982/3.18 Frogmouth, Tawny 1989/8.83, 10.106 Frogmouth, Tawny 2007/4.11 Frogmouth, Tawny uses Magpie's nest 1979/3 13 Frogmouth’s, Tawny unusual nest 2009/12.27 Frogmouths, Tawny Tableaux 1992/4.12 Galah 1995/ 12.6 Galah 2000/12.3 Galah and Little Corella 1993/3.15 Galah nesting in ground 2000/2.4 Galahs - The Chisellers 1999/3.9 Galahs and Eastern Rosellas 1996/12.11 Galahs using Chestnut-crowned Babbler’s nest 2005/12.4 Galahs using nestbox 2006/2.5 Galahs, Making the Best of Things 1992/9.14 Galahs, Nest Box Success 1995/11.8 Gannets, Cat Is., Tasmania 1979/2.2 Gerygone, Brown nest 2007/4.33 Gerygone, Brown nest 1999/4.4 Gerygone, White-throated 2000/10.8 Goose, Cape Barren 1998/2.20 Goose, Cape Barren 1997/10.17 Goose, Cape Barren 1995/1.4 Goose, Cape Barren 1994/4.4 Goshawk, Red 2005/2.5, 2005/12.11 Goshawk, Red filmed at nest 1980/11.98 Grebe Experience 1994/8.4 Grebe, Australasian 1999/8.21 Grebe, Australasian 2011/2.27 Ground-nesting birds 1996/10.8 Ground-nesting birds 1994/6.2 Harriers, Marsh, Breeding of 1991/7.69 Harriers, Spotted 1993/12.11 Harriers, Swamp Nesting in Trees in NZ 1995/4.4 Hazards for Nesting Birds 1988/5.58 Heron, Striated nest record 1996/6.16 Heron, White-faced 1999/6.10 Heron, White-faced 2006/10.1, 10.2 Heron, White-faced usurp Magpie's nest 1981/3.15 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 71

Hobby, Australian 1986/6.57, 10.105 Hollow-nesting birds 1998/8.4 Hollows, Nesting in 1994/7.3 Honeyeater dies on nest 1977/3.21, 6.48 Honeyeater, Black 2000/4.16, 8.34 Honeyeater, Black & Crimson Chats, Notes on nesting () 2000/2.27 Honeyeater, Eungella 1998/3.7 Honeyeater, New Holland performs distraction display 2005/12.5 Honeyeater, White-naped 1995/1.6 Honeyeater, White-naped 1994/3.12 Honeyeater, White-naped 2000/10.8 Honeyeater, White-plumed 1980/1.10 Honeyeater, White-plumed 2006/12.9 Honeyeater, White-plumed nesting out of season 1977/8.64 Honeyeater, White-plumed taking fur from Koala 1999/4.6 Honeyeater, Yellow-faced 2000/10.8 Honeyeater, Yellow-faced 2005/4.10 Honeyeater, Yellow-faced nesting 1979/3.13 Honeyeater, Yellow-tufted (Helmeted) 2000/10.8 Honeyeaters, Scarlet 1978/6.29 Honeyeaters,Brown 2006/6.8 Honeyeaters,Eungella nesting 2005/6.8, 6.9 Ibis, Straw-necked 1997/10.17, 11.8 Ibis, Straw-necked 2011/2.9, 2.12 Ibis, White nesting on pier, R. Yarra 1979/6.33 Insects Using Birds’ Nests 1989/3.14 Introduced vs native birds 1997/1.14 Jabiru, Nesting 1992/7.13 Jacana, Comb-crested 1999/8.21 Kestrel, Nankeen 2010/8.16 Kestrel, Nankeen 1998/3.17 Kestrel, Nankeen 1999/3.8 Kestrels, Nankeen defend young 2003/10.5 Kingfisher, Forest nesting in gall 2007/12.28 Kingfisher, Sacred thwarts goanna (Lace Monitor) 2001/4.3 Kingfisher, White-tailed nesting 1981/10.85 Kingfishers, Sacred 2006/6.9 Kingfishers, Sacred Nesting 1986/5.42 King-Parrots, Australian, unusual nesting behaviour 2010/2.25 Kite, Black 2007/8.16, 2007/10.13 Kite, Square-tailed 2003/4.5 Koala — henpecked? 1976/11.85 Kookaburra in Flinders Street 1981/1.10 Kookaburra, Laughing 1995/4.8 Kookaburra, Laughing 1994/4.19 Lapwing, Masked 2000/12.3 Lapwing, Masked 2008/6.30 Lapwings Nesting on Roofs, Reports of 1989/11.109 Lapwings, Masked 1993/10.12 Lapwings, Masked nest in unusual places 1997/12.15 Lapwings, Masked nesting between railway tracks 1998/7.10 Learn from the Birds — Recycle 1991/7.70 Leongatha, Nest records from 1981/6.50 Lorikeet, Purple-crowned 1998/3.16 Lorikeet, Varied 2011/11.14 Lorikeets, Rainbow 1997/8.2 Lorikeets, Rainbow and Scaly-breasted 1994/6.10 Lorikeets, Trees and Bees 1981/7.57 Louse flies in nests 1976/3.22 Lyrebird, Superb nest 2011/8.13 Lyrebird, Superb nest in chimney 2001/4.4 72 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Lyrebird, Superb nest in top of 18 ft treefern 2005/2.48 Lyrebird, Superb, nest 2000/10.8 Lyrebirds 1980/10.92 Magpie, Australian 2005/8.7 Magpie, Australian nest 1999/7.25 Magpie, Australian nesting at building site 2011/2.24 Magpie, Australian nests 2002/4.5 Magpie, nesting, strangled by nylon fishing line 1982/1.8 Magpie, nesting, used doormat for nesting material 1982/12.98 Magpie, Second Chance for a 1991/3.21 Magpie-lark with mud nest 2000/10.7 Magpie-lark, Nest construction of the 1996/3.9 Magpie-larks have lodgers 1978/4.10 Magpies Attack Brush-tailed Possum, Cry Havoc! 1992/3.18 Magpies, Australian: Indicator Birds 1992/12.11 Magpies, using wire in nest 1988/10.118 Manucode — display and nesting 1980/10.86 Martin, Fairy 2005/10.1, 10.2 Martin, Fairy 1994/3.12 Martin, Fairy nests 1997/6.7 Martin, Fairy, Has it a future? 1992/12.2, 12.3, 12.4 Martins, Fairy and mud wasps 1999/3.10 Martins, Fairy Nest Truck Chassis 1984/9.85 Martins, Fairy strange nest site 1998/8.13 Martins, Tree in cities 1977/2.14, 3.22 Martins, Tree, Roosting 1999/1.12 Maryborough, Oddities from 1980/8.73 Miners, Bell 2000/4.3 Mistletoebird 2000/6.3 Mistletoebird’s nest and nestlings 2000/10.9 Mistletoebird's Nest, Finding a 1991/7.61 Monarch, Black-faced 2000/10.9 Moorhen, Dusky incubating Black Swan eggs 2010/2.27 Mopoke Diary 1989/90 1990/8.81, 10.106 Mynah problems 1979/12.89 Mynas, Common 1995/ 7.10 Native-hen, Tasmanian 2000/8.33 Neerim South, Notes from 1980/4.33 Nest Box Leaflet (Revision) 1985/6.84 Nest Box Success for Galahs 1995/11.8 Nest boxes 1997/1.15 Nest Boxes — battery boxes for Wild Ducks 1981/4.28 Nest Boxes Birds Recorded Using 1995/12.6 Nest boxes for endangered species 2003/2.11 Nest Boxes in the You Yangs 1986/7.65 Nest Boxes in the You Yangs 1985/9.89 Nest Boxes Not Accepted 1995/7.11, 8.2 Nest Boxes, Information Sought 1985/12.130 Nest boxes, Jells Park, Interim report 1977/10.79 Nest boxes, leaflet available BOC HQ 1980/7.63 Nest boxes, Species using 2008/6.31, 12.24 Nest boxes, Success with Kestrel nestbox 1996/2.3 Nest record scheme 1977/12.96 Nest watcher 1996/4.8 Nest-box for the Peregrines 1998/4.11 Nest-Box Story, True 1988/3.33 Nest-box Use by Eastern Rosella 1993/10.6 Nest-Boxes Flats for Birds 1986/8.81 Nest-boxes for Barn Owls 1993/12.7, 12.8 Nest-boxes for Birds 1988/2.15 Nest-boxes for Maned (Wood) Ducks 1992/4.9 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 73

Nest-boxes on Picnic Hill 1998/9.15 Nest-hollows for Glossy Black-Cockatoos 1993/10.5 Nest-Hollows, Artificial 1995/12.5 Nest-Hollows, Observations on Use of 1988/7.81 Nesting association of black and white birds 2003/2.4 Nesting in Hollows 1994/7.3 Nesting Records in Wattles 1994/3.12 Nesting Sites 1993/11.19 Nesting time in Tropics (Magnetic Is.) 1979/4.22 Nest-poles in NSW 1994/7.12 Nests, Recycled 1997/1.7 New Homes Required? 1994/11.11 Nightjar, White-throated 2010/2.16 Noddy, Black 2007/4.21 Noddy, Black chick in Common Noddy nest 2002/4.20 North Wales, ingenious use of signal box 1978/5.15 Oriole, Olive-backed, nest and nestlings 2000/10.9 Osprey 1997/1.17, 3.3, 5.3, 12.12 Osprey Breeding 1993/6.15 Osprey nest 1996/8.8 Osprey uses artificial site 1979/7.43 Ospreys 1994/7.12, 9.13 Ospreys 2003/10.4 Ospreys Choose a Mobile Home 1992/11.11 Ospreys, High-Powered 1991/7.68 Owlet-nightjars, Australian 2008/6.31 Owlet-nightjars, Australian nest 2007/2.7 Paradise-Kingfisher, Buff-breasted 1995/12.9 Paradise-Kingfisher, Buff-breasted– role reversal 1999/11.3 Pardalote behaves like Woodpecker 1979/4.22 Pardalote, Spotted 1997/12.21 Pardalote, Spotted 1994/10.3 Pardalote, Spotted 2005/10.5 Pardalote, Spotted in Sawdust 1984/9.96 Pardalote, Striated 2006/12.8 Pardalote, Striated (Nesting in Gourd) 1994/11.11 Pardalote, Striated Nest-Boxes 1988/7.77 Pardalote’s unusual nest 1978/6.25 Pardalotes 1986/4.34, 7.68, 7.70, 9.92; 1993/3.5 Pardalotes in town 1981/6.50 Pardalotes Nesting in Hanging Baskets 1987/6.53 Pardalotes, Spotted 1995/ 10.5 Pardalotes, Spotted, Nesting in Hanging Baskets 1995/3.9 Pardalotes, Striated 2008/12.24 Pardalotes, Striated - Value of Artificial Nest-hollows in 1992/8.11 Degraded Forest Pardalotes, Striated Ecology and Nesting Requirements 1992/8.10 Pardalotes, Striated using Fairy Martin’s nest 1996/5.17 Parrot, Bourke’s nesting 2005/10.4 Parrot, Red-rumped 1995/ 4.8, 12.6 Parrots, Eclectus and Starlings 1981/10.87 Parrots, Red-rumped 1998/3.17 Parrots, Turquoise 1998/3.17 Parrots, Turquoise use artificial nest hollows 1996/11.9 Pigeon, Crested 1999/3.20, 4.8 Pigeon, Crested using Magpie-lark’s nest 1998/3.16 Pigeon, Partridge 1995/1.6 Pipit, Richard’s 2006/10.6 Pipit, Richard’s, nest 2007/2.6 74 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Plover exposed nesting sites 1979/12.90 Plovers, Red-capped, successful nesting (see 1981/5.39) 1982/4.28 Plovers, Spurwing nesting by roadside 1980/3.22 Predation on Skylights by House Sparrows, Yellow-throated 1995/4.6 Miners and a Willie Wagtail Rail, Buff-banded 1998/7.12 RAOU Nest Record Scheme 1976/1.3 Raptors 2001/2.6, 4.5 Raven 1995/ 12.15 Raven 1986/10.108 Raven nesting on ground 1978/3.122 Raven, Australian 1998/6.15 Ravens on power pylons 1977/12.100 Ravens selecting twigs 1996/11.13 Ravens, Little 1997/11.10 Reed-Warbler, Clamorous 1995/11.6 Response to flooding in the Barmah Forest 2011/2.12 Robin, Flame nesting in pot plant 1977/10.82 Robin, Rose observations 1877/2.12 Robin, White-breasted 1996/8.2 Robin’s Nest 1992/8.19 Robins, Eastern Yellow 1994/5.10 Rosella nesting in concrete pole 2000/2.4 Rosella, Eastern 1995/3.12, 4.8, 12.6 Rosella, Pale-Headed 2006/12.9 Rosellas, Eastern 1998/3.16, 3.17 Rosellas, Eastern nesting in possum box 2006/6.7 Rosellas, Pale-headed Nest in Stag Fern 1994/8.11 Rose-ringed Parrakeets breeding in Sydney? 2001/10.4 Scrubwren, White-browed nest 2000/12.5 Scrubwren, White-browed Nests 1989/8.83 Scrubwrens, White-browed 1998/7.14 Scrubwrens,White-browed nests 2001/2.4, 4.4 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied 2005/2.4 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied 2008/12.26 Sea-Eagle,White-bellied 2003/4.31 Shags, Mod cons for 1976/12.94 Shearwater, Short-tailed 2009/12.13 Shelduck, Radjah 2000/2.5 Shrike-thrush, Grey 2001/6.5 Shrike-Thrush, Grey 1984/6.58, 1985/12.130 Shrike-thrushes, Grey, Masters of Deception 1986/4.32 Shrike-thrushes, Grey, Masters of Deception 1986/4.32 Silvereye and suspended incubation 1981/3.15 Silvereye with classic mossy cup nest 2000/10.6 Small birds, association with predators 1977/11.90 Songbirds’ nests 2000/10.6 Sparrow, House 2003/4.15 Sparrow, House 1995/ 12.7 Sparrowhawk, Collared 2006/12.10 Sparrowhawk, Collared 2007/10.8 Spinebill, Eastern, nesting habits 1980/3.22 Springtime is nesting time 1979/11.81 Starling chickRescue by vacuum cleaner 1978/4.3 Starling deprives Kookaburra nesting site 1982/1.8 Starling, Common 1995/ 12.7 Starling, Metallic 2005/10.5 Starlings, If I live to be 100 I’ll never like them 1983/1.9 Starlings, Metallic 1996/11.1, 11.2, 11.3 Stilts, Banded in SA – largest number on record 2010/11.24 Stone-curlew, Bush 2000/10.12 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 75

Stone-curlew, Bush 2007/2.9 Stone-curlew, Bush, nesting 1998/2.8 Stone-curlew, Defiant, Defends its Nest 1992/6.14 Stone-curlews, Bush at Barham 1997/7.4 Stork, Black-necked 2002/2.20 Stork, Black-necked 2001/10.4 Stork, Black-necked 2009/12.28 Storks, Black-necked of Woodford Island 2005/4.10 Sunbird Takes Over 1994/10.19 Sunbird, Olive-backed 2007/2.9 Sunbird, Yellow-bellied nest 2000/10.10 Sunbirds 2003/12.5 Swallow, Welcome 1992/4.12, 12.4 Swallow, Welcome builds on base of Willie Wagtail nest 1997/4.17 Swallow, Welcome nest on toilet-roll holder 2006/2.5 Swallow, Welcome rescued 1981/3.15 Swallow, Welcome using stones in nest construction 2010/2.27 Swallow’s Nest, Relocation of 1987/12.125 Swallows, Welcome 1998/3.5, 3.20 Swallows, Welcome 11994/2.6 Swallows, Welcome nest on broom 2001/2.4 Swamphen, Purple 1997/5.9 Swan, Black 2010/2.27 Swan, Black 1987/6.58 Swan, Black 1999/4.6 Swan, Black nest on Coongie Lake 1997/1.11 Tailings Heap, Value of a 1988/5.49 Tank-full of Owls, A 2001/2.4 Tern, Caspian 2003/4.31 Tern, White 2010/2.12 Tern,Bridled 2007/4.21 Terns at Rams Island, conservation problem 1977/3.19 Terns, Caspian Breeding at Mildura 1988/2.22 Terns, Fairy at Rams Head 1978/9.53 Terns, Little Nesting 1986/4.32 Thornbill, Brown 1998/12.6 Thornbill, Buff-rumped 1997/4.6 Thornbill, Yellow-rumped 1994/9.6 Thread pulling by nesting Honeyeater 1982/1.9 Thrush, Quail 1985/5.46 Treecreeper, Brown 1995/ 12.6 Treecreeper, White-browed 1998/10.8 Treecreeper, White-throated 1998/3.16 Treecreeper, White-throated 1995/12.6 Triller, Varied on shallow woven cup nest 2000/10.7 Trillers, Varied 2010/2.26 Tropicbird, White-tailed 2006/4.25 Troubles from Croydon (See also 1979/11.81) 1980/3.22 Turtle Dove, Spotted renovates Blackbird nest 1982/4.29 Turtle-Dove, Spotted 1994/3.14 Unusual nesting sites 1977/11.87, 12.94 Unusual Nests 1989/8.83 Wagtail, unusual nesting record 1982/4.25 Wagtail, Willie 1995/ 4.3 Wagtail, Willie 2005/2.15 Wagtail, Willie nesting on a broom 2000/8.3 Wagtail, Willie Nests 1989/10.107 Wagtails, Willie 1998/3.20, 6.13 Wagtails, Willie 1996/12.4 Wagtails, Willie 2006/2.6, 10.4 Wagtails, Willie, Confrontation: Attack Brown Falcon 1992/4.10 76 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Water birds 2008/8.12 Waterbirds 2011/2.9 Wattlebird, Little 1998/6.3 Wattlebirds, Little, nest in old lantern 2008/6.31 Whistler in Yellow-faced Honeyeater's nest 1979/3.13 Whistler, Golden using Honeyeaters Nest 1985/4.34 Woodswallow, Dusky 2000/10.9 Woodswallow, Dusky 1999/7.5 Woodswallows, White-breasted nesting on boat 2005/6.10, 2005/6.11 Woodswallows, White-browed 1996/10.3 Playful Behaviour Birds having fun 2000/12.6 Cockatoo, Major Mitchell’s 2001/2.3, 12.9 Corellas, Little ‘white-air rafting’ 2006/6.10 Do birds have fun? 2000/10.33 Drongos, Spangled , Yellow and Blue-faced Honeyeaters 2003/6.3 Lyrebirds play “Follow the Leader” 1981/11.95 Magpie, Australian 2002/8.7; 2010/2.20; 2011/2.25 Rosella, Crimson 2010/2.20 Wagtail, Willie plays with feather 2003/4.15 Preening Duck, Musk 1996/8.7 Honeyeater, New Holland 1996/3.8 Relating to humans Birds Watching People 1981/12.102 Fisherman and the Pelican 1993/5.8 Harassing Humans 1985/5.45, 11.117 Help Wanted - and Given! (Black-faced Shag) 1993/11.10 Novel Foster Mother (Australian Magpie) 1993/3.11 Rosella, Crimson 1981/9.77 Response to Music 2002/8.10 Roosting, Perching Bee-eaters, Rainbow , Roosting 1994/5.11 Birds perching on electricity wires 1996/2.12 Blackwoods make roosts for Powerful Owls 11994/1.3 Corellas, Long-billed 1997/6.15 Crake, Spotless 5 metres up a tree 2005/4.36 Duck, Musk roosting on land 2006/12.1 Frogmouth,Tawny 2006/2.4, 8.5 Gulls, Silver 2007/4.11, 2007/6.18 Honeyeater, Dusky 2006/12.4 Honeyeaters, Pied, Communally roosting 2008/8.25 Kestrel, Nankeen 2005/10.6 Martins, Tree 1997/6.7 Moorhen, Dusky building roosting platform 1997/1.17 Owl, Powerful at St Kilda 2006/8.5 Owls perching on railway lines 1997/8.2 Pardalote, Striated 2006/12.8 Peregrines in penthouses 2010/8.33 Thornbills hanging on twigs and swinging back and forth 2011/8.32 Waders 2010/11.6 Social Organisation Avian Communes 1995/5.10 Tool using Tool using birds 1976/9.70, 11.84 Tool-using Grey Shrike-Thrush 1981/3.17,9.77 Unusual Birds, Strange behaviour 1977/12.100 Boobook, Southern goes walkabout in daytime 1978/7.35 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 77

Corellas odd performance 1981/6.51 Corellas surfing 1981/9.77 Galah — curious behaviour 1981/4.30 Mystery Duck at Werribee, Vic 2006/4.32 Rail, Buff-banded at Car Races 1985/1.10 Snipe, Japanese, in unusual habitat 1977/6.50 Vocalisations Blackbird, Common 2003/12.6 Malleefowl 2006/8.13 Pardalote, Spotted 2005/2.6 Eastern Whipbird 2009/10.25

BIRD BREEDING Captive breeding Duck, Black-headed 1977/11.87 Eagle, Wedgetail 1978/2.111, 8.43 Hawk, Crested 1978/5.15 New budgie stock wanted U.K. 1979/6.35 Parrots, St. Vincent, Pairing 1977/11.17 Zoo, breeding for export 1978/11.67 Longevity Magpie, longevity 1975/8.62 Wedgetail, Death of “Sam”, South Melbourne 1980/1.3

BIRD CALLS, BIRDSONG AND MIMICRY A Field Guide to Australian Birdsong, 1988/12.136 Australian Bird Calls 1978/3.124 Australian Imitation Birdcall Championship 1981/6.51, 1982/7.55, 1983/7.58, 1984/7.72 Babbler, White -browed 1981/8.65 Bird calls and mimicry— general 1975/2.12, 4.31, 10.75, 11.85 Bowerbird, Golden 1999/5.17 Bower-bird, Satin and others 1981/8.65 Bronze-Cuckoo mimicking Mistletoebird call 2002/6.41 Butcherbird and Drongo, who steals whose 1982/11.87 Butcherbird mimicry 1997/5.3 Butcherbird, Grey 1979/2.4, 1983/7.53 Butcherbird, Grey 2000/8.31, 10.3 Butcherbird, Grey mimicking honeyeater and Magpie 1996/2.4 Cicadabird 1999/5.3, 7.17, 10.9, 10.12 Drongo is the Culprit 1983/6.49 Galah Talking, Georgie, 1977/11.88 Honeyeater, White-plumed 1978/4.4 Lyrebird, Imitation industrial noises 1985/1.9 Lyrebird, is the bird a liar 1982/6.46 Magpie Lark, Sonagram of the call of the 1988/1.12 Magpie, Australian 2003/8.3 Magpie, Australian calling like a butcherbird 1996/6.5 Magpie imitating calls 1975/11.85 Magpie-lark as a mimic 2000/4.26 Myna, Common mimicking Common Blackbird 1998/12.5 Nightjar voices 2000/2.15 Nightjar, Large-tailed 2000/6.26 Oriole, Olive-backed 1981/5.39 recordings Cassette No.2 1985/9.87, 10.102 recordings of Australian Birds Series 2 1978/9.55 recordings of Kookaburra, Popularity in Europe 1978/6.25 recordings of Wartime Memories 1978/6.25 Repertoire 1978/10.60 Shrike Tit, Crested 1980/11.100 Small bird with the big voice, The 2001/12.4 Starling, Common mimicking call of Stubble Quail 1997/4.6 78 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Whistlers, Confusing at Linton 1980/7.61

BIRD COLLECTIONS Mallaig, Scotland, Australian Bird collection 1976/2.9

BIRD DEFORMITIES Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested with deformed beak 1996/3.5

BIRD DISEASES Take care when handling dead birds 2001/6.5

BIRD EVOLUTION Archaeopteryx, the world’s first bird 1980/1.2 Birds, Australian, origin and evolution 1980/11.103

BIRD HABITATS see also BIRDING HABITATS Airports and Birdlife 1979/3.11, 8.55 Aust. Birding Assoc. check list available 1979/6.34 Australian Wetlands 1992/4.4 Barham 1976/7.52 Belah scrub 1997/1.1, 1.3 Belah woodland 1998/7.20, 7.21; 1999/4.21 Billabongs 1993/6.10, 6.12 Bird Lists BOC wants lists for all park areas 1979/3.15 Birding in the Outback — advice from K & B. Richards 1981/9.76 Birding, Bourke and beyond 1976/11.86 Birding, Corner Country, N.S.W. 1976/1.7 Birding, Darling River & Southern Queensland 1976/10.77 Birding, Kingaroy to Cairns 1976/7.52 Birding, Much-loved inland journey, A 1976/5.33 Birding, National Parks, Eastern Vic. & Western N.S.W. 1976/8.59 Birds at a forest pool 1980/12.105 Birds galore at Werribee 1975/12.89 Birds in Gardens 1992/1.19, 3.19, 5.18, 6.19, 7.16, 8.9, 9.6, 10.5, 11.8, 11.19, 12 8 Birds in Home Garden 1980/1.7, 3.17 Birds in Southern Tasmania 1994/8.2 Black box woodland 1999/9.12 Black Rock, diminishing birdlife 1975/5.35 Boneseed 1975/3.24, 6.43, 8.62, 10.79; 1976/7.54, 10.79, 11.84 Box-Ironbark woodland 1998/5.4 Box-ironbark woodland 1999/12.4, 12.5 Breeding birds surveys in U.S.A. 1977/11.88 Cairns Esplanade mudflats 1997/7.7 Canberra 1976/8.61 1978/3.121 Clarkesdale Sanctuary, Linton, Vic. 1992/4.8 Cobungra 1980/3.15 Dairy farm, birds on 1976/4.27, 5.38 Dead timber 2003/10.5 Dry woodland 1997/1.13 Drought, Effects of the 1995/1.5, 4.3 Ephemeral Wetlands: Flamingo Country? 1992/4.7* Eulo, Queensland 1977/4.25 Farm forest at Broadford Sewage farm, Vic, 1989-2002 2002/8.12 File on Geographical areas 1977/6.47 Flinders ranges 1980/1.9 Forest Pool, Story of a 1980/12.105 Fraser Island 1976/2.10 Fraser Island 1977/10.80 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 79

Fraser National Park 1978/5.18 French Island 1978/3.123 Garden, Your - a sanctuary for birds 2000/10.18 Gardens – Birds in our garden, Nambucca Heads, NSW 2002/8.4 Gardens – Lismore garden (western Victoria) 2002/8.36 Gardens – Planting success 2002/2.35 Gardens : Our backyard 2000/12.32 Gardens : Silky Oak 2000/10.32 Gardens : Tall trees 2000/10.31 Gardens, “Suburban woodland” 1999/7.14, 7.21 Gibber plains 1997/5.6 Glenelg National Park 1976/4.28 Grampians 1978/5.17 High Country 1995/ 8.12 Intertidal Zone 1992/5.4 Inverloch 1976/6.44 Irrigation channel at Bundaberg, Queensland 2003/4.8 Jingellic, N.S.W. 1977/2.12 Kyabram 1977/3.22 Kyabram 1982/6.46 Kyogle 1978/5.26 Langwarrin 1980/3.19 Licola 1977/5.39 Lima (Ivanhoe Grammar) 1982/4.24 Magnetic Island 1978/6.22 Mallee Dam 1995/ 5.11 Mangrove forest 1998/4.5 Mangroves 1992/5.1 Mangroves 1993/6.2, 6.8 Mangroves 2002/6.31, 8.5 Mitchell, Q'land 1984/10.105, 11.118 Mornington Peninsula 1975/10.77 Morphett Swamp 1993/3.13 Mound Springs and Artesian Bores of Inland Sth Aust 1993/5.9* Mud Islands 1998/4.21 N.S.W. 1975/11.85 New South Wales 1977/3.21 Niche occupation by introduced birds in Australia 2002/4.19 Ocean Grove 1976/2.13 Outback Australia 2003/12.8 Pine plantations, Birds in 1976/11.85 Plants attractive to birds 1976/7.53 Rainforest 1998/4.5 Rainforest, Night-time in a 1980/5.39 Red gum forest 1999/9.12 Red Gums, A Haven for Wildlife 1983/11.100 Restoring Coastal Habitat 1994/9.2 Riparian River She-oak 1998/5.4 Roadside verges 1997/6.15 Seabird Breeding Islands 1990/7.61 Sherbrooke, Tragedy of 1992/6.7, 8.4 South Australia 1976/6.46 Spinifex-mallee woodland 1999/9.12 Templestowe 1978/5.19, 12.83; 1980/4.35 Tropical Rainforest: a Special Habitat for Special Birds 1992/1.4 1978/4.8; 1984/7.69, 10.104 Victoria, Additions to 1978/5.15, 7.34, 8.42, 9.53, 10.58 Waratah Bay 1980/4.35 Werribee 1977/2.15 Wetland 1999/1.16, 8.3, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 Wetlands 1997/3.8, 7.5, 8.4*, 8.7 80 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Wetlands 1994/4.6 Wetlands Centre at Shortland, NSW 1992/7.11 Wetlands: A Billabong story 2002/8.3 Whipstick 1978/11.71 Whorouly, Christmas 1981 1982/3.16 Wyperfeld 1976/8.62 Wyperfeld 1980/6.54

BIRD ILLUSTRATORS Bayfield, Hart and Richter: John Gould's Assistants 1990/5.41 Davies, Jeff, Illustrator for Ihe Handbook of Australian New 1990/11.116, Zealand and Antarctic Birds Exhibition of Paintings of Australian Birds, Nhill 1988/3.29 Gould, John, and His Employees 1990/6.58 Gould, Elizabeth 1995/10.7 Wildlife Art Society of Australasia 1986/9.86

BIRD NAMES and CLASSIFICATION Aboriginal bird names 1975/7.53, 9.69, 11.85 Australian Bird Species: How Many are There? 1992/7.2 Biography behind the bird 1997/12.10; 1998/5.18 Biography behind the bird, The: Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 1999/6.20, 8.15 Biography behind the bird, The:; 2000/2.28, 4.28, 6.29, 10.36, ; White-throated Grasswren; Eyrean 12.33 Grasswren; Biography behind the bird, The: Carpentarian Grasswren 2001/12.31 Biography behind the bird: Slender-billed Thornbill and 2002/10.18 Comb-crested Jacana Bird names 2010/11.12 Canberra, Canbara or Kookaburra 1984/9.89 Checklists of Australian birds, RAOU 1980/6.51 Latin names 1997/11.21 Microfilm detailing meaning of bird names 1982/9.70 Miner, Noisy 2002/4.11, 6.3 Origin of ‘Noisy Miner’ wanted 2001/12.3 ‘Proper’ names 1999/9.13 Recommended English names for Australian Birds 1978/8.42, 11.72; 1979/3.12, 5.27, 6.35, 6.38, 7.45, 9.61, 11.82, 12.89; 1980/11.99, 12.107; 1981/6.42 Same name, different birds 1982/1.10 Some new common names for birds 1982/12.94 Standardisation of bird names 1978/8.42, 11.46 Thick-knee, A by any other name 1995/3.11 Sunbirds, Those Yellow-bellied, Olive-backed 2001/8.11 What’s in a name? 1977/12.105; 1995/7.6; 1996/9.6, 10.7

BIRD NOTES see BIRD REPORTS AND SIGHTINGS

BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY A Challenge to D.and R. Keller 1979/6.31 Focal Guide to Bird Photography 1982/8.61 Gang Gang photographs required 1979/10.67 History of Bird Photography in Australia 1988/1.8 National Photographic Index 1975/5.35, 7.50, 10.76, 1988/1.10 Photographic Index, report on Iron Range 1976/3.20 Photographing Australian Birds 1987/7.61

BIRD PLUMAGE Aberrant plumage 1993/3.15; 2000/6.5 Black-tailed yellow cockatoo: an observation of xanthochromism 2011/11.32 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 81

Blackbird with white plumage 1986/11.120 Cuckoo, Pallid 2010/2.18, 2.19 Darter, Australasian identification 2011/8.32 Juvenile or immature? 2011/11.20 Mystery bird in Kingaroy 1978/4.10 Whistler, Golden 2011/11.20 Albinism and leucisticism 1994/3.3, 5.15; 1984/1.11 Albino Birds, Some Further Notes on 1987/10.107 Blackbird, Common, Part-albinistic 2005/10.5, 2005/12.7 Blackbird, White 1978/12.8 Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed, Leucistic 1999/7.17 Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed, Albinistic 2001/4.5 Brush-turkey, Australian, Leucistic 2010/8.34 Butcherbirds, Grey, white 2002/4.32 Butcherbirds, white 2001/2.5 Chough, White-winged, Piebald 2005/10.31 Crow, Torresian (partially albinistic) 2000/8.35, 12.3 Crow, Torresian, Albino 2005/8.6 Cuckoos, But Where Are the Albinos,? 1987/5.46 Currawong, Grey, Albino 1995/10.15 Fairy-wren, Albino 2000/12.5 Fairy-wren, Superb, Albinistic 2003/4.9 Fairy-wrens, Albino 1987/10.107 Fantail, Grey, Albinistic 1996/9.7 Honeyeater, New Holland, Albino 1998/3.19 Kookaburras, More White 1987/5.46 Leucistic Silver Gull 2008/4.19 Magpie, Albino 1978/12.85 Magpie, Australian, ‘White’ 1999/7.25 Martin, Tree, Partial albinism in a 1999/11.11 Rails, Buff-banded, Albinotic 1993/6.20 Raven, Australian, Off-white 2005/8.6 Robin, (Scarlet?), Leucistic 2007/8.12 Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed, Albinistic 2005/2.29 Starling, Common, white 2006/4.7 Starling, Metallic, Albinistic 2005/10.5 Teal, Grey, Albinistic 2007/2.7 Thornbill, Brown, Leucistic 2010/8.34 Wattlebird, Little, Part albino 1999/5.12 Wattlebird, Red Albino 1999/1.21 Whistling-Duck, Plumed, Part-albino 2003/12.17 Melanism 1994/3.3 Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested, Melanistic 1994/4.8 Fairy-wren, Superb, ‘Dark’ 2005/4.5 Heron, White-faced, Dark 2003/10.5 Heron, White-faced, Melanistic 2003/10.5 Kookaburra, Black 2007/2.7, 2007/2.8 Kookaburras Melanistic 2003/12.16, 12.17 Magpie, Australian, in a black jacket 1998/7.3 Magpie, Melanistic 1999/4.3 Pigeon, Crested, Melanistic 2008/8.26 Wagtail, Willie, Melanotic 1996/12.5 Cockatoos, Hybrid (Galah x Long-billed Corella) 2003/6.7; 2005/4.10 Hybrids Corella x Galah hybrid 2002/10.37 Fairy-wren, Hybrid 2000/12.8 Hybrids at Bilpin? 1994/5.11 Ibis, Hybrid 2003/6.5, 8.3 Lorikeet, Rainbow x Scaly-breasted 1994/6.10, 1994/9.13 82 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Magpie Hybrids - Information please 1994/6.4 Rosellas, Hybrid? (Crimson x Eastern) 2002/6.6 Rosella hybrid (Eastern x Crimson) 2010/8.34 Swallow, Possible Hybrid 1994/3.15 Other plumage issues Bird coloration, new theory 1980/4.27 Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed, Cream 1996/8.8 Bowerbird, Satin 2007/2.6 Bowerbirds, Satin, Plumage change in male 2001/12.29 Butcherbird,Grey 1996/11.13 Button-quail, Little, Aberrant 2002/6.11 Corella, Little, A Dirty 2003/10.3 Cormorants, Little Pied, Stained 2003/4.36 Curlew, White 1994/6.10 Currawong, Coffee-coloured 1997/1.4 Currawong, Pied, Aberrant 1998/10.3 Currawongs, Multi-coloured 1996/9.17 Emu feathers, some military history 1979/6.34 Emus in 2007/10.15 Fairy-wrens moult in breeding season because of drought 2006/12.5 Flavism 1994/3.3 Gull, immature Pacific, Aberrant 1997/6.17 Heron, Pied, with burgundy neck 2006/12.20 Honeyeater, Crescent 1978/4.4 Honeyeater, Unusual 1999/3.10 Ibis, Australian White in full breeding plumage 2005/12.5 Ibis, Straw-necked, Fawn 2003/6.5 Ibis, Straw-necked, Unusual 1998/2.7 King Parrot, Yellow 1997/12.3 Kingfisher, Sacred 2000/2.11, 4.3, 8.19 Kookaburras, Laughing, Black (oiled) 2009/6.28 Magpie, Australian 2002/2.14 Magpie, Australian, Brown 1999/10.3 Magpie, Brown 1978/4.11 Magpie, Western 2002/4.6 Magpies, Mixed at Alexandra, Vic 2002/8.7 Moorhen, Dusky, Unusual colouring in 1997/5.2 Moult and the Confusion of Identity 1987/7.70 Plover, Brown 1978/7.38 Plumage 1994/3.1 Raven 1987/4.4 Raven, Biscuit brown 1997/5.3 Ringneck, Australian variations at Bowra Station, Qld 2009/4.15 Robin, Eastern Yellow, Aberrant 2003/6.7 Sexual dimorphism 1996/12.13 Swamphen, Purple, Brown 2006/4.7 Uncoloured birds, normal or abnormal? 2002/4.32 Underwing patterns (Letter-winged Kite, Black-necked Stork) 2002/2.11 Whistler, Golden, Maturing male 1996/6.10 White rumps on pigeons deter Peregrine Falcons 2005/10.31 Wild Birds, Aberrant Plumage in 1994/3.2 Xanthochromism - Black-tailed yellow cockatoo: 2011/11.32

BIRD REPORTS AND SIGHTINGS: BNS (BIRD NOTE SERIES) Bird Notes Series – some history 2011/2.20 BNS Series 1 – 4 1975/3.21, 4.31, 6.45, 7.51, 9.67, 11.86, 11.87, 12.92 BNS Series 5 – 8 1976/3.20, 6.44, 9.68, 12.93 BNS Series 9 – 12 1977/9.71, 3.19, 6.47, 12.97 BNS Series 13 – 16 1978/3.118, 6.23, 9.51, 12.75 BNS Series 17 – 19 1979/3.11, 7.42, 9.60 BNS Series 20 – 24 1980/1.3, 6.53, 7.58, 9.80, 12.110 BNS Series 25 – 30 1981/1.5, 5.36, 6.42, 8.63, 11.91, 12 101 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 83

BNS Series 31 – 36 1982/1.3, 4.23, 6.43, 10.75, 12.93 BNS Series 43 – 48 1984/3.15, 4.27, 6.52, 8.75, 10.98, 12.124 BNS Series 49 – 54 1985/1.3, 4.27, 5.39, 6.51, 8.75, 10.99, 12 l23 BNS Series 55 – 60 1986/1.2, 4.26, 6.50, 8.75, 10.100, 12.123 BNS Series 61 – 66 1987/1.2, 4 28, 6.51, 8.77, 10.100, 12.124 BNS Series 67 – 67 1988/2.14, 4.38, 6.63, 8.87, 10.112, 12.140 BNS Series 73 – 78 1989/1.2, 4.26, 6.51, 8.75, 10.99, 12.124 BNS Series 79 – 84 1990/1.4, 4.26, 6.51, 8.76, 10.100, 12.124 BNS Series 85 – 91 1991/1.2, 3.14, 5.40, 6.51, 8.76, 10.98, 12.124 BNS Series 103 pt.1 to 108 pt.1 1994/1.14, 3.14, 4.14, 5.15, 6.15, 7.15, 8.14, 9.14, 10.15, 11.14, 12.14 BNS Series 116 - correction 1996/8.15 BNS Series 119 pt.2 – 124 pt.2 1997/1.16, 3.15, 4.15, 5.15, 6.16, 7.16, 8.18, 9.16, 10.16, 11.16, 12.14 BNS Series 125 pt 1 – 130 pt 2 1998/2.18, 3.18, 4.18, 5.16, 6.16, 7.16, 8.16, 9.16, 10.16, 11.18, 12.16 BNS Series 131 pt.1-136 pt.1 1999/1.15, 3.22, 4.16, 5.18, 6.18, 7.18, 8.14, 9.18, 10.18, 11.21, 12.18 BNS Series 136 (pt 2) & 137 – 2000/2.29, 4.30, 6.31, 8.38, 10.38, 12.36 142 BNS Series 143-148 2001/2.37, 4.38, 6.30, 8.29, 10.33, 12.33 BNS Series 149-154 2002/2.38, 4.37, 6.39, 8.36, 10.36, 12.30 BNS Series 155-159 2003/2.29, 4.38, 6.33, 8.38, 12.26 BNS Series 165 correction 2005/4.35 BNS Series 166-171 2005/2.27, 4.34, 6.31. 8.21, 10.30, 12.22 BNS Series 167 corrections 2005/6.31 BNS Series 172-177 2006/2.21, 4.29, 6.26, 8.20, 10.26, 12.20 BNS Series 174 -correction 2006/8.22 BNS Series 178-183 2007/2.20, 4.24, 6.26, 8.26, 10.26, 12.24 BNS Series 177 – correction 2007/2.23 BNS Series 178 – corrections 2007/4.25,12.26 BNS Series 179 – correction 2007/10.28 BNS Series 182 – correction 2007/12.26 BNS Series 184-189 2008/2.24, 4.18, 6.26, 8.21, 10.23, 12.20 BNS Series 186 & 187 – corrections 2008/6.26, 8.21 BNS Series 190-195 2009/2.23, 4.16, 6.22, 8.21, 10.21, 12.23 BNS Series 193 – correction 2009/10.21 BNS Series 196-199 2010/2.22, 5.24, 8.24, 11.24 BNS Series 200-203 2011/2.19, 2011/5.22, 2011/8.27, 2011/11.28

BIRD SKINS Preparation of skins 1980/1.4, 4.27; 1981/7.59, 10.86

BIRD VERSE see also POETRY Anon Dear Sweet Pussy Cats 1978/10.61 Bainbridge, Catherine On Black Mountain Road 2010/2.25, Buckingham, Rex A Birdo’s Lament of More Names, Less Birds 1979/3.12 Chalmers, R W Us Crazy Birdos 1979/3.14 Charmon, Lindsay Flight Might 1977/11.89 Charmon, Lindsay Lorikeets 1977/7.59 Chataway, Lavinia Adobe Flats, Mallacoota 1990/1.11 Dunn. Jim Old trips We Knew 1976/11.85 Dunn. Jim The Passing of the Birds 1976/7.53 Dunn. Jim Remembered Birds 1976/9.69 Dunn, Jim Memories 1977/12.100 Dunn, Jim Lankey’s Creek 1977/4.29 Dunn, Jim July Night 1977/7.57 Dunn, Jim Pan-Pan-Panella 1978/12.82 Dunn, Jim Drought Thoughts 1978/6.26 Dunn, Jim Frogmouths 1978/8.46 Dunn, Jim Retrospect 1979/8.52 84 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Dunn, Jim Lines 1980/1.10 Dunn, Jim Night Song 1980/10.91 Dunn, Jim Lagoon Dusk 1980/12.111 Dunn, Jim A Wish 1980/5.45 Glover, Denis The Magpies 1977/5.43 Hooper, Nicolette Umbrage 1979/6.38 Hubregtse, Virgil Bird’s Eye View? 1978/11.68 Hubregtse, Virgil Flame Robin in Melbourne 1978/12.84 Hubregtse, Virgil White Cockatoos 1991/3.23 Kimmins, Sybil J Plover 1978/7.38 Kimmins, Sybil J Lotus Bird 1980/4.32 La May, Val The At of Taxidermy 2010/8.23 McMahon, Alan Brolgas at Sunset, 1991/10.100 McMahon, Alan Brown Songlark on the Gibber Plains 1991/12.131 Miles, Claire The Nankeen Kestrels 1979/7.44 Officer, Colin With Phil of the Inland 1991/8.81 Skinner, M L Beginnings of a Birdo 1978/6.28 Skinner, Mavis L A Doggerel 1979/8.55 Skinner, Mavis L The Thornbills 1990/9.95 Thwaites, Michael Metamorphosis 1984/5.47 Townsend, Jane Dingo Dawn 1977/9.75 Uren, Ray The Enemy in the Bush 1980/8.68 Watson, Moira Requiem 1990/107 Willis, Ida Old Jack the Kookaburra 1978/4.10 Willis, Ida The Grey Currawong 1979/11.78

BIRD SPECIES Australian Bird Species: How Many are There? 1992/7.2

BIRD VISION Nightvision, Man and the Owl 1978/7.34

BIRDING previously BIRDWATCHING 600 Species Sighted 1983 (R. Wheeler) 1984/5.37 Acoustic monitoring 2009/2.14 American Bird Watchers at Wagga Wagga 1981/1.10 American visitor to "Outback" 1979/2.4 As a way of life 1975/9.67 Aspects of Birdwatching 1994/11.6 At a Beginners Outing 1991/5.45 At home 1998/2.6 At Won Wron prison 1975/3.22, 4.29, 5.37, 9.70 Audubon Society, Field Kit for Bird Identification 1979/8.51 Autumn Visitors Reward Garden Planting 1995/8.8 Bands, flags, tags, geolocators 2010/11.14 Barking Owl identification? 2001/10.6 Barnaby Coot 1997/8.21, 11.18 Be snake-aware 2006/10.23 Big Bird Race, The 1990/11.109 "Big Day" New Victorian Record 1985/12.129 Binoculars 2011/2.4 Bird friends 1996/3.8 Bird Hot Line Service Canberra ACT 1990/8.81 Bird identification tables by Bob Forsyth 2008/12.6 Bird Identification, hints on 1980/1.7 Bird in the bush, A 1998/6.20 Bird Lovers, A Story for 1978/4.l Bird Observers — a description of the Species 1981/12.103 Bird observing: what is it? 1999/1.12 Bird somewhere, A 1999/1.20 Bird watching (Reproduced from Walkabout, Feb. 1962) 2002/10.20 Bird watching around Auckland, NZ 2009/8.26 Birders’ lists and notebooks 2010/11.10 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 85

Birding at a hundred and ten 2001/12.7 Birding at night 2008/12.23 Birding in a cold climate 2001/12.14 Birding is Big Business in UK 1993/5.8 Birding memories 2006/10.23 Birds are Beautiful, but... 1994/12.6 Birds on a Busy Schedule 1995/7.8 Birdwatchers’' Resolutions for 1994 1994/1.10 Birdwatching & bowling 1996/4.3 Birdwatching as stress management 1998/11.19 Bird-watching as Therapy 1994/8.7 Birdwatching hints 1999/5.7 Birdwatching while camping 2002/12.8 Birdwatching with the children 1996/11.11 BOCA’s Code of Ethical Birdwatching 2003/6.21 Broome to remember, A 2003/10.7 By seafarers 1978/8.43 Cameraman’s lament, A 1999/3.21 Cannons Creek, Westernport, birding by boat 1977/5.39 Caravan park birding 2000/12.11 Caravanning and birding with a dog 2002/2.35, 10.7 Carving out a bird list 2001/8.8 Certain sighting, A 2001/6.32 Chasing a record — R Wheeler 1980/3.18, 4.31, 5.45, 8.67; 1982/7.54 Chickadee at Christmas 1996/6.11 Close Encounters 1993/8.7 Companionable birds 1997/9.3 Confusion in the Kulkyne 1995/10.9 Cover-up While You Are Birdwatching 1994/1.12 Daily list, The 2001/6.6 Dawn in the City 1993/3.5 Dear Bird Observers 1995/12.2 Enjoyable Obsession 1994/5.9 Experiment at Ivanhoe Grammar 1982/4.24 Field identification made easy 2000/12.29 First flight of the eagles 2000/8.20 Flying with the Eagles 1994/3.9 Following birds 2010/11.14 Fred TH Smith’s notebooks 2010/11.11 Frogmouth identification 2006/12.7 From bed 1982/3.18 Garden birds 2001/6.7 Ghostly Appearance (Red-necked Rail) 1993/8.7 Gould John, and His Employees 1990/5.41, 6.58 Gould League Bird Study Camp 1985 1986/8.82 Ground Thrush (Bassian or White's Thrush) 1993/12.10 Hall's Babblers 1995/12.2 Happiness, definition by a Birdo 1978/11.69 Hazards of birding 2006/4.26 Hell, a place without Birds 1977/11.89 Hints on describing location 1978/8.43 Honeyeaters 1996/8.6, 11.4 How to See More Birds 1985/8.80, 9.88, 9.89, 10.104, 12.132; 1986/4.34, 5.42 Identifying Goshawks & Sparrow Hawks 1984/8.78 In a Canberra garden 1997/9.15 In the Outback - K. & B. Richards 1983/1.2 In the Spotlight: Nocturnal Birding at Julatten, Qld 1993/12.9 Inland, Camping in the 2005/2.20 86 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

International Dawn Chorus Day 1992/4.12 Joy of birding: five of the best 1997/6.2 Keeping Watch on the Noisy Friarbirds' Nest 1988/5.51 Laws of birdwatching, The 1999/4.13 Learning the language 1996/12.10 Learning to watch birds 1999/3.16 Leek and Potato Soup...and Birds 1994/6.14 Letter from Sydney 1996/12.10 Little Bitterns at Bundoora, Vic 2003/4.36 Looking up Provides a Bonus! 1992/9.14 Lost in the Bush 1988/3.36 Lyrebird count: a good choice for beginners 2005/10.14 Magic moment 1998/2.11 Magic Morning 1995/4.18 Magnificent Quadrella (Lorikeets) 1993/6.19 Mallee Ringnecks 1993/9.6 Mildura sewage farm, Barking Owl at 2003/2.6 Mind Your Manners 1989/5.42 Missing a Bird Can Be for the Best ... 1991/10.107 ‘Moonlighting’ for Grass Owls 2005/4.8 Mulga magic 2005/12.6 My first bird 2001/10.29 My first encounter with Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher 2008/6.20 Mystery Solved? 1994/11.11 Nature’s window 2000/8.34 Nest watcher 1996/4.8 Not Masochists, Just Birdos! 1984/8.77 Novice bird observer, A 2006/12.4 Oddbirds 1992/12.6 On a Visit to Tasmania 1985/6.50 On Being a Birdwatcher 1992/12.5 Operation Square-tailed Kite 2003/4.5 Paradise-Kingfisher, Buff-breasted, Searching for the 2011/5.30 Parrot, Superb in Yarrambat, Vic 2011/8.32 Pelagic trip 1997/12.8 Pharaoh's Falcons, The 1989/9.90 Pink on the Finke 1994/3.9 Points of wonder 2003/10.7 Rare sighting: Black-backed Wagtail at Derby WA 1996/4.2 Record for Raptors? 1992/12.11 Recording your bird observations 2006/10.22 Recycled Squeaker, A 1990/10.107 Reminiscence: Regent Honeyeaters and Leatherheads 2003/12.4 Rewards from watching birds 2003/10.13 Role of the amateur 1975/11.81 Rules of the Game (Twitching) 1990/8.82 Satin Bowerbirds 2001/12.25 School bird hide at Bulleen, Vic 1998/6.12 Seeking the magical 700 2005/2.14 Seven and eleven: one spot birding 1997/3.6 Shy Bird Returns (Shy Hylacola) 1993/6.9 Snipe, Painted 2003/2.5 Some thoughts of a new birdo 2000/8.33 Some Thoughts on Watching Nests 1994/7.7 Spying and Birding — a connection? 1981/3.17 Stickybeak birdbath watch 2009/6.11 Stopping for a chat 2002/12.15 T.V. Twitching 1988/5.60 Take a good look at the Australian Magpie 2002/2.14 Target 700 1999/6.3 That’s birdwatching! 2002/2.37* The Easy Way 1984/7.71 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 87

Three whiteface species in three hours 2003/10.9 To count or not to count? Aviary escapes vs. wild birds 2009/8.26 Touch of scarlet 1997/10.12 Touch of twitching, A 2007/12.18 Townsville, Australasian Bittern in 2000/8.17 TV special: “Let’s Go Birdwatching” 2007/10.13 Twelve days in March, Rosella Park 2010/8.31 Twitching 1986/2.10 Uplifting experience, An 2005/10.6 Victorian Bird Report 1984/8.77 Visitor in the night 1997/3.10 Walk in the mallee 1996/7.4 Was that a rare bird I saw? 1999/8.9 Watching at the Window 1995/8.6 Water watching 2005/12.14 Waterbirds recorded at Lowbidgee wetlands Oct–Dec 2010 2011/2.10 Way to advertise 1997/8.3 Way we were, The (Photo from Bendigo Advertiser c. 1960) 2011/8.34 Websites for entering observations of birds 2010/11.11 Where to Find Birds in Australia 1990/9.85; 1991/1.4 Whistling up the birds (birding with Del Richards) 2005/12.7 Why are Birds so Interesting? 1987/11.112 Why Stop at Sunset? 1993/12.5 Window watch 2005/8.6 Winter Rising (Wedge-tailed Eagles) 1993/8.7 Yellow Chats 2003/2.5 Yes, I want to be a birdwatcher 1997/5.12 Your personal birding records 2008/10.4

BIRDING EQUIPMENT Binoculars 2011/2.4 Binoculars for Bird Observers 1983/11.98, 11.103, 1988/7.73 Binoculars, Inexpensive 2001/2.39 Binoculars, Use of, Especially for New Members 1989/5.39 Books, Useful, Available Library 1985/12.132 Checklists of Australian birds, RAOU 1980/6.51 Hide, new, erected Coolart 1982/11.85 Hides 1985/3.24, 6.54, 10.97, 12.124 Telescopes, Nest-watch Through 1988/5.51

BIRDING ETIQUETTE Birding ethics 2000/10.6 Birding Ethics, Application to photography 2007/12.7 Birding Ethics, BOCA's Code of 2007/2.15, 2007/12.6 Ethical birding, BOCA’s code of 2006/6.11 Ethics of bird photography 2005/6.10 Etiquette in the Outback 2005/12.10 Reply to Sue Taylor 2006/2.6 Sue Taylor’s response 2006/6.11

BIRDING FOR THE DISABLED By the Disabled in W.A. 1984/6.49 For the disabled 1982/3.18, 9.70

BIRDING HABITAT see also HABITAT ISSUES IN BIRD CONSERVATION and PARKS AND RESERVES Airports and Birdlife 1979/3.11, 8.55 Aust. Birding Assoc. check list available 1979/6.34 Belah scrub 1997/1.1, 1.3 Belah woodland 1999/4.21 88 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Billabongs 1993/6.10, 6.12 Bird Lists BOC wants lists for all park areas 1979/3.15 Outback, Birding in the— advice from K & B. Richards 1981/9.76 Inland journey Birding, Much-loved, A 1976/5.33 Forest pool, Birds at a 1980/12.105 Black box woodland 1999/9.12 Boneseed 1975/3.24, 6.43, 8.62, 10.79; 1976/7.54, 10.79, 11.84 Box-Ironbark woodland 1998/5.4; 1999/12.4, 12.5 Coastal Habitat, Restoring 1994/9.2 Dairy farm, birds on 1976/4.27, 5.38 Drought, Effects of the 1995/1.5, 4.3 Dry woodland 1997/1.13 Ephemeral Wetlands: Flamingo Country? 1992/4.7* Gardens, Birds in 1980/1.7, 3.17;1992/1.19, 3.19, 5.18, 6.19, 7.16, 8.9, 9.6, 10.5, 11.8, 11.19, 12 8 Gardens, “Suburban woodland” 1999/7.14, 7.21 Geographical areas, File on 1977/6.47 Gibber plains 1997/5.6 High Country 1995/ 8.12 Intertidal Zone 1992/5.4 Mallee Dam 1995/ 5.11 Mangroves 1992/5.1; 1993/6.2, 6.8; 1998/4.5 Morphett Swamp 1993/3.13 Pine plantations, Birds in 1976/11.85 Plants attractive to birds 1976/7.53 Rainforest 1998/4.5 Red gum forest 1999/9.12 Riparian River She-oak 1998/5.4 Roadside verges 1997/6.15 Spinifex-mallee woodland 1999/9.12 Tropical Rainforest: a Special Habitat for Special Birds 1992/1.4 Wetland 1999/1.16, 8.3, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11; 1994/4.6; 1997/3.8, 7.5, 8.4*, 8.7 Wetlands, Australian 1992/4.4

BIRDING LOCATIONS see LOCATIONS FOR BIRDING See also BOCA Camps, Tours, Outings, Centenary Celebrations and articles in Branch Newsletters

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BIRDS

Albatross 1983/9.74; 1984/12.130 Albatross, Black-browed 1990/6.50; 1998/3.3; 2000/10.38; 2008/2.7; 2009/6.8 Albatross, Buller’s 1998/9.4, 9.5; 2010/5.30 Albatross, Grey-headed 1977/6.50; 2007/4.4 Albatross, Light-mantled Sooty 1993/3.14; 1976/9.66; 1998/6.6; 2008/10.23 Albatross, Royal 1992/3.6; 1995/1.7 Albatross, Shy 1998/9.4; 2001/2.37; 2002/10.33; 2008/2.6, 10.23 Albatross, Sooty 2005/8.21 Albatross, Southern Royal 1994/6.7; 2002/8.37 Albatross, Wandering 1976/9.66; 1990/6.52; 1992/3 1, 3 6; 1997/11.13; 1998/6.6, 7.8; 2000/10.38; 2007/4.4; 2008/2.7; 2010/5.30, 8.12, 8.37 Albatross, Waved 2002/12.17 Albatross, Yellow-nosed 1990/8.81; 1996/11.18; 2000/10.38; 2005/6.33; 2008/2.7 Ani, Groove-billed 2010/8.8 Antbirds 2010/8.9 Antbirds 2011/8.15 Apostlebird 1984/8.82; 1989/7.62; 1995/9.15, 12.10; 1996/2.15, 8.7; 1997/10.2; 1999/6.3; 2000/8.34; 2001/4.40; 2003/2.1, 2.10, 10.8; 2006/12.4 Aracari, Chestnut-eared 2011/5.27 Aracari, Collared 2010/8.9 Auk, Little 2009/12.21 Avocet, Red-necked 1995/9.3; 1996/3.2; 2002/10.9; 2005/4.52; 2005/10.9; 2005/12.15; 2006/10.17 Babbler 1983/6.50 Babbler, Chestnut-crowned 1994/6.15; 2003/2.9 Babbler, Grey-crowned 1989/7.63; 1991/8.81, 10.101; 1992/11.6; 1993/12.10; 1994/6.10; 1996/9.17; 1998/3.21; 1999/4.12; 2001/6.17, 8.31; 2008/6.10; 2009/6.7, 8.24; 2010/11.28 Babbler, Hall’s 1991/8.82; 1993/12.15; 1995/12.2, Babbler, White-browed 2001/6.5 Babblers 1980/12.109 Barbet, Crested 1995/3.3 Baza, Pacific 1999/9.20, 10.6; 2001/6.16; 2003/6.6, 6.12, 8.17; 2005/10.30 Bee-eater, Little 2007/10.11 Bee-eater, Little Green 2007/8.10; 10.13 Bee-eater, Rainbow 1975/7.51; 1976/11.86; 1978/8.46; 1986/9.96; 1991/10.100, 10.107; 1993/5.3; 1994/5.11, 11.7; 1996/5.9; 2000/2.32, 10.16, 10.34; 2002/10.1; 2006/2.11, 4.4, 6.5, 10.7, 12.6, 12.7; 2007/2.6; 2008/4.5, 10.27; 2009/2.29; 2010/8.1, 8.2, 8.10, 8.11 Bee-eater, Red-throated 2011/5.16 Bellbird 2008/12.7 Bellbird, Crested 1978/10.62; 2002/12.8; 2003/6.3 Bellbird, Three-wattled 2010/8.9 Bird of Paradise, Blue 1987/12.121; 1998/9.3 Bird of Paradise, Magnificent 1987/12.122 Bird of Paradise, Superb 1987/12.122; 1998/9.3 Birds of Paradise 1990/9.94, 10.104; 1995/6.2 Birds, Introduced 1995/3.15, 4.4, 5.15 Birds. Trees and Bees 1981/7.57 Bittern, Australasian 1986/9.85, 11.118; 1987/5.45; 1992/8.15; 1994/8.14;1997/7.17, 10.17; 1999/9.3; 2000/8.17; 2007/4.11; 2010/8.20 Bittern, Australasian 2011/11.16 Bittern, Black 1996/3.6; 1977/7.57; 2005/4.36; 2005/6.13 Bittern, Cinnamon 2002/6.39; 2003/8.5; 2008/6.27 Bittern, Little 1995/3.15, 4.4, 5.15; 1997/12.21; 2003/4.36 90 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Bittern, Yellow 2009/4.16 Blackbird, Common 1977/3.22; 1978/10.62; 1979/2.3, 10.70; 1980/8.73; 1983/1.10; 1986/11.120; 1989/1.12, 5.46; 1994/10.13; 1996/3.5; 1998/3.16, 5.3, 5.12, 10.17, 12.5; 1997/1.14, 7.2, 8.3; 1999/11.3; 2002/4.3, 8.10; 2003/2.3, 8.3, 10.3, 12.6; 2005/2.7; 2005/6.28; 2005/10.5; 2005/12.7 Black-Cockatoo, Baudin’s (Long- 1978/4.3; 1988/5.58; 1995/7.2, 11.3; 1997/4.3, 5.5; billed) 2007/10.21 Black-Cockatoo, Carnaby’s 1997/4.3; 2009/8.1, 8.2, 8.17; 2001/2.39 Black-Cockatoo, Glossy 1988/8.95; 1989/1.8, 1.9; 1992/5.19; 1993/7.5, 10.2; 1994/4.10*, 4.11, 4.12, 7.2; 1995/7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 11.2, 11.3; 1996/4.9, 7.17, 7.19, 8.10, 9.3, 11.10; 1998/5.18, 8.1, 8.5, 8.6, 10.17; 2000/10.28, 12.37; 2001/12.3; 2002/2.33, 12.15; 2005/10.12; 2005/10.25; 2005/12.4; 2007/4.11; 2007/10.6; 2007/10.7; 2008/6.11; 2009/8.8; 2010/8.30 Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed 1986/7.70; 1990/8.80; 1991/9.85, 10.106; 1992/5.19; 1994/3.10, 7.15, 12.14; 1995/7.2; 1996/2.6, 12.9; 1997/4.4; 1998/10.9; 1999/6.20, 6.21, 7.16, 7.17, 8.15; 2003/8.13; 2007/10.1; 2007/10.3; 2008/6.8; 2009/8.8, 10.7; 2010/2.5 Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed 1979/6.35; 1984/5.39, 7.62, 7.64; 1986/5.41, 11.118; 1987/8.75; 1988/5.58, 9.99; 1992/9.5; 1995/7.2, 10.14; 1996/5.1, 5.4, 5.5, 8.5, 8.8, 9.4; 1997/6.3, 8.19, 9.17, 9.21, 11.3; 1998/5.20; 1999/9.7; 2000/8.37, 12.7; 2001/2001/4.5, 4.18, 8.7; 2003/8.19; 2005/4.6 Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed 2011/11.32 Blue Bonnet 1993/12.11; 1997/4.4; 2001/4.16 Boatbill, Yellow-breasted 2001/4.9, 10.9 ; 2005/4.8; 2007/6.22 Boobook, Norfolk Island 1992/8.2 Boobook, Southern 1978/6.25; 1991/7.69; 1992/7.6; 1993/11.14, 12.5; 1994/6.15; 1996/2.12; 1998/4.3, 8.11; 1999/11.22; 2001/8.8; 2002/8.36; 2005/4.7; 2008/12.10; 2010/8.31 Booby, Abbot’s 1997/3.4, 3.5; 2000/8.6, 8.8, 10.28; 2007/12.24; Booby, Blue-footed 2002/12.17; 2008/6.23; 2009/8.20 Booby, Brown 1994/1.9; 1998/5.1; 2000/4.31, 8.6, 8.8; 2001/12.35 Booby, Masked 1992/11.3; 1994/6.3; 1997/12.92001/6.20; 2009/8.20 Booby, Nazca 2008/6.22 Booby, Red-footed 1994/4.14; 1988/5.59; 1992/11.1, 11.2; 2000/8.8; 2007/6.31; 2009/8.20; 2010/5.14, 5.15 Bowerbird, Fawn-breasted 1982/12.98; 1988/8.85 Bowerbird, Golden 1999/5.17; 2001/4.40; 2003/2.17, 2.18 Bowerbird, Great 1977/4.33; 1982/12.98; 1993/8.10; 2002/12.30; 2003/12.3; 2005/2.21; 2006/6.4; 2009/6.13 Bowerbird, Regent 1989/3.13; 1991/8.80; 1993/4.1, 4.2; 1994/1.5; 1998/12.8; 1999/7.5; 2002/10.13; 2007/12.1; 2007/12.2; 2008/12.14 Bowerbird, Satin 1976/9.71; 1985/8.74; 1986/5.44; 1987/6.53; 1988/2.21; 1990/11.119; 1991/3.21; 1993/12.10; 1996/3.5, 11.17; 1997/11.17; 1998/6.3; 1999/1.8, 4.17, 11.22; 2000/10.9; 2001/12.5, 12.25, 12.29; 2003/2.3, 12.28; 2005/2.15; 2005/4.7; 2007/2.6; 2007/8.17; 2008/6.30 Bowerbird, Satin 2011/8.31 Bowerbird, Spotted 1985/10.106; 1998/10.9; 2001/4.19; 2009/2.27 Bowerbird, Tooth-billed 1993/6.4; 2006/4.9 Bowerbird, Western 1999/3.8 Brilliant, Fawn-breasted 2002/12.20 (Hummingbird) Bristlebird, Eastern 1995/5.14; 1997/4.2 Bristlebird, Rufous 1987/4.35; 1995/7.8; 1997/4.2; 1998/3.19; 1999/5.19; 2005/6.32 Bristlebird, Western 1997/4.1, 4.3; 2002/2.4 Brolga 1976/3.21, 9.70; 1979/12.90; 1986/4.25, 6.52; 1990/3.16; 1991/10.100; 1992/9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 12.13; 1994/1.1; 1994/1.3; Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 91

1994/1.4; 1997/5.6, 8.7, 8.8; 1998/11.3, 12.4; 1999/5.14; 2000/8.13; 2001/4.20, 10.6; 2002/2.5, 8.5, 10.3; 2003/2.18, 4.32, 4.33; 2005/2.9; 2005/2.17; 2005/4.25; 2006/10.4; 2008/4.7, 6.27, 8.22, 12.5; 2009/2.5, 2.6, 4.7, 4.8, 6.6, 12.8; 2010/11.18 Brolga 2011/2.16, 2011/5.17 Bronze-Cuckoo 1980/9.79 Bronze-Cuckoo (Horsfield’s or 2007/2.9, 4.10 Shining?) Bronze-Cuckoo, Gould’s 1990/8.75 Bronze-Cuckoo, Horsfield's 1990/8.75; 1992/10.3; 1999/1.11; 2000/8.1; 2001/6.3; 2002/6.41, 12.29; 2005/4.8 Bronze-Cuckoo, Little 1990/8.75; 1999/7.21 Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining 1979/5.29; 1990/8.75; 1994/9.1; 2001/12.3; 2003/2.4 Bronzewing Pigeons 1980/1.7; 1998/3.16 Bronzewing, Brush 1989/10.100; 1996/11.13; 2010/2.10, 2.11 Bronzewing, Common 1986/11.118; 1989/10.100; 1998/4.3; 2002/6.35; 2003/4.4 Bronzewing, Flock 1993/3.3; 1999/10.3, 11.12; 2002/8.6, 12.3; 2005/6.4; 2007/12.28 Brush-cuckoo 1996/7.11 Brush-turkey, Australian 1994/5.8; 1995/4.4; 2000/12.36; 2010/8.34 Budgerigar 1984/8.82; 1995/11.4; 1996/2.15, 11.8; 1999/ 4.1; 2003/6.3; 2010/2.26 Bulbul, Dark-capped 2007/4.17 Bulbul, Red-whiskered 1995/1.15; 1996/11.17 Bushlark, Singing 1990/1.8 Bustard, Australian 1978/8.46, 9.54, 10.62; 1987/11.109, 11.118; 1988/1.7; 1989/5.37; 1995/1.4; 1997/1.17; 1999/11.13; 2001/10.15; 2002/12.15; 2003/2.19, 8.24, 12.27; 2005/2.16, 2.17; 2007/2.6; 2008/4.16, 8.8; 2009/2.19 Bustard, Great 2002/2.4 Bustard, Kori 1995/3.4; 2007/4.18 Bustard, Little 2002/2.4 Butcherbird 1976/10.77; 1977/10.81; 1980/3.15 Butcherbird, Black 1996/2.4; 1998/11.1; 2006/8.7 Butcherbird, Black-backed 2001/4.11 Butcherbird, Buff-breasted 2001/10.6 Butcherbird, Grey 1983/7.50, 7.53, 12.113; 1991/4.27; 1992/8.12; 1993/5.4; 1995/8.14; 1996/2.4, 11.13, 12.3; 1997/8.19, 10.17; 1998/5.13, 8.3, 12.6; 1999/3.12, 11.15; 2000/4.8, 6.5, 8.29, 8.31, 10.3; 2001/2.5, 6.7, 8.8, 12.5; 2002/4.32, 4.33; 2003/10.13; 2005/2.6 Butcherbird, Pied 1975/11.87; 1992/9.5, 9 13; 1995/10.9; 1997/3.17, 5.3, 7.17; 1998/10.17, 12.8; 1999/5.11; 2002/4.3; 2009/2.27 Buteos 2010/8.8 Button-quail, Black-breasted 1989/3.14; 1992/9.15; 1996/2.15; 1997/10.17; 2001/4.40; 2005/4.1, 4.2; 2010/8.19 Button-quail, Buff-breasted 1994/1.14 Button-quail, Chestnut-backed 2005/4.1; 2005/4.2 Button-quail, Little 1997/10.3; 2001/4.6, 10.15; 2002/6.4, 6.11 Button-quail, Painted 1993/5.15, 9.5, 11.8; 1998/2.20, 4.9, 4.10; 2003/6.3 Button-quail, Varied 2005/4.1; 2005/4.2 Buzzard, Black, Field Identification of 1986/6.57 Buzzard, Black-breasted 2001/12.34; 2003/6.3; 2008/10.6; 2010/8.15 Buzzard, Black-breasted (See 2006/8.4, 10.27 Corrections) Buzzard, Common 1991/5.46 Buzzard, Grey-faced 2003/6.33 Buzzard, Jackal 2007/4.18 Buzzard, Lizard 2011/5.16 Calamanthus, Rufous 1995/5.7 92 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Canary 2002/8.10 Caracara 2008/10.17 Cardinal, Red-crested 2011/5.27 Cassowary 1979/12.88; 1992/1.1, 1.4, 1.5 Cassowary, Southern 1995/4.10; 1997/1.8; 1998/3.12, 10.5; 1999/1.21, 6.9; 2003/2.16, 6.18; 2006/8.7; 2007/2.12; 2007/4.232008/10.8, 10.9; 2011/5.5, 5.13 Catbird 1986/5.44 Catbird, Spotted 2003/12.28; 2006/8.1, 8.2 Chanting-Goshawk, Eastern 2007/10.11 Chat, Crimson 1994/11.6; 1995/1.1; 1996/2.15, 5.15; 2000/2.27, 2.32, 4.15, 8.34 Chat, Orange 1982/11.84; 1983/1.10; 1996/4.15; 1997/3.2; 2000/8.16; 2001/12.35; 2005/6.5, 10.9 Chat, White-fronted 1991/12.124; 1994/9.4; 1995/1.7; 1996/4.3, 4.19; 2000/4.26; 2010/8.20 Chat, Yellow 1996/10.17; 2002/12.15; 2003/2.5; 2008/8.6; 2009/12.15 Chickadee, Black-capped 1996/6.11 Chough, White Winged 1976/9.70, 11.84; 1981/7.58; 1993/3.8, 10.10; 1995/1.15, 12.10; 1996/8.8 ; 1997/6.4; 1999/1.112000/2.25, 4.5, 10.9, 10.34, 12.15; 2001/2.6, 4.32, 10.34; 2005/10.31; 2006/12.4; 2011/8.23 Chowchilla 1997/8.2 Cicadabird 1999/5.3, 7.17, 10.9, 10.12*; 2001/4.3 Cisticola, Golden-headed 1998/4.21; 2007/4.28; 2011/11.15 Cockatiel 2003/6.3, 10.8; 2007/10.21; 2010/2.26 Cockatoo, Gang-gang 1977/12.101; 1983/5.41; 1991/7.70; 1993/6.8; 1994/9.11, 9.15, 11.1; 1997/8.19, 11.4; 1998/9.10; 1999/5.1, 5.3; 2001/8.29; 2009/6.15, 8.25 Cockatoo, Major Mitchell’s 2001/2.3, 12.9; 2003/2.8, 10.8; 2005/2.8; 2008/8.9; 2010/5.28 Cockatoo, Palm 1987/12.131; 1991/7.70; 1995/1.19, 7.2; 1999/9.8; 2001/4.10 Cockatoo, Pink 1978/8.45, 9.54, 11.69; 1986/7.64; 1992/7.12; 1994/7.1; 1994/7.5 Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested 1980/7.59; 1983/10.90; 1986/5.46, 9.96; 1988/1.6; 1992/3.19, 9.12; 1994/4.8, 4.9, 11.3, 11.14; 1995/11.11; 1996/3.5, 3.15; 1997/9.5; 1999/5.9; 2000/4.5; 2001/6.7, 12.11; 2002/12.6, 12.7; 2005/10.13; 2006/6.5; 2007/10.14; 2007/10.21; 2009/4.14 Condor, California 2006/10.15 Coot, Eurasian 1992/3.8; 1998/9.3; 1994/8.5, 8.6; 2001/12.11; 2005/12.5; 2007/12.12 Corella 1994/5.15 Corella x Galah hybrid 2002/10.37 Corella, Little 1976/7.52; 1993/3.15; 1998/2.10, 8.6; 2000/2.4, 8.16, 10.34; 2002/12.31; 2003/10.3, 12.8; 2006/6.102007/8.13; 2007/10.14; 2008/8.27 Corella, Long-billed 1975/2.12, 4.30; 1987/4.34; 1996/5.15; 1997/6.15; 1998/3.5; 1999/12.1, 12.8, 12.9; 2000/10.34; 2002/12.31; 2003/6.7; 2005/4.10; 2006/10.6; 2009/8.26 Corella, Western 1997/4.4 Cormorant 1979/5.27 Cormorant, Black-faced 2001/12.20 Cormorant, Great 1977/2.15; 1992/9.81997/12.11; 1999/11.3; 2002/4.18; 2005/4.21; 2010/11.22 Cormorant, Little Black 1994/4.7; 1997/9.141998/8.17; 2000/10.11; 2001/4.32, 8.6; 2003/8.4; 2011/2.13, 5.19 Cormorant, Little Pied 1991/5.37; 1994/4.7, 12.3; 1996/3.6, 7.3; 1997/8.6; 2001/10.3, 10.5; 2002/12.5; 2003/4.36; 2007/4.10; 2007/8.20; 2008/8.26; 2011/2.9 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 93

Cormorant, Pied 2005/10.7 Corvids 1998/6.15 Cotinga, Yellow-billed 2010/11.8 Coucal, Lesser 2006/2.21 Coucal, Pheasant 1996/5.13; 2001/8.25; 2007/2.9 Courser, Temminck’s 2003/10.20 Cowbird, Giant 2010/8.9 Crake, Australian Spotted 1975/4.31; 1990/12.123; 1995/4.5; 2006/8.4; 2010/5.13 Crake, Baillon’s 1990/12.123; 1995/4.4; 1997/11.3; 2006/12.22; Crake, Red-legged 2007/8.26 Crake, Red-necked 2003/2.17 Crake, Spotless 1975/4.31; 1990/12.123; 1993/1.3; 1994/3.14; 2001/8.17; 2005/4.36 Crake, Spotted 2001/8.17 Crane, Crowned 1991/9.88 Crane, Demoiselle 2003/4.20 Crane, Grey-crowned 2007/10.11; 2011/5.16 Crane, Hooded 1991/8.73 Crane, Japanese 1991/8.73 Crane, Sarus 1983/11.93; 1990/3.16; 2005/2.9 Crane, Wattled 2005/8.12; 2005/8.13; 2005/8.14 Crane, White-naped 1991/8.73 Crow, House 1987/7.63; 2001/6.25, 6.26, 6.29 Crow, Little 1997/9.17 Crow, New Caledonian 2003/12.3 Crow, Torresian 1991/12.130; 1993/6.6; 1996/5.16; 2000/12.3; 2003/10.3, 12.10; 2005/8.6 Cuckoo, Black-eared 1975/3.22, 6.44, 7.52, 8.60; 1976/1.4, 7.50; 1980/10.90; 1992/10.1; 1994/3.14; 1996/12.17; 1998/12.9; 1999/12.19 Cuckoo, Brush 2000/12.35; 2008/4.17; Cuckoo, Channel-billed 1978/6.24; 1980/5.42, 7.60, 8.71; 1986/9.93; 1987/7.71; 1993/10.7; 1996/12.17; 1997/9.17; 2001/4.32, 6.32; 2002/6.3; 2005/2.6, 6.6 Cuckoo, Chestnut-breasted 1990/10.105; 2001/2.36 Cuckoo, Fan-tailed 1993/5.3; 2010/2.18 Cuckoo, Indian 2011/5.22 Cuckoo, Long-tailed 2000/10.28 Cuckoo, Long-tailed 2011/2.20 Cuckoo, Oriental 1984/9.92; 1987/6.59 Cuckoo, Pallid 1975/11.86; 1979/11.78, 12.90; 1980/1.9; 1983/9.73; 1987/5.46, 7.70, 9.94; 1988/2.23; 1989/5.45; 1997/4.10; 1998/6.9; 1999/12.19; 2000/8.35; 2010/2.18, 2.19 Cuckoo-Dove, Brown 1994/12.14; 1995/7.14; 1996/12.17; Cuckoos 1980/8.67; 1989/5.45, 5.46; 1990/3.23; 1992/10.2 Cuckoo-shrike 1980/7.59 Cuckoo-shrike, Black-faced 1986/10.105; 1987/6.58; 1993/4.6; 1999/1.3, 4.7, 7.25, 11.3; 2001/10.13, 12.11; 2006/10.4; 2007/2.22 Cuckoo-shrike, Ground 1993/5.1 Cuckoo-shrike, White-bellied 1993/4.6; 2000/2.9 Cuckoo-shrike, Yellow-eyed 1978/9.50; 1995/6.4 Curassow, Bare-faced 2011/5.27 Curlew, Eastern 1992/10.10; 1995/9.2; 2000/4.27; 2003/12.26; 2010/2.9 Curlew, Eurasian 1996/2.15; 2008/2.24 Curlew, European 1994/6.10 Curlew, Little 1986/9.93 ; 1990/3.13; 1996/5.7; 2006/6.27 Currawong, Black 1988/7.82; 1992/8.7, 9.11; 2001/4.6 Currawong, Grey 1980/4.33; 1981/9.79; 1983/3.18; 1986/8.81; 1989/1.11; 1993/5.4; 1994/2.5; 1995/10.15; 1996/4.3; 1997/1.4; 1999/5.3; 2001/2.39 Currawong, Pied 1979/5.29; 1988/2.23, 4.47; 1989/1.11; 1991/10.107; 1992/1.3, 4.15, 9.3; 1993/1.10, 1.13, 5.3, 10.11; 1994/2.5; 94 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

1996/9.11, 9.17, 12.5; 1997/7.3, 8.19, 11.3; 1998/2.4, 7.3, 10.3, 10.17, 11.10, 11.11, 12.7; 1999/4.7, 6.8; 2000/4.8, 6.5, 10.35, 12.3; 2001/2.6, 2.39, 4.32, 8.5; 2003/4.15, 12.28; 2006/6.5; 2007/6.19; 2008/6.9, 12.17; 2009/6.1, 6.2, 8.6, 8.25, 12.28; 2010/2.12, 2.20 Currawongs 1982/7.53; 1989/1.4; 1993/4.11 Darter 1993/5.9; 1994/7.13; 1996/7.15; 1997/9.13, 11.21; 1998/8.17, 8.18; 1999/9.20; 2000/4.32, 4.33, 10.11; 2001/6.16; 2002/4.35; 2007/8.20 Darter, Australasian 2009/12.10; 2010/5.12, 5.16; 2011/2.1, 2.2, 2.13, 8.32 Dikkop, Spotted 2005/6.16 Diving-Petrel, Common 1994/1.14; 2000/8.39 Dollarbird 1975/12.94; 1990/3.23; 1993/5.2; 1995/8.15; 1998/4.19; 2007/6.29; 2008/10.27 Dotterel, Banded 1999/3.5 Dotterel, Black-fronted 1984/3.21; 1994/6.2; 1996/7.9; 1998/6.1, 6.9, 6.11; 2003/6.23; 2005/10.9 Dotterel, Inland 1993/3.9, 5.13; 2000/8.16; 2010/11.1, 11.2 Dotterel, Large 1975/7.54 Dotterel, Mongolian 1975/6.47 Dotterel, Red-kneed 2008/2.16 Dove, Barbary 1997/11.17 Dove, Bar-shouldered 1975/7.50, 9.69; 2008/12.27 Dove, Collared (Barbary) 1997/9.4; 2000/8.35, 12.38 Dove, Diamond 1993/9.4; 2003/12.20; 2009/4.21 Dove, Emerald 1998/5.17, 7.4, 7.5; 1997/5.16; 2000/12.37 Dove, Emerald (ssp. natalis) 2006/4.25 Dove, Mourning 2005/2.12 Dove, Peaceful 1976/3 21; 1995/10.11; 1997/1.6; 2003/4.15; 2007/2.7 Dove, Red-collared 2006/4.30; 2008/4.18, 4.19 Dove, Rock (Feral Pigeon) 2005/10.31 Dove, Rock (Homing Pigeon) 2003/12.26 Dove, Rock (Pigeon, Domestic) 1988/11.130; 2008/12.27; 2010/2.21 Dove, Spotted 2008/12.27 Dowitcher 1995/9.14; 1997/6.11 Dowitcher, Asian 1992/12.15; 2010/2.9 Dowitcher, Long-billed 1993/3.14 Dowitcher, Short-billed 2000/2.29 Drongo, Greater Racket-tailed 2011/8.15 Drongo, Spangled 1983/6.49; 1984/9 93, 10.107; 1989/4.35; 1993/5.13; 1994/8.14; 1996/8.15; 1997/1.17; 1999/8.14, 9.3, 12.17; 2000/2.5, 10.35, 12.32; 2001/4.39, 8.29, 10.7, 10.13; 2003/6.3; 2006/10.5; 2007/2.9; 2007/6.19; 2007/8.28; 2008/4.16 Duck, American Black 2006/2.13 Duck, Australian Wood 1995/1.9, 12.6; 1996/11.17; 1997/9.3; 1998/2.20, 7.3, 9.3, 10.3; 1999/1.16, 8.21; 2000/8.4, 8.5, 12.3; 2002/12.5; 2003/4.4, 12.5; 2006/6.7; 2008/12.26; 2009/12.19; 2010/2.14, 2.15, 5.12 Duck, Blue 2009/8.26 Duck, Blue-billed 1992/1.11; 2002/4.29; 2003/4.38, 4.39 Duck, Eider 2006/10.28; 2009/12.21 Duck, Freckled 1980/5.44; 1981/1.2; 1983/12.110; 1987/7.71; 1992/1.9, 1.10, 1.12; 1994/1.6; Duck, Maned 1987/12.132; 1990/10.106; 1992/1.8, 1.10, 4.9 Duck, Musk 1978/4.10; 1992/1.11; 1996/8.7; 2002/6.37; 2003/6.7; 2005/4.4, 6.6; 2006/12.1, 12.2, 12.11; 2008/6.24 Duck, Pacific Black 1986/11.119; 1990/10.106; 1992/1.9, 1.10, 12.9; 1994/4.7; 1995/5.18, 12.6; 1996/11.6; 1998/7.3, 12.8; 1999/8.21, 11.3; 2002/12.5; 2005/2.6, 8.4; 2006/2.13, 6.17, 8.6; 2009/6.27, 10.8; 2010/2.14 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 95

Duck, Pink-eared 1986/10.98; 1992/1.9, 1.10, 4.5; 2000/2.12, 2.13; 2002/8.1; 2003/4.38, 4.39; 2007/12.20; 2007/12.2; 2008/2.4; 2009/2.26; 2010/5.27; 2011/2.9 Ducklings, Unlucky 1983/11.101 Dunlin 1997/6.11; 1999/10.19; 2010/8.4 Eagle 1999/3.17 Eagle, African Fish 1993/7.4 Eagle, Black 1997/4.9 Eagle, Golden 1996/9.11 Eagle, Gurney’s 2007/12.24; 2009/2.23 Eagle, Little 1989/1.12, 5.44; 1991/7.69; 1992/12.11; 1998/5.20; 1999/12.10; 2000/2.8; 2008/6.11, 10.7; 2009/8.6, 10.5 Eagle, Rufous-bellied 1990/10.105 Eagle, Wedge-tailed 1975/2.13, 11.85; 1976/2.14, 3.19, 4.30, 5.34, 5.38, 6.42, 6.43, 7.50, 9.68, 11.85; 1977/9.74, 12.103; 1978/7.36, 8.47; 1980/1.3; 1986/11.119; 1987/7.68; 1992/3.8; 1993/3.5, 8.7; 1996/3.8, 3.15, 6.13; 1997/6.3, 9.5, 10.17; 1998/6.18, 9.19, 11.7; 2000/8.20, 8.37; 2001/4.7, 12.3; 2002/2.38, 6.3, 8.19, 10.6; 2003/4.7, 12.10; 2005/2.4, 10.20; 2006/4.5, 8.4, 10.27; 2007/6.4; 2007/6.12; 2007/6.13; 2007/10.5; 2007/12.11; 2008/2.3, 4.7, 4.13, 4.16, 8.19, 10.7; 2010/8.14, 11.27 Eagle-Owl, Giant 2007/10.11 Egret 1985/1.2 Egret, Cattle 1975/2.13, 4.26, 8.63, 9.71; 1979/5.28; 1982/4.25; 1982/4.25; 1986/9.87; 1987/5.37, 5.47, 7.70; 1988/11.130; 1994/1.6, 5.9, 6.15; 2001/2.33, 2.342002/4.29; 2003/6.13; 2008/4.16; 2009/10.18 Egret, Cattle 2011/2.28, 2011/8.15 Egret, Eastern Great 2008/2.5, 4.4, 6.7, 12.5; 2009/2.5, 4.7, 6.5, 8.6, 10.6, 12.6; 2010/8.18, 11.18 Egret, Eastern Reef 1992/5.5; 1994/4.14 Egret, Great 1994/1.6, 4.6, 12.4; 1997/3.8, 6.12, 7.5, 10.2; 2003/10.3; 2006/12.16; 2007/8.21; 2007/12.21 Egret, Intermediate 1994/1.6, 4.6, 8.15, 12.4; 2009/2.1, 2.2; 2010/5.6; 2011/2.12 Egret, Large 1989/9.94 Egret, Little 1986/9.87; 1997/6.12; 1994/1.6, 4.6, 12.4; 2001/4.32, 8.6; 2003/8.4 Egret, Little (probable dark morph) 2011/11.28 Egret, Plumed 1992/7.11 Egret, Reef 2002/4.16; 2007/2.4 Egret, Western Reef 2007/6.26 Egret, Western Reef 2011/11.28 Egret, White 1977/6.49 Egrets (at Petulu, Bali) 1989/8.74 Egrets, Cattle 1976/7.53, 10.77; 1981/7.59 Emu 1976/9.59; 1988/1.7; 1989/12.131; 1992/3.8; 1994/11.12; 1996/10.13; 1997/1.11, 3.7, 10.2; 1998/5.20, 11.7; 2001/8.1, 8.10; 2002/4.29; 2003/2.3, 12.12; 2006/6.22; 2007/10.15; 2009/2.26; 2010/8.14 Emu-wren, Mallee 2000/10.8; 2003/2.13; 2005/6.2, 6.52; 2006/2.12, 10.15; 2008/8.6 Emu-wren, Rufous-crowned 2005/6.2, 6.52 Emu-wren, Southern 2000/4.27; 2005/6.2, 6.52; 2010/2.10 Fairy-wren (Hybrid) 2000/12.8, 12.10 Fairy-wren, Blue-breasted 2010/2.11 Fairy-wren, Blue-breasted 1998/2.5 Fairy-wren, Lovely 2001/4.8; 2005/4.8 Fairy-wren, Purple-crowned 1993/11.2; 2003/6.8; 2005/2.20; 2011/5.1, 5.2, 5.9, 5.10 Fairy-wren, Red-backed 1977/1.4; 1979/5.29; 1989/10.106; 1997/10.12; 2000/12.1; 2002/12.4; 2003/12.4; 2006/4.1, 4.2, 4.6; 2010/11.28 Fairy-wren, Red-winged 1997/5.4, 5.5; 2010/2.10, 2.11 96 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Fairy-wren, Splendid 1986/11.118; 1995/7.15, 8.6; 1998/12.17; 2006/12.5; 2011/5.12, 8.31 Fairy-wren, Superb 1975/11.86; 1976/3.21; 1979/3.14; 1987/7.61; 1988/6.61; 1989/10.106, 10.107; 1991/5.46; 1994/5.15, 9.3; 1995/3.12, 5.10, 12.2; 1996/3.5, 12.13; 1997/8.19, 10.17; 1998/2.5, 11.20, 11.21, 12.17; 1999/3.12, 4.17, 7.21, 8.4; 2000/12.9, 12.17; 2001/10.3, 12.4; 2002/6.12*; 2003/2.3, 4.3, 4.9, 10.15, 10.16; 2005/2.15, 4.5, 8.7; 2006/10.5; 2007/6.13; 2008/4.3, 6.3, 6.48, 8.3, 8.4, 10.3, 12.3; 2009/2.3, 4.3, 6.3, 8.3, 10.3, 12.3; 2010/2.3, 5.3, 8.3, 11.3; 2011/2.3, 5.3, 5.29, 8.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.5, 11.20, 11.21, 11.23, 11.27 Fairy-wren, Variegated 2000/8.16; 2003/12.4; 2006/12.5; 2011/8.31 Fairy-Wren, White-winged 1975/11.86; 1976/3.21; 1997/12.15; 1998/4.20, 11.18, 12.17; 2003/2.8; 2006/6.4; 2009/6.13 Falcon, Black 1975/7.53; 1978/4.4; 1997/9.6, 9.7; 1998/5.17; 2003/6.3; 2008/10.7; 2009/2.28, 4.21, 6.25 Falcon, Brown 1981/1.11; 1992/4.10; 1996/12.5; 1997/4.6, 9.6, 9.7; 1998/12.3; 1999/4.12; 2005/4.6; 2007/4.10; 2010/11.28 Falcon, Grey 1991/11.109; 1994/3.9; 1999/1.8; 2000/10.28; 2002/6.10; 2006/12.5; 2007/10.15; 2008/4.6, 10.7, 10.14, 10.15; 2009/6.25, 10.21; 2010/8.4 Falcon, Little 1975/12.95; 1976/4.30 Falcon, Peregrine 1975/10.76, 12.92; 1977/8.63, 8.64, 11.86; 1978/7.35, 9.50; 1979/2.2, 3.11, 8.51; 1980/4.27; 1981/9.72; 1982/9.69; 1982/9.69; 1984/8.15; 1987/1.1; 1988/5.59; 1989/8.81, 10.106, 11.118; 1991/3.22; 1993/4.7; 1997/7.14, 9.6; 1998/4.11, 7.8; 2000/8.3, 10.28; 2006/8.6; 2007/2.10; 2007/2.11; 2008/10.7, 10.8; 2009/2.13, 2.26, 10.6; 2010/8.33 Fantail, Arafura 2001/10.7; 2011/2.20 Fantail, Grey 1990/3.13; 1996/9.7, 9.17; 1997/4.6; 2000/6.31, 10.6; 2001/10.3, 10.7, 10.13, 12.4; 2005/2.7; 2009/6.11; 2010/2.26; 2011/8.15 Fantail, Mangrove Grey 1994/5.3; 2001/10.7 Fantail, Northern 2001/10.13; 2007/6.22 Fantail, Rufous 1991/5.46; 1997/8.19; 2001/10.7, 10.13; 2005/2.7; 2008/2.21, 4.17 Fantails 1980/3.17 Fernwren 2001/2.1 Fieldwren, Striated 1996/9.17; 2010/8.20 Figbird 1993/3.5; 1997/3.3; 1999/7.6, 7.21; 2000/12.13; 2003/2.3, 4.38, 6.1; 2005/12.9 ; 2007/2.9, 10.13; 2008/4.17 Figbird, Australasian 2006/8.14 Figbird, Yellow 1978/12.84 Fig-Parrot 2007/2.23 Fig-Parrot, Coxen’s 1987/11.111; 1996/12.15; 1999/9.16, 9.17 Fig-Parrot, Double-eyed 1998/8.4; 2001/8.4; 2002/12.8; 2005/4.8 Finch, Star (southern subspecies) 2011/5.7 Finch, Black-throated 2005/6.28; 2006/8.19; 2007/6.31; 2009/8.19 Finch, Chestnut-breasted 1995/10.10 Finch, Crimson 1993/8.15; 1996/12.15*; 2002/4.34 Finch, Double-banded 1977/1.4 Finch, Double-barred 1988/5.56; 1993/6.5; 1994/8.14; 1997/7.10, 9.15; 1998/8.3; 2000/2.5; 2007/2.4; 2009/8.26 Finch, Gouldian 1991/6.53, 11.114; 1992/8.1; 1995/11.3, 11.4; 1996/6.7; 1998/11.6, 11.12; 1999/1.6, 9.15; 2005/10.7; 2005/12.11; 2006/10.8, 10.9; 2010/11.28; 2011/5.6, 5.7, 5.8 Finch, Long-tailed 1988/3.26; 1995/10.1 Finch, Long-tailed 2011/5.8 Finch, Painted 2000/4.1; 2006/4.7 Finch, Plum-headed 1993/1.2; 1994/12.14; 1997/11.13; 2000/4.3; 2006/4.6; Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 97

2007/6.28 Finch, Red-browed 1983/12.107; 1989/3.17; 1994/12.7; 1998/5.21, 8.3; 1999/3.17; 2000/12.4; 2002/4.29; 2005/10.7; 2009/6.17, 8.26; 2010/2.26 Finch, Star 1996/12.15*; 1998/6.9; 2000/10.28; 2002/4.29 Finch, Star (Eastern Subspecies) 1993/7.2 Finch, Zebra 1989/9.93; 1995/1.3; 1997/11.4; 2001/2.8; 2003/12.1; 2007/10.15; 2008/10.12; 2009/8.26 Finches 2002/10.7 Firetail, Beautiful 1995/10.2; 1998/9.11 Firetail, Diamond 1992/7.9; 1998/5.20, 5.21; 2007/6.13; 2010/8.20; 2011/8.10 Firetail, Red-eared 1997/5.4, 5.5 Fish-Eagle, African 2011/5.15 Fish-Eagle, Madagascar 1996/9.11 Flamingo, Greater 2007/10.10; 2007/10.11; 2007/12.14; 2007/12.15 Flamingo, Lesser 2007/10.10; 2007/10.11 Flamingos 1993/5.8 Flowerpecker, Papuan 1996/10.17 Flowerpecker, Red-chested 1997/7.13, 11.8 Flycatcher, Asian Brown 2006/2.22; 2007/2.20; 2009/2.23 Flycatcher, Blue-and-white 1996/4.15 Flycatcher, Broad-billed 2000/10.9; 2001/10.7, 10.8; 2007/2.4 Flycatcher, Dark-sided 2009/2.23; 2009/4.16; 2011/2.19 Flycatcher, Grey-streaked 2011/2.19, 2.20 Flycatcher, Leaden 1996/10.17; 2001/10.8, 10.13 Flycatcher, Lemon-bellied 1997/5.5; 1998/12.4 Flycatcher, Lemon-bellied 2002/6.1 (subspecies) Flycatcher, Narcissus 1996/4.15 Flycatcher, Paperbark 2001/10.7 Flycatcher, Restless 1977/11.88; 1982/7.53; 1983/4.24; 1996/3.15; 2001/10.7, 10.8, 10.13 Flycatcher, Satin 1991/5.44; 1997/4.16; 2001/10.1, 10.8, 10.13 Flycatcher, Shining 1998/11.4; 2001/10.8, 10.13; 2005/2.20 Flycatcher, Yellow-legged 2001/10.7 Francolin, Red-necked 2007/4.17 Friarbird, Helmeted 1987/3.23 Friarbird, Little 1975/10.77; 1993/11.3; 1994/6.15; 2010/2.8 Friarbird, Noisy 1979/5.29; 1988/1.6, 5.51; 1993/10.15; 1995/10.7, 11.14; 1996/4.1, 7.6, 11.4; 1998/12.9, 12.17; 2000/10.8, 12.32; 2002/10.36; 2003/12.4; 2005/2.6; 2007/6.30; 2009/6.26 Friarbird, Silver-crowned 1993/11.7; 2001/2.8 Frigatebird, Christmas Island 2000/8.9 Frigatebird, Great 1993/4.20; 1996/8.14; 1997/3.2; 1998/5.9 Frigatebird, Least 1998/3.13 Frigatebird, Lesser 1993/4.20; 1998/5.8, 5.9, 11.3 Frogmouth, Marbled 1999/8.14; 2001/4.8; 2006/10.11, 12.7 Frogmouth, Papuan 1976/4.30; 1996/2.4; 1994/10.6; 1976/4.30 Frogmouth, Tawny 1976/5.37; 1977/1.4; 1985/8.82; 1986/7.72; 1989/8.83, 10.106; 1992/4.12; 1995/1.2, 7.8, 9.1, 9.7; 1998/3.17, 5.20, 10.13; 1999/1.11, 7.3; 2000/6.5, 12.19, 12.20; 2002/2.13, 4.4, 6.7, 6.8, 8.3, 8.4, 8.9, 8.15; 2003/2.3, 4.3; 2005/2.48, 12.7; 2006/2.4, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 12.7; 2007/4.11; 2009/12.27; 2010/8.22; 2011/5.28 Fruit-Dove, Banded [Pigeon, Banded] 1988/2.21 Fruit-Dove, Orange-bellied 2005/2.27 Fruit-Dove, Rose-crowned 1998/5.17, 11.4; 1997/12.4, 12.5; 2003/8.24; 2005/2.21; 2007/4.22 Fruit-Dove, Superb 1994/4.14; 1995/9.14; 2000/8.39; 2001/4.8; 2007/12.29 Fruit-Dove, Wallace’s 2005/6.32 Fruit-Dove, Wompoo 1994/5.1; 1998/7.4, 7.5; 2005/6.12; 2008/4.17 98 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Fulmar, Southern 1979/5.30; 1999/10.19; 2005/2.30 Galah 1975/11.86; 1979/12.90; 1984/6.52, 7.71; 1986/1.12, 7.70; 1987/3.13; 1988/7.83; 1992/4.10, 9.14; 1993/3.5; 1995/7.11, 11.8, 12.6; 1996/12.11; 1997/3.1, 3.4; 1998/2.10, 8.10; 1999/3.9, 12.10; 2000/2.4, 8.13, 8.18, 10.33, 12.3, 12.6, 12.9; 2001/2.3, 12.11; 2003/6.7, 6.22, 10.8; 2005/4.10, 12.4; 2006/2.5, 10.6; 2007/8.13; 2007/10.14; 2007/10.21; 2008/6.18 Galah x Little Corella 2007/8.13; 2007/10.13 Gannet 1979/2.3, Gannet, Australasian 1992/5.13; 1996/4.15; 1997/12.15; 1998/3.3, 4.21, 9.11; 2001/12.20; 2003/10.24, 10.25; 2010/11.27; 2011/5.4 Gannet, Cape 1992/5.13; 1995/5.14; 2001/6.28; 2005/10.25 Gerygone, Brown 1993/7.15; 1994/10.15; 1998/8.13; 1999/4.4; 2000/2.8; 2003/8.38; 2007/4.33 Gerygone, Dusky 1997/5.5; 2002/2.12 Gerygone, Fairy 2007/6.22 Gerygone, Green-backed 1999/7.21, 8.3 Gerygone, Western 1996/10.16; 1998/8.13; 2009/12.27 Gerygone, White-throated 1998/8.13; 2000/10.8; 2010/8.31 Gerygones 1978/9.49, 10.60 Giant-Petrel 2008/10.17 Giant-Petrel, Northern 1995/9.15; 2005/12.21; 2006/8.8, 12.21; 2009/4.10 Giant-Petrel, Southern 1999/3.6; 2000/6.32; 2005/12.21; 2006/6.1, 6.2, 6.20, 6.21; 2007/4.11 Gibberbird 1997/5.7, 12.10; 1998/6.9; 2007/8.23 Gnatcatcher, Californian 1997/6.11 Go-Away Bird 1993/7.4 Godwit, Bar-tailed 1991/12.121; 1996/2.2; 1999/5.20, 5.22; 2000/8.32; 2003/12.262007/2.4; 2007/2.5; 2007/12.11; 2010/11.15 Godwit, Black-tailed 1991/10.104 Godwit, Hudsonian 2000/4.30; 2006/4.30; 2009/4.1, 4.2, 4.16 Goldfinch 1987/7.69; 1994/11.14; 1997/9.17 Goose, Barnacle 2009/12.20 Goose, Cape Barren 1975/3.23, 7.54; 1977/3.18, 5.39; 1978/11.71; 1986/7.62; 1992/1.8; 1994/4.4; 1995/1.4; 1997/8.4, 10.17; 1998/2.20; 1999/5.22, 11.22; 2005/2.17; 2009/12.19 Goose, Domestic 2005/4.7 Goose, Egyptian 1999/7.20, 9.3 Goose, Magellan (Upland) 2008/4.15 Goose, Magpie 1981/1.4; 1993/5.20; 1981/1.4, 7.53; 1984/7.69; 1994/1.6, 6.4, 7.15, 9.14, 11.19;1997/8.4, 10.20, 12.6; 1998/6.10; 1999/7.6, 11.22; 2001/6.16; 2002/2.16; 2005/2.17; 2005/6.29; 2006/6.9 Goose, Snow 1997/7.9 Goshawk 1978/4.11, 6.25; 1984/8.78 Goshawk, Brown 1990/9.87; 1992/12.11; 1997/9.7; 1999/3.23, 10.15; 2000/12.18; 2001/2.6; 2002/2.32 , 6.41; 2007/2.5; 2008/10.26; 2009/12.28; 2010/11.27 Goshawk, Brown (endemic race, 1997/7.13; 2000/8.7, 8.8; 2008/10.7 Christmas Island) Goshawk, Grey 1978/10.61; 1997/5.17; 2000/4.31; 2003/8.39, 12.3; 2005/6.29; 2008/10.7; 2009/6.25 Goshawk, Grey (White Morph) 1996/6.17, 12.17; 2007/10.9 Goshawk, Grey-headed 1996/10.17 Goshawk, Red 1981/5.57; 1988/9.100; 1989/3.15, 6.49; 1994/11.9; 1996/10.17; 2001/2.16, 4.12; 2005/2.5; 2005/12.11; 2008/10.1, 10.2, 10.6, 10.10, 10.11 Goshawk, White 1975/3.23; 1978/5.15; 1989/3.16 Grackle, Great-tailed 1999/8.8 Grackle, Tristram’s 1987/8.74 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 99

Grassbird, Little 1977/3.17, 10.81, 12.96; 1993/5.11; 2007/8.13 Grassbird, Tawny 1976/2.15, 6.43, 8.62 Grasswren, Black 1997/5.4; 1994/8.9; 1999/8.32000/2.28; 2001/4.5, 6.4; 2003/6.10; Grasswren, Carpentarian 1988/3.26; 1989/11.116; 1993/3.3; 1996/5.8, 6.8, 6.9; 2000/4.28; 2011/5.7 Grasswren, Dusky 1993/3.3; 1996/6.9; 2000/12.33; 2001/8.30; 2003/12.8 Grasswren, Eyrean 1976/10.76; 1993/3.1, 3.2; 1996/6.9; 2000/10.36 Grasswren, Grey 1989/11.117; 1993/3.2, 3.3; 1996/6.7, 6.9; 2005/6.28; 2005/10.6; 2009/8.4 Grasswren, Kalkadoon 2001/8.30 Grasswren, Short-tailed 2001/8.30 Grasswren, Striated 1978/2.109; 1975/7.50; 1993/3.2, 3.4; 1996/6.9; 1997/11.13; 2001/8.30; 2003/2.13, 8.14; 2006/10.16 Grasswren, Thick-billed 1993/3.4; 1995/5.6; 1996/6.9 Grasswren, White-throated 1989/11.116; 1993/3.3; 1996/6.8; 1999/1.1, 1.4, 1.5; 2000/2.3, 6.29 Grasswrens 1991/9.92; 1998/3.15; 2006/2.8 Grebe, Australasian 2011/2.27 Grebe, Great Crested 1975/7.51; 1976/5.37; 1992/5.8; 1996/8.15; 1997/5.16; 1998/9.6, 9.7; 2000/10.11; 2007/8.20; 2010/2.29; 2011/8.36 Grebe, Hoary-headed 1992/4 5; 1997/9.14; 1998/9.6, 9.8; 2001/12.10, 12.11 Grebe, Little 1999/12.20, 12.21; 2008/12.20 Grebe, New Zealand 1998/9.8 Greenfinch, European 1993/11.9; 1997/10.17; 1998/5.17 Greenshank, Common 1991/10.105; 1999/5.22, 7.19 Greenshank, Nordmann’s 2006/10.17; 2007/2.22 Guillemot 2007/12.23 Guillemot, Black 2009/12.20 Guillemot, Brunnich’s 2009/12.21 Gull 1976/7 54; 2008/6.27 Gull, Black-headed 1992/7.3; 2006/4.29, 4.31; 2011/8.17 Gull, Black-tailed 1997/10.13, 10.14; 1998/2.14, 2.15; 2007/8.1; 2007/8.3; 2007/8.29 Gull, Franklin’s 1988/8.94; 1994/1.14; 1995/5.15; 1999/6.19; 2002/10.36; 2007/12.26 Gull, Heerman’s 1997/7.9 Gull, Herring 1979/6.35 Gull, Ivory 2009/12.21 Gull, Kelp 1995/11.14; 1998/10.17; 1999/9.20; 2001/6.30 Gull, Laughing 1990/1.5; 1999/6.19; 2002/10.36; 2003/4.37; 2009/4.16 Gull, Lesser Black-backed 2006/2.21 Gull, Pacific 1978/12.86; 1979/4.23, 5 28; 1992/5.6; 1997/6.17, 7.5; 1998/12.3; 1999/9.20; 2002/12.112005/6.34; 2006/8.8, 8.21, 10.29; 2007/6.16; 2007/6.19; 2009/8.21, 12.13 Gull, Sabine’s 2006/10.27 Gull, Silver 1975/5.38, 6.44, 7.52; 1976/6.46, 10 74; 1978/9.54, 12.82; 1982/12.98; 1984/1.8; 1985/4.33; 1987/7.72; 1988/5.59, 7.83; 1989/3.23, 3.24, 8.81, 8.82, 10.106, 11.118; 1990/5.45, 7.68; 1992/9.8; 1992/9.8; 1994/3.3, 10.13; 1995/1.14, 9.5; 1996/7.3; 1997/6.12, 9.14; 1998/2.15, 12.3, 12.6; 1999/4.12, 4.17, 6.19; 2000/6.13; 2001/6.4, 8.5, 8.6; 2002/2.7, 10.6, 12.5; 2003/2.14, 4.15, 4.37; 2007/4.11; 2007/4.21; 2007/6.18; 2007/6.19; 2007/12.20; 2008/4.19; 2010/8.4 Gull, Silver (race scopulinus) 2002/10.13 Gull, Slaty-backed 2008/4.18, 4.19 Gull, Swallow-tailed 2002/12.17; 2008/6.23 Hammerkop 2011/5.16 Hardhead 1992/1.10, 1.11; 1996/9.14; 2001/12.11; 2003/6.8 Harrier, Australian 1977/10.80 100 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Harrier, Eastern Marsh 1996/10.17 Harrier, Papuan 1994/1.14; 2009/2.23 Harrier, Spotted 1975/8.63; 1976/12.94; 1994/3.14; 1995/1.11, 4.4; 1997/4.11; 1999/3.1; 2008/10.7; 2009/8.6 Harrier, Spotted, see corrections 1995/4.4 Harrier, Swamp 1977/6.45; 1981/10.73; 1989/7.71; 1991/7.69; 1995/4.4; 1996/10.1, 10.8; 1997/4.11, 9.7; 1999/8.21; 2010/11.27 Harrier-hawk, African 2003/10.20 Hawk, Crested 1997/5.17 Hawk, Galapagos 2002/12.19; 2008/6.23 Hawk, White-faced 2008/4.16 Hawk-Cuckoo, Hodgson’s 2011/5.22 Hawk-Owl, Christmas Island 1995/12.16; 1997/7.11; 2006/4.25; (Moluccan) Heathwren 1985/3.22 Heathwren, Shy 1996/2.6 Helmet-shrike, White-crested 1995/3.5 Heron, Agami 2010/8.7, 8.8 Heron, Black-headed 2007/4.18; 2007/10.11 Heron, Boat-billed 2010/11.7 Heron, Chinese Pond 1990/11.109; 2006/8.20, 8.21; 2007/2.23; 2009/6.22, 10.21 Heron, Great Blue 1997/7.8 Heron, Great-billed 1993/4.15; 1994/5.3, 6.13; 1995/12.3; 1998/11.8 Heron, Grey 1994/9.15 Heron, Javan Pond 1996/4.15; 2007/6.26; 2007/6.27 Heron, Pied 1988/3.27; 1989/7.62; 1993/11.1; 2000/4.29; 2006/2.21, 8.11, 12.20 Heron, Striated 1996/6.16; 2000/12.13; 2002/6.31 Heron, White-faced 1976/4.27; 1977/1.3, 5.42; 1987/7.69; 1994/6.8; 1995/8.14; 1996/11.17; 1997/3.9, 7.5, 10.2; 1998/2.20, 11.10; 1999/6.10, 6.11; 2000/4.3, 6.3, 10.20; 2003/4.8, 10.5; 2005/12.14; 2006/10.1, 10.2; 2007/12.12 Heron, White-necked (Pacific) 1975/9.71; 1983/10.90; 1994/8.10, 11.14; 1996/2.7; 2000/10.5, 10.11; 2003/10.3; 2009/2.26 Herons 1980/5.43 Hobby, Australian 1986/6.57, 10.105; 1987/7.71; 1998/2.9, 6.3, 12.8; 2001/2.6; 2003/8.4, 12.3; 2007/12.26; 2008/10.3, 12.26 Hobby, Eurasian 2007/6.27 Honey-Buzzard, Oriental 2005/8.22 Honeyeater (general) 1982/10.78; 1983/9.77; 1986/9.92; 1987/3.14; 1990/9.95; 1996/8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 11.4 Honeyeater, Banded 1998/3.15; 1999/10.5; 2005/8.9; 2005/8.10; 2011/11.13 Honeyeater, Bar-breasted 1997/12.4; 1999/10.4; 2003/6.4 Honeyeater, Black 1982/5.38; 1983/7.58; 1987/7.71; 1994/3.5, 12.14; 1996/5.15; 1999/12.19; 2000/2.27, 2.32, 4.14, 4.16, 8.34; 2003/2.29, 4.8, 6.3; 2008/8.25; 2010/2.26 Honeyeater, Black-chinned 1992/7.8; 1992/8.6; 1994/12.14; 1996/11.4; 1999/7.25; 2005/8.5 Honeyeater, Black-headed 1994/8.1 Honeyeater, Blue-faced 1992/9.111994/1.11;; 1995/12.4; 1997/5.2; 1998/3.19, 12.4; 1999/9.9; 2000/4.13; 2003/6.3, 6.12; 2005/2.6, 4.10, 6.6, 10.4, 12.5; 2009/6.26; 2011/8.15 Honeyeater, Brown 1977/12.105; 1994/12.14; 1998/6.9, 10.6; 2000/12.32; 2006/6.8; 2009/6.22 Honeyeater, Brown-backed 1998/12.4 Honeyeater, Crescent 1981/6.48; 2005/10.12 Honeyeater, Dusky 1999/7.21; 2000/4.13; 2002/6.32; 2006/12.4 Honeyeater, Eungella 1994/10.2; 1996/2.15; 1998/3.7; 2000/6.12; 2001/4.34, 6.14; 2005/6.8; 2005/6.9 Honeyeater, Fuscous 1979/9.60; 1994/12.14; 1995/9.15 Honeyeater, Golden-backed 2008/12.25 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 101

Honeyeater, Graceful 1998/4.1; 2000/4.13 Honeyeater, Grey 1976/1.7 Honeyeater, Grey-fronted 1991/5.46 Honeyeater, Helmeted 1975/2.10, 5.37, 6.46, 7.55; 1979/2.2; 1979/2.2; 1979/2 2; 1981/4.29, 8.61; 1990/7.63, 9.95; 1999/9.24; 2000/10.8; 2009/4.11, 4.12 Honeyeater, Lewin’s 1998/8.17; 2003/2.3, 6.12; 2009/8.27, 10.25 Honeyeater, Macleay’s 2003/2.17; 2005/8.8; 1991/8.80; 2009/8.27 Honeyeater, Mangrove 1986/11.111; 1995/3.12; 2000/12.32; 2010/8.12 Honeyeater, New Holland 1994/9.4; 1995/6.14, 12.13; 1996/3.8, 4.8; 1998/3.19, 9.11; 1999/3.10, 7.21; 2000/12.7; 2001/12.3; 2005/2.7, 10.13, 12.5, 12.16, 12.17, 12.18*; 2006/6.5; 2010/2.10, 2.11 Honeyeater, Painted 1995/5.19; 1996/5.13; 1997/9.17; 1998/9.3; 2000/12.7; 2003/4.8; 2011/8.9 Honeyeater, Pied 1993/11.14; 1999/12.19; 2003/2.29; 2008/8.25 Honeyeater, Plumed 1979/9.60 Honeyeater, Purple-gaped 1982/8.62 Honeyeater, Red-headed 1993/6.1; 2002/6.32 Honeyeater, Regent 1979/2.3, 8.53, 11.76; 1981/10.85, 12.101; 1983/12.109; 1990/3.15; 1993/9.2, 10.15; 1994/5.15, 8.15; 1996/5.13; 1998/5.4, 8.3, 9.3, 12.9; 2002/2.33, 6.36; 2003/4.31, 12.4; 2006/10.23; 2007/2.15; 2007/6.11; 2008/8.8; 2009/8.24; 2010/5.23, 8.20, 11.15; 2011/5.8, 8.11, 8.12, 11.18 Honeyeater, Rufous-banded 1999/5.7, 7.21 Honeyeater, Rufous-throated 2008/12.25 Honeyeater, Scarlet 1976/12.94; 1978/6.29; 1982/3.19; 1994/12.13; 1995/3.14; 1997/3.17; 2001/2.32, 4.5; 2003/8.17, 8.39; 2007/6.1; 2008/6.34; 2010/2.7, 2.22, 8.12, 8.21 Honeyeater, Singing 1987/7.70; 1998/8.17; 1999/9.11; 2000/12.13; 2001/8.16; 2002/2.9 Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked 1993/8.4; 1998/4.3, 12.6, 12.17; 2006/6.5 Honeyeater, Striped 1993/8.3; 1999/5.4; 2006/2.1, 2.2; 2010/8.12 Honeyeater, Strong-billed 1992/8.7; 1994/8.3; Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned 1988/1.6; 1994/9.14, 9.19; 1998/9.1; 2005/12.18* Honeyeater, Varied 1994/8.15 Honeyeater, White-cheeked 1994/12.5; 1996/4.12; 1997/4.17; 2003/12.28; 2005/12.1, 12.2, 12.16, 12.18*; 2008/2.20 Honeyeater, White-eared 1977/12.105; 1978/3.122; 1992/8.12, 10.19; 2000/4.13 Honeyeater, White-fronted 1992/11.14; 1997/1.7, 8.14; 1998/12.8; 2000/2.32; 2003/12.11; 2005/12.16, 12.18*, 12.19; 2007/8.27; 2007/10.28 Honeyeater, White-lined 2000/2.3 Honeyeater, White-naped 1975/7.51; 1995/1.6, 12.13; 2000/10.8; 2009/4.4 Honeyeater, White-plumed 1991/8.82; 1992/8.9; 1993/6.9; 1994/4.1; 1997/4.10, 7.3, 8.14, 10.17; 1998/4.3, 12.5, 12.6; 1999/4.6; 2001/10.5; 2006/6.4, 12.9; 2007/10.9 Honeyeater, White-throated 2008/2.21 Honeyeater, Yellow 2003/6.3 Honeyeater, Yellow-faced 1975/6.46, 7.51; 1992/7.19; 1994/8.8; 1995/12.13; 1998/11.10, 12.5; 2000/2.1, 2.3, 10.8; 2005/4.10; 2005/10.4 Honeyeater, Yellow-plumed 1996/7.4; 1997/8.14, 8.15, 10.17 Honeyeater, Yellow-throated 1992/8.7, 8.8; 1994/8.2; 2005/4.6 Honeyeater, Yellow-tufted 1979/8.53; 1980/8.73; 1981/8.61; 1987/9.85; 1994/8.14, 10.1; 1995/9.15; 1998/2.7, 4.3; 1999/12.5; 2002/8.36; 2005/8.5; 2008/6.32, 12.24 Honeyeaters 1976/4.30; 1982/1.9; 1997/3.6, 7.3, 8.14 Hornbill, Blyth’s 2009/12.26 Hornbill, Ground (S. Africa) 1979/2.3 Hornbill, Yellow-billed 1991/9.88; 1995/3.5 Hornbills 2007/4.12; 2007/4.13; 2007/4.14; 2007/4.18; 2007/10.11 Huia expedition 1977/4.28 102 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Hummingbird, Bee 1995/11.9 Hummingbird, Black-bellied 2010/8.8 Hummingbirds 1997/6.11 Ibis 1981/3.15; 1983/5.33, 9.77; 1987/4.36; 1991/10.101 Ibis, Australian White 1997/1.17, 7.5, 10.2, 11.8; 2002/8.19; 2003/4.36, 6.5; 2005/12.5; 2007/12.21; 2008/8.12; 2010/2.17, 11.16; 2011/2.9, 2.28 Ibis, Australian White x Straw-necked 2003/6.5, 8.3 Ibis, Giant 2002/2.4 Ibis, Glossy 1976/7.54; 1996/6.13; 2008/2.1; 2009/10.13 Ibis, Glossy 2011/2.9 Ibis, Hadeda 2007/4.18 Ibis, Northern Bald 2002/8.32 Ibis, Sacred 1993/6.13; 1994/10.15 Ibis, Straw-necked 1997/4.16, 10.2, 10.17, 11.8; 1998/2.7; 1999/9.9; 2000/12.9; 2003/6.5; 2008/4.7, 8.12, 8.13; 2010/2.17, 2.21; 2011/2.9, 2.12 Ibisbill 1986/8.73 Imperial-Pigeon, Christmas Island 1997/7.13; 2006/4.25 Imperial-Pigeon, Elegant 1994/1.2, 1.14, 8.15 Imperial-Pigeon, Pied 1996/5.16; 2000/2.5; 2009/10.17, 10.21, 12.16; 2010/8.24, 11.27 Imperial-Pigeon, Pinon 2009/2.23 Imperial-Pigeon, Torresian 1992/1.5; 1994/5.6 Jacana, African and Lesser 1977/8.63, 12.107 Jacana, Comb-crested 1997/8.7, 8.8, 10.21; 1998/11.6, 11.9; 1999/8.21; 2000/12.12; 2001/10.6; 2002/10.18; 2010/8.31 Jacana, Pheasant-tailed 1992/7.4 Jacky Winter 2001/10.7, 10.13; 2003/2.27; 2007/8.9; 2011/8.31, 8.36 Jaeger, Arctic 2000/2.29; 1994/3.15 Jaeger, Pomarine 2008/4.14 Junglefowl, Feral 2001/8.3 Kakapo 1975/3.19, 8.61; 1976/10.74 Kea 1986/7.69 Kestrel, Nankeen (Australian) 1975/8.62; 1979/3.13; 1988/11.123; 1990/7.70; 1995/9.13; 1996/2.3; 1997/10.2; 1998/2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.17, 12.3; 1999/3.8; 2001/4.18; 2003/6.4, 10.5; 2005/8.8, 10.6; 2006/12.6, 12.16; 2007/12.9; 2008/6.9; 2010/8.16, 11.27; 2011/5.29 Kingfisher, Azure 1975/3.23, 4.30; 1983/11.95; 1989/9.95; 1991/4.34; 1999/7.12; 2002/8.4; 2005/4.12; 2009/10.1, 10.2; 2010/5.16, 8.31 Kingfisher, Black-capped 2005/4.35 Kingfisher, Collared 2002/6.32 Kingfisher, Common 2006/8.20; 2008/12.20 Kingfisher, Forest 1977/8.66; 1989/6.50; 1990/5.44; 1998/11.5; 1999/7.1, 7.9; 2007/12.28; 2009/2.27 Kingfisher, Grey-headed 2011/5.14 Kingfisher, Laughing 2009/6.15; 2009/6.26; 2009/6.28; 2009/8.25 Kingfisher, Little 1997/8.7, 8.8; 1999/7.11; 2000/10.29; 2001/2.17; 2007/6.23; 2009/12.17; Kingfisher, Pied 1995/3.4; 2007/4.18; 2007/10.11; 2011/5.15; Kingfisher, Red-backed 1988/2.13; 1993/1.1; 1995/12.16; 1999/7.10, 7.12; 2000/8.13; 2003/12.13 Kingfisher, Sacred 1975/2.13, 4.30; 1977/2.14; 1984/6.54, 7.71; 1986/5.42; 1987/7.70; 1991/10.106; 1993/7.6*; 1997/4.5, 4.16, 6.12; 1999/4.4, 7.9, 9.19; 2000/2.11, 4.3, 8.19, 12.13; 2001/4.3; 2005/4.12; 2006/6.9 Kingfisher, White-collared 2002/4.16 Kingfisher, Yellow-billed 1999/7.10, 7.12 Kingfishers of Australia 1975/6.45 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 103

King-Parrot, Australian 1982/1.9; 1983/10.83; 1988/1.8; 1992/5.8, 6.18; 1994/3.2, 5.11, 7.15; 1995/1.5; 1996/3.12, 8.1; 1997/9.3, 11.5, 12.3; 1998/9.10; 2006/6.5; 2007/12.13; 2010/2.25 King-Parrot, Australian, see corrections 2008/2.30 Kiskadee 1999/4.6 Kite, Black 1975/12.93; 1993/7.15; 1995/12.16; 1997/9.6; 1998/11.9; 2000/8.13; 2002/8.36; 2003/12.13; 2007/4.23; 2007/8.16; 2007/10.13; 2008/4.16 Kite, Black-shouldered 1976/1.7; 1977/7.57; 1992/5.9; 1988/8.87; 1997/10.2; 1999/3.7; 2001/12.8; 2005/10.8, 12.7; 2007/12.21; 2008/10.20; 2010/11.27; 2011/8.22 Kite, Brahminy 1992/5.6; 1997/4.17, 7.17; 2005/12.8 Kite, Letter-winged 1976/1.7; 1977/2.13, 3.21, 4.33, 4.34, 6.48, 6.49, 7.58, 8.66; 1979/7.47; 1992/10.7; 1993/11.14, 12.13; 1994/10.15; 2001/8.25; 2002/2.11; 2003/8.14; 2008/10.6; 2011/2.28 Kite, Red 2001/12.15 Kite, Square-tailed 1999/12.19; 2000/8.18, 10.28; 2001/4.40; 2002/8.4; 2003/4.5; 2007/4.24; 2008/10.5, 10.6, 12.14 Kite, Swallow-tailed 2010/8.8 Kite, Whistling 1977/8.66, 11.85; 1978/7.35, 10.63; 1993/6.15; 1997/1.17, 12.5; 2001/2.7, 4.5, 10.4; 2002/2.3; 2003/10.3; 2006/10.6; 2007/12.20; 2008/4.16, 6.32, 10.26 Kites, Black-shouldered or Letter- 1976/1.7 winged Kiwi 1975/3.19 Kiwi, Little Spotted 2008/12.8 Knot, Great 1987/ 10.97; 1992/10.12; 2003/12.26; 2006/10.17 Knot, Red 1987/7.72; 1991/12.121; 2002/12.14; 2007/2.4 Koel 1979/5.29 Koel, Common 1994/1.14, 5.15; 1996/2.15, 7.6; 1998/7.3; 1999/1.9, 4.3, 7.4, 7.21; 2000/2.30; 2001/2.37; 2003/6.12; 2008/2.21, 2.25 Kokako 1978/10.60; 2008/12.8 Kookaburra, Blue-winged 1991/7.62, 7.69; 1998/11.5; 2009/8.27; 2011/11.32 Kookaburra, Laughing 1987/5.47; 1988/10.109; 1989/1.11, 5.48, 7.71, 8.82; 1991/1.5, 5.45, 7.62; 1992/9.9, 9.10, 9.11; 1993/5.3; 1994/4.19; 1995/4.8, 6.14; 1996/3.5, 9.4; 1997/9.3, 10.2; 1998/3.17, 5.3, 8.18, 9.9; 1999/3.20, 7.9; 2000/4.8, 10.34; 2001/6.3, 10.3; 2002/2.3, 4.3, 12.6, 12.7; 2003/2.3, 12.16, 12.17; 2005/2.6, 4.7, 6.6; 2007/2.7; 2007/2.8; 2007/2.9; 2007/12.12; 2010/2.20, 5.23, 11.27 Kookaburra, Rufous-bellied 2003/6.33 Kookaburra, White 1976/8.63 Lapwing, Banded 1984/6.56; 1990/8.80; 1993/3.13; 1999/4.17 Lapwing, Grey-headed 2006/8.20, 8.22, 10.10; 2007/2.6; 2007/2.23 Lapwing, Masked 1977/11.87; 1979/11.80; 1982/10.79; 1983/10.89; 1988/11.131; 1989/11.109; 1993/10.12; 1997/9.3, 12.15; 1998/10.17; 1999/10.3; 2000/12.3; 2001/8.3; 2006/10.7; 2008/6.30; 2010/2.21 Logrunner, Southern 1996/5.9 Lorikeet, Little 1991/5.48, 6.52; 1992/6.8; 1999/12.4 Lorikeet, Musk 1981/7.57; 1987/6.53, 10.106; 1988/7.83; 1991/6.52; 1995/7.7; 1996/3.15; 1997/6.3, 6.17; 1999/12.4; 2001/12.13; 2002/6.6; 2003/6.3; 2007/10.21; 2010/2.8 Lorikeet, Purple-crowned 1991/6.52; 1998/3.16; 1999/12.4; 2001/12.6, 12.13; 2003/12.8, 12.10; 2008/2.13 Lorikeet, Rainbow 1976/6.46; 1982/4.29; 1987/6.53; 1988/2.21; 1991/6.52, 11.118, 12.131; 1993/6.15, 8.5, 10.12; 1994/3.14, 6.10, 9.13; 1995/1.14; 1996/7.3, 8.11; 1997/6.3, 6.17, 8.2, 8.19, 10.8, 11.3; 1998/6.3; 1999/3.10, 6.7, 6.8, 12.10; 2000/4.12, 12.32; 2001/6.7; 2008/2.9, 6.30; 2009/6.11, 8.10 Lorikeet, Red-collared 1991/6.52; 1995/12.14; 2002/2.12 104 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted 1978/6.24, 10 62; 1982/4.29; 1988/2.21; 1993/10.12; 1994/6.10, 9.13; 1995/1.14, 3.15; 1996/1996/7.3; 1997/6.17, 8.19; 1998/6.3; 1999/6.8; 2000/6.1, 6.5 Lorikeet, Varied 1986/7.64; 1991/6.52; 2011/11.14 Lorikeets 1975/5.38, 8.62 Lory, Yellow-bibbed 2009/12.26 Lovebird, Peach-faced 1992/6.8 Lyrebird, Superb 1978/4.10; 1980/10.89; 1982/6.46; 1989/l0.97; 1992/6.1, 6.6, 6.7, 8.4, 8.12; 1995/6.10, 6.11; 1996/9.7; 1997/8.9, 8.10, 9.1, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11, 10.10; 1998/6.9, 9.11; 1999/7.16, 12.3; 2000/10.34; 2001/4.4, 4.5; 2002/8.15; 2003/4.6; 2005/2.48, 10.14; 2007/10.12; 2009/6.10, 10.19, 10.20; 2011/8.13, 8.14 Macaw, Great Green 2010/8.9 Macaw, Scarlet 2010/8.9 Magpie, Australian 1975/2.10, 2.14, 8.62, 10.75, 11.85, 12.93; 1976/5.37, 6.45, 10.77; 1977/1.4, 2.14, 10.81, 12.101; 1979/3.14; 1982/5.39, 12.98; 1983/7.53; 1984/1.9; 1986/9.96, 11.119; 1988/4.48, 7.76, 10.118; 1989/4.34; 1991/3.21, 6.49, 7.70, 8.76, 12.131; 1992/3.18, 12.11; 1993/3.11, 10.11, 10.12; 1993/3.11, 10.11, 10.12; 1994/5.10, 6.4, 9.2, 11.15; 1995/4.10, 8.9, 8.10, 8, 11; 1996/6.5, 6.6, 12.10; 1997/7.10, 9.7, 10.2, 10.8; 1998/2.4, 3.5, 5.12, 6.9, 7.3, 8.3, 10.3, 10.12, 11.3, 11.10, 11.11, 12.1, 12.6; 1999/3.12, 4.3, 4.12, 6.13, 7.25, 10.3, 11.3; 2000/6.4, 8.3, 10.34, 12.6, 12.9; 2001/6.7, 10.13, 12.5, 12.8, 12.10; 2002/2.3, 2.14, 2.16, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 6.3, 6.42, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 10.5, 12.5; 2003/2.3, 2.4, 4.3, 6.4, 8.3, 8.4; 2005/4.20, 8.7; 2006/2.5, 6.5; 2007/2.6; 2007/8.15; 2008/6.34; 2009/6.15, 6.16; 2010/2.20, 11.27; 2011/2.24, 2.25 Magpie, Black-billed 2001/6.31 Magpie, European 1989/4.34 Magpie-Jay, White-throated 2010/8.9 Magpie-lark, Australian 1978/7.38; 1986/11.120; 1992/9.12, 11.18; 1993/5.4; 1995/4.6, 11.11, 12.10; 1996/2.12, 3.8, 3.9; 1998/3.16; 2000/2.5, 4.8, 4.26, 6.5, 8.5, 10.7, 12.10; 2001/10.7, 10.9, 10.13, 12.3; 2002/6.6; 2003/2.3, 2.4, 8.4, 12.3; 2005/2.6, 2.19, 4.7; 2007/12.21 Mallard 1976/5.35; 1977/10.83; 2006/2.13; 2009/10.9 Malleefowl 1977/2.13; 1979/3.15; 1986/1.1, 7.70; 1986/1.1, 7.70; 1989/10.98; 1993/11.12; 1994/7.3; 1996/7.4; 1998/8.21; 1999/9.4 ; 2001/2.15; 2002/2.33, 6.35; 2006/2.12, 8.12, 8.13; 2007/6.8; 2008/6.11, 8.1, 8.2, 8.5*; 2009/8.12, 8.13; 2010/5.33, 5.34, 11.31 Manakin, White-collared 2010/8.7 Mannikin, Chestnut-breasted 1997/6.4; 1998/8.3; 1999/9.14; 2003/10.1; 2005/2.20; 2009/8.26 Mannikin, Nutmeg 1995/11.11 Mannikin, Pictorella 2007/6.28; 2007/6.30 Mannikin, Yellow-rumped 1991/11.118; 1999/7.21 Manucode, Trumpet 1993/3.14 Martin, Fairy 1990/6.53; 1992/12.3, 12.4; 1993/3.15; 1997/6.7; 1998/8.13; 1999/3.10, 11.6, 11.7, 11.9; 2005/10.1; 2005/10.2 Martin, House 2002/2.4 Martin, Tree 1990/6.53; 1995/7.13; 1997/6.7, 6.8; 1999/1.12, 11.6, 11.8, 11.9, 11.11; 2000/2.3; 2006/12.5 Martins 1976/10.74 Martin-Swallow Group. Notes on 1984/11.118 Merganser, Common 2005/2.14 Merganser, Red-breasted 2011/8.16, 8.17 Miner 1985/7.71 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 105

Miner, Bell 1982/5.36; 1995/1.8, 5.10; 1998/12.5; 1999/3.12, 3.13; 2000/4.3; 2005/10.6; 2008/4.4; 2009/6.8; 2010/8.32 Miner, Black-eared 2006/8.19; 2008/6.9, 6.33 Miner, Noisy 1988/9.104; 1989/4.34; 1992/4.19; 1995/5.10; 1996/3.8, 7.6, 8.7; 1997/10.2; 1998/12.6; 1999/1.9, 10.7; 2000/4.13, 8.34, 10.4; 2001/2.32, 6.3, 12.3; 2002/4.11, 4.29, 6.3; 2003/8.3, 10.3; 2007/6.19; 2008/2.23, 6.9; 2011/5.17 Miner, Yellow-throated 1995/4.6; 2000/2.25; 2003/12.13; 2007/10.27; 2008/6.33 Mistletoebird 1986/9.94; 1991/7.61; 1994/9.9; 1997/4.6; 1998/3.8, 3.9; 1999/4.6; 2000/6.3, 10.9; 2003/8.3; 2006/8.7; 2008/10.27, 12.17; 2009/10.26; 2011/8.15 Monarch, Black-faced 1999/4.17; 2000/10.9; 2001/2.17, 4.38, 10.9, 10.13; 2008/2.21, 6.27 Monarch, Black-winged 2001/10.7; Monarch, Frilled 1994/5.7; 2000/10.1, 10.7; Monarch, Frilled (Frill-necked) 2001/10.7, 10.9; Monarch, Island 2005/2.27, 2.29; 2008/2.25 Monarch, Island (juv) 2011/2.19 Monarch, Pied 1996/ 11.18; 1998/3.20; 2001/10.7, 10.9; Monarch, Spectacled 1993/3.14; 2001/10.9, 10.13; Monarch, White-eared 1995/12.10; 1997/6.13; 2001/10.9; 2006/2.5 Moorhen, Common 2010/2.22 Moorhen, Dusky 1997/1.17, 5.2; 1999/9.4; 2010/2.27, 11.22 Motmot, Turquoise-browed 2010/11.7, 11.9 Myna, Common 1991/9.93; 1992/3.18; 1993/10.12; 1995/7.10, 11.11; 1997/1.15; 1998/12.5; 1999/10.7; 2000/4.7, 8.4, 10.34; 2001/6.32; 2003/8.7, 8.9; 2008/6.9, 12.27 Myna, Rothschild’s (Bali White) 1989/8.73 Native-hen, Black-tailed 1975/9.69, 12.93; 1992/4.5, 4.6; 1994/3.8; 2001/12.33; 2003/12.12; 2009/12.23 Native-hen, Tasmanian 1992/8.6, 9.11; 1999/8.1, 8.6; 2000/8.33; Needletail, Brown-backed 2008/6.26 Needletail, Silver-backed 2008/6.26; 2009/2.23 Needletail, Silver-rumped 2001/2.37; Needletail, White-throated 1982/10.76, 12.97; 1987/7.71; 1990/4.25; 1993/3.5; 1996/3.8, 6.16; 1998/4.17, 8.13, 8.17; 2000/4.6, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 8.30; 2007/4.22; 2008/8.21, 8.22; 2010/8.35 Night-Heron, Black-crowned 1994/8.15 Night-Heron, Malayan 2002/6.39; 2008/2.25, 4.18 Night-Heron, Nankeen 1978/6.30; 1991/10.97; 1992/4.1; 1996/6.13; 1998/9.3; 2006/10.5; 2008/12.23 Night-Heron, Nankeen (juv) 2011/2.10 Nightjar, Grey 2005/4.34; 2005/4.36; 2005/6.31; 2006/6.26 Nightjar, Large-tailed 1991/6.95; 2000/2.15, 2.16, 6.25, 6.26, 6.28; 2001/12.5; 2007/8.18 Nightjar, Savanna 1994/10.15 Nightjar, Spotted 1983/3.17, 8.66; 2000/2.15, 6.25; 2008/10.13 Nightjar, White-throated 1992/12.11; 1996/6.18; 1998/5.17; 2000/2.15, 6.25, 8.37; 2010/2.16, 2.17, 8.13 Nightjars 1978/7 38 Noddy, Black (White-capped) 1984/6.51; 1997/12.12000/10.38; 2002/4.20; 2007/4.21 Noddy, Black Common 2002/4.20 Noddy, Common 2010/2.13 Noddy, Common (Brown) 1993/4.4; 1997/12.2 Noddy, Lesser 1993/4.4; 1997/5.4, 5.5 Nunbird, White-fronted 2010/8.9 Oriole, Olive-backed 1975/11.86; 1994/3.14; 1997/11.1; 2000/10.9, 12.35; Oriole, Yellow 1987/7.70; 1999/7.21; 2005/4.8; Oropendola, Montezuma 2010/8.9 Osprey, Eastern 1980/9.81; 1986/6.58, 10.98; 1987/5.47; 1991/7.68; 1992/11.11; 1993/4.7, 6.15; 1994/7.12, 9.13; 1996/4.15, 8.8; 106 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

1997/1.17, 3.3, 5.3, 5.16, 12.12; 1998/11.18; 2000/10.35, 12.6; 2001/4.5, 12.15; 2002/2.38; 2003/6.19, 8.17, 10.4; 2005/12.8; 2006/8.8; 2008/10.5; 2010/5.24, 8.13 Ostrich 2007/10.10; 2007/10.11 Owl 1978/7.33; 1988/2.15; 1997/8.2 Owl, Barking 1982/8.61; 1993/12.9; 1998/6.7, 6.9, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11. 9.3, 10.9; 2001/8.8, 10.6, 10.34; 2003/2.18, 2.6, 4.34, 8.23; 2005/2.25; 2007/2.9; 2009/12.3; 2010/8.20; 2011/8.8 Owl, Barn 1975/4.31; 1993/12.6, 12.7; 1994/10.15, 11.13; 2001/2.4; 2002/10.37; 2006/2.4, 4.10, 4.11, 6.4; 2008/10.13 Owl, Boobook 1978/7.35; 1987/4.25; 1996/2.12; Owl, Boreal 2001/10.27; Owl, Burrowing 1997/7.9; 2001/4.5; Owl, Eastern Grass 1983/12.111; 1994/6.3; 1996/10.9; 1997/1.17; 2000/4.30; 2001/10.25; 2005/4.8; 2006/2.4, 4.10, 4.11, 6.4, 10.26; 2009/6.5 Owl, Fearful 2000/10.28; Owl, Masked 1998/10.9; 2002/2; 2006/4.11, 6.23; 2010/2.12 Owl, Powerful 1976/12.94; 1993/12.1, 12.3, 12.4; 1994/4.14, 11.3; 1997/5.16, 9.21, 12.3; 1998/5.17, 6.7, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 10.9, 10.10, 12.8; 1999/3.19; 2002/2.13, 12.20; 2003/4.30, 8.17, 8.38, 12.24; 2006/8.5; 2007/12.29; 2008/8.15; 2009/6.7, 10.24, 12.26, 12.28 Owl, Powerful (See Corrections) 2006/8.5 Owl, Rufous 1997/6.13; 2000/8.18; 2001/4.9; 2003/2.18; 2007/6.29; 2009/10.17 Owl, Scops 2005/6.16; Owl, Sooty 1993/5.19; 1998/8.9, 8.10; 1994/5.15; 2001/4.40; Owlet-nightjar, Australian 1992/1.15; 1994/7.15; 1995/4.8, 10.13, 12.6; 1997/11.8; 1998/5.21; 1999/5.4; 2003/6.9, 12.28; 2007/2.7; 2007/4.11; 2008/6.31, 12.23; 2011/2.6, 2.7, 2.8 Owlet-nightjar, Feline 2003/4.10; Owls 2003/2.18, 10.39, 12.19; Oxpecker, Yellow-billed 2003/10.20; Oystercatcher, American 2008/6.23 Oystercatcher, Australian Pied 1995/9.2; 1999/4.9; 2000/2.31; 2002/6.41;2009/8.6; 8.7, 12.6, 12.9 Oystercatcher, Eurasian 2008/8.11 Oystercatcher, Sooty 1989/8.82; 1992/5.5; 1996/6.4; 1997/11.8; 2000/2.9; 2009/4.20, 8.7, 12.6 Oystercatcher, South Island Pied 1999/4.9, 12.19; 2001/6.28; 2011/8.27 Oystercatchers 1998/12.15 Pacific Black 2011/2.28 Paradise-Kingfisher, Buff-breasted 1986/12.121; 1990/1.1; 1995/12.1, 12.9; 1999/7.11, 11.3; 2005/6.12; 2007/6.23; 2008/6.20, 6.21; 2011/5.30 Paradise-Kingfisher, Lesser 2010/5.24 Parakeet, Monk 2011/5.27 Parakeet, Red-crowned 1999/3.4; 2008/12.8 Parakeet, Ring-necked (Rose-necked) 1997/9.4 Parakeet, Rose-ringed 2001/10.4; 2005/2.7; Pardalote 1977/5.42; 1985/6.49; 1986/4.34, 7.68, 7.70, 9.92 Pardalote, Forty-spotted 1992/8.7, 8.8; 1995/8.1, 8.2*, 8.3; 1996/2.3; 2001/4.17; Pardalote, Red-browed 1993/9.4 Pardalote, Spotted 1981/7.59; 1982/5.33; 1988/5.49; 1993/3.5; 1994/10.3; 1995/3.9, 10.14; 1997/12.21; 2000/8.4; 2001/8.9; 2002/12.1; 2005/2.6, 2.9, 4.9, 8.4, 10.5; 2006/12.9; 2007/4.1, 4.3; 2009/12.27; Pardalote, Spotted (species name) 2007/6.3 Pardalote, Striated 1988/11.121; 1992/8.10, 8.11; 1994/11.11; 1995/5.14, 10.14; 1996/5.17; 1997/6.8; 2000/10.17; 2001/12.13; 2005/2.9, 4.9, 8.5; 2006/6.9, 12.8; 2008/12.242009/12.27 ; Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 107

Pardalote, Striated (Black-headed 1993/6.7 form) Pardalote, Yellow-rumped 1990/7.71 Pardalote, Yellow-tipped 1975/8.63 Pardalotes 1978/8.47; 1981/6.50 Parrot 1977/1.1; 2010/8.24 Parrot, African Grey 2002/6.6; Parrot, Alexandra’s 1999/9.4 Parrot, Blue-winged 1976/5.36; 1993/5.2; 1995/5.2, 5.4; 1997/9.17; 1999/3.23, 5.6; 2001/12.1; Parrot, Bourke’s 1995/5.2, 5.3, 5, 5; 2000/8.16; 2005/10.4; Parrot, Cloncurry 2003/8.15; Parrot, Eclectus 1987/11.110; 2001/4.1; 2010/5.28, 8.20 Parrot, Elegant 1995/5.2, 5.4; 1996/10.16 Parrot, Golden-shouldered 1998/10.1, 10.4, 10.5; 2001/2.16; Parrot, Green 2001/8.3; Parrot, Ground 1975/3.19; 2003/2.12; Parrot, Hooded 2005/10.7; Parrot, Mulga 1998/2.12; 2001/4.17; Parrot, Night 1975/3.19; 1979/9.62; 1990/12.125; 2005/12.23; 2007/4.25; 2010/5.28, 8.20 Parrot, Orange-bellied 1978/9.51, 12.75; 1979/3.9, 5.26, 12.89; 1980/3.21, 6.51, 5.2; 1982/6.43; 1983/7.57; 1988/5.52, 10.111; 1991/7.69; 1992/6.2*, 8.8; 1995/5.2, 5.4; 1997/9.17; 1999/9.24; 2002/4.8, 4.9, 10.34; 2005/6.31; 2006/2.20, 10.16; 2007/2.13; 2007/10.26. 2007/10.27; 2007/10.29; 2008/4.6, 6.27, 8.3; 2009/8.15, 8.16; 2010/5.18, 5.27 Parrot, Paradise 2000/2.15; 2006/8.6 Parrot, Port Lincoln 1975/8.58 Parrot, Princess 1996/7.15; 1997/10.13 ; 1999/1.15; 2010/11.24 Parrot, Red-capped 1997/4.4, 5.5; 1998/8.4 Parrot, Red-rumped 1995/4.8, 12.6; 1998/3.17; 1999/9.12 Parrot, Red-winged 1994/5.11 Parrot, Regent 1976/5.33, 8.63; 1980/11.99; 1981/1.3, 5.35; 1982/3.15; 1990/3.15; 1994/1.19; 2003/2.9; 2005/6.1, 6.2; 2006/12.5; 2007/2.8; 2010/11.30 Parrot, Rock 1995/5.2, 5.4; 2006/12.17 Parrot, Scarlet-chested 1988/1.1; 1995/5.2, 5.3, 5.5; 1997/12.13; 1998/6.21; 2001/4.13; 2006/8.22; 2010/11.24 Parrot, Superb 1986/11.120; 1989/6.59; 1994/11.2; 1997/8.2, 9.3, 10.4; 1999/9.1, 9.6; 2002/10.4; 2006/2.15; 2007/10.21; 2008/12.1, 12.2; 2011/5.25, 8.32 Parrot, Swift 1991/6.52; 1995/8.14, 11.15; 1996/4.2; 1997/9.3, 11.11; 1999/3.18; 2000/8.38; 2001/12.6; 2002/6.35, 8.11, 8.36; 2003/6.3; 2007/6.11; 2008/6.1, 6.2, 6.13, 6.15, 8.7, 12.6; 2009/8.9; 2011/5.18 Parrot, Turquoise 1994/4.14; 1995/5.2, 5.3 1996/12.1; 1997/9.17; 1998/3.17; 2000/10.38; 2006/12.13; 2008/10.27; 2010/8.20; 2011/8.9 Parrot-Finch, Blue-faced 2005/6.12; 2009/4.19 Partridge 1995/1.6 Partridge, Chukar 1976/3.23; 1995/8.14 Peafowl 1996/11.17 Pelican, Australian 1977/12.97; 1978/4.11, 5.47; 1979/5.27; 1984/9.87; 1985/3.16, 6.53; 1986/1.10, 4.32, 8.80; 1992/6.10; 1993/9.7; 1994/12.1; 1997/1.11, 7.6; 1998/5.11, 7.8, 7.15; 1999/5.13, 9.9; 2000/10.4, 10.11; 2001/2.38; 2002/8.29, 10.6. 12.5; 2005/8.4; 2006/6.4; 2007/4.20, 4.31, 10.15, 12.20; 2009/4.9, 10.16; 2010/11.22; 2011/2.13, 8.26 Pelican, Brown 1997/7.9; 2008/6.23 Pelican, Dalmatian 1997/11.2 Pelican, Great White 2007/10.11 108 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Penguin 1979/4.17, 9.60, 11.75; 1983/9.72; 1984/1.3; 1985/5.48, Penguin, Adélie 1996/2.8, 2.9, 2.11; 1997/6.5; 1998/6.6; 2001/6.10; 2008/4.8, 4.9 Penguin, African 2007/4.19; 2008/8.16, 8.17 Penguin, Chinstrap 1986/1.3; 1996/2.9, 2.11; 1997/6.5; 1998/6.5; 2001/6.9, 6.11; 2008/4.8, /4.9 Penguin, Emperor 1976/9.65; 1977/12.105; 1996/2.9; 2000/6.32; 2008/2.14, 2.15 Penguin, Erect-crested 1996/2.10, 2.11; 1997/5.16, 6.5; 2008/6.16 Penguin, Fiordland 1991/1.2; 1993/9.15; 1994/12.14; 1996/2.10, 2.11; 1997/5.16, 11.17; 2000/4.29; 2006/2.22 (beach washed), 12.23; 2007/4.24, 12.24; 2008/6.16, 6.17, 10.23, 12.12, 12.13 Penguin, Galapagos 2002/12.17; 2008/8.17 Penguin, Gentoo 1976/9.65; 1996/2.9, 2.11; 1997/6.5; 2001/6.1; 2006/2.13; 2008/4.9 Penguin, Humboldt 2008/8.17 Penguin, King 1976/9.65; 1996/2.9, 2.11; 1997/5.16, 6.5; 1998/6.5; 2003/6.33; 2006/2.13; 2007/4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 6.14; 2008/2.14, 2.15, 4.18 Penguin, Little (Fairy, Blue in NZ) 1975/2.12; 1981/10.81, 12.100; 1983/9.72; 1986/5.39; 1990/6.49, 12.121; 1995/11.11; 1996/2.10, 2.11; 1998/10.3; 2000/4.27; 2002/2.4, 8.15; 2005/10.12; 2008/10.16, 12.8; 2010/11.6, 11.19, 11.27 Penguin, Macaroni (Royal) 1976/9.65; 1995/3.15, 5.14, 5.15; 1996/2.1, 2.2, 2.10, 2.11; 1996/2.1, 2.2, 2.10, 2.11; 1997/5.16, 6.5; 1999/3.5; 2007/4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 6.15; 2008/6.16, 6.17, 12.12; Penguin, Magellanic 1976/6.46; 2006/2.13; 2008/8.16, 8.17 Penguin, Rockhopper 1976/9.66; 1993/9.15; 1996/2.10, 2.11; 1997/5.16, 6.5; 2006/2.13, 4.29, 4.31; 2008/6.16, 6.17, 10.23 Penguin, Scarlet-chested 1993/7.15 Penguin, Snares 1996/2.10, 2.11; 1997/6.6, 11.172001/6.28; 2008/6.17 Penguin, Superb 1993/1.6 Penguin, Yellow-eyed 1986/4.27; 1996/2.11; 1998/4.12; 1999/3.5; 2008/12.12, 12.13 Petrel, Atlantic 2005/4.34; 2006/10.26 Petrel, Black-winged 2001/6.21 Petrel, Blue 1994/4.14; 2006/10.27 Petrel, Bulwer’s 1993/7.15; 2008/4.18 Petrel, Cape 1990/8.76; 1999/10.19; 2000/2.31, 4.27, 4.31, 10.38 Petrel, Collared 2007/6.28 Petrel, Cook’s 2003/2.29 Petrel, Giant 1975/9.71; 1976/9.66 Petrel, Gould’s 1998/6.4 Petrel, Grey 1994/4.14; 1995/4.14, 9.14; 2005/8.22 Petrel, Mottled 2005/8.22 Petrel, Providence 1990/9.85; 1994/1.14; 2000/10.38; 2001/6.21, 8.3 Petrel, Snow 1976/9.66 Petrel, Soft-plumaged 1984/9.92; 1998/9.5 Petrel, Tahiti 1998/9.5 Petrel, Westland 2006/10.26 Petrel, White-chinned 2007/2.23 Petrel, White-headed 1976/9.66; 1995/9.14 Phalarope, Grey 1976/4.21; 1976/4.29; 1996/8.15 Phalarope, Red 1982/8.60 Phalarope, Red-necked 1986/6.49; 1997/3.16; 1998/6.17; 2000/10.39; 2001/2.38; 2002/4.38; 2006/2.23, 4.30 Piculet, Olivaceous 2010/11.8 Pigeon, Brown 1976/11.84; 1994/1.5 Pigeon, Crested 1995/8.15; 1996/5.15, 6.13, 6.16; 1998/3.16, 3.19; 1999/3.20, 4.8, 6.19, 8.3, 9.4, 11.22; 2000/6.30, 10.4; Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 109

2003/10.8; 2007/10.9; 2008/8.26, 12.26; 2011/11.27 Pigeon, Flock 1982/8.59; 2003/8.15 Pigeon, New Zealand 1975/11.87 Pigeon, Partridge 1997/5.5; 1999/1.5; 2000/2.15; 2002/2.4, 2.37*; Pigeon, Pink 1977/10.82 Pigeon, Spinifex 1988/3.27; 1993/9.1, 9.3; 1996/10.8, 10.9; 2003/12.9; Pigeon, Squatter 1994/5.5; 2000/2.15; 2007/6.23 Pigeon, Topknot 1986/11.117; 1994/4.14, 12.14; 1995/3.15, 6.3, 7.14; 1996/2.15; 1998/3.19; Pigeon, Torres Strait 1987/11.110 Pigeon, White-headed 1992/5.8; 1993/3.14, 9.15; 1994/1.14, 12.14; 1996/12.17; 1997/3.17, 5.16; 1998/2.18, 7.4, 7.5, 7.16; 1999/1.15, 5.12; 2003/2.3, 2.29; 2008/2.29 Pigeon, Wonga 1996/3.5, 9.5, 10.11; 1998/7.1, 7.5; 2000/2.7; 2008/12.17; 2010/8.32 Pilotbird 2010/8.32 Pilotbird 1980/10.92; 1991/6.50; 1995/7.5; 1997/4.17; 1999/7.16; 2002/6.5 Pintail, Northern 2010/11.24 Pipit, chased by Magpie 1975/4.31 Pipit, Pechora 2003/8.5 Pipit, Red-throated 1992/3.2, 6.8; 2008/2.24, 2.25 Pipit, Richard’s 1989/1.11; 1990/1.8; 1992/3 2; 1994/6.4; 1996/10.9; 1997/10.15; 1998/2.11, 3.20; 2005/6.5; 2006/10.6; 2007/2.6; Pitta, Blue-winged 1996/4.15 Pitta, Fairy 2008/2.10, 2.11, 2.24 Pitta, Hooded 2010/5.24 Pitta, Noisy 1986/1.110; 1992/1.4; 1997/6.1; 2000/2.16; 2007/4.11 Pitta, Rainbow 1999/1.4 Pitta, Red-bellied 1999/10.1, 10.5 Plains-wanderer 1983/5.41; 1989/8.84; 1994/10.10; 1996/2.15, 5.10, 5.19, 7.13; 1997/11.3, 11.17; 1998/12.12, 12.13; 2002/2.34, 6.4; 2003/4.33; 2008/8.21; 2010/8.38; 2011/5.26 Plover, American Golden 1997/6.17; 2007/2.1, 2.2, 2.20, 2.21; 2009/6.22 Plover, Caspian 1995/3.14; 1996/4.15 Plover, Double-banded 1986/4.28, 11.116; 1991/5.38; 1994/7.13; 1996/6.1; 2000/8.31, 10.37; 2002/6.40; Plover, Eastern Golden 1976/5.37; 1986/3.13 Plover, Golden 1978/6.28; 2000/8.35; 2006/12.22 Plover, Greater (Large) Sand 1991/5.38, 12.121; 2006/4.30; 2009/12.23 Plover, Grey 2002/2.40 Plover, Hooded 1989/3.14; 1992/5.7; 1996/6.2; 1997/10.5; 1998/6.9, 9.16, 12.8; 1999/10.8; 2000/2.9; 2006/8.15, 12.17; 2008/6.7; 2009/12.6; 2010/5.27, 11.19 Plover, Kentish 2002/4.37 Plover, Killdeer 1991/1.11 Plover, Lesser Sand (Mongolian) 1986/3.14; 1991/5.38; 2006/4.30 Plover, Little Ringed 1998/6.9; 2006/4.29; 2010/5.24 Plover, Oriental 2001/12.34; 2009/12.23 Plover, Pacific Golden (Lesser 1996/2.2 Golden) Plover, Red-capped 1989/12.130; 1992/8.18; 1994/4.5; 1998/3.12; 2002/8.32; 2006/12.17 Plover, Ringed 1997/3.17; 2001/6.28; 2002/4.36, 4.37; 2007/4.24; 2007/4.25; 2009/2.23; 2010/5.24 Plover, Semipalmated 2010/5.24, 8.24 Pratincole, Australian 1983/3.17; 1991/9.891999/6.5; 2002/10.8 Pratincole, Oriental 1997/3.17; 2003/6.33 Prion 1999/1.8, 5.13; 2000/10.38; 2002/2.3 Prion, Antarctic 1999/4.11 Prion, Broad-billed 2006/8.20, 8.21; 2009/10.21 110 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Prion, Fairy 1998/9.4; 1999/4.11; 2001/10.4 Puffin 1989/9.96; 2006/6.22; 2007/12.22; 2007/12.23 Pukeko, plea for protection 1978/2.111 Pygmy-Goose, Cotton 1987/1.10; 2001/6.16 Pygmy-Goose, Green 2001/2.9 Pygmy-Goose, White 1993/6.5 Quail, Brown 1993/11.8; 1998/4.3; 2009/6.14 Quail, King 1976/5.39, 6.47; 1989/9.95; 1997/7.17, 12.4, 12.5 Quail, Painted 1992/3.8 Quail, Red-chested 1975/7.54 Quail, Stubble 1994/6.1; 2009/8.21 Quail-thrush 1985/5.46 Quail-thrush, Chestnut 1994/3.7; 1996/7.5; 2003/6.22; 2010/11.12 Quail-thrush, Nullarbor 1991/5.46 Quail-thrush, Spotted 1996/4.10 Quela 1977/12.97 Quelea, Red-billed 2007/4.19 Quetzal, Resplendent 2010/8.9 Rail, Banded chicks hand reared 1978/4.3 Rail, Buff-banded 1975/8.63; 1982/11.86; 1986/6.60; 1991/1.1, 11.113; 1993/3.6, 6.20, 10.9; 1995/4.1; 1997//3.17; 1998/7.12; 2006/12.17 Rail, Chestnut 1999/5.7 Rail, Lewin’s 1991/1.1; 1995/7.15 Rail, Red-necked 1993/8.7 Rail, Virginia 1997/6.10 Raptors 1981/11.91; 1982/8.57; 1988/2.22, 3.34, 10.119; 2008/10.5, 10.20; 2009/6.25 Raven 1978/10.60, 12.82; 1979/7.42; 1983/1.9, 4.30; 1986/4.34, 10.108; 1992/1.3, 4.3; 1996/9.5, 11.13; 2008/8.27 Raven, Australian 1987/5.47; 1988/2.23; 1995/1.5, 4.3; 1996/8.7; 1997/9.7, 10.2, 11.9, 11.11; 1999/1.9, 12.3; 2000/6.3; 2001/6.3, 12.8; 2002/2.13; 2005/8.6; 2007/12.12; 2011/5.28 Raven, Forest 1996/2.5; 2001/4.6, 12.3; 2007/6.10 Raven, Little 1990/8.82; 1992/9.12, 12.12; 1993/1.14; 1996/5.15, 9.7; 1997/5.2, 5.3, 11.10; 1998/12.6; 1999/1.3; 2000/6.3; 2001/6.4; 2005/2.7; 2009/8.25; 2011/5.28, 11.31 Redshank, Common 1978/4.3; 1995/7.15; 1996/6.16; 1998/5.17, 12.15; 2000/12.38 Redshank, Spotted 1992/7.2; 2006/12.21 Redthroat 2008/10.13 Reed-warbler, Australian (Clamorous) 1976/3.22; 1977/3.17, 10.81, 12.96; 1995/11.1, 11.6; 2001/12.32; 2008/4.16 Reed-warbler, Oriental 2007/2.20 Riflebird, Magnificent 1987/11.109; 2001/4.8 Riflebird, Victoria’s 1977/9.69; 1993/12.11; 1995/6.1, 6.2; 1997/1.17; 1999/9.20; 2001/2.20, 8.6; 2003/12.28; 2005/8.8; Ringneck, Australian 2003/2.3; 2009/4.15 Ringneck, Mallee 1993/8.1, 9.6; 2000/2.25; 2007/8.20 Ringneck, Port Lincoln 1986/10.104; 1994/3.12 Robin, Black 1976/5.35 Robin, Buff-sided 2001/10.7, 12.17 Robin, Chatham Island 1978/4.3 Robin, Dusky 1992/8.7; 1994/9.13; 1996/10.14; 1997/1.5; 2001/10.7, 10.13 Robin, Eastern Yellow 1990/10.97; 1996/2.4; 1994/5.10 ; 2001/10.3, 10,7, 10.13; 2002/10.3; 2003/6.7, 8.13; 2008/6.9, 12.3, 12.17; 2010/5.23 Robin, European 2011/8.17 Robin, Flame 1975/6.47; 1976/3.21; 1992/8.19; 1994/12.2; 1995/3.5; 1996/2.7; 1999/9.7; 2000/8.29, 8.37; 2001/10.13; 2009/8.6; 2010/2.25 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 111

Robin, Hooded 1987/11.119; 1998/5.20, 12.9; 2001/10.7, 10.13, 10.15; 2002/4.35, 12.8; 2006/2.9, 12.5; 2007/6.19; 2010/8.20 Robin, Hooded (Tiwi subspecies) 2011/5.7 Robin, Mangrove 1997/5.17; 1999/5.7; 2001/10.7; 2002/2.12; 2003/2.16; Robin, Pale Yellow 1994/5.4; 2007/6.22; Robin, Pink 1975/8.61; 1994/9.14; 1995/3.5; 1997/8.19, 9.17; 2001/10.13; 2003/12.27; Robin, Red-capped 1989/7.61; 1993/11.14; 1994/3.14; 1994/8.14; 1996/7.4; 1999/4.17, 5.4, 9.12; 2000/8.29, 10.3, 12.4; 2001/10.7, 10.13; 2003/12.13; 2008/4.1, 4.2; 2011/8.1, 8.2, 11.35 Robin, Red-capped, and other Species 1978/12.78; 1980/6.52 Robin, Rose 1982/8.62; 1997/8.19; 2001/10.13; 2008/8.20 Robin, Scarlet 1989/10.106; 1994/3.14, 12.2; 1995/3.5; 1996/4.3, 12.11; 1997/4.6, 8.13, 8.21, 9.21; 1999/9.7; 2000/8.29, 8.32, 12.9; 2001/10.12, 10.13; 2006/6.13; 2007/8.12; 2009/8.6 Robin, Western Yellow 1988/3.25; 2001/6.4; 2011/5.12 Robin, White-breasted 1996/8.2, 8.3; 1997/5.4, 5.5; 2001/10.7; Robin, White-browed 1993/6.3; 2001/2.12, 10.7; Robin, White-faced 1999/10.4 Robin-Chat, Cape 2007/4.18 Rock-Pigeon, Chestnut-quilled 2000/2.3; Rock-Pigeon, White-quilled 1997/5.5; 1999/6.4; 2001/2.9; Rock-Thrush, Blue 1998/2.18, 2.21 Roller, European 2011/5.22 Roller, Lilac-breasted 1993/7.3; 2007/4.18; 10.11 Rosella, Crimson 1977/1.8; 1981/11.95; 1983/6.50; 1989/3.17; 1992/11 7; 1994/5.10; 1997/6.8; 1998/4.3; 2001/8.5; 2003/2.3; 2005/10.7; 2007/10.20; 2007/12.13; 2009/4.4; 2010/2.20 Rosella, Crimson (Adelaide race) 1994/11.11; 1998/3.5; 2003/4.4; Rosella, Crimson (Yellow race) 2000/2.4; Rosella, Eastern 1987/5.47; 1989/3.17; 1992/1.19; 1993/10.1, 10.6; 1994/5.15; 1995/3.12, 4.8, 12.2, 12.6; 1996/12.11; 1997/10.1; 1998/3.16, 3.17, 9.15; 2001/8.5; 2002/2.8, 6.6; 2006/6.7; 2010/8.34 Rosella, Eastern x Crimson 2010/8.34 Rosella, Green 1992/8.7 Rosella, Northern 1999/11.12 Rosella, Pale-headed 1999/9.4; 2006/12.9; 2009/4.15; 2010/2.1, 2.2 Rosella, Western 1997/4.4, 5.5 Rosella’s plumage, Wolf in 1981/9.77 Ruff 1984/1.10; 1997/3.16; 1998/5.17 Sabrewing, Violet 2010/8.8 Saddleback 2008/12.8 Sanderling 1996/4.15; 2007/8.23, 8.26 Sandpiper, Baird’s 1993/3.14 Sandpiper, Broad-billed 2006/4.30 Sandpiper, Buff-breasted 1993/3.14; 1996/2.15; 2000/8.32; 2009/6.8, 6.22 Sandpiper, Common 1978/8.46; 1987/5.47; 1993/3.14; 1997/4.12 Sandpiper, Cox’s 1995/2.14, 3.15 Sandpiper, Curlew 1992/5.4; 1998/10.13; 2010/5.13 Sandpiper, Green 2000/2.24,8.18; Sandpiper, Marsh 1997/7.17 Sandpiper, Pectoral 1989/11.110; 1997/3.16; 1998/5.17; 2006/4.30 Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed 1975/2.11; 1986/1.10; 1989/11.110; 1994/6.9; 1997/9.20; 1998/10.13; 2000/8.30; 2002/4.1, 4.37, 4.38; 2005/2.29, 10.9; 2007/10.5; 2008/2.16; 2009/4.6, 6.12, 8.7, 10.5, 10.10 Sandpiper, Spoon-billed 1990/11.110; 2006/10.17; 2008/8.11 Sandpiper, Terek 2006/4.30 Sandpiper, Western 1997/6.11 Sandpiper, Wood 1998/5.17, 6.17; 2005/10.9; 2006/8.11; 2007/12.25 Scrub-bird, Noisy 1987/10.106; 1988/9.107; 1992/5 12; 1997/4.3; 2006/6.6; 112 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

2010/2.10 Scrubfowl, Orange-footed 1998/11.5; 1999/7.21, 9.3; 2005/8.10; 2007/2.9; 2010/11.27 Scrub-robin, Northern 1996/10.8; 2001/4.9, 10.7; Scrub-robin, Southern 1996/2.6, 4.16; 1998/4.19 Scrubtit 1992/8.7; 1994/8.3 Scrubwren, Large-billed 1996/6.16; 2000/2.8; Scrubwren, White-browed 1977/2.13; 1989/1.11; 1991/5.48; 1994/9.10; 1998/2.6, 4.20, 5.12, 7.14; 1999/7.16; 2000/12.5; 2001/4.4; 2003/2.3; 2005/2.7, 2.15; 2009/6.18; 2011/8.14 Scrubwren, Yellow-throated 2009/6.18; 2011/8.14 Scythebill, Brown-billed 2010/11.9 Seabirds 1982/4.31, 10.77; 2000/12.34; Sea-Eagle 1975/11.85, 11.87 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied 1976/1.4; 1986/8.80; 1989/8.81; 1993/4.3; 1996/4.3; 1997/10.1; 1998/9.3, 10.3, 11.3; 1999/5.3; 2002/8.19; 2003/4.31, 6.34, 12.27; 2005/2.4, 12.8; 2006/8.6, 8.9; 2008/4.16, 6.19, 10.6, 10.28, 12.26; 2009/6.25; 2010/5.16, 8.13, 11.27 Sea-Eagle, White-breasted 1976/1.4 Secretarybird 1995/3.3 Seed-Finch, Nicaraguan 2010/8.7 Shag, Antarctic 2001/6.10; Shag, Black-faced 1993/11.10 Shag, Campbell Island 1999/3.4 Shag, New Zealand King 1998/4.12 Shag, Pitt Island 1999/3.4 Shags, Mod cons for 1976/12.94 Shearwater, Arabian 2011/2.19 Shearwater, Flesh-footed 1992/3.12; 1998/9.5; 2001/6.21; 2010/2.13 Shearwater, Great 2011/8.27 Shearwater, Great Grey 1995/4.14 Shearwater, Short-tailed 1976/6.46; 1986/5.44; 1989/1.11, 7.71; 1993/7.8; 1995/1.15; 1998/2.20, 3.3, 9.11, 9.20; 2000/12.34; 2002/4.10; 2007/6.10; 2009/6.27, 10.6, 12.13 Shearwater, Streaked 1996/4.15 Shearwater, Wedge-tailed 1989/1.2; 1998/9.5 Shearwaters 2007/6.10 Sheathbill 2008/10.17 Shelduck, Australian 1992/1.9, 1.10; 1994/1.7; 1995/7.14; 1997/7.17; 1998/2.20; 2006/4.32; 2007/6.30 Shelduck, Paradise 1995/1.7 Shelduck, Radjah (Duck, Burdekin) 1981/7.59, 12.105; 1999/6.6; 2000/2.5; Shorebirds 2002/12.12; 2008/8.8, 8.10 Shoveler, Australasian 1992/1.10, 1.11; 2000/2.12; 2011/2.4 Shoveler, Blue-winged 1978/6.27, 7.36, 9.50 Shoveler, Northern 1999/12.19; 2001/10.33; 2002/10.35; Shrike, Long-tailed 1989/8.74 Shrike, Northern 1998/6.18 Shrike, Tiger 1998/4.20; 2008/6.26; 2011/2.20 Shrike-thrush, Grey 1975/3.23; 1978/10.62; 1984/1.9, 6.58; 1986/4.32; 1992/7.17; 1996/10.14, 12.11; 1997/8.19; 1998/9.10; 2000/4.8; 2001/6.5; 2002/4.29; 2003/6.3; 2009/12.7 Shrike-thrush, Little 2008/2.21 Shrike-thrush, Sandstone 1999/8.3; 2001/2.9; 2011/11.13 Shriketit, Crested 1997/5.4; 1999/7.3; 2003/6.7; 2006/10.4 Shrike-tit, Crested (northern 2007/12.18 subspecies) Silvereye 1978/7.35; 1986/5.44, 8.78; 1987/5.39, 5.47, 9.89; 1992/11 8; 1995/3.12, 10.14; 1997/1.17, 7.2, 10.8, 11.11; 1998/9.10, 9.11, 11.10; 1999/11.15; 2000/10.6; 2002/10.5; 2005/2.7; 2006/6.4; 2008/6.9; 2010/2.12, 2.26, 11.28; 2011/2.24, 2.27 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 113

Sittella, Varied 1989/9.93; 1998/8.15; 2001/8.8; 2009/8.6, 8.7 Skimmer, Black 1997/6.11; 2000/6.8; Skua 2008/10.17 Skua, Great 1976/9.66; 1999/10.19; 2000/8.39; Skua, Long-tailed 2009/12.20 Skua, McCormack 1976/10.77 Skua, South Polar 1998/3.21 Skylark 1990/1.8 Snipe, Australian Painted 1994/11.8; 1997/5.10, 5.11; 2000/12.7; 2003/2.5; 2008/12.20; 2010/11.20; 2011/11.21 Snipe, Japanese 1977/6.50 Snipe, Latham’s 1978/9.52, 11.67; 1979/6.34, 7.47; 1983/10.81; 1989/12.121; 1992/10.13; 1993/5.13, 10.11; 1997/5.10, 5.11, 7.14; 1998/5.17; 2010/2.6, 5.13 Snipe, Pin-tailed 1997/5.10; 2002/6.39; 2010/2.22 Snipe, Swinhoe’s 1993/3.14; 1997/5.10 Songlark, Brown 2005/6.32; 2009/12.23 Songlark, Rufous 2000/12.35; 2003/6.3; 2009/4.21; 12.23 Sparrow, Eurasian Tree 2003/10.4, 12.5 Sparrow, House 1975/2.12; 1978/4.4; 1981/8.64; 1982/4.31; 1985/9.93; 1986/9.86; 1990/10.99; 1994/9.13; 1995/4.6, 12.7; 1997/6.9, 7.2, 10.8; 1998/5.12, 8.3, 9.3, 11.10; 1999/1.3, 11.15; 2001/2.32; 2003/2.3, 2.4, 4.15, 8.4; 2005/2.7, 6.28; 2007/4.21; 2007/4.30; 2008/12.27 Sparrow, House and Tree 1981/12.104 Sparrow, Tree 1990/10.99; 1999/1.3 Sparrowhawk, Collared 1975/2.13; 1984/8.78; 1990/9.87; 1999/1.3, 12.19; 2003/2.4, 2.14, 6.4, 8.5, 10.4; 2005/2.8; 2006/12.10; 2007/10.8; 2008/10.26; 2009/10.21; 2010/8.13, 11.28 Spinebill, Eastern 1986/11.112; 1992/7.1; 1994/4.2; 1995/8.14; 1996/8.8; 1997/4.6, 8.19, 11.20; 1998/3.5, 5.13, 8.18, 11.10, 12.5; 1999/5.3; 2003/2.3, 8.13; 2005/2.7, 4.6; Spinebill, Western 1997/5.1, 5.4, 5.5 Spinifexbird 1997/12.10; 2002/6.9; 2011/11.13 Spoonbill, Roseate 2010/11.8 Spoonbill, Royal 1992/3 8; 1997/6.12, 8.5; 1999/3.7; 2008/8.12; 2011/2.5, 2.9 Spoonbill, Yellow-billed 1975/6.44; 1991/9.93; 1992/3.8; 1997/1.10; 2003/10.3; 2010/5.12 Squatter 1995/1.15, 3.8 Starling, Common 1978/4.4; 1983/1.9, 5.42; 1986/5.45, 8.82; 1989/8.82; 1992/11.13; 1996/5.15; 1999/4.6; 1995/12.7, 12.16; 1997/1.14, 4.6, 7.9; 1998/5.12; 2000/12.6; 2001/8.5, 10.13; 2003/8.4, 8.5; 2005/2.7, 6.6; 2008/12.27; 2009/12.28 Starling, Metallic 1987/7.71; 1995/3.14; 1996/11.1, 11.2, 11.3; 1997/7.4; 2000/6.30; 2005/10.5; 2010/8.20 Starling, Pale-winged 2007/4.17 Starling, Red-winged 2007/4.18 Starling, Rosy (Rose-coloured) 2007/2.21 Starling, Superb 1993/7.4 Stilt 1993/3.14 Stilt, Banded 1987/1.11; 1994/6.15, 9.15; 1999/8.14; 2005/4.52; 2005/10.12; 2006/10.17; 2008/4.6; 2010/8.20, 11.24 Stilt, Black-necked 1997/6.10; Stilt, Black-winged 1995/8.14; 1996/3.6, 4.15; 1997/4.7, 10.20; 2003/6.8; 2006/8.10; 2007/8.13; 2009/12.22; 2010/8.15 Stilt, Hawaiian (bronze statue) 2005/10.11 Stilt, Pied 1994/6.3; 1997/8.1 Stint, Little 1977/3.21; 2006/4.30, 6.26; 2008/10.23 Stint, Long-toed 1982/8.60; 2002/4.37, 4.38; 2006/4.30 Stint, Red-necked 1977/10.79; 1986/9.86; 1988/8.94; 1992/10.11; 1997/6.12; 1998/10.13; 2006/6.22, 12.17; 2007/10.5; 2008/8.11 114 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Stitchbird 2008/12.7, 12.8 Stone-curlew 1975/9.71 Stone-curlew, Beach 1977/8.66, 9.73; 1995/12.12; 1996/4.5, 7.1, 10.8, 12.17; 1997/3.17; 1998/8.18; 1999/6.3; 2003/2.30; 2005/12.9; 2006/12.19; 2009/12.1, 12.2, 12.16 Stone-curlew, Bush 1983/7.58, 9.77; 1989/5.44; 2000/10.12, 10.13, 12.15; 2001/4.40, 6.12, 6.13, 10.15, 12.3; 2003/4.34, 8.23, 8.24, 10.5; 2006/6.4, 10.14; 2007/2.9; 2007/4.11; 2007/6.25; 1989/1.1, 5.44; 1990/10.107; 1991/7.70; 1992/6.14; 1996/4.4, 7.2, 9.7, 10.8, 11.10, 12.19; 1997/7.4, 8.21, 9.3, 9.4, 10.4, 11.15; 1998/2.8, 2.9, 12.4; 1999/4.5, 8.17, 11.16; 2008/2.31, 8.14; 2011/8.33 Stork, Black-necked 1977/6.49; 1989/4.34; 1991/8.82; 1992/6.11, 7.13; 1993/4.13; 1994/6.13; 1997/8.7, 8.8, 10.21; 1998/6.3, 11.9; 2000/10.34, 12.6; 2001/2.13, 10.4; 2002/2.5, 2.11, 2.20; 2005/4.10; 2007/2.5 Stork, Eastern White (China) 1976/4.31 Stork, Open-billed 1979/11.79 Stork, White 1997/11.2; 2011/8.17 Storm-Petrel, European 2011/5.22 Storm-Petrel, Grey-backed 1976/8.63; 1999/1.8, 4.11 Storm-Petrel, New Zealand 2010/8.24 Storm-Petrel, Polynesian 2008/6.26 Storm-Petrel, Wilson’s 1989/11.118 Sunbird, Malachite 2007/4.18 Sunbird, Marico 2007/10.11 Sunbird, Olive-backed (Yellow- 1987/7.70; 1994/10.19; 1998/4.4; 2000/10.10; 2001/4.38, bellied) 8.11, 8.12, 8.13, 10.3; 2003/12.15; 2005/12.8; 2006/6.27; 2007/2.9; 6.23; 2010/2.26 Sunbird, Orange-breasted 2007/4.18 Swallow, Barn 1981/12.101; 1994/3.15; 1997/6.4 Swallow, Pacific 1996/2.15 Swallow, Red-rumped 2001/6.28; 2009/4.19; Swallow, Welcome 1976/6.46, 10.74; 1977/2.13; 1981/3.15; 1987/12.125; 1988/1.9, 5.59, 7.83, 10.119; 1990/6.53; 1992/4.12, 12.4; 1993/9.18; 1994/3.15, 5.11, 7.10, 7.11; 1995/5.1, 5.8, 9.8, 9.9; 1996/4.15; 1997/4.17; 1998/3.5, 3.20, 10.3; 1999/7.19, 11.1; 2000/10,34; 2001/8.9; 2003/2.3; 2006/2.5; 2009/8.5; 2010/2.27; 8.36 Swallow, White-backed 1993/1.5; 1986/9.86 Swamphen, Purple 1978/7.37; 1983/12.114; 1984/7.70, 8.82; 1993/5.12; 1996/3.4, 9.1; 1997/1.17, 5.9, 7.4; 2000/8.3 Swan, Black 1987/6.58; 1989/7.71; 1992/1.10, 1.11; 1995/5.15, 7.14, 9.2, 9.3; 1996/2.3, 3.1, 12.3; 1997/8.4; 1998/7.15, 8.17; 1999/4.6, 5.25, 6.13, 8.4; 2007/2.13; 2008/4.7, 12.11, 12.18; 2009/10.10; 2010/2.27, 11.14, 11.15, 11.23 Swan, Mute 1989/9.95; 1992/5.11 Swan, Whooper 1995/8.5 Swift 1976/10.74; 1978/6.24; 1981/7.58; 1992/8.12, 11.18; 1996/4.15 Swift, Fork-tailed 1988/7.83; 1990/4.25; 2000/10.37; 2001/2.37; 2005/4.18, 6.33; 2010/5.33, 8.35 Swift, House 1995/5.15 Swift, Little 1990/4.25 Swiftlet 1984/1.3, 4.26 Swiftlet (Collocalia sp.) 2005/8.21 Swiftlet, Black-nest 2008/6.26, 8.21 Swiftlet, Edible-nest 2008/6.26, 8.21 Swiftlet, Glossy 1990/5.47; 2006/4.25 Swiftlet, Himalayan 2008/8.21 Swiftlet, Mossy-nest 2008/8.21 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 115

Swiftlet, Uniform 1990/5.47 Swiftlet, White-rumped 1990/5.47 Takahe 1976/3.22; 1998/4.13; 2008/12.8 Tanager, Blue-gray 2010/8.7 Tanager, Golden-hooded 2010/8.7 Tattler, Grey-tailed 1995/9.2; 2007/2.4 Tattler, Wandering 1993/7.15; 2007/8.27; 2008/8.9 Teal, Chestnut 1992/1.9, 1.10; 1994/4.14; 1999/8.4; 2000/8.5; 2010/5.27 Teal, Grey 1978/4.10; 1992/1.8, 1 9, 4.5; 1999/8.21; 2007/2.7, 8.13; 2009/6.27 Teal, Sunda 2000/6.30; 2011/11.28 Tern 1984/9.92, 11.120; 2002/10.32 Tern, ‘Commic’ 2005/10.30, 12.23 Tern, Antarctic 2006/12.20; 2008/10.23 Tern, Arctic 1995/3.14; 2009/12.21, 12.23 Tern, Black 1998/7.19 Tern, Black-naped 2003/10.18 Tern, Bridled 1993/4.4, 4.5; 1998/3.3; 1999/4.17 Tern, Caspian 1988/2.22; 1993/4.3, 4.4; 2003/10.26; 2007/12.25 Tern, Common 1976/3.21 Tern, Crested 1976/7.54; 1990/7.62; 1993/4.5; 1997/12.2; 1998/9.4, 9.11; 2003/4.37; 2007/12.20 Tern, Elegant 2008/8.21, 8.22 Tern, Fairy 1977/4.34; 1982/11.90; 1990/7.62; 2009/10.15; 12.6 Tern, Fairy (subspecies Nereis) 2011/5.17 Tern, Gull-billed 1993/3.14; 2003/12.26; 2008/2.25, 4.16; 2011/2.13 Tern, Kerguelen 2005/12.22 Tern, Little 1982/11.89, 11.90; 1983/4.21; 1985/11.116; 1986/4.32; 1988/10.111; 1990/11.111; 1992/10.12; 1994/10.14; 1995/6.5, 6.6; 1996/10.9, 10.10; 1998/9.3; 2002/10.32; 2007/6.26; 2009/12.6 Tern, Roseate 1983/12.110; 2003/6.9 Tern, Saunder’s 2007/2.22; 2007/6.26; 2007/6.28 Tern, Sooty 1988/6.68; 1993/4.4; 1996/8.14; 2001/6.20; 2002/2.29; 2010/2.12, 2.13 Tern, Whiskered 1991/11.118; 1997/8.17; 1998/7.19; 2000/10.37; 2007/12.21; Tern, White 1996/8.14; 2001/6.21, 8.20; 2006/6.13; 2010/2.12, 2.13 Tern, White-fronted 1989/8.76 Tern, White-winged Black 1998/7.19; 2000/10.37; 2010/8.12 Ternlet, Grey 1999/4.3; 2000/6.31 Thornbill 1982/8.62;1983/6.50 Thornbill, Broad-tailed 1976/1.4 Thornbill, Brown 1990/7.64; 1998/8.13, 11.10, 12.6; 2000/8.4; 2001/6.3, 10.5; 2003/10.16; 2005/2.7; 2008/2.22, 2.23; 2010/8.34 Thornbill, Buff-rumped 1997/4.6; 2008/2.22, 2.23; 2009/12.27 Thornbill, Chestnut-rumped 1983/6.50; 2001/4.17 Thornbill, Inland 1999/11.4 Thornbill, Inland Red-tailed 1983/6.50 Thornbill, Slender-billed 2001/2.39; 2002/10.18 Thornbill, Striated 1989/9.94; 1990/7.64; 1992/12.1; 1993/8.14; 2001/6.3, 12.4; 2003/10.16; 2008/2.22; 2009/12.27 Thornbill, Tasmanian 1992/8.7 Thornbill, Western 1997/5.4, 5.5 Thornbill, Yellow 1990/7.64; 2001/10.3; 2008/2.22, 2.23 Thornbill, Yellow-rumped 1994/9.6, 9.7; 1998/11.10; 2000/12.9; 2003/2.3, 10.16; 2008/2.22; 2011/8.31 Thrush, Bassian 1977/5.42; 1983/3.1; 1993/12.10; 1996/8.8; 1997/9.17; 1998/9.10; 1999/5.3, 12.19; 2000/12.12; 2003/4.1; Thrush, Bicknell’s 1999/1.3 Thrush, Black-billed 1999/4.6 116 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Thrush, Blue Rock 2009/2.23 Thrush, Eye-browed 2011/5.22 Thrush, Island 1997/7.12; 2006/4.25 Thrush, Siberian 2011/11.28 Thrush, Song 1989/5.45; 1991/1.11; 1995/8.14; 1997/4.16, 9.17 Tit, Coal 1987/6.49 Tit, Long-tailed 1987/6.50 Toucan, Keel-billed 2010/8.6, 8.9, 11.7 Treecreeper, Black-tailed 1993/4.11; 2011/11.13 Treecreeper, Brown 1995/12.6; 1997/1.2; 1998/7.21; 1999/9.12; 2001/10.15; 2003/2.8; 2009/6.19 Treecreeper, Little 1992/9.10 Treecreeper, Red-browed 1999/7.16 Treecreeper, White-browed 1976/10.78; 1993/8.4; 1997/1.1, 1.2, 8.19; 1998/7.20, 7.21, 10.7*, 10.8, 10.9; 1999/4.19, 4.20, 4.21 Treecreeper, White-throated 1976/6.47; 1994/7.8; 1998/3.16; 1999/9.12, 11.15; 2001/4.18; 2010/5.32 Triller, Varied 1989/12.128; 1993/6.2; 2000/10.7; 2010/2.26 Triller, White-winged 1975/9.71; 1989/12.128; 1990/7.69; 1994/6.14; 1997/4.16; 1998/2.7; 1999/11.20; 2003/2.4; 2006/2.8 ; 2009/12.23; Triller, White-winged (race White- 2009/2.23 shouldered) Trogon, Baird’s 2010/11.9 Tropicbird, Red-billed 2011/2.19 Tropicbird, Red-tailed 1988/3.28; 1992/11.4; 1994/6.6; 1998/5.8, 12.20, 12.21; 2001/6.20; 2006/4.25, 6.12 Tropicbird, White-tailed 1994/4.14; 2006/4.25 Tui 1986/7.70; 2002/10.12; 2008/12.7 Turaco, Grey (Grey Lourie, Go-away 2007/4.18 bird) Turaco, Knysna (Knysna Lourie) 2007/4.18 Turnstone, Ruddy 1994/4.5; 1996/6.2; 2007/12.11; 2010/11.15 Turtle-Dove, Spotted 1986/11.119; 1988/7.77; 1993/8.5; 1994/3.14; 1997/4.6, 7.1, 11.17; 1999/4.3; 2003/8.4; 2005/2.7; Turtle-Doves 2002/4.19 Tyrannulet, Mishana 2001/12.15 Tyrannulet, Red-billed 2001/12.15 Vulture, Cape Griffon 2001/12.15 Vulture, Lappet-faced (Israeli race) 1987/8.73 Vulture, Ruppell’s 1991/9.89 Vulture, Turkey 2010/8.8 Vulture, White-backed 1995/3.4 Vultures of Majorca 1982/12.95 Waders 1983/8.61; 1984/7.61; 1987/7.72, 9.95, 10.98, 12.131; 1991/6.53, 12.121; 1992/5.4, 8.18; 1997/6.11, 6.12; 2001/12.15; 2007/2.4; 2010/2.9, 2.13, 11.6, 11.14 Wagtail, Black-backed 1996/4.2; 1998/7.17 Wagtail, Citrine 2009/8.21 Wagtail, Forest 2009/8.21 Wagtail, Grey 1993/5.13; 2005/2.28; 2006/12.20; 2010/2.22 Wagtail, Pied 1987/6.49 Wagtail, White 2002/2.40, 4.39; 2005/8.19, 8.22; Wagtail, Willie 1979/11.78; 1980/12.111; 1986/11. 120; 1988/11.121, 11.130; 1989/10.107; 1992/4.10, 6.8, 9.7, 9.12; 1994/5.10; 1995/4.6; 1996/12.4, 12.5; 1997/4.10, 4.17, 6.12; 1998/2.4, 3.20, 6.13, 11.10; 1999/4.6. 12.19; 2000/6.3, 6.5, 8.3; 2001/10.3, 10.5, 10.7, 10.13; 2002/2.3, 2.38; 2003/2.4, 4.15; 2005/10.8, 10.9; 2006/2.6, 10.4; 2010/2.8; 2011/8.31, 11.27 Wagtail, Yellow 1994/10.15; 1999/1.13; 2000/10.39; 2003/2.29, 4.38, 6.33, 8.39; 2005/8.22; Warbler, Arctic 1998/4.19, 12.8; 2005/2.29; 2011/2.20 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 117

Warbler, Golden-crowned 2011/8.15 Warbler, Middendorff’s Grasshopper 2006/2.22 Warbler, Pallas’s Grasshopper 2008/8.21 Warbler, Speckled 1975/3.22, 6.44, 7.52, 8.60; 1976/1.4, 2.14, 7.50; 1992/4.8; 1995/1.13; 1998/5.20, 12.9; 2005/8.1; 2009/12.27 Warbler, Willow 1987/6.49 Warbler, Yellow-browed 2011/8.27 Waterbirds 2000/2.31; 2008/2.29, 8.12; 2011/2.9 Watercock 2002/6.39 Waterfowl 1992/1.8 Waterhen, White-breasted 1994/1.14 Wattlebird saved from extinction 1978/7.35 Wattlebird, Little 1987/5.45; 1989/5.44; 1991/10.106; 1992/1.3, 4.3; 1996/4.7, 8.4; 1997/10.8; 1998/2.4, 2.20, 4.3, 6.3, 8.3, 9.10, 9.11, 12.4, 12.6; 1999/5.12; 7.21, 8.4; 2000/4.13, 6.4; 2001/2.32; 2008/6.31 Wattlebird, Red 1980/3.23; 1985/9.90; 1987/7.71; 1989/9.92; 1990/10.107; 1992/1.3, 4.3, 8.12; 1997/4.6, 8.14, 10.8; 1998/3.1, 3.17, 4.3, 8.18, 11.10, 12.6, 12.17; 1999/1.21; 7.21, 7.25; 2000/4.7, 8.4, 12.7; 2001/2.32, 4.7, 6.3, 10.5; 2002/6.37, 10.5; 2003/6.3; 2008/6.31 Wattlebird, Yellow 1992/8.7; 1994/8.2 Wattlebirds 1980/4.28; 1982/7.53 Wattlebirds (N.Z.) 2008/12.7 Weaver, Masked 2005/6.16 Weaver, Sociable 2007/4.18 Weavers 2007/4.18; 2007/10.11 Wedgebill, Chirruping 2001/8.16 Weebill 1989/3.16; 1990/7.64; 1997/4.6; 1998/4.13; 2000/2.25; 2005/2.9; 2009/12.27 Weka 1999/3.6 Weka, Chatham Island 2002/10.13 Wheatear 1987/6.50; 1996/4.15, 5.2; 1998/8.18 Wheatear, Isabelline 2003/2.28 Whimbrel 1976/6.47; 1991/7.69; 1996/2.2; 2002/10.3; 2007/2.5 Whipbird, Eastern 1991/9.93; 1998/10.17; 1999/10.17, 12.15; 2000/2.3; 2007/2.17; 2009/6.28, 10.25 Whipbird, Mallee (formerly subspecies 2003/2.13 of Western) Whistler, Golden 1987/7.69; 1992/9.11; 1994/12.8, 12.9; 1995/8.7; 1996/6.10; 1998/8.18, 12.5; 1999/5.12; 2000/12.9; 2006/6.13; 2007/4.30; 2009/6.10; 2010/2.12; 2011/11.20 Whistler, Mangrove Golden 1996/8.15; 2002/6.32 Whistler, Olive 1993/7.1, 7.2*; 1997/12.8 Whistler, Red-lored 1990/6.58 Whistler, Rufous 1999/12.19; 2000/2.5, 2.25; 2002/4.3, 2.1 Whistler, White-breasted 2002/2.12; 2007/2.4; 2009/2.29 Whistlers 1989/10.107 Whistling-Duck, Fulvous 2009/12.19 Whistling-Duck, Plumed 1990/11.112; 1993/3.14; 1999/8.21; 2003/12.17; 2009/8.25, 12.18; 12.19 Whistling-Duck, Spotted 2000/8.38 Whistling-Duck, Wandering 1990/11.112; 1993/3.14; 1996/3.2, 12.17; 1997/3.17, 5.3, 12.12; 2003/6.8 White-eye, Christmas Island 2006/4.25 White-eye, Lemon-bellied 2009/2.23 White-eye, Yellow 1992/5.1; 2009/2.19, 2.23 Whiteface, Banded 2003/10.9 Whiteface, Chestnut-breasted 1994/3.7, 10.8; 2003/10.9 Whiteface, Southern 1993/3.11; 1994/7.3; 1996/10.2; 1999/3.12; 2000/12.13; 2003/10.9; 2011/5.12 118 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Woodhen, Lord Howe 1975/5.34; 1977/8.61; 1990/9.85; 1994/6.6; 1999/5.13; 2001/6.20; 2010/2.12 Woodpecker, Acorn 2000/6.9 Woodpecker, Green 1987/6.50 Woodpeckers 1977/12.100 Woodswallow, Black-faced 1992/4.13; 1999/6.19; 2002/2.9; 2003/6.3; 2009/4.21; 2010/5.10 Woodswallow, Dusky 1983/5.42; 1998/9.3; 2000/10.9; 2006/12.16; 2007/12.26 Woodswallow, Little 2010/5.11 Woodswallow, Masked 2000/10.11; 2003/8.39; 2007/12.26; 2009/12.23; 2010/5.11 Woodswallow, White-breasted 1994/8.15; 1999/6.1; 2000/6.5; 2005/6.11; 2009/12.23; 2010/5.11 Woodswallow, White-browed 1975/7.54; 1996/8.15, 10.3; 1999/5.4; 2000/10.11; 2003/2.25; 2009/8.6, 12.23; 2010/2.26, 5.1, 5.2, 5.11 Woodswallows 1975/10.77; 1980/10.88, 11.100, 12.113 Woodswallows (on Norfolk Island) 2003/8.39, 10.6 Yellowlegs, Lesser 1995/5.14, 7.13, 7.14; 2001/4.39, 4.40; 2008/2.16, 2.24, 6.25; 2009/12.22

BIRDS AS COMMUNITY SYMBOLS Bird Bollards 1995/3.1, 3.2 Penguin Patrol 1995/11.5 Bird symbol 1996/2.3

BIRDS AS HELPERS Eating of Insects 1975/5.38, 6.44, 7.51, 7.52

BIRDS AS PESTS see also CONSERVATION OF BIRDS: HAZARDS TO Africa, local bird classed as “Feathered locust” 1977/12.97 Birds and Crop Losses, New chemical repellent 1982/5.34 Birds and Crop Losses, Poison not the answer 1982/8.60 Birds and Crop Losses — problem of control 1981/1.1 Birds, Hazard to aircraft 1977/11.87 Cockatoos, hazard to home builders 1976/9.69 Disease carriers 1975/7.55 Diseases transmitted to Humans 1984/4.25, 5.46 Mesural 75 — measures against crop losses 1982/5.34 Murray Valley Encephalitis 1977/2.11 Pigeons on the pill in Munich 1976/9.69 Starlings, If I live to be 100 I’ll never like them 1983/1.9

BIRDS IN GARDENS Birds in gardens 1986/7.68, 8.78.9.89, 10.101, 11.112 , 1987/1.4, 3.14, 5.39, 6 53, 7.71, 9.89, 1988/2.24, 3.28, 4.47, 5.54, 7.76, 9.104, 1989/1.4, 3.16, 9.92, 1990/11.118 Birds in Gardens Exhibition 1987/10.99 Competition in the garden 2001/2.32 Garden birds 2001/6.7 Robins and Flycatchers in Australian 2001/10.7 gardens

BIRDS, INJURED AND SICK Care of sick and injured birds 1975/3.19; 1976/10.80, 11.85; 1979/9.59, 11.75

BIRDS, LEGAL ISSUES Cockatoos, feeding of discouraged 1976/9.69

BIRDWATCHING now see BIRDING

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BIRDWATCHING LOCATIONS now see BIRDING LOCATIONS, and see also BOCA Camps and Outings)

BIRDWATCHING EQUIPMENT now see BIRDING EQUIPMENT

BIRDWATCHERS now see BIRDING PEOPLE or ORNITHOLOGISTS

BUSH FIRES see HABITAT ISSUES IN BIRD CONSERVATION

BUTTERFLIES 1999/3.12, 5.6 Eltham Copper Butterfly Saved 1989/3.15

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CONFERENCES, CONGRESSES, EVENTS ETC. see also ORGANISATIONS, AUSTRALIAN, NATURE AND CONSERVATION and ORGANISATIONS, NATURE AND CONSERVATION, OVERSEAS Australasian Ornithological Conference 2009/6.19 Australian Birdfair 2009/2.22, 6.19, 8.14, 10.12 Australian Birdfair 2010 2010/2.27, 8.17, 11.4 Biodiversity Month 2009/8.4 Bird Week at Kingfisher Bay, Fraser Island, Qld 2009/10.26 Birds and Plants: 1986 RAOU Annual Ornithological Congress 1986/6.58 BOCA Bird Week 2010 2010/2.4, 2.8, 5.23, 8.21, 11.22 BOCA Bird Week 2011 2011/5.19, 2011/8.25, 2011/11.26 Brolga Field Day, ‘Mooramong’, SW Victoria 2009/2.6, 4.7 Exhibitions 2009/2.7, 6.8, 6.18 International Year of Biodiversity 2010/2.4, 5.23 International Year of Forests 2011 2011/2.17, 2011/5.19, 2011/8.25 JAMBA Meeting, Tokyo, June 1989 1989/12.122 Mt Barney Lodge Birdweek 2010/8.30 Museum of Victoria, Cockatoos, Kiwis and Penguins 1990/12.130 National Threatened Species Day 2009/8.4 Ornithological Congress XVII International Program 1977/3.19, 4.36 Ornithological Congress, Ottawa 1985/1.4 Ornithological Congress, XVIIIth International 1981/8.64 Philippine Bird Festival, 5th, 9-10 October 2009 2009/8.16 RAOU Annual Ornithological Congress, Birds and Plants: 1986 1986/6.58 RAOU Conference 1978/2.111, 5.17 RAW for Africa 2011/5.20 Schools Day 2010/11.23 Waterbird Weekend, Third Annual, Mathoura, N.S.W. 1988/2.13 World Conference on Birds of Prey, 3rd, Israel, 1987 1986/5.39 World Wetlands Day 2009 2009/2.3, 2.21, 12.11 World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2011 2011/2.2, 2011/2.17

CONSERVATION LEGISLATION Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (EPBC Act) 2009/2.7, 4.10, 6.25, 8.6, 10.7 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 2011/11.21 (EPBC Act). Threatened Species Game and Feral Amendment Bill, NSW 2009/8.4, 10.4, 12.5 Native Vegetation Act 1991, South Australia 2009/10.7 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, NSW 2009/8.6

CONSERVATION NEWS and ORGANISATIONS see also ORGANISATIONS, NATURE AND CONSERVATION, AUSTRALIAN Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition Meetings Report 1990/6.49 Armed patrols guard park fauna 1978/12.76 Artists in Aid of Animals: Threatened Species Bill for Debate 1992/8.2 Atlas of Victorian Wildlife: a DCE Computer Database 1992/9.4 Australia Bird Environment Fund 1984/4 28, 6 58, 11.109 Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2009/8.9 Australia’s Important Bird Areas (IBA) project 2009/12.9 Australian Birds and the Law 1987/3.13 Australian Bush Heritage Fund 1998/7.15 Australian Coastal Environment, Protection of 1989/12.130 Australian Conservation Foundation 1983/5.87 Australian Heritage Commission Criteria Used to Assess Bird 1993/5.20 122 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Habitat of Potential National Estate Significance Australian Marine Science, Senate Committee 1979/8.51 Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers 1982/8.60; 1983/5.36, 10.89; 1984/11.112; 1986/9.88 Australian Wetlands Convention 1984/1.3 Aviculture Convention 1985 1984/9.86 B.O.C Sub-committee 1975/4.29, 6.42, 7.52 B.O.C.Conservation Committee —notes from 1982/10.77, 11.83 Bird preservation, Internation Council report 1977/8.67 Bird Rescue Centres in New Zealand 1987/10.99 Bird Week: Help Conserve Our Birds 1989/10.97 Birding and Nature Fair, Leeton NSW, 24-26/11/2006 2007/4.8 Birds and conservation 1975/9.65 Birds and conservation in 1996 1996/12.7 Birds and the National Estate 1993/5.19 Birds Australia Nest Record Scheme 2003/6.3, 8.3 Birdwatchers' Resolutions for 1994 1994/1.10 Birdwatching, ornithology and bird conservation 2002/12.10 Bland report 1975/2.9 BOC Conservation Group — report 1981/12.100 BOC Donation to Rescue Fund 1981/6.43 BOC past work in Conservation 1976/4.25 BOC summary, conservation activities since 1973 1980/8.69 BOCA Conservation Report 1992/6.12 BOCA conservation submissions 2002/10.31; 2003/4.34 BOCA Policy on Falconry in Australia 1993/4.7 BOCA submissions 2007/8.6 BOCA's year in conservation 1996/12.8 Broadford Environment Action Group, Vic 1992/6.12 Bush heritage update 1998/7.15 Bushland Action Committee 1976/5.35 Bushwalking and Camping Code 1994/10.7 Buying Back the Bush 1995/4.10 C.C.V. needs Treasurer/Accountant 1981/3.19 C.S.I.RO. Wildlife Report 1983/11.101 Can you put a price on a honeyeater? 2001/6.14 Coast action /Coastcare grants 1996/7 1996/4.19 Coastcare in the Townsville region 1998-99 1999/8.12 Concepts of Conservation cassette 1979/5.32 Conservation – confusing categories 1998/10.10 Conservation & Politics, Quest of Survival 1976/8.57 Conservation award to B.O.C. 1975/10.73 Conservation Commission of Northern Territory 1982/11.83 Conservation Council , change of address 1980/7.59 Conservation Council of Victoria 1983/5.37, 7.54, 7.56, 9.75 Conservation Council of Victoria, Purpose of 1976/5.42 Conservation Covenants 1987/10.99 Conservation Issues 1994/5.13 Conservation News 1997/5.8, 8.16; 1998/2.17; 2007/6.8, 2007/8.6, 2007/12.8 Conservation of Regent Honeyeaters 1990/3.15 Conservation Prize awarded BOC 1976/1.2 Conservation Publications 1991/11.114 Conservation Report 2001 2002/4.15 Conservation staff 2008/2.4 Conservation status, IUNC definitions for 2007/6.14 Conservation Strategy Launched 1985/3.16 Contacts wanted in Countrv areas 1977/6.46 Corella — special Seabird Island issue 1982/4.31 Council of Victoria 1977/9.70 Decline of birds in the northern savanna 1999/9.14 Department of Environment Annual Report 1976/9.67 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 123

Desert Parks Pass 1989/8.80 Draft Action Statements 2008/8.9 Duck hunting in Victoria 2010/2.4, 2.5 Education Department — Study Group and B.O.C. 1982/7.52 Elimination of direct grants 1976/11 83 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 2008/12.5 Senate inquiry into Environmental axe threatened 1979/6.34 Environmental Damage - Citizens Rights 1983/10.88 Esso and BHP Petroleum Support the BOCA Western Port 1993/9.14 Survey Film library 1976/9.69 Film making, ABC Wildlife Division 1977/12.101 Film, “The Land of Arkaroo”, available for members 1977/7.58 Films for sale 1976/4.31 Films, Nature films available for screening 1980/5.43 Fisheries and Wildlife Div. notes on 1979/2.1 Fisheries and Wildlife: Escape of Cape Barren geese 1978/8.43 Flora and Fauna Guarantee Bill (Victoria) 1987/9.85; 1988/5.51 Friends of Gould League, Natural History Program 1990 1990/1.3 International Year of the Ocean 1998/2.17 L.C.C. Melb. Study Area. see also 1984/10.100. 1985/11.116 L.C.C. Melbourne & Upper Murray Review 1984/10.100 L.C.C. Wimmera Study 1984/1.3, 7.72 Land Conservation Council 1975/6.42; 1976/6.47, 7.54 Land for Wildlife 1982/3.15; 1989/6.52; 1990/8.73, 8.74; 1992/11.5; 1998/6.19 Management of Small Populations 1990/1.12 Ministry of Conservation Booklet "A Day in the Open" 1982/6.47 Monitors of the Environment 1989/7.64 National Threatened Species Day 2008/8.3 New conservation films available 1981/5.39 Northern Territory. Biological Record Scheme 1984/10.100 NSW recovery plans 2003/4.34, 8.23 Our disappearing birds 2000/10.14 Parks Victoria: Management plans 2007/8.6 Plea for members take more interest major issues 1979/5.29 Poachers and loggers become conservationists 2007/4.12 Project BIRDS 2000/6.11 ‘Regional bird atlassing’ and ‘Important bird areas’ projects 2006/4.8* Tax Concession for Habitats 1995/4.11 Threatened birds and threatening processes 2008/6.7 Threatened species – Draft Action Statements 2008/4.4 Threatened species in the Northern Territory 2008/8.8 UNCLS (Uncommitted Land Survey) 1976/12 92; 1977/11.86 Victorian Conservation Strategy 1983/10.85 Victorian Conservation Trust 1990/8.74 Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1995 - Additions 2002/10.33 Victorian Government and declining biodiversity 2008/8.7 Victorian Government white paper: Securing Victoria’s 2010/5.17 natural future Water management in Queensland 2000/10.15 Wattles and Birds 1992/11.6 Weed Killers Used on Golf Course 1994/8.7 West Victorian Regional Forest Agreement 2000/12.15 What Can We Do? 1993/8.9 Wildlife Act — amendment to reduce Crop Losses 1981/1.1 Wildlife and Rangeland Research, CSIRO Report 1983/11.101 Wildlife Protection, Legislation 1984/7.65 Wildlife Shelters, Registered 1989/3.15 World Environment Day 1991/5.37 124 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

World Environment Day 1986 1986/5.39, 8.75 World of I.C.B.P. with Migratory Birds 1987/10.98 World Wetlands Day and Ramsar 2008/2.5 Your garden - a sanctuary for birds 2000/10.18, 10.20

CONSERVATION OF BIRDS AND ENVIRONMENT See also SURVEYS Duck hunting in Victoria 2010/2.4, 2.5; 2011/2.4, 2011/2.16, 2011/5.5, 2011/5.18 R.S.P.C.A. Animal Rescue Services 1985/5.48 Victorian Government white paper: Securing 2010/5.17 Victoria’s natural future

CONSERVATION OF THREATENED, ENDANGERED, OR VULNERABLE BIRD SPECIES: AUSTRALIAN BIRDS Albatross Bycatch Problem, Gyrocast Story: Progress with 1994/6.7 Albatross update 1996/3.16 Albatross, Threat to the 1998/5.15, 9.12 Albatrosses injured by longline fishing 2008/2.6 Babbler, Grey-crowned 2008/6.10; 2009/6.7, 8.24 Bee-eaters, Rainbow and Commercial Bee-hives 1991/10.100 Birdlife Christmas Island 1979/12.86 Birds of coast and ocean 1998/3.3 Birds of prey, Decrease in population 1978/7.35 Bittern, Australasian 2010/8.20; 2011/5.17 Black Cockatoos, Y.T. , Timber Plantations beneficial 1979/6.35 Black-Cockatoo, Carnaby’s 2009/8.17 Black-Cockatoo, Glossy 1996/4.9, 7.17, 7.19; 1998/8.5, 8.6; 1999/12.11; 2007/10.7; 2008/6.11; 2009/8.8 Black-Cockatoo, Glossy : Save the Glossies 1996/3.16, 7.17, 7.19; 1998/8.5 Black-Cockatoo, Glossy, Reprieve for Gold Coast 1996/4.9 Black-Cockatoo, Glossy: The Casuarina Connection 1995/7.4 Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed 2010/2.5 Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed 2008/6.8 Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed (south-eastern subspecies) 2009/8.8, 10.7 Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed, Research in Victoria 1991/9.85 Bristlebirds at Risk Wye River 1986/12.131 British songbirds out of tune 1996/4.9 Brolga 2011/5.17 Brolga census, south-west Victoria 2009/2.5 Brolga Display Available 1989/3.15 Brolga, Friends of the 1991/3.18, 10.100 Brolgas - study of flocking 2003/4.32 Brolgas in south-western Victoria 2008/12.5; 2010/11.18 Bush birds, Settlement causes decline of 2005/10.13 Bustard, Australian, Captive breeding program: 2005/2.16 Button-quail, Black-breasted 2010/8.19 Cassowary dung and DNA 1999/1.21 Cassowary, Planning for the 1998/3.12 Cassowary, Southern 2007/2.12 Chat, White-fronted 2010/8.20 Chat, Yellow 2008/8.6 Cockatoo, Pink 1978/9.54 Cockies beware! 1996/9.6 Conservation, Cockatoos and Curlews 1989/1.1 Crane, Wattled (Royal bird of Africa) 2005/8.12 Curlew, Bush, Endangered Species 1983/7.58, 9.77 Daintree, .Unique Area Threatened 1984/7.65 Duck and quail hunting cancelled in Queensland 2005/6.28, 2005/10.20 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 125

Duck hunting continues in Vic 2006/2.14 Duck Mallard, Control of 1976/5.35 Duck, Freckled, massacre at Bool Lagoon, SA 1980/5.44 Duck, Pacific Black x Mallard 2006/2.13 Ducks 2008/2.4 Eagles, Wedge-tailed trapped 2005/10.20 Egrets, Cattle, Artificial Nesting Trees for 1994/5.9 Emu-wren, Mallee 2006/10.15; 2008/8.6 Endangered Species 1984/4.34 Endangered species, Convention ratified 1977/3.20 Falcon, Eleonoras 1978/6.25 Falcon, Peregrine breeding success, Derby, UK 2007/2.10 Falcon, Peregrine Protection in Werribee Gorge 1984/8.75 Falcon, Peregrine, Nesting protected 1982/9.69 Falcon, Peregrine, Rock-climbing Threat to Eyries 1990/12.122 Falcons, Peregrine, Protection of 1981/9.72 Fieldwren, Striated 2010/8.20 Fig-Parrot, Coxen’s: a bird on the edge 1999/9.16 Finch, Black-throated 2005/6.28, 2009/8.19 Finch, Gouldian 2011/5.6, 5.7, 5.8 Finch, Gouldian Update 1991/6.53 Finch, Gouldian, recovery plan 2005/6.26 Finch, Star, at risk of extinction in Queensland 1996/12.15 Finch, Star (southern subspecies) 2011/5.7 Firetail, Diamond 2010/8.20 Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Victoria – Additions to 2003/12.22; 2005/6.29 Fruit-eating birds, Planting for 1998/7.4, 7.6, 12.7 Gannets, Decoy 1988/4.37 Geese, Cape Barren and Flinders Island 1977/3.18 Giant-Petrels, Southern in the Antarctic 2005/12.21 Goshawk, Red Update 1989/3.15 Grasswren, Carpentarian 2011/5.7 Grasswren, Grey and Black-throated Finch listed by EPBC 2005/6.28 Grasswrens, Australian Museum funding for research on 2006/10.16 Greenshank, Nordmann’s 2006/10.17 Ground-nesting Birds 1994/6.2 Honeyeater habitat saved 2001/8.32 Honeyeater, Helmeted, Conservation 1990/9.95 Honeyeater, Helmeted, Protection of 1981/8.61 Honeyeater, Helmeted, Saving the 1999/9.24 Honeyeater, Regent 2007/2.15, 6.11; 2008/8.8; 2010/8.20; 2011/5.8, 8.12, 11.18 Honeyeater, Regent, Project 2010/2.6, 5.23 Honeyeater, Regent, Project benefits Grey-crowned Babblers 2009/8.24 Honeyeaters, Regent, lost 2003/4.31 Honeyeaters, Regent, Conservation of 1990/3.15 Kites, Red, still under pressure 2001/12.15 Live birds in Bush, not dead in hand 1977/10.81, 12.96 Lyrebird, Superb: good news of a return after forty years 2001/4.5 Lyrebirds in the Gully 1995/6.10 Magpie numbers, Cotton farming causing a decline in? 2003/8.3 Mallard menace 1981/9.74 Mallard threat to Black duck 1977/10.82 Mallee Birds Need Your Help 1989/10.98 Malleefowl 1993/11.12; 2008/6.11, 8.1, 8.2, 8.5* Malleefowl Centre, Ongerup, WA, Yongergnow 2007/6.8 Malleefowl Threatened, Goonoo Forest 1984/5.40 Miner, Black-eared 2008/6.9 Mutton-Birding, Conditions for Permits under Review 1985/5.42 126 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

N.S.W 1981/7.55 Nest boxes for endangered species at Lurg, near Benalla, Vic 2003/2.11 NSW threatened species 2010/5.18, 8.20 NSW threatened species 2009/8.6, 10.7, 12.6 Ospreys in New South Wales 1993/4.7 Owl, Barking 2010/8.20 Owl, Grass 2009/6.5 Owls, Powerful, Mt Evelyn Reserve,Vic, Study to monitor 2003/4.30 Parrot for Paradise?, Another 1987/7.64 Parrot, Orange-bellied 1979/3.9, 5.26; 2006/2.20, 10.16 Parrot, Orange-bellied, Concern Over habitat in Sth Aust. 1988/10.111 Parrot, Orange-bellied, More funding for 2007/2.13 Parrot, Orange-Bellied, Recovery Plan 1985/4.33 Parrot, Regent 2006/12.5 Parrot, Superb 2006/2.15 Parrot, Superb Can We Save the? 1993/1.6* Parrot, Superb, Project 1999/9.6 Parrot, Swift 2007/6.11; 2008/6.13, 8.7, 12.6; 2011/5.18 Parrot, Turquoise 2010/8.20 Parrots ,Orange-bellied in dire straits 2010/5.18 Parrots, Regent shot – Company fined 2007/12.9 Parrots, Regent, Nest sites— information required 1982/3.15 Partridge Pigeons, Red-eyed, NT 2002/2.4 Penguin Deaths in Victoria 1985/5.48, 8.84 Penguin research, appointment Peter Dann 1980/11.100 Penguin Reserve, Established Phlllip Is. 1984/1.3 Penguin, Little, Granite Island, South Australia 2010/11.20 Penguin, Little, Phillip Island, Victoria 2010/11.20 Penguin, Little, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria 2010/11.19 Penguins and land mines 2006/2.13 Penguins, Little, Improved habitat for 2002/8.15 Petrel, Gould’s versus the rabbit 1998/6.4 Pigeons, Pink, preserved 1977/10.82 Plains-wanderer 2011/5.26 Plains-wanderer – a new reserve 2002/2.34 Plains-wanderer Recovery Plan 2003/4.33 Plains-wanderer, Support for 1996/5.10, 7.13 Plover, Hooded 1999/12.11 Plover, Hooded 2003/8.16; 2008/6.7 Plover, Hooded, Fencing for Managing Disturbance on Beaches 1995/12.12 Plover, Hooded, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria 2010/11.19 Project Ternwatch 1995/6.5 Protection of birdlife 1981/1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 9.69 Quail Habitat 1992/9.5 Raptors 2009/6.25 Raptors and turbine blades 1996/9.11 Raptors, Diurnal under threat 2008/10.5 Rare birds found on Cape York 2002/4.34 Robin, Buff-sided 1978/2.111 Robin, Hooded 2010/8.20 Robin, Hooded (Tiwi subspecies) 2011/5.7 Robins, Hooded in the Corowa and Berrigan Shires, NSW 2002/4.35 Sandpiper, Spoon-billed 2006/10.17 Seabird mortality 2000/12.34 Seabird Slaughter, N.Keeling 1985/10.108 Seabirds — Leaflet by B.O.C. 1982/10.77 Seabirds, Nine threatened (Albatrosses and Giant-Petrels) 2006/6.20 Seabirds, Slaughter of 1991/8.75 Sea-Eagle’s nest at Townsville, Qld, Relocation of 2003/6.34 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 127

Shearwater deaths, East Gippsland 1989/7.71 Shearwaters dead at Eddystone Point Lighthouse, Tas 2007/6.10 Shearwaters, Habitat improvement for 1998/3.3 Shearwaters, Safe send-off for, Phillip Island, Vic 2007/6.10 Shearwaters, Short-tailed, die in thousands 2009/6.27 Shorebird numbers crash 2008/8.8 Shorebird Recovery Program report, NSW South Coast 2009/12.6 Shorebirds 2008/8.8, 8.10 Shorebirds: National Plan for Shorebird Conservation 1994/6.9 Sparrow, House 2005/6.28 Sparrows, Disappearing 2003/8.4 Stone-curlew, Bush 2006/10.14 Stone-curlews under threat 1996/4.4, 7.2, 11.10 Stone-curlews, Bush, How to protect 1999/11.17 Swan, Black, watch 1999/6.13 Tern, Fairy (subspecies Nereis) 2011/5.17 Tern, Roseate (UK) 1979/7.43 Terns nesting at Rams Head, conservation problem 1977/3.19 Terns, Little, Management of 1988/10 111; 1990/11.111 Terns, Roseate— threatened by development 1981/6.43 Threatened Birdlife in Victoria 1982/5.35 Threatened Birdlife to be Studied 1983/9.73 Threatened birds in Spain 2002/2.4 Threatened fauna list - Victoria 2003/8.22 Threatened species at Werribee, Vic 1999/9.24 Threatened Species Conservation Act NSW 2002/2.32 Threatened species funding 2002/2.33 Threatened species in Victoria, Listing of 1998/9.12 Threatened species recovery plan, NSW 2002/10.30 Threatened wildlife to be studied 1983/9.73 Threats to birdlife NSW 1975/3.17, 7.50, 7.53 Threats to birdlife Victoria 1975/1.1, Threats to birdlife, Lord Howe Island 1975/5.34 Threats to Wildlife, Australia 1975/4.25, 5.38, 8.61 Treecreeper, White-browed, Friends of the 1998/7.20, 10.7* Treecreeper, White-browed, Habitat of the 1999/4.19 Waders, East Asian-Australasian 2001/12.15 Waterbirds – lowest count on record 2007/2.14, 2007/12.11 Woodhen, Lord Howe Island 1978/6.25 Woodland birds in decline 2009/12.6, 2009/12.7 Woodland-dependent birds 2008/6.7 Wren, Purple-crowned 1978/2.111

CONSERVATION OF THREATENED, ENDANGERED, OR VULNERABLE BIRD SPECIES: MIGRATORY BIRDS China & Australia Migratory Birds Agreement (CAMBA) 1992/10.9 China to join International Union Conservation Nature 1980/8.68 China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement 1991/12.122 China-Australia Migratory Birds Agreement 1986/12.122 JAMBA Conference, 8-9 Oct 1991, Broome, W.A. 1992/3.15 Japan-Australia. Migratory Birds 1984/3.22 Korean Demilitarised Zone a Sanctuary 1978/6.25 Longline Fisheries: Progress with Solutions to Seabird Bycatch 1992/3.7 Migration Birds — Japanese study 1982/10.73, 11.81 Migratory Birds — Japanese/Australian agreement 1982/6.43 Migratory Birds, Protection & management 1976/10.73 Migratory Waders, Losses Due Destruction Habitat 1985/5.39 Migratory birds, Protection of — Australia & Japan ratified 1981/9.69, 9.70, 9.71 agreement Migratory shorebirds, guidelines for assessing impact on 2010/2.6 Power Line Hazard, Migrating Waders Come to Grief 1987/7.72 128 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Protecting the Travellers: Think Globally, Act Locally 1987/9.96 Ramsar Convention, The 1996/3.3 Ramsar sites 1997/7.5, 8.8, 9.20, 10.20 Ramsar Watch 1998/2.17, 4.15, 4.21 Wader News, Recent from AWSG 1991/6.53 Shorebird action plan: migratory waterbirds 1999/5.20* Tern flocks, Migrant 2002/10.32 Threats to Migratory Birds 1992/10.9 U.S.A. migratory bird treaty, offenders prosecuted 1978/9.53 Wader and Waterbird Monitoring Workshops 1992/7.5 Would You Like to Visit Malta? 1992/9.15

CONSERVATION – OVERSEAS ISSUES and NEWS see also ORGANISATIONS, NATURE AND CONSERVATION, OVERSEAS

American gulls create FLAP 1998/2.15 Antarctica, Destruction Habitat by French 1984/12.132 Bali Starling raid foiled by wounded guard 2002/10.34 Bird habitat destruction at Saemankeum, South Korea 2001/12.15 Bird population, decline in Europe 1977/5.42, 11.87 Bird slaughter in France and Italy 1978/6.25, 8.42 Cape Griffon Vultures endangered 2001/12.15 Condor, California hatched in Captivity 1988/8.92 Condor, California problems 2006/10.15 Conservationists U.S.A. win batttle over freeway 1977/11.87 Crane, Wattled in South Africa 1978/8.43 Cranes, preservation in U.S.A. 1977/5.42 Diver, Great Northern (UK) 1979/7.43 Doves, Mourning slaughtered in Minnesota 2005/2.12 E.E.C. adopt measures protect birdlife 1978/9.42 European Seabirds, Mortality amongst 1976/6.41 Geum (South Korea) targeted for reclamation 2006/10.17 Hornbills 2007/4.12 Ibis, Giant in Cambodia 2002/2.4 Ibis, Northern Bald [‘Extinct’] breeding in Syria 2002/8.32 Kakapo, founding colony 1975/3.19, 8.62 London, increase in birdlife 1976/9.70 Migratory birds at Eilat, Israel 2007/8.11, 2007/10.23 Mortality amongst European Seabirds 1976/6.41 New Flycatcher for Peru 2001/12.15 News from Malta 1994/6.7 North Pacific, Seabirds mortality in 1982/5.35 NZ Wattlebird saved from extinction 1978/7.35 On Conservation Matters Overseas 1988/8.92 Peregrine Falcon breeding success, Derby, UK 2007/2.10 Programme for Belize 1992/1.6* Quail in Sinai 1978/8.43 Raptor conservation: South African farmers lead 1996/9.12 Raptor Research Foundation, U.S.A 1985/1.4 Robin, Black, danger of extinction 1976/5.35 Robin, Chatham Island 1978/4 3 Scottish Ospreys head over the border 2001/12.15 Seabird population North Atlantic 1977/2.13 Slaughter of birds in Europe 2011/2.26 South African problems 1975/6.41 Sparrows declining in Britain 1999/1.3 U.S.A., Breeding birds surveys in 1977/11.88 UK/USA, Bird Trade, RSPB action 1978/7.35 Vultures, Black of Majorca 1982/12.95

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CONSERVATION THREATS TO BIRDS see also HABITAT ISSUES IN BIRD CONSERVATION Bird Pest species – native birds Bird damage control 2001/8.26 Birds and Crop losses — Wildlife Act Amendment 1981/1.1 Birds And Crop Losses New chemical repellent 1982/5.34 Birds And Crop Losses, Poison not the answer 1982/8.60 Birds and Crop losses, problem of control 1981/1.1; 1982/5.34, 8.60 Boneseed in the You Yangs, Vic 2011/8.30 Deterring birds eating fruit 1989/5.47 Experimental Crop to Decoy Regent Parrots 1990/3.15 Feeding wildlife: Don’t feed the ducks 2011/8.24 Fishing line strikes again 2011/8.23 Invasive bird species 2011/8.24 Mouse baits and birds 2011/8.22 Noisy Miner – a threatening process in Victoria? 2011/5.17 Population Explosion: Pied Currawongs Receive Poison Threat 1992/1.3 Dangerous habitat Airports and Birdlife 1979/3.11, 8.55 Boneseed in the You Yangs, Vic 2011/8.30 Bridge becomes bird killer 2001/2.3 Kikuyu grass strangles Shearwater 1979/2.3 Disease Disease Threat for Native Birds 1994/11.14 Spironucleosis – a wasting disease of parrots 2011/8.23 Disturbance and predation by cats and feral domestic animals see also Introduced Pest Species and pest control Cat and bird life, Solution to keeping 1977/7.55 Cat control in Bowen, Qld 1993/4.10 Cat control suggested 50 years ago in BOC 1993/5.18 Cat with bell prevents bird killing 1980/3.22 Cats 1995/7.10;1998/5.13, 10.18, 10.19, 10.20, 10.21, 12.19 Cats and Honeyeaters 1994/10.4 Cats! Cats! Cats! 1992/8.3 Cats, Feral 1975/4.25, 7.50, 11.85 Cats, Impact on Native Wildlife 1992/4.19 Cats, Protecting Nesting Pardalotes from 1994/10.3 Cats, Ways of Dealing with Nuisances 1979/5.26 Cats, what are we doing about them? 1978/12.76 Companion Animals, Veterinary Assoc. Views 1979/7.46 Dogs and wetlands 1998/3.14 Dogs frighten birds 2008/4.4 Feral animals — Public Forum 1981/6.43 Feral cats 1975/4.25, 7.50, 11.85; 1977/6.49, 12.107 Feral Cats in Plague Proportions 1992/10.6 Feral Cats, increase in numbers 1978/6.25 Feral cats, report on 1977/6.49, 12.107 Feral cat control in WA 2002/2.3 Flea problem 1977/7.55 Goats, Feral in Malleefowl Habitat 1993/11.12, 11.13 Lorikeets and Feral Cats 1991/12.131 Poison, Beware! 1992/8.3 Problem Pets Deterred by Coleus caninus 1994/10.18 Protection of Birdlife 1981/1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 9.69 Shrike-tit victim of Cat 1979/11.81 Wild dogs and foxes, How to trap 1975/12.91 Fishing lines see also Litter Discarded commercial fishing gear safely removed 2010/8.37 from Wandering Albatross 130 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Discarded fishing lines 1979/3.11, 5.28, 7.46, 8.51, 10.68; 1983/5.37 Fishing line hazards 1976/10.76 Fishing lines 1981/7.58 Fishing line strikes again 2011/8.23 Gillnet fishing in North Pacific 1982/5.35 Nesting Magpie strangled by nylon fishing line 1982/1.8 Nylon fishing line 1982/1.8 Pelican hooked on fishing line 1978/4.11 Human interventiion and disturbance Airport-strikes 1979/3.11 Breeding Difficulties Due to Disturbance by Humans 1983/4.21, 5.36 Cockatoos, feeding of discouraged 1976/9.69 Drunken Birds 1988/2.21, 4.46, 10.116 Feeding of birdlife 1976/12.89 Feeding the birds. Right or wrong? 1999/6.7 Feeding wildlife: Don’t feed the ducks 2011/8.24 Garden hazards to birds: bird netting; rain gauge 2005/2.15 Harassment of Birds 1989/5.40 Hazards to Birds 1997/9.13 How to Protect the Birds in Your Garden 1992/11.8 Impacts of birdwatching on human and avian 2003/6.20 communities Plague Locust control and birds 2010/8.18 Please Put That Little Bird Back 1994/2.10 Poaching of Bass Yabbies (bird food): poacher jailed 2011/8.23 Rules for feeding birds 1976/12.89 Wild birds: to feed, or not to feed? 2009/4.13 Windmills, Beware of 1990/8.81 Wire, barbed , Fauna and 1999/6.13 Introduced Pest Species and pest control Ants, Crazy 2006/10.14 Ants, Electric 2006/10.14 Ants, Fire 2006/10.14 Bird repellent : Will Bubble-gum Keep the Birds Away? 1994/1.15 Birds, Bees and Gorse — views requested 1982/11.83 Birds, pests and overseas ideas 1978/11.70 Blackbirds spreading Smilax 1983/1.10 Camphor Laurel rejected as a threatening process in Vic 2003/12.22 Cane Toad Catcher 1994/12.6 Cane Toads in Kakadu 2003/4.34 Cane Toads march on 2002/6.36 Carp infestation 1975/7.50, 10.75 Crow, House --Don't Give it Houseroom! 1987/7.63 Dangerous escapees 1997/9.4 Fox control programs 1998/4.8 Fox, Red, in Tasmania 2008/4.5 Foxes 1996/12.6*;1997/4.8, 4.9, 6.4, 8.3, 10.2 Foxes in Tasmania 2006/10.16 Foxes in Tasmania and Victoria 2002/6.36 Foxes: Vexing the Vixen 1992/12.18 Fox-Off benefits some small birds 1997/4.9 Funding for feral animal trap 1996/12.14 Honey Bee 1993/4.8; 2008/4.5 Honeybees, Birds and Hollows 1994/7.6 How to trap wild dogs and foxes 1975/12.91 Introduced birds 1997/1.14 Macquarie Island pest eradication project deferred 2011/2.15 Mallard threat 2009/10.9 Miners, Bell and dieback 2008/4.4 Miners, Bell and Tree losses 1982/5.36 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 131

Nest Box Invasion by Feral Bees 1995/4.7 Noisy Miner 2008/12.27 Pest control services websites 2009/4.19 Program to eradicate rabbits, rats and mice on 2010/5.18 Macquarie Is. Rabbit, European 2007/4.4 Rats; Black 1994/8.7 Savannah Cats banned 2008/10.9 Starlings, If I live to be 100 I’ll never like them 1983/1.9 Starlings On the Menu for people 1983/5.42 They are already pests! (Collared Doves) 2000/12.38 Weed control in The 2005/10.24 Yellow Waterlily 2010/5.17 Litter see also Fishing lines Bottle tops, Blue rings on, a hazard for Satin Bowerbird 2005/4.7 Drink can ring hazard 1976/7.51, 10.76 Hazard of Plastic Litter 1984/9.94 Marine debris 2006/8.15 Plastic 2009/4.8 Plastic bag danger 2008/8.26 Oil spills Birds Oiled — B.O.C. Workshop 1980/1.4, 4.27; 1981/1.2, 6.41, 9.78 Birds Oiled — ponchos needed 1982/11.84 Oil spill atlas – Bay 2005/6.29 Oil Spill, Apollo Bay , The 1990 1990/12.121 Oil spill, Effect of, Tas 2002/2.4 Oil spill, Large penalty for 2006/2.13 Oiled Birds, Cleaning of 1991/5.37 Video ‘Treating Oiled Birds’, Launch of 1990/1.3 Poisons and Pollution, and other problems see also Oil Spills 1080 bait, Is grain being used as ? 1980/12.108 1080 not destructive to birdlife 1976/8.63, 10.76 1080 Poison 1989/5.47, 7.64, 9.88, 10.105, 11.111; 1990/5.39 1080 Poison, Eagles and 1981/9.79 1080, comments on 1977/2.11; 1979/11.77 1080, Review of 2002/6.34 Azodrin kills birds in Israel 1978/7.35 Balloons 2009/4.9 Bird bands crippling oystercatchers 2009/12.8, 12.9 Birds of prey, Decrease in population 1978/7.35 D.D.T. and eggshell thickness 1979/10.67 Diclofenac to be phased out in India 2005/10.21 Fenitrothion, Peregrines poisoned by 2005/10.20 Frogmouths poisoned 2002/8.3 ‘Insectrap’ can kill birds 2009/12.9 Lead shot poisoning kills wildfowl, U.K. 1979/10.67 Lucijet kills Whistling Kites 1977/11.85 Lucijet, hazard to birdlife 1978/3.119 Mesural 75 — measures against crop losses 1982/5.34 Methyl anthranilate to discourage grazing birds 1996/9.11 Mouse baits and birds 2011/8.22 Pesticides Poison Tawny Frogmouths 1995/9.7 Pisonia Tree, a deadly killer 1978/9.51, 11 70 Pisonia Peril (Pisonia umbellifera) 1995/3.12 Poison, Beware! 1992/8.3 Poisoning of birds 1998/10.12 Poisoning of cockatoos approved by Vic Govt 1999/5.8, 6.9 Poisoning of wildlife 1979/9.59 Poisonous Sprays 1983/5.36 132 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Rabbit bait, bird survey 1977/7.55 Raptors poisoned 2009/10.6 Toxic chemicals in birds 1976/3.19 Vermin control and hazards to non-target species 1979/11.77 Vermin poison as a hazard to wildlife 1976/12.91 Wedge-tailed Eagles poisoned 2002/6.34 Powerlines Overhead wires 1981/10.84 Overhead wires, Bird deaths from 1981/1.8 Power Lines, Danger of 1995/12.15 Power Line Hazard, Migrating Waders Come to Grief 1987/7.72 Radiation Irradiated Birds 1986/6.50 Road Kills Birds feeding on road kill – a fatal attraction 2010/2.25 Death on the Road 1985/11.116 Penguin and road traffic 1982/6.44 Regent Parrot, road toll 1980/11.99; 1981/1.3, 5.35 Road Deaths 1988/8.94 Road fatalities 2001/12.8, 12.10 Road-killed fauna 2002/6.7, 8.15 Spillage of grain from road transports 1981/1.3, 5.35, 1982/3.15 Shooting and Hunting Duck hunting 2009/2.6, 4.7, 6.27, 12.5 Duck hunting in Victoria 2010/2.4, 2.5 Duck Season (poem) 1989/3.18 Duck Shooting 1986/11.109; 1998/3.13, 5.14 Duck Shooting, Cancelled in Three States 1983 1983/4.28 Duck Shooting (BOCA Policy) 1991/3.13; 1995/4.5, 5.18 Duck shooting 1998 1997/12.19 Duck shooting in Victoria 2002/2.17, 2.18; 2008/2.4 Duck hunting in Victoria 2011/2.4, 2.16, 5.5, 5.18 Emus slaughtered in W.A. 1976/9.59 Fatalities by shooting 1976/3.23, 6.44 Freckled Ducks, Shooters Cause Casualties 1985/4.26 Hunting – a new scheme proposed for Victoria 2009/2.6 Lead shot 1986/11.109; 1987/7.64 Pittas, Red-bellied, shot Horn Island and Iron Range 1981/10.87 Slaughter of ducks 1977/4.31 Trade in birds, Harvesting, Farming Australian Birds for Export 1984/11.110 Bird smuggling 1977/5.42 Bird Trade, RSPB action UK/USA 1978/7.35 Birds, Trafficking in 1980/1.7, 3.23, 4.26, 4.34 Egg collecting 1998/4.8 Egg smuggler caught 2006/2.14 Emu Farming in Victoria: Some Information 1994/8.11 Export of Australian Species 1984/ll.ll0 Fauna, trafficking in 1977/4.26 Harvesting of Native Species 1994/9.5 Illegal Trapping of Birds 1992/7.5 Plume Trade — cessation due efforts A. Mattingly 1981/7.55 Poaching at Inverleigh Common, Vic 1994/6.11 Shearwater, Short-tailed, Harvesting of 1993/7.8 To Catch a Thief: DNA Technology Used to Identify 1992/11.15 Illegally Obtained Wild Birds Trafficking and Smuggling — upsurge in Parrots 1982/1.11 Trafficking in Birdlife I.U.C.N. Publication 1983/3.17 Trafficking In, I.U.C.N. Publication 1983/3.16 Trappers still active 1976/7.50 Trapping & Export of Birds 1975/1.8, 4.28, 6.42, 7.49, 7.50, 8.61, 9.66, 10.77, 11.83; 1985/8.76 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 133

Trapping of Raptors, S. Aust 1984/9.94 Wildlife Trafficking 1993/5.5 Spiders' Webs Birds Caught in Spiders’ Webs 1990/7.71, 1991/3.20, 3.21, 5.46, 6.59, 10.106 Double-barred Finch caught in a web 1997/7.10 Windows Birds, Windows present problems 1980/4.34 Birds attraction to windows 1978/4.4, 5.15 Birds flying into windows and cars 1975/2.12, 5.38, 10.78 Herons, White-faced and windows 1976/4.27 Windows 1986/10.101 Windows, attraction to 1976/4.27 Window Deaths, Preventing 1995/5.9 Windows, Birds & 1994/5.11

CONSERVATION OF OTHER ANIMALS Bilby, Introducing the 1993/5.7 Eastern Barred Bandicoots at Gellibrand Hill Park 1993/12.2 Eltham Copper Butterfly Saved 1989/3.15 Frogs 1994/4.7 Leadbeater’s possum: help save our faunal emblem 1997/9.5 Mammals Recorded Using Artificial Hollows 1995/12.7 Rare Animal Breeding Success at Berry Springs, NT 1991/11.114 Small Native Animals - Nature's Farmhands 1989/5.40

CORRECTIONS Bird Notes Series (BNS) Bird Report Series 116 1996/8.15 Bird Notes series 174 (Tree Martins) 2006/8.22 Plover, American Golden (BNS 178) 2007/4.25 Petrel, Black correction (BNS 177) 2007/2.23 Black-faced, not Wallacean Cuckoo-shrike (BNS 178) 2007/12.26 Dollarbird (BNS 179) 2007/10.28 Email address (BNS 182) 2007/12.26 Woodswallow, White-browed (BNS 178) 2007/4.25 Reed-Warbler, Manchurian (BNS 186 & 187 misidentified) 2008/6.26, 8.21 Falcon, Grey (BNS 193) 2009/10.21 Plover, Ringed (BNS 196) 2010/5.24 General 1984/11.118 Bee-eater, not “Little Green Kingfisher” 2007/10.13 Bird People of St Kilda, The (issue no. 851 p. 22) 2008/2.15 Buzzard, Black-breasted correction 2006/10.27 Correction and Explanation of the Term “Sewage” 1995/11.14 Dick Selby’s trance 1980/5.48 Digiscoping 2007/6.14 Field Guide to Australian Birdsong CD Quick Index corrections 2007/8.17 Field Guide to Australian Birdsong CD9 (22 White-bellied Cuckoo- 2006/10.19 Shrike, 44 Grey Currawong, 49 Australian Raven) Friarbird, Little, photo (The Bird Observer no. 2010/2 p. 8) 2010/5.2 Harrier, Spotted 1995/4.4 King-Parrot, Australian (issue no. 851 p. 13) 2008/2.30 Macquarie Island Nature Reserve 2007/6.14 Pardalote, Spotted (species name) 2007/6.3 Quail-thrush, Chestnut, photo caption (The Bird Observer no. 867 p. 12) 2011/2.2 Robin, Flame 1995/3.5 Sandpiper, Cox’s 1995/3.15 Starling report 1996/5.15 Stilt, Black-winged 1995/8.14 The Bird Observer Index 2008 2009/4.21 134 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

The Bird Observer no. 2006/6, pages 20 & 21 (photographs) 2006/8.8 The Bird Observer no. 2006/8, page 5 (photograph of Powerful Owl) 2006/10.4 What's in a name? (Meaning of Eopsaltria) 1996/10.7

CROSSWORDS Crosswords 1988/9.106, 10.120 Crossswords, see Echuca Branch newsletters 2010/11.21

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FALCONRY 1987/1.1

FIELD NOTES now see LOCATIONS FOR BIRDING

FILMS Film making, ABC Wildlife Division 1977/12.101 Film, “The Land of Arkaroo”, available for members 1977/7.58 Films for sale 1976/4.31 Films, Nature films available for screening 1980/5.43 Film library 1976/9.69

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HABITAT ISSUES IN BIRD CONSERVATION

Climate and weather Climate change 2009/2.5, 2009/2.7, 2009/12.6; 2010/5.17 Climate change affecting Iceland’s fishing banks 2006/10.28 Climate change as a threatening process 2008/6.9 Climate change, Impact on birds 2007/2.14 Cyclone Larry 2006/8.7 Greenhouse Effect 1991/1.8 Land and biodiversity at a time of climate change 2007/8.6 Lightning kills Straw-necked Ibis and Masked Lapwings 2010/2.21 Coastal – Seaweed Beachcast vegetation, Importance of 1998/3.4 Birds and Seaweed 1994/9.11 Birds’ Use of Beachcast Seaweeds and Seagrass 1994/12.2 Chats Comb Kelp 1994/6.8 Do Birds Use Seaweed? 1994/4.5 Kelp for Food and Protection 1994/6.8 Plovers and Seaweed at Breamlea, Vic 1994/7.13 Record of Flame Robins 1994/12.2 Records of Scarlet Robins 1994/12.2 Save our seaweed 1999/10.8 Seaweed, Birds using 1996/6.3 Seaweed, Harvesting of 1996/6.2 Seaweed, Robins Feeding on 1995/3.5; 1996/4.3 Seaweed, Splendid Wrens on 1995/7.15 Shorebirds Feeding 1994/6.8 Destruction of habitat Boneseed 1975/3.24, 6.43, 8.62, 10.79; 1976/7.54, 10.79, 11.84 Christmas Island 2011/5.18 Cinnamon 1976/12.92 Concrete Power Poles 1986/11.113 Migratory Waders, Destruction of Habitat 1985/5.39 Pilliga Scrub under threat 2011/8.8 Sea Has Weeds Too! (Problem of Spartina Grass) 1992/8.18 Smugglers Tree, Iron Range, Cape York, Qld, fallen 2010/8.20 VEAC reprieve 2010/11.18 Wild pigs 1986/12.132 Drought see also Water and wetland issues Drought 1986/5.37, 6.58; 2003/4.7, 6.3; 2006/10.17, 12.5 Drought – and rain – at Rainbow, Vic 2007/8.14 Drought and Ducks 2007/2.14 Drought at Berrima, NSW 2007/2.6 Drought at The Coorong, SA, and Lake Corangamite, Vic. 2006/10.17 Ecotourism Ecotourism 1995/11.15 Ecotourism, Shit in the Bush 1995/12.15 Ecotourism: toilet tissue, too 1996/3.13 Fires Ash Wednesday, Aftermath at Aireys Inlet and Deans Marsh 1983/4.24 Ash Wednesday, Aftermath at Barwon Heads 1983/4.24 Ash Wednesday, Aftermath at Cinema Point 1983/9.71 Ash Wednesday, Aftermath at Powelltown 1983/11.101 Ash Wednesday, Aftermath at Upper Beaconsfield 1983/4.24 Ash Wednesday, Aftermath at Upper Beaconsfield & Pakenham 1983/9.75 B.O.C. Extends Sympathy and Aid to Victims 1983/3.14, 4.24 Bristlebirds survive fire 2002/2.4 Bushfires 2009/4.3, 2009/6.9, 2009/6.14 140 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Bushfires 2003/2.12, 4.6, 4.31 Bushfires impact on Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo 2005/6.27 Bushfires Royal Commission – BOCA submission 2009/6.6 Control burning — conference contemplated 1982/9.69 Fire 1985/5.40, 1986/1.1, 1.2 Fire and biodiversity decline 2010/11.19 Fire operations plans – BOCA concern 2011/11.22 Fires affect threatened species 2008/6.11 Fires and Birds in the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. 1987/8.84 Fires in the You Yangs, 1985 1985/5.40 Fuel reduction burns may threaten Malleefowl in Victoria 2010/11.31 Habitat June Issue 1983/9.75 Helmeted Honeyeater, Effect on Habitat 1983/4.24 No Outings on Days of Total Fire Ban 1983/3.20 Regeneration of Burnt Bushland 1983/9.75, 11.101 Survival Hints 1983/1.1 Trees Provided free for Burnt Areas 1983/8.64 Habitat maintenance, improvement and restoration, Roadsides, Corridors Attracting Birds with Native Plants 1990/9.95 Australian Landscape, Aspects of 1977/7.53 Biodiversity hotspots 2003/12.20* Boneseed being used for regeneration by sand miners 1979/5.27 Bone-seed planted to regenerate area! 1981/11.90 Bringing Back the Birds 1995/5.13 Cape York Peninsula protection 2011/11.21 Capertee National Park, NSW 2010/8.20 Caring for our Country review 2011/8.24 Cassowary habitat protected 2008/10.8 Cassowary habitat, Qld 2011/2.15, 5.13 Coastal Heathland, Value of 1991/7.63 Colonization of an Ecological Niche 1983/11.99 Corridors, The value of 1998/12.8 Dead tree relocated as new home for birds 2001/12.13 Dead Trees, Study of the Value of 1986/10.102 Fallen debris: the vital woodland layer 1997/1.13 Fencing techniques for protecting shorebirds 1998/3.10 Fencing: Fund a fence post 1997/10.3 Fencing: Keeping people on the beach 1997/10.5 Gardening for birds 2003/10.13, 10.14 ‘Green’ farming and biodiversity 2002/2.34 Habitat improvement 1996/9.8 Habitat protection for Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 2010/2.5 Habitat restoration at Laanecoorie, Vic 2008/12.24 Habitats Between Brisbane and Gold Coast, Major New Threat 1990/11.111 to Hedge wattle, asset to bird life 1977/1.4 Honey Flora for Re-afforestation 1983/11.100 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Australia 2010/5.5, 5.7, 5.19* Important Bird Areas , SA, earns IBA status 2010/8.20 Land for Wildlife 1996/5.10, 5.11, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10; 2002/6.34 Linear reserves at Ballarat 1997/12.12 Macquarie Island pest eradication project deferred 2011/2.15 Mornington Peninsula And Western Port Biosphere Reserves 2003/4.32 Murray mouth land protected 2002/2.33 Native Grasslands, Importance of 1995/6.13 Old trees with hollows, Value of 1999/11.9 Pilliga Important Bird Area 2011/8.10* Planting Casuarinas 1995/7.4 Planting for Birds 1995/1.10, 3.10, 4.12, 5.12, 6.18, 7.18, 8.7, 8.8, 9.12, 10.13, 11.12, 12.14 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 141

Planting success 2001/8.10 Plants or weeds? Choose carefully 1996/3.13 Remnant vegetation protection success 1997/10.9 Remnant Vegetation, Protecting 1995/10.6 Restoring Coastal Habitat 1994/9.2 Restoring Ventnor Common, Phillip Island, Vic 2003/2.14 Revegetation project at Stuart Creek, Townsville, Qld 2007/10.12 Revegetation: Bringing back the birds (Childers, Qld) 1997/12.20 Revegetation: Tintern Anglican Girls Grammar School 1997/12.19 Roadside Conservation Committee 1977/3.20: 1984/9.93 Roadside strips of Mallee Vegetation 1981/11.91 Roadside Vegetation, Surveying 1989/8.77 Tasmanian shorebird habitat at Lauderdale protected 2010/2.6 Travelling Stock Route 2008/12.4 Tree Hollows — importance of 1982/3.15 Tree hollows hold biodiversity key 2002/12.9 Tree Planting — Victorian Govemment assistance 1981/9.74 Tree Planting Day in the You Yangs 1986/4.28, 5.40, 6.54 Tree Planting in Australia 1989/5.40 Trees in Rural Areas “Focus on Farm trees” 1982/5.35 Understorey, Value of the 1995/8.7 Victorian Environment Assessment Council (VEAC) Remnant 2010/8.18, 11.18 Native Vegetation Investigation Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC)’s 2011/2.15 Metropolitan Melbourne Investigation Discussion Paper West Kimberley region, National Heritage listing fo 2011/11.21 Woodland habitat, planting to support the Regent Honeyeater 2011/5.8, 8.12, 11.18 Project in Lurg, nr Benalla, Vic Woodland wildlife, Conserving Australia’s 1998/3.6 Yellingbo investigation 2011/11.22 Land clearing, Logging and Degradation Acacia Downs, South Australia 2009/10.7 Box-Ironbark - what is its future? 2001/10.15 Bruny Island logging 2008/8.7 Bush, destruction of 1977/9.72 Degradation of Environment 1988/10.111 Do Not Bulldoze My Home Please! 1986/8.81 East Point – Mackay proposed development 2003/12.22 Firewood 1989/10.105 Firewood gathering: recreational gain or habitat loss? 1996/10.2 Firewood strategy discussion paper – Vic 2002/10.31 Harvesting Australian native plants for export 1996/4.6 Land clearing escalates in Queensland 2002/6.36 Land clearing in Queensland 2000/10.14 Land clearing in Queensland, A solution to? 2003/6.19, 8.23, 10.3 Millewa State Forest (NSW) reprieve 2010/8.18 New South Wales 2009/8.6 Parrot, Superb, habitat destroyed, Barmah State Park, Vic 2005/10.21; 2006/2.15 Pines v Native Forest 1984/9.90 Plants in peril from logging 1976/10.75 Rain Forests Here Today…? 1985/11.117 Ralphs Bay, Tasmania, development averted 2005/12.21 Red Gum forests threatened 2007/12.8 River Red Gum forests in Victoria and NSW 2010/5.5, 5.7* Woodchip Industry 1975/6.42, 1976/6.42, 8.60 Woodchipping — East Gippsland and Otways 1981/9.74 Land reclamation Song Do, Incheon, Korea – Tidal-flat reclamation 2009/10.8 Mines, quarries Chiltern quarry, Vic 2009/8.9; 2011/2.16 Mineral sands mine, south-west of Horsham, Vic 2009/8.8 Mining--Managed or Mayhem? 1988/8.93 142 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Mining proposed in the Murray Basin 2002/6.35 Mining threat to reserves in western Victoria 2003/8.22 Olympic Dam Mine, South Australia 2009/10.7 Christmas Island phosphate mining 2006/2.14 Mining 1986/5.37, 8.82 Moolarben: Coal mine 2007/8.6 Sand Mining, Moreton Is 1985/5.46 Tailings dams 1996/7.7, 7.10, 7.11 Urbanisation Dawn chorus no longer occurs: Chorus, Pianissimo 1990/8.74 Fisherman’s Bend; Garden City; Port Melbourne, Vic 2009/8.15 Inskip Point, Qld, urban development threat 2010/8.19* Population growth and loss of bird habitat 2010/8.28 Population growth and pressure on bird habitat 2009/8.3, 12.3 Ralphs Bay, Tas, halt to development 2010/8.20 Settlement causes decline of bush birds 2005/10.13 Stock routes, Travelling 2009/12.8 Urban birds research 2009/10.8 Water and wetland issues see also Drought and Floods Barmah Forest, Response to flooding in 2011/2.12 Conservation ponds at the Western Treatment Plant 2009/2.8 Controversial Coorong 2009/10.14* Creating a wetland habitat 1997/3.8 Drought refuge created in northern Victoria 2009/2.12 Edithvale-Seaford wetlands, Addition to 2008/2.5 Fencing preserves a wetland 1998/5.10 (Qld) wetlands 2009/2.5 Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetlands Ramsar Site management 2009/10.12 Hattah Lakes, Environmental water – 2007/2.14 Importance of water in garden 1979/5.25 Lake Wallawalla,Vic, revived 2011/2.11 Macquarie Marshes have reached crisis point 2005/6.26 Middle , west of Kerang, Vic 2011/2.12 Murray River 2005/6.29 Murray-Darling Basin plan 2011/2.14, 8.22 Natimuk-Douglas Lakes, Vic 2002/10.34 Ramsar site 2007/12.11 Powling Street Wetland, Port Fairy, Vic, threatened 2008/2.5 Ramsar sites 2002/4.34, 10.31 Ramsar sites in Australia, New 2003/4.31 River improvement, Conservation Council of Victoria 1977/8.66 Rivers, State & Condition 1984/3.16 Saemangeum (South Korea) lost to reclamation 2006/10.17 Saemangeum (South Korea) Shorebird Monitoring Program 2006/10.17; 2008/8.10 Saemangeum reclamation halted (Korea) 2005/6.26 Saemangeum Wetlands, South Korea 2007/10.5 Tasmanian Wetlands 1975/5.33 Urban Creeks campaign 1976/3.20 Urban wetlands, Melbourne area, Vic 2011/11.15 Wader roost at Port Macquarie to be a nature reserve 2002/6.35 Wader roosting site, , Qld 2007/12.9 Water Contamination 1986/5.37, 8.82 Water for Red Gums and wetlands 2010/5.18 Water Hyacinth, hazard to rivers 1977/1.4 Water in a Dry Country 1986/5.37, 8.82 Western Wetlands Programme, Vic. 1989/7.64 Wetland threatened (Pelican Island, Jerseyville, NSW) 2002/10.32 Wetlands 1996/3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Wetlands 1994/4.6 Wetlands are liquid assets 1976/7.49 Wetlands birds stamp issue 1997/8.7 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 143

Wetlands Conservation Programme for Victoria 1989/12.130 Wetlands, Australian 1992/4.6, 4.7 Wetlands, Brisbane 2003/12.21 Wetlands, Conservation of 1983/10.84 Wimmera Mallee pipeline scheme 2002/10.30 Winton Wetlands, north-east Vic, Funding for 2011/8.36 Water – Floods Floods 2009/2.5, 6.13 Flooding of nesting areas 2011/2.10, 2.12 Goorganga Wetlands, Qld, saved – for now 2009/2.6 Macquarie Marshes, Support for 2009/2.5 NSW wetlands acquired 2009/8.9 Partridge Creek wetland, NSW – landmark court outcome 2009/6.5 Water, Illegal use of, Heart Morass, Victoria 2009/10.7 Water for South Australian wetlands 2009/6.8 What’s in a wetland? (Shepparton Irrigation Region) 2009/2.14 Western Port studies 2009/6.8 Woodland habitat loss and degradation 2009/12.6 Windfarms Stockyard Hill wind farm, Vic 2009/6.6; 2011/2.16 Wind farm at Bald Hills decision reversed 2007/2.12 Wind farm, Mortlake, south-western Victoria 2010/11.18 Windfarms – Portland wind energy project 2002/2.31, 10.33 Windfarms – Tasmania – birds and energy infrastructure 2002/2.32 Wind farms 2011/5.17

HABITATS: PLACES

Airey’s Inlet, environment threatened 1975/3.19 Alpine study area 1976/12.92 Alpine Study, Victorian National Parks Launch Campaign 1983/5.37, 7.56 Altona Foreshore 1985/7.72 Arid Zone, Birds of the 1994/10.8 Bali Bird Club, Letter, Nov 1991 1992/3.15 Barmah Forest, Threat to future of 1976/2.12, 9.69 Barrier Reef 1979/5.26, 6.33, 7.46 Basslink 2002/6.34 Black Rock, diminishing birdlife 1975/5.35 Blackburn Lake Sanctuary 1980/9.82 Blakey’s Crossing, a Developing Wetland Issue 1987/1.3 Boodyarn Forest. Concern Expressed 1983/7.57 Brazilian Bird Life under threat 1977/12.103 Brisbane Ranges National Park and Werribee Gorge State Park, Closure 1989/9.89 of Parts of Cairns Esplanade mudflats under threat 1997/7.7 Cairns Esplanade Update 1990/1.12 Cairns Mudflats Endangered 1985/5.39, 7.61, 9.94 Cairns Tidal Mudflats Under Threat 1995/12.12 Cape York Peninsula 1975/10.73 Cape York Wilderness 1978/6.22 Capertee Valley: Heliport 2007/8.6 Charcoal production, Pilliga & Goonoo State Forests 2000/6.14, 10.15 , Altona 1975/7.53 Christmas Is National Park 1985/8.84 Christmas Is. National Park--Proposal to Extend 1989/5.39 Christmas Island 1979/12.86 Christmas Island detention centre 2003/8.20 Coast Tea-tree 2002/12.28 Coastcare: Townboc wins a grant 1997/12.6 Cobboboonee Forest under threat 1998/10.9 Coolart future threatened 1976/3.19 and Coongie Lakes under threat 1996/11.7* 144 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Corranderrk experiment 1976/4.26 Cotton on the Cooper developments 1997/1.10 Daintree buy-back 2005/10.20 Daintree, Last call to save the 2003/6.18 Dareton, NSW, Story of the Eremophila Patch reserve 1994/3.5 Danube Delta under threat 1977/12.103 Devilbend Reservoir, Vic 2002/10.31 Dowds Morass, Gippsland 1975/9.70 East Gippsland & woodchip operations 1976/6.42 East Gippsland Forests Need Your Support 1986/7.63 East Gippsland Forests, Protection Group Formed 1985/4.36 East Gippsland, Forests of 1984/3.16 East Gippsland--A Bright Future 1988/2.15 Edith Falls, NT, Sad tale of a special birding spot 2002/2.5 Edithvale Wetlands 1977/10.80 Farm forest at Broadford Sewage Farm (includes bird list) 2002/8.12 Fraser Island management plan 1982/12.94 Fraser Island, environment threat 1975/6.42, 10.75 Fraser Island: Saved for the nation — or is it? 1976/2.10, 8.60, 12.90 French Island Bird Habitat Recognised by Govt. Planners 1990/12.122 French Island Registered on National Estate 1983/12.108 Gippsland Lakes Hinterland — L.C.C. 1981/5.35 Gippsland South new Society founded 1977/7.57 Gippsland wetlands need water 1977/4.34 Grassy woodland remnants, Melton, Vic 2007/6.12 Greens Bush, Purchase of, National Park for Mornington Peninsula, Vic 1988/8.93 Guyana, Letter from 1999/4.6 Heliport proposed for Phillip Island, Victoria 2005/10.20 Hinchinbrook Island 1995/12.12* Japanese Mudflats 1990/12.122 John Hobbs Memorial Reserve 1994/3.5 Julatten trees – a thank you 1998/10.13 Lady Elliott Island, Bundyboc lends a hand: 1997/12.2 - World Heritage listing rejected 2000/8.14 Lake Eyre, Letter from 2001/4.41 Lake Wendouree, water skiing 1975/2.9 Lake Wyn Wyn, Lets Win Back 1993/12.2 LCC study areas, Ballarat 1980/8.66 LCC study areas, progress report 1980/6.54 LCC study areas, South Gippsland 1980/8.76 endangered 1978/3.119 Mackay mangroves 1999/12.11 Macquarie Island Nature Reserve 2007/4.4, 2007/8.7 Macquarie Island Nature Reserve – correction 2007/6.14 Mallee Dam Restoration 1995/5.11 Malta, Letter from 1993/4.7 Mareeba Wetlands 1998/9.15 Minsmere, Suffolk Sanctuary endangered 1977/4.34 Moira Lake, Bold experiment at 1998/5.11 Moreton Bay Marine Park 2005/12.21 Mornington Peninsula & boneseed 1976/7.54 Mud Island 1975/7.52 Mud Island Conserved 1986/1.7 Murramarang National Park, NSW 1999/1.13 Murray River, L.C.C. Study Area 1983/1.10, 4.31 N.S.W. Additions to Parks 1984/10.101 N.S.W. Endangered Birds in 1984/4 34 Ned’s Corner Station 2003/2.7*, 6.16 New South Wales 1983/1.4, 6.49 New South Wales is Blowing Away 1989/9.87 New Zealand 1999/7.8 North Queensland, Conservation in 1998/4.6 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 145

Northern Territory 1983/6.49; 1984/8.80; 1985/9.92 Nowingi industrial waste site, Proposed 2006/2.12, 10.15; 2007/2.14 Ocean Grove, Hides at 1976/2.13 Otway Forest, Woodchip Threat 1985/1.2 Otways and Logging 1983/7.57 Phillip Island (Vic) Fly Neighbourly Agreement 2006/2.15* Planning controls, Sherbrooke, Lilydale, etc 1980/6.54 Point Cook — Houses or Habitat 1976/7.50 Point Lillias, No chemical plant for 1997/8.6 Point Nepean, Victoria 2003/4.33 Point Wilson Development 1979/3.9, 5.29 Point Wilson, I.C.I. and BOC surveys 1978/9.51, 12.75 Port of Hastings: Land use and transport study 2007/8.6 Port Phillip Bay: Channel deepening 2007/8.6 Prickly Pear at Hattah 1975/8.61 Queensland 1983/1.4, 6.49, 9.73; 1984/9.89; 1985/6.57, 8.82; 1986/8.84, 10.108; 1987/5.48 Queensland Parks, increased surveillance 1979/7.44 Records from Western Victoria 2001/2.38 Roger River, E. Gippsland Logging Threat 1985/10.101 Rural issues 2002/12.11 Sandgate (Qld), Signs of the Times for 1989/9.85, 9.86 Savernake and Native Dog Farmscapes Project 2002/4.35 Saving the Big Scrub (including Booyong Flora Reserve) 2005/10.24* Centre, Phillip Island, Vic 2003/4.31 South Australia 1983/1.4, 7.57; 1985/4.34 Tasmania 1983/7.57; 1985/5.42 Tasmania’s Forests 1989/4.34 Tasmanian S.W. and further Dams 1982/9.69 Thamesside Sanctuary 1977/6.48 The Spit, Werribee gazetted a sanctuary 1980/8.68 U.S.A, Letter from the ., and a Warning 1987/5.39 Upper Yarra Valley Strategy Plan 1981/1.9 Urquharts Bluff — Heathland strip, Preservation Plan 1981/9.74 Victoria 1983/1.4, 6.49, 7.57, 9.73; 1985/5.42 Victoria’s Box-Ironbark forests and woodlands 2000/10.16 Warrawong Sanctuary, Adelaide Hills 1993/5.7 Werribee Farm & Trade Waste 1985/6.56 Werribee Farm, Changes at 2002/10.29 Werribee, Birds galore at 1975/12.89 Western Australia 1985/4.34 Western Australia, Bird conservation 1975/8.57, 8.58 Western Australian report 1978/2.111 Western Austtralia, additions to wildlife act 1978/9.51 Western Riverina, NSW 2002/10.34 Williamstown, Keeping the Waders at 1987/7.63 Yarra Valley, Preservation of 1976/5.36 You Yangs, Preservation of 1976/3.18, 7.54 You Yangs, tree planting 1975/8.61, 12.91

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LOCATIONS FOR BIRDING (BIRDWATCHING) incorporating DISTRICT NOTES and FIELD NOTES

AUSTRALIA Ashmore Reef 2011/2.19 Birding Down Under 1989/5.37, 10.99, 12.124 Birding from Melbourne to Darwin 2002/10.8 Birding in the Australian winter 2000/12.12 Birding in the Outback 1989/5.47 Camping in the Inland 2005/2.20 Changes to access to important birdwatching sites 2010/5.4 Darwin to Sydne,y Bird-watching Tour from 1989/11.116 Desert Birding 1986/3.22 Dry Country Birding 1991/12.130 Great Victoria Desert, Interesting Sightings, 1991/12.130 Mitchell grassland 2009/12.18 Northern Australia, Some Interesting Sightings from 1990/10.105 Reminiscences of Grasswrens, Scrub-birds and Bristlebirds 1991/9.92 Seabird Breeding Islands of Australia, More than 500 Visits 1990/7.61 Story of a travelling birdo 2002/10.12 Strezelecki Track, Crippling Viewpoint 1989/11.117 Those Grasswrens 1991/9.92 With Bert Bolton's Outback Tours 1991/7.65 Australian Territories Antarctica Australians in Antarctica 1976/9.65 Christmas Island Christmas Island: April 2000 2000/8.6 Christmas Island 2003/6.14; 2006/2.14, 4.25 Australian Capital Territory Brindabella Ranges, ACT 1999/9.7 Canberra 1976/8.61; 2001/12.14 Canberra — 10th to 17th June 1982/11.88, 12.99 Canberra, Avian haven in 1999/1.10 Canberra, BOC trip 1976 1976/8.61 Canberra, A.C.T. 1976/8.61 Canberra 1977/10.78 New South Wales A Blue Flash in the Mirror 1986/11.118 Ballina, N.S.W. 1975/9.70 Ballina, N.S.W. 1978/12.80 Baradine and the Pilliga, nr Coonabarabran 2003/6.11 Barham 1976/7.52; 9.62; 1983/11.97; 2006/8.9 Barham NSW Easter camp, 31.3-6.4.88 1988/6.66 Barham, N.S.W. 1976/7.52 Barham, NSW, Cup Weekend Camp, 3-8.11.1989 1990/1.10 Barmah-Millewa Forests 2010/5.5, 5.7 Barraba 1998/8.19; 12.9 Ben Boyd National Park, N.S.W 1976/8.60 Bermagui, N.S.W. 1977/5.40 Birds of a Feather Flock Together 1986/7.70 Bird-watching on a Sandhill 1991/10.107 Blackheath Garden, Birds Bathing at a 1987/5.45 Blue Mountains, The 2006/2.7 Blue Mountains Scenic World, 2011/8.13 Bodalla, Trunketabella Gardens, 1989/3.16 Bourke and beyond 1976/11.86 Bourke and beyond. 1976/11.86 148 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Bowraville, Notes from 1989/9.93 Brindabella, NSW, Cattle Egrets at 1979/3.14 Brunswick River area, NSW 1980/1.8 Brunswick River, Efficient fishing, 1980/11.101 Brunswick River, Notes from the North, 1980/1.8 Burrendong Arboretum, N.S.W. 1985/l.l0 Bush camp near Cobar 1998/2.12 Byron Bay, N.S.W. 1976/10.78 Byron Bay, Notes from 1985/9.94 Camden, NSW, Black-eared cuckoo, 1977/4.34 Capertree Valley 2006/12.12 Channel Billed Cuckoo and Pied Currawongs 1981/4.28 Clarence and Wooli Rivers, N.S.W. 1978/7.37, 8.45 Cocoparra Nat. Park, N S.W. 1985/10.104 Cocopora, N.S.W. 1975/2.15 Coffs Harbour, Birdwatching from Boardwalks 1990/3.23 Coonabarabran, Channel-billed Cuckoo, 1980/8.71 Cootamundra, Double-barred finches at 1978/8.45, 11.69 Corner Country, N.S.W 1976/1.7 Corowa, Birding at the Sewage Pond 1985/4.32 Corowa, N.S.W. 1985/4.32 Currawongs Nesting 1983/1.5 Darling River, NSW 1980/7.61, 9.84 Deniliquin 1975/11.82 Deniliquin, Farmer’s Unusual Crop, Swans nesting 1987/6.58 Deva National Park. The Big Hole 1984/6.57 Dry Country in January 1991/7.71 Dubbo District, Bird routes of the 2001/2.14* Dubbo Garden ,Birds in 1981/10.87 Eden District, Cattle Egrets, 1982/4.25 Eden, N.S.W. 1977/5.40 Edward River, Birding on the 1988/11.131 Far Western NSW & Strzelecki Creek tour, 10-25.9.88 1988/11.125 Fivebough Swamp, Leeton 2007/4.8 From Weebill to Wedgetail 1987/5.45 Goonoo Forest and Mallee Fowl ,Threat to 1984/5.40 Grafton, Bird notes from 1980/7.61 Grey Falcon shows enterprise 1982/12.98 Gulpa Forest, Mathoura, NSW, Bunkhouse Camp, 27.4- 1992/8.14 1.5.92 Gum Swamp nr Forbes 1996/2.12 Gunbower-Koondruk-Pericoota Forests 2010/5.5 Harbord, A Note on Doves, Sparrows and Magpies 1989/1.4 Hawkesbury garden, Friends from the Bush 1987/5.46 Holbrook, N S W 1978/8.47 Howlong Area, Little Bittern found 1983/3.17 Howlong District News 1980/12.114 Howlong, Notes from 1981/1.4 inland N.S.W, Black-tailed godwits,. 1978/10.61 Jingellic (Xmas 1984) 1985/3.15 Jingellic Christmas Camp, 1976 1977/2.12 Jingellic, N.S.W. 1977/2.12 Ku-ring-gai National Park 1996/4.12 Kyogle 1978/6.26, 6.30, 8.44, 11.68 Kyogle N.S.W. 1978/6.26, 6.30, 8.44, 11.68 Lachlan River floodplain 1999/8.3 Lake Victoria Station 2010/5.12 LakeVictoria, N.S.W. 1982/6.41 Livingstone State Forest, N.S.W. 1977/3.22 Livingstone State Forest, N.S.W. 1981/4.30 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 149

Lockharts Gap, N.S.W. 1977/5 44 Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, Tours, Feb.- Mar. 1994 1994/6.6 Lord Howe Island 2010/2.12 Lord Howe Island 1999/5.13; 2001/6.20; 2002/2.29, 6.26 Lord Howe Island 1990/9.85 Lord Howe Island 1975/5.34 Lorikeet Resort Caravan Park (nr Coffs Harbour) 1994/5.14 Lower Gwydir watercourse, Gingham Channel 1997/11.8 Macleay Valley 2001/12.19 Macquarie Marshes 1981/9.71 Manning Valley Bird Watchers 1984/12.129 Mathoura, Red Gum Forest and Bird Safari, 1987/7.68 Maude, Chats at 1982/4.31 Meals-on-Wheels 1982/7.46 Merimbula 1996/12.11 Merimbula 1984/10.97 Mid-Murrumbidgee Forests 2010/5.6 Mildura (40 km north of) 1976/10.78 Mt. Kaputar, N.S.W. 1975/2.5 Mt.Lindsay tick check point, Notes from 1976/10.77 Mulligan’s Flat, ACT 1999/11.20 Mungo National Park 1993/8.2*, 1995/11.13 N.S.W., Western & Eastern Vic. National Parks 1976/8.59 Nambucca estuary 2009/12.28 Nambucca Heads 2003/10.7 Nariel, N.S.W. 1975/3.20 Narran Lakes 2008/8.12 New South Wales 1975/11.85;1977/3.21 Noddy Defies Death 1986/9.93 Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands, Tours, Feb.- Mar. 1994 1994/6.6 Norfolk Island 2001/8.3; 2003/8.39; 2006/6.12 Norfolk Island, Some Birds of 1989/1.9 Northern N.S.W. 1979/11.80 Northern NSW, Notes from 1979/11.80 North-west N.S.W. 1976/1.7 Not Dead but Bathing 1985/6.58 NSW National Parks 1980/1.1 NSW, Little snippet from 1980/4.32 Oaklands, Observations from 1986/9.92 Old Bar, nr Taree 2005/6.7 Pelagic trip off NSW 1999/10.15 Pilliga Scrub 2002/2.36 Port Macquarie 2003/4.35 Prions or Whalebirds 1983/9.77 Purple Swamphen vs Ducks (see also1983/12.114) 1984/7.70, 8.82 Pursuer Pursued 1985/8.82 Ravens as Predators 1983/4.30 Red Goshawk, Notes on 1981/7.57 Red Rock, Yuraygir National Park 2005/12.9; 2006/8.4 Rosella Park 2010/8.31 Rosella Park, Casino 2008/2.20, 12.27 Royal National Park, N.S.W. 1977/9.72 Sandy Hollow Tourist Park 2006/12.12 Schwagers Bore 2002/12.15 Scone, Raptor Observations From 1988/10.119 South Wagga Primary School 2008/8.26 Spotted Bower Bird in new role 1980/1.9 Strzelecki Track in Winter 1991/11.110 Suffolk Park, N S.W. 1978/12.84 Superb, Superb Parrots 1986/11.120 150 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Swanhaven, N.S.W. 1977/5.41 Sydney 2000/8.10 Sydney, Beginners Birdwatching in 1982/6.44 Sydney, Birding in Suburban 1988/10.119 Tagged Egret Sightings 1986/9.87 Tahmoor, N.S.W.,Bar-shouldered dove at 1976/6.47 Tarragon Lodge, Murrary River area, Redgum Reunion 1989/3.22 Tarragon Lodge, Murrary River area, Waterbird Weekend 1988/2.13 that was Too Dry The Oaks, NSW, Bell-miner near 1977/8.65 Tibooburra, NSW, Grey Grass Wrens at 1979/11.76 Timbilica, Ducklings, 1986/9.89 Timbilica, Pelicans at 1982/7.55 Torry Plains, Lowbidgee floodplain 2011/2.9 Tuckerbil Swamp, Leeton 2007/4.8 Tuggerah Lakes 1992/6.9* Tumut, Cattle egrets at 1978/9.53 Victoria Revisited 1981/7.58 Wagga Wagga, Cattle egrets at 1978/8.45, 11.69 Warren, Notes from a Farm Garden, 1987/5.39 Washpool National Park 1996/8.6 Waterhole near Round Hill Nature Reserve 2003/10.8 Weethalle,N S.W 1978/12.83 Wentworth, Birding in 1986/8.81 West Darling Country 1975/12.93 Wetlands Centre at Shortland, NSW 1992/7.11 Wetlands Centre at Shortland, NSW 1992/7.11; 1994/1.6 Wilcannia, Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos and Galahs, 1991/10.106 Wirrimbirra Sanctuary, N.S.W. 1976/2.13, 4.31, 7.53 Wollombin Wildlife Park 1981/3.19 Wooli, N.S.W. 1976/3.20 Wullumbin Wildlife Park 1980/11.98 Yarriabini National Park 2009/12.28 Yuragir National Park, Notes from 1988/10.119 Yuraygir National Park 1996/8.4 Northern Territory Alice, Eyes Peeled at the 1993/9.3 Arnhem Land — 1980 Tour 1981/6.43 Batswing Birding 1993/11.7 Barkly Tablelands - Lake Woods 2011/2.13 Birdlife in the billabong 1998/11.9 Darwin 2005/12.11 Darwin Esplanade 1993/11.5 Darwin, Birdwatching in 1994/1.2 East Alligator River 2005/2.10 Eastern MacDonnell Ranges 1999/1.7 Edith Falls 2005/12.11 Edith Falls (Leliyn) 2002/2.5 Great Victoria Desert Safari, 1986 1986/12.129 Gregory National Park 2006/10.9 Groote Eylandt 1992/3.8 Kakadu 2000/2.3; 2005/2.10 Katherine 1999/12.17 Katherine, Kakadu & Kununurra – warts & all 1999/1.4 Knuckey’s Lagoons 2005/12.11 Lake Woods, Barkly Tablelands 2011/2.13 Marqua Station (includes bird list) 2002/2.9* Mary River Park 2005/2.10 Newhaven and the Red Centre 2005/6.18 Newhaven Station 2008/12.9 Northern Territory, Birding in the 2009/10.26 Parap, a suburb of Darwin 1999/7.21 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 151

Pine Creek 2005/12.11 Ruby Downs, nr Douglas Daly Research Station 1996/2.4 Shady Camp, Mary River 2007/8.14 Tanami birding 2003/8.14 Tanami Desert 2008/12.10 Top End mangroves 1999/5.7 Top End Mangroves, Birds of the 2002/8.5 Top End, Tackling the 1993/11.2 Top End; Bottoms up for the 1998/11.5 Western Arnhem Land 2003/12.14 A Tale of Two Intrepid Birdwatchers 1985/10.106 A Winter Visit 1982/12.96 Banded Pigeon in the Mulberry Tree 1988/2.21 Berry Springs Wildlife Park 1991/7.66, 11.114 Bird-watching Between Stirring the Rosellas 1988/7.76 Black Necked Stork (Jabiru) off course 1981/1.4 Darwin Holiday, Highlights of a 1989/7.69 Darwin, Birds of 1991/7.66 Desert Bird Safari--July1987 1987/9.95 Douglas Hot Springs, Observations from 1989/5.46 Kakadu, Halcyon Days in 1989/6.49 Katherine Gorge, Birds in 1984/8.82_ Kites, a lasting impression 1982/12.97 Northern Territory 1986/10.108 Winnellie, Bird Notes from 1989/1.4 Alice Springs 1984/1.2 Arnhem Land 1981/6.43 Ayers Rock, Falcons at 1977/10.81 Borroloola. N.T. 1982/4.30 Central & Northern Australia 1977/10.77 Darwin 1977/11.90 Frewena, N.T, Honeyeaters near 1976/1.7 Frewina, N.T. 1976/1.7 Katherine Gorge 1984/8.82 Northern Territory 1977/12.102 Northern Territory 1979/8.54 Northern Territory 1984/10.108 Northern Territory 1978/3.117 Queensland, North & N.T. 1977/4 33 Queensland A Day out with Greg 1983/5.40 Ankarra Lagoons 2007/4.11 Another Perching Wader, (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper) 1986/1.10 Arcadia, Birding in 1985/12.129 At Last! I've Seen the Hall's Babbler! 1991/8.82 Atherton Tableland, Bird-watching Glen Dirran 1991/11.117 Atherton Tableland, Q'land. 1977/1.2 Atherton Tableland, Queensland 1980/5.41, 12.112 Atherton Tablelands 2006/6.17 Atherton Tablelands, Q'land 1975/11.86 Baldwin Swamp, Bundaberg 2001/6.16 Balonne River, St George: Riverside camping 2002/2.19 Banded Land Rails bathing at roadside 1982/8.61 Barkly Tablelands, North Australia 1982/8.59 Beachmere, More on Birds of 1988/2.22 Birding, biking and bushwalking 1997/11.14 Birds "Showering" in Damp Trees 1988/2.22 Birds for Breakfast 1989/3.16 Birds of the sugarcane 2008/4.16 Birdsville 2007/8.22 Bivouac Junction, Macrossan 2009/2.27 Blackbraes National Park 2005/10.15 152 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Boaga, Queensland 1977/11.89 Bourke and beyond. 1976/11.86 Bowen, Mullers Lagoon 1985/5.47 Bowen, Observations from near 1986/11.117 Bowling Green Bay, Townsville 1997/12.7 Bowra Station 2008/10.12 Bowra Station, Cunnamulla 2005/2.8 Brampton Island (includes bird list) 2003/10.6 Brampton Island--Naturalist's Delight 1987/6.58 Bribie Island 2001/2.7; 2003/6.3 Bribie Island, Qld. 1978/12.79 Brisbane, Birdwatching from the Sixth Floor 1994/9.11 Broadwater Park, Ingham 2000/2.16 Bruce Weir 1993/6.5 Bucasia, Burdekin Duck at 1982/5.38 Bundaberg to Cape York 1998/10.5 Bundaberg, Gin Gin and Walla Station 1983/11.102 Bunya Mountains, Queensland. 1976/11.82 Bunya Mountains, White Necked Heron 1983/10.90 Burra Range, White Mountains National Park 2008/8.25 Bush Curlews on Campus 1984/5.45 Caboolture,Qld. 1978/12.85 Cairns 2010/2.9 Cairns 1999/10.6 Cairns 2006/6.29, 10.7 Cairns 1978/4.9 Cairns — Innisfail 1981/12.101 Cairns 1981,Our Garden at 1985/5.45 Cairns and Kuranda, Notes from 1990/3.22 Cairns area, Jabirus in 1977/2.13, 10.79 Cairns Esplanade mudflats 1997/7.7 Cairns Esplanade, Barking Owl on 1983/12.112 Cairns Inlet, Sunday Outing at 1983/12.112 Cairns Mudflats 1985/9.94 Cairns Mudflats, Q'ld. 1985/7.61 Cairns to Cape York, 22nd Aug.—12th Sept.1987 1987/11.109 Cairns to Townsville - the long way round 1996/10.4 Cairns Wader and Tern Notes 1990/12.131 Cairns waterfront 1980/11.101 Cairns waterfront, January—June,1980 1980/11.101 Cairns, Bird Notes from 1983/6.50 Cairns, Birding on the Esplanade 1986/7.72 Cairns, March News from the Esplanade 1987/6.57 Cairns, Notes from 1989/11.118 Cairns, Notes from 1991/9.89 Cairns, Notes on Waders from 1987/9.95 Cairns, Observations from a Tropical Garden in 1986/11.112 Cairns, Red Kookaburra sighted at 1982/4.25 Cairns, Returning Waders and Wandering Birdos at 1987/12.131 Cairns, the Tableland and Georgetown 1984/7.69, 8.81, 8.82, 8.83, 9.93 Cairns, Unusual Sightings from 1988/2.21 Cairns, Wagtail follows the mower 1981/12.103 Cairns: on The Esplanade 1997/6.12 Cape York 1979/7.41, 1994/5.6 Cape York 2001/4.8, 4.12 Cape York after the Wet 1999/10.4 Cape York Peninsula, Queensland 1976/10.74 Cape York Wilderness Lodge, Birds of 1988/8.85 Cape York, North from Bamaga 1987/6.57 Cape York, Qld, 24.10-14.11.92 1993/3.6 Capricorn Coast, Bundyboc Camp, 25-26.10.97 1997/12.4 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 153

Capricornia, Trip to, winter 1996 1997/3.3 Cardwell, Bird-watching Near 1987/9.94 Carnarvon Gorge, Queensland 1976/11.82 Cassowaries and Mangosteen 1980/1.8 Cassowary House, nr Cairns 1995/6.2 Cassowary, an unusual water bird 1981/9.77 Channel Country 1981/4.31 Channel-billed Cuckoo 1980/7.60, 8.71 Charters Towers, Birding Around 1986/9.93 Chinchilla. Queensland 1981/6.47 Coastal Queensland, Burdekin Duck (Radjah Shelduck) 1981/12.105 Cobbold Gorge 1995/12.4 Corella River, Clem Walton Park 1988/5.57 Courtship of Lovely Wrens 1981/9.77 Crater Lakes National Park 2006/6.18 Cumberland Waterhole, Tex and the 1989/11.139 Cup of Water, A 1990/3.21 Curlew Tale, A 1989/5.44 Cut Throat Escapee 1981/7.59 Daintree 1995/12.3 Daintree, Dawn on the 1994/10.6 Daintree, To the... and Back 1995/3.6* Darling Downs, Q'land 1975/1.6 Darling River & Southern Queensland 1976/10.77 Darling River and Southern Queensland 1976/10.77 Davies Creek area, Blue-faced Finch 1981/8.65 Dead Cane Toads 1988/2.21 Deception Bay, Birds of 1986/10.97, 11.110 Diamantina Lakes 2001/8.25 Display of Spotted Bowerbirds 1985/10.106 Driven to Drink (Pelicans Drinking Rainwater) 1986/1.10 Drought in Queensland 1995/1.5 Drought Takes its Toll 1993/12.15 Dynevor Downs,Queensland, White-winged choughs, 1978/12.80 Eagleby Wetlands 2009/2.15, 2009/2.21, 2009/12.5 Eastern Australia, Bird-watching Holiday in 1990/5.44 Edmonton, Black-winged Monarch at 1982/4.29 Edward River Crocodile Farm near Cairns 11994/1.14 End of the Wet Tour, April 1995 1995/7.7 Eubenangee Swamp 1993/4.6 Eulo, Queensland 1977/4.25 Eulo, S.W. Queensland 1977/4.25 Eumundi, Queensland 1984/7.61 Eungella National Park 2001/10.32 Family affair in Queensland 1998/4.7 Far North Queensland, Wildlife watching in 2001/2.16 First One Hundred, The 1988/10.109 Fisherman, The 1989/4.34 Fraser Island 1976/2.10;1977/10.80, 1983/8.63 Fraser Island 1983/8.63 Fraser Island Holiday 1988/11.129 Fraser Island Holiday, Correction to 1989/7.68 Fraser Island, Q'land 1975/6.44, 11.82 Fraser Island, Queensland 1976/2.10 Fraser Island, Unusual Seabirds at 1988/10.113 Garnett’s Lagoon 2010/5.13 Georgetown Revisited, Easter1988 1988/6.69 Georgetown, Bird Watching near 1981/9.76 Georgetown, Easter at 1987/8.83 Georgetown, Queensland 1978/6.29 154 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Girraween and Lamington National Parks 1997/11.15 GMT Isa and Gulf — 15th July to 6th Aug 1982/11.88, 12.99 Gold Coast 1993/4.14 Gold Coast 1981/1.3 Gold Coast Hinterland (J McD Sharp Park) 1995/1.9 Gold Coast. good birding areas 1981/1.3 Gone Kingfishing 1982/8.61 Grass Owls Born in Captivity 1983/12.111 Grey-crowned babblers, friendly lot 1976/10.78 Gulf of Carpentaria 2011/11.12 Hard Won Dinner 1983/8.66 Heron Island, Tame Birds on 1986/3.13 Hervey Bay 2003/6.12, 12.26; 2000/4.4; 2006/8.10; 2007/4.11 Hervey Bay, Queensland, Crested hawk 1976/8.63 Honeyeater Week 1994/12.5 Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Behaviour of birds, Iron 1981/11.89 Range Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Black-necked Stork 1981/7.59 (Jabiru) Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Boat-billed Flycatcher 1981/10.86 Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Fawn-breasted Bower 1981/10.86 Birds Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Magnificent Rifle Bird 1981/10.86 Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Manucode, display and 1981/10.86 nesting Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Nesting Eclectus Parrots 1981/10.87 and Starlings Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Radjah Shelduck 1981/7.59 (Burdekin Duck), Horn Is. Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Red-bellied Pittas shot 1981/10.87 Horn Island and Iron Range notes:Torres Strait Pigeon 1981/9.79 Horn Island and Iron Range notes:White-tailed Kingfisher 1981/10.85 nesting 2005/8.10 In Search of Parrots 1989/7.70 Intoxicated Lorikeets 1988/2.21 Iron Range 1981/11.89 Iron Range 1983/5.40 Iron Range — 1981 Tour 1981/11.89 Iron Range October1982 1983/5.40 Iron Range, Birding at 1986/12.132 Jimna 1999/4.4* John Crowhurst Special 1982/8.61, 9.68 Julatten 1993/3.12, 6.3, 12.9 Julatten 2005/6.12; 2006/6.29 Julatten 1983/5.41 Julatten, Blue-faced Finch at 1982/1.9 Julatten, Kingfisher Caravan Park 1990/3.22 Julatten, Last Night at 1985/5.47 Julatten, North Queensland 1981/4.29 Julatten, Observations from near 1989/6.59 Julatten, Orchard raiders at 1982/9.70 Julatten, Pool at 1982/1.5 Julatten, Q'ld. 1985/10.107 Julatten, Queensland 1982/1.5, 1.9 Julatten, Rainforest area 1981/4.29 Jullaten, Joys of 1983/5.41 Keppel Island, Queensland 1976/11.81 Kilcoy, Queensland, Blue-billed ducks at 1976/11.85 Kimberley 1985 Tour, Q'ld. 1985/11.109 Kingaroy to Cairns 1976/7.52 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 155

Kingaroy to Cairns 1976/7.52 Kingaroy to Cairns, Birding, 1976/7.52 Kingaroy, Mystery bird in 1978/4.10 Kingfisher Bay, Fraser Island 2009/10.25 Koel behaviour, seven-year puzzle 1980/11.101 Koels in a northern garden 1982/1.5 Kroombit Tops State Forest, Qld, Bundyboc camp at 1996/4.10 Kuranda and Cairns, Notes from 1990/3.22 Lady Eliot Island 2002/4.20 Lady Elliott Island, nr Bundaberg 1997/12.2 Lady Musgrave Island 2007/4.21 Lake Moondarra 1988/5.56 Lamington National Park, Q'land 1975/8.60, 12.93 Lamington Park, Albert Lyrebird at 1983/6.50 Lawn Hill National Park 1999/6.5 Lockyer Valley 1993/1.2* Loco Frogmouths 1983/6.51 Longlands Gap State Forest 2006/6.19 MACBOCA and Townsville Branch 1994/7.14 Mackay 1997/11.7 Mackay District, Introduced Birds 1984/6.54 Mackay, Pacific Bazas in Pioneer Valley 1981/12.102 Mackay, Qld., Tour, 25.11-9.12.1989 1990/1.1 Magarrys on Walkabout 1985/9.90, 10.106 Magnetic Is 1978/6.21 Magnetic Is. 1979/4.22 Magnetic Is., Q'land. 1977/4.28 Magnetic Island 1978/6.22 Magnetic Island 2007/2.9 Mangrove Boardwalk at Wynnum 1993/6.8 Mareeba Wetlands 2001/10.6; 2002/2.35 Mareeba, Birding near 1991/10.102 Mareeba, Scarlet Honeyeaters at 1982/3.19 Masked Lapwings — raised in Home for Aged 1981/12.100 Mission Beach 2006/6.17 Mission Beach 2007/4.23 Mitchell, Aberrant Magpie at 1988/4.48, 10.118 Mitchell, Q'land 1984/10.105, 11.118 Miyumba Bush Camp, Boodjamulla National Park 2005/10.15 Mooloolaba 1978/8.47 2005/10.15 Moorrinya National Park 2008/12.23 More Confusion over Gulls 1989/3.23 Mossman 2009/4.19 Mount Coolum Golf Course 1995/1.9 Mount Isa 1978/4.7 Mount Isa, West to 1988/5.56 Mt Isa 1998/3.15, 7.11 Mt Isa 2003/8.15 Mt Isa to Melbourne, Tackling the Top End, Part 2: 1994/5.3 Mt Lewis and Daintree area 1983/6.45 Mt Lewis and Daintree Area (new bird for Australia) 1983/6.45 Mt Lewis Weekend 1984/12.129 Mt Spec National Park and Paluma 2009/8.27 Mt. Isa, Q'land 1975/10.78 Mt. Molloy, Honeyeaters at 1999/7.14 Mt.Isa & Gulf (BOC Tour 1983) 1984/5.48 Murgon, Notes from 1989/5.45 N.Q'land, Uniform Swiftlets in 1984/1.3, 4.26 National Parks annual report 1980/5.45 National Parks, Extensions and Additions 1983/9.73 Newell Beach, north of Mossman 1997/7.10 156 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Noosa Bird Trail – great birding naturally 2005/4.19 Noosa Heads 1977/4.28 Noosa, Pelicans at 1977/1.4 Noosa, Q'land 1975/11.82 North East Herald Cay 1997/12.9 North Qld. Golden-shouldered Parrot Tour, 26.5-16.6.1990 1990/9.93 North Queensland 1998/4.4 North Queensland 1978/11.68 North Queensland, Birding in 1981/1.3 North Queensland, Bustards in 1978/8.45, 9 54, 10.62 North Queensland, Holiday Birding 1981/1.3 North; Go 2002/10.11 North; Notes from the 2002/2.5 Northern Qld., Summer Observations 1990/3.21 Note on Grey-crowned Babblers from Bell 1989/9.95 Of Gulls and Kingfishers 1988/6.70 Off-the-beaten-track birding 1999/6.5, 8.3 Olive River 1984/7.70 Ooline Park 2000/4.27 O'Reilly's B.O.C. 1982 1983/6.48 O'Reilly's Bird Week1988 1989/3.13 Osprey Observations 1991/7.68 Paddabilla Bore No.RN 11339 1991/7.65 Palm Beach bird list 1980/11.101 Palm Beach, Queensland 1980/11.101 Palm Cockatoos Drumming 1991/7.70 Palmwoods 2007/4.30 Paluma - a birdwatcher’s paradise 2003/12.28 Papuan Frogmouths 1983/3.18 Peacful Dove, unusual nesting site 1980/1.8 Port Douglas Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary 2005/8.9 Ptiloris, Blue Faced Finches at 1983/1.10 Queensland 1979/6.36 Queensland BOC Tour, 1976 1976/11.81 Queensland coast 1997/11.14 Queensland, A Tribute to 2001/2.19 Queensland, Birding trip to 1999/5.10 Queensland, far and wide 1980/5.37 Queensland, North & N.T. 1977/4 33 Queensland, Note from 1986/12.131 Queensland, S.W. & outback 1977/4.25, 12.98 Rail(ways) at Julatten 1991/11.117 Rainbow Bee-eaters behaviour 1981/7.57 Raine Island 1998/5.8 Ravenshoe, Variety at 1995/11.11 Record for Raptors? 1992/12.11 Red Goshawk, Notes on 1981/7.57 Rockhampton 1993/10.14 Rockhampton, Observations from 1988/11.130 S.W Queensland, Chestnut-crowned babbler, 1978/4.3 Salvator Rosa Nat. Park, Q'ld 1985/l.l Samsonvale 2002/12.3 Sand plant or menagerie 1980/1.8 Sandgate 1990/3.22 Sandgate, Signs of the Times for 1989/9.85 Sandstone Gorges, Queensland’s 1991/1.4 Second One Hundred, The 1989/7.61 Shining Starlings, odd dietary habits 1982/5.38 Slack’s Creek: Patch of peace 2002/8.11 South Stradbroke Island 2010/8.12 Stirling’s Crossing for diversity 1999/7.5 Storks, Ospreys and a Brahminy Kite 1991/7.68 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 157

Stradbroke Island, Qld 1978/8.44 Stunning Frogmouth 1985/8.82 Surfers' Paradise 1996/11.6 Surprise Entertainment at W.P.S.Q. Meeting 1988/2.23 SW Queensland, Bourke’s Parrot in 1980/10.91 Sweers Island 2001/6.12; 2003/8.24 Swimming with Grebes 1991/7.65 Tallabudgeera Creek, Observation from 1991/7.68 Telgazie Station, Surat district 2001/4.19 Terawah,. Q'ld. 1985/4.25 Tool-Using Palm Cockatoo, The 1987/12.131 Toompine 2005/12.6 Townsville 1998/3.13 Townsville 2005/8.8 Townsville 2009/10.17, 2009/12.16 Townsville 1978/6.26 Townsville BOC Trip to Daintree, 10-12.6.95 1995/12.3 Townsville city centre: rafters and railways 1996/6.18 Townsville Common Revisited 1987/1.9, 3.22 Tregole National Park 1999/12.9 Tregole National Park 2000/4.27 Tropical Rainforest: a Special Habitat for Special Birds 1992/1.4 Wagtail follows the mower 1981/12.103 Wilson Island, Roseate Terns, protected 1983/12.110 Winton, Trip to 1991/3.18 Woodswallows with electric blanket 1982/1.9 Wynnum Heights, Piece of Paradise 1994/1.11 South Australia Arckaringa (Women’s Desert Expedition) 1995/1.2* Beachmere, Birds of 1987/6.58 Billiat National Park, Mallee fowl at 1977/2.13 Birding from Rooftops 1984/5.46 Bool Lagoon 1997/8.4* Bool Lagoon Boardwalk Amongst the Birds 1989/7.69 Bool Lagoon, Massacre at 1980/5.44 Brookfield Conservation Park 11994/1.9 Cheetham Salt sites at Dry Creek and Price, changes to 2010/5.4 access Close Encounters 1989/3.17 Coongie Lakes 2007/12.29 Coopers Creek 1977/11.91 Coorong, Interacting on The 1991/5.45 Coward Springs 2001/8.17 Dismal Swamp (Penola), S.A. 1976/7.53 Eagles Nest Shared 1984/3.20 Encounters of the Bird Kind 1987/12.130 Endeowie Station, S.A. 1975/1.6 Environmentally acceptable drink cans insisted upon 1983/1.4 Ethabuka Station, nr Simpson Desert 2007/10.15 Eyre Peninsula 1998/2.5 Flinders Ranges 1980/1.9 Flinders Ranges and the Centre, Expedition to the 1990/7.68 Flinders Ranges Safari 1977/12.105 Flinders Ranges, A trip to 1980/1.9 Flinders Ranges, SA 1980/1.9 Fork-tailed Swifts 1981/1.4 Gawler Ranges 2006/2.8 Great Victoria Desert 1995/5.5 Great Victoria Desert, “The SCP Track” () 1997/12.13* Kangaroo Island 2005/10.12 Kangaroo Island 1986/5.48 Kangaroo Island 1976/7.52 158 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Kangaroo Island 1981/8.67 Kangaroo Island, SA 1980/10.93 Lake Eyre 2000/8.12, 8.16 Lake Eyre 1984/9.87 Lake Eyre, Circumnavigating 1994/3.8 Lake Torrens 2010/11.24 Little Desert Gems 1985/9.94 Moomba Gas Field 1981/12.105 Morgan, Birding Around 1993/3.11 Mound Springs and Artesian Bores of Inland Sth Aust 1993/5.9* Mound Springs of Inland South Australia, Oodnadatta Track 1993/5.9* Muloorina Station, Bird Life in the Desert () 1994/7.13 Muloorina waterhole 2010/8.15 Mundibarcooloo Waterhole 1987/11.118 National Parks, S.A. 1977/12.104 Nest Box Housing Problems 1985/12.130 Nunns Bore – Oodnadatta Track 1983/3.18 Ocean Beach, Black-shouldered Kites at 1979/5.30 Onkaparinga Recreation Park 2006/12.16 Oodnadatta Track, Where Have The Crows Gone 1985/3.24 Ospreys? 1986/6.58 Panorama 1997/11.22 Pink and White Galah 1988/7.83 Port Augusta, The Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden 2001/8.16 Predation of Young Bee-eaters by a Magpie 1986/9.96 Purni Bore 2007/8.13 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo study 1980/4.32 Reflections on a winter trip 1997/5.6 Return of the Natives 1983/9.72 Roosting of Tree Martins 1980/7.61 South Australia 1976/6.46 Starlings at the door 1982/12.99 Stockyard Plain 1995/10.13 Successful 'Hit and Run' to SA 1994/3.6* Sunny Story 1984/12.129 Swallows at Sea 1985/10.107 th“The Ghan” 1977/1.2, 3.21, 10.77 The Coorong 1999/7.7 The Eagles Versus the Magpies 1986/11.119 Venus BayWhen is a Spoon(bill) a Shovel? Birding at 1992/3.8 Warburton River, Birding and boating on 2000/8.15 Warrawong Sanctuary, Adelaide Hills 1993/5.7 White-necked Heron that wasn't 1981/8.66 Whyte Yarcowie & Padnappa Conservation Park 2005/6.5 Yumbarra Conservation Park 2001/4.13, 6.4 Tasmania and Bass Strait Islands Asbestos Range National Park 1999/8.4* Bruny Island 1993/3.12; 1995/8.3*; 1996/10.14 Flinders Island 1978/5.19 Forty-spotted Pardalote Recovery Programme 1995/8.2* Furneaux Group, Bass Strait Islands 2009/12.12* King Island 1997/1.5 Smoothys Point, Bruny Island 1996/4.3 Southern Tasmania 1994/8.2 Tasmanian Birds 1992/8.6 Trip to Tasmania 1995/8.5 Upper Natone (nr Burnie) 1994/3.12 Birch’s Inlet, 45 km south of Strahan (includes bird list) 2002/4.8 Macquarie Island Nature Reserve 2007/4.4 A Natural Hazard 1985/5.45 Behaviour Masked Lapwings 1983/10.89 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 159

Flinders and King Islands, Birds of 1986/7.61 Flinders Island, Birding on 1990/7.70 King and Flinders Islands, Birds of 1986/7.61 King Island, Observations from a Rural Garden 1989/5.46 Michael Sharland, doyen Aust. naturalists 1980/5.44 Orange-bellied Parrot survey 1980/3.21 Orford, Rufous Night Heron at 1981/7.59 Tasmania, Birding in 1988/7.82 Tasmanian Coast, Surprises off the 1990/7.70 Tool-using Grey Shrike-Thrush 1981/3.17 Visitors to King Island 1986/4.30 Wedge-tailed Eagle, strange behaviour 1981/1.3 Big Chalky Island, Tasmania 1977/10.80, 11.85, 12.94 Coles Bay, Tasmania 1978/12.79 Tasmania 1985/6.50 Tasmania 1975/5.38, 9.69 Victoria Aberrant Musk Lorikeet 1988/7.83 Airey’s Inlet 1975/3.21 Aireys Inlet 1976/1.4 Aireys Inlet Camp, March 1977 1977/5.44 Alexandra Camp, 28.11-2.12.91 1992/3.12 1976/8.60 Altona 1978/5.19 Altona Foreshore 1985/7.72 Amherst Spring Camp, 20-23.11.92 1993/3.13 An Irish Wattlebird 1985/9.90 Anderson’s Inlet 1975/7.54 Angahook Forest Park 1984/12.128 Angahook Forest Park Coach Trip, 16.3.91 1991/5.44 Angahook Park, Airey's Inlet, Coach Trip. 1986/12.128 Autumn Interlude 1987/6.59 Ayr, Darlington,Dartmoor, Brolgas, sightings 1976/3.21, 9.70 Badger Weir 1975/5.39 Bailieston/Whroo Forest coach trip, 15.10.88 1988/12.143 Bairnsdale 1978/10.62 Bairnsdale Coach Trip, 13-14.10.90 1991/1.10 Bairnsdale, Lorikeets at 1976/10.77 Ballarat district Glossy Ibis in 1980/4.33 Ballarat Spring Coach Trip, 11.11.1989 1990/3.20 Ballarat, Birds at 1992/10.4 Ballarat, Invitation to 1993/11.10 Ballarat, Red-backed kingfisher at 1978/3.122 Balmoral 1979/3.15 Balmoral Christmas Camp 1986/87 1987/4.3 Balmoral, Vic, Spring Camp, 24.11–1.12 97 1998/5.20 Balwyn and Leongatha, Little Wattlebirds, comments 1980/4.28, 1.4 Barmah 1976/7.55 Barmah Forest 2011/2.12 Barmah-Millewa Forests 2010/5.5, 5.7 Barn Swallow, where to see it 1981/12.101 Barnawatha Anzac Weekend Camp, 1986/6.56 Barwon Heads, Whistling kites at 1977/8.66 Batesford 1977/7.59, 10.82; 1978/9.54; 1979/10.71 Bay Trip Report 1986/10.104 Bayside observing 1999/3.7 Beaumaris, Notes from 1983/9 75 Beaumaris, Port Lincoln parrots, 1975/8.52 Beaumaris, Sulphur-crested cockatoos at 1976/7.54 Beckworth 1984/5.44 Bell Park, Nyora 1978/8.48;1983/9.71 160 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Bellarine Peninsula 1985/1.9 Bellarine Peninsula 1977/11.91 Bellarine Peninsula Autumn Coach Trip 1986/7.65 Bellarine Peninsula Autumn Coach Trip, 3.4.93 1993/8.18 Bellarine Peninsula, Autumn Coach Trip, 7.4.1990 1990/6.56 Bend of Islands 1980/9.82 Bendigo and Phillip Is, Birding at. 1979/8.55 Bendigo Coach Tour, 10-11th October 1987/12.129 Bendigo District 1982/10.78 Bendigo District 1984/1.10 Bendigo Sewage Treatment Plant 2005/12.15 Bendigo, Black-eared cuckoo, 1978/11.69 Bendigo, Day Trip to 1984/1.10 Bendigo, Whipstick Forest Spring Coach Trip, 22.9.1990 1990/11.117 Big Desert area, Purple-gaped Honeyeaters, 1982/8.62 Billy Ho 1996/2.6 Bimbi Caravan Park 1983/4.68 Bimbi Park, nr Cape Otway 1983/6.48 Bird in Hand, a Spotted Pardalote 1981/7.59 Birding on Horseback 1986/4.33 Birds in a Dry Season 1986/6.58 Birds of a feather — Wattlebirds and Currawongs 1982/7.53 Birds of Broomfield 1981/7.56 Birds of Play 1986/1.12 Birds. Trees and Bees 1981/7.57 Birdwatching by a Restless Flycatcher 1982/7.53 Bittern Lagoon 1983/6.49 Black and White Birds to Remember 1986/11.120 Black Rock, diminishing birdlife 1975/5.35 Black Rock, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater at 1980/8.73 Blackburn Lake 1977/6.51 Blackburn Lake 1985/l.l0 Blackburn Lake 1976/11.86 Blackburn Lake 1979/4.18 Blackburn Lake 1978/3.122 Blackburn, Bellbirds in 1980/10.93 Blackburn, Notes from a Suburban Garden 1983/5.43 Boobooks and rabbits 1980/8.71 Boort 1976/4.31 Boort, Haven for birds 1976/4.31 Boronia, Observations on Parrots Visiting 1986/9.92 Botanic Gardens 1975/2.13, 6.44 Botanic Gardens, Collared sparrowhawk, 1975/2.13 Boundary Dispute 1985/10.105 Box Hill South 1978/12.85 Box Hill, Birdlife in suburban garden 1982/7.52 Box Hill, Boobook Owl at 1981/1.4 Box Hill, Butcher Bird and Thornbill at 1982/6.47 Braeside, Birds of prey in 1996/9.7 Braeside's Booming Birdlist 1995/4.6 Brighton Beach, Masked Owl at 1983/12.113 Brighton, Barn Owl, daylight sighting 1981/6.51 Brisbane Ranges 1977/12.106 Brisbane Ranges 1976/5.38 Broadford Sewage Farm, Farm forest (+ bird list) 2002/8.12 Broomfield, Creswick 1981/7.56 Brucknell Park, Vic, Anzac Camp, 22-26.4.94 1994/8.10 Brunswick Birdlife 1985/10.105 Bruthen, Blue Wrens, 1980/10.94 Bruthen, King Parrots, 1983/10.83 Buffalo Plateau. 1762 metres, Flame Robin on 1982/7.53 Buff-banded Rail at Car Races 1985/1.10 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 161

Bunbartha, Vic, Christmas Camp, 24.12.97–10.1.98 1998/6.10 Bush Serenade 1990/11.118 Bush's Paddock, Mt Cottrell, nr Melton 2007/6.12 Camperdown 1978/4.11 Camperdown district 1977/5.41 Camperdown, Kooraweera Homestead 1990/11.119 Camperdown, Waterbirds Near 1987/5.45 Cann River 1978/3.121 Cann River Christmas Camp 1985/6 1986/1.5 Cann River Christmas Camp 1993/4 1994/6.14 Cann River, Christmas 1977 1978/3.121 Cape Liptrap 1983/1.11, 6.47 Cape Liptrap 1983/1.11, 6.47 Cape Liptrap camp, 11-14.3.88 1988/5.54 Cape Otway, Lion Head 1982/8.57 Cape Schanck 1980/10.95; 1985/9.89 Castlemaine Camp, April 1977 1977/6.57 Castlemaine/Maldon Spring Coach Trip 1986/4 30 Cathedral Ranges Park 1999/12.3 Cavendish — Easter camp 1981 1981/9.78 Cavendish Cup Weekend Camp, 28.10.88-2.11.88 1989/1.5 Cavendish, Geerak Park, Cup Weekend Camp 1984 1985/4.32 Cavendish, Vic, Camp, 29.10-3.11.93 1994/1.7 Cheetham Saltworks 1977/4.35 Cheetham Saltworks, procedure for entry 1977/4.36 Cherry Lake 1975/7.53 Chiltern 1979/5.30; 2008/10.27 Chiltern Cup Weekend Camp 1987/12.128 Chiltern Forest Bus Tour, 11-12.10.92 1993/3.13 Chiltern Melb Cup Weekend Camp, Nov 94 1995/1.13 Chiltern State Park 1985/7.70 Chiltern: a winter birding destination 2002/6.23 Chiltern--An Enforced Stay 1987/11.119 Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park 2007/4.10 Chinamans Bridge, Nagambie 1984/11.112 Churchill Park 1975/6.47 Churchill Park Beginners Outing, 16.3.91 1991/9.87 Churchill Park, Bird at— beginners’ trials 1982/7.54 Cinema Point 1977/3.23; 1979/4.23; 1981/1.11 Cinema Point 1975/6.42 Cinema Point 1976/2.13 Cinema Point 1983/9.71 Cinema Point 1984/3.16 City Raptors 1991/10.99 City, Kookaburras in 1977/10.82 Clarkesdale 1979/6.40, 10.69 Clarkesdale (Linton) 1981/3.18, 5.37 Clarkesdale (Linton) 1983/3.14, 4.30, 5.34, 7.55, 8.64, 9.70, 10.88, 12.108 Clarkesdale (Linton) 1984/3.19, 3.20, 5.42, 6.53, 7.68, 10.104 Clarkesdale Anzac Camp, 23-27.4.1990 1990/7.65 Clarkesdale Bird Paddock 1975/11.82 Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary, Linton see also Linton 1981/3.18; 1992/4.8; 1997/9.21, 12.3; 1998/6.11, 6.12; 2001/4.36, 8.3; 2003/12.24; 2008/8.4, 12.3 Clarkesdale Reserve (Linton) 1985/3.15, 5.40, 5.42 Clarkesdale, Nhill Branch outing to, 8–9.11.97 1998/4.20 Clayton N., Extracts from a Note Book 1983/4.30 Clonbinane 1980/5.47 162 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Cobden 1975/4.30 Cobungra 1980/3.15 Cobungra Christmas Camp, 21.12.90-7.1.91 1991/5.42 Cobungra, Vic, Christmas Camp, 20.12.96-6.1.97 1997/3.11 Cohuna 2006/8.10 Coleraine 1976/5.38 Collins Street, Peregrine falcon in 1977/8.63 Coolart 1985/8.83, 10.95 Coolart 1980/11.97 Coolart 1983/3.19, 9.71 Coolart, Bird Hide at 1993/10.8, 10.9 Corio Bay 1975/6.47 Corranderrk 1975/6.46, 12.94 Corranderrk 1976/6.46, 12.95 Creek Gully, Kinglake West 2011/11.26 Creswick Lake 1975/8.62 Croydon, Backyard Birding at 1985/6.60 Croydon, Bird Watching at home: 1979/8.54 Dandenong Creek 1975/10.79 Dandenong Creek 1977/7.58 Dead Crow 1985/4.34 Death in the Suburbs 1985/11.119 Deniliquin 2005/4.7 Division of Labour 1985/5.46 Doctor’s Point 1975/4.31 Dookie 2011/11.34 Dove Love 1988/7.77 Dream Nests 1985/6.58 . Ducked — hazardous leap by Ducklings 1981/11.93 Ducked by Purple Swamphen 1983/12.114 Ducks & Dams 1985/9.93 E. St Kilda, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, 1979/3.14 E.Gippsland, Restless Flycatchers, influx 1983/4.24 Eastern Shrike-Tits 1985/9.93 , nr Melbourne 2007/12.24 Eastern Vic. National Parks 1976/8.59 EasternVictoria 1975/5.36 Echuca 1975/9.66 Echuca Golf Course 1979/11.81 Echuca, Birding around Golf Links, 1979/11.81 Edithvale Wetland Open 1987/11.114 Edithvale Wetlands 2000/2.31; 2002/4.36 Edithvale Wetlands 1989/3.22, 5.41 Elliminyt, A Letter From 1983/9.76 Eppalock 1978/12.84 Experiences Strange and Curious of a Bird Photographer 1988/7.83 Eynesbury, Rose robins at 1976/11.85 Fawkner 1975/7.54 Fawkner Park 1978/9.52 Feathers and Fur 1979/8.53 Ferntree Gully 1976/5.39 Fisherman’s Bend 1980/11.102 Fisherman’s Bend, search for Orange-bellied Parrots 1980/11.102 Fox Mobbed by Ravens 1985/6.59 Foxed by Cockatoos 1985/5.45 Fraser National Park 1978/5.18 French Island 1978/3.123 French Island 1975/9.71 French Island 1980/7.58 French Island 1978/3.123 French Island Autumn Coach Trip, 14.3.92 1992/5.9 French Island Autumn Coach Trip, 17.3.1990 1990/6.56 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 163

French Island, The Kings of 1989/9.95 Friendly Visitor to Farmhouse Kitchen 1985/1.11 Friendship between Rosella and Wattlebird 1981/11.95 Frog Hollow 2011/11.15 Fruit at the Top of the Tree, The 1989/1.4 Gama (Wathe Reserve) Easter Camp, 12-18.4.1990 1990/6.57 Gannawarra, Vic, Easter camp, 4-10.4.96 1996/6.17 Garden, Observations on Swallows in a Suburban 1988/10.119 Garfield Camp, 17-20.11.1989 1990/1.9 Geelong 1975/9.68 Geelong, near, On the Edge: Birdwatching 1994/12.3 Geerak Park, Cavendish, Cup Weekend Camp 1984 1985/4.32 Gilwell Park 1983/11.97 Gippsland 1977/5.40, 11.89, 11.91 Gippsland, Coastal 1998/9.10 Gipsy Point & Mallacoota 2000/2.6 Gipsy Point Lodge (nr Mallacoota), Week of Birds at 1994/9.19 Glen Waverley 1978/4.4, 6.28, 8.46 Glen Waverley, Gang's All Here! 1994/12.6 Glenburn 1976/7.54 Glenelg National Park 1976/4.28 Glenelg National Park 1976/4.28 Going Cuckoo 1985/9.92 Golf Course, Hazards on a 1989/12.131 Goschen Flora Reserve 2000/4.14 Goulburn, Nature in the raw on the 1982/4.30 Grampians 1978/5.17; 1993/3.12; 2001/4.6 Grampians 1978/6.27 Grampians 1975/2.12 Grampians 1978/6.27 Grampians, Vic, Weekend Coach Trip, 9-10.10.93 1994/1.12 Grange Heathland Reserve, The, Clayton South 2002/2.6 Graytown Bus Tour, washed out 1983/12.109 Green's Bush 1978/2.115 Grey Shrike-Thrush Nesting 1985/12.130 Gulpa Forest 1975/6.46 Gunbower Island 2006/8.10 Gypsy Point 1984/5.47 Hallam Valley Road wetland 2011/11.16 Hastings Region, Waste Water 1983/12.110 Hattah Lakes 1975/7.50 Hattah Lakes 1976/1.4, 3.18 Hattah Lakes 1983/11.101 Hattah Lakes 1978/8.44 Hattah Lakes, Painted Ladies of 1983/11.101 Hattah water troughs ,Honeyeaters at 1976/1.4 Hattah-Kulkyne Area 1995/10.9 Hattah-Kulkyne National Park 1976/1.4, 3.18; 2007/2.8; 2008/2.29 Hattah-Kulkyne National Park 1987/9.94 , Birds of 1991/7.65 Heathcote 1977/9.74; 1999/12.4 Heathcote Area, Birds in the 1988/2.23 Heathcote, Notes from Crosbie Forest, Vic 1991/5.41 Hoppers Crossing, Birdlife at 1982/6.46 Hurstbridge 1977/8.67 Inglewood 1985/6.58 Inglewood 1982/5.38 Inglewood 1983/9.69, 9.76 Inglewood — Labour Day Weekend camp 1981/6.45 Inglewood Bunk-Style Camp, 26-30.4.93 1993/7.14 Inglewood Camp, 6—10th March, 1987 1987/5.41 164 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Inglewood in the Drought 1983/9.76 Inglewood Show Day Weekend Camp 23–28.9.92 1992/11.14 Inglewood Show Weekend Camp, 26.9–1.10.1990 1990/12.130 Inglewood, A Life full of Birds 1983/9.69 Inglewood, A Note from 1989/7.70 Inglewood, Barking Owl at 1983/12.112 Inglewood, Black Honeyeaters at 1982/5.31 Inglewood, Observations from 1980/1.9 Inverleigh Common, Vic, Coach Trip, 3.9.94 1994/12.4 Inverloch 1976/6.44 Inverloch 1976/6.44 Inverloch, Easter Camp, 1976 1976/6.44 James Cook National Park 1976/8.60 Jamieson 1976/9.71 Japanese snipe in unusual habitat 1977/6.50 Jells Park opening 1976/6.46 Johanna Beach, South of Otways, BOC Camp Sept 1979 1979/11.82 Kallista 1999/7.21 Kallista 1981/6.48 Kamarooka State Forests Coach Trip, 9.9.95 1995/11.13 Kamarooka State Park, north of Bendigo 1997/1.7; 2003/6.3, 8.3 Kananook Creek 1976/3.22 Katunga, Spotted harrier near 1976/12.94 Kerang 2006/8.9 Kerang 1985/3.24, 12.124 Kerang, Magpie Geese at 1982/4.31 Kew, Melbourne, Notes From a Garden in 1987/7.71 Kew, Parrots in 1978/6.28 Kiata 1975/5.36, 6.46, 12.95 Kiata 1976/8.63, 10.79 Kiata 1977/3.23, 10.83 Kiata 1978/2.115, 3.123 Kiata, notes from 1976/8.63, 10.79 Kiata, Stone curlews at 1976/8.63 Killawarra forest, Warby-Ovens National Park 2011/11.35 Kinglake National Park 1985/4.32 Koonung Creek, Balwyn 1997/4.5 Koorlong Sewage Farm, nr Mildura 2000/2.25 Korweinguboora, nr Ballarat 1984/6.53 Kyabram 1977/3.22; 1982/6.46 Kyabram 1977/3.22, 5.39 Kyabram 1982/6.46 Kyogle 1978/5.26 Laanecoorie 2008/12.24 Labertouche 1979/4.23 2011/11.35 Lake Corangamite, Observations From 1987/10.107 Lake Goldsmith 1996/5.6 Lake Gutheridge 1983/9.74 Lake Hattah 2002/12.3 Lake Lonsdale, Darters at 1976/6.46 Lake Marma, Barking Owls at 1982/8.61 Lake Modewarre 1975/2.14 Lake Mountain 1984/4.33 Lake Tyrell 1985/9.93 Lake Tyrell 1982/11.84 Lake Tyrell, Orange Chats of 1983/1.10 1998/12.17 Lake Wallawalla 2011/2.11 Lake Wendouree, Ballarat 2006/4.7 Lakes Entrance 2008/6.32 Lakes National Park 1976/8.60 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 165

Langi Ghiran 1980/7.62 Langwarrin 1980/3.19 Langwarrin coach trip, 16.4.88 1988/6.66 Langwarrin, Studio Park 1980/3.19 Latrobe University, Bundoora 2003/4.36 Laverton Salt Works 1980/1.10; 1984/4.33; 1985/4.33 Laverton Saltworks 1988/8.94 Leftovers, A New Use 1985/11.118 Leongatha Bird Sanctuary 1976/6.45 Leongatha, Cattle egrets at 1978/4.9 Letter to D Ap Thomas (see1985/9.93) 1985/12.129 Licola 1977/5.39 Licola Christmas Camp 1980 1981/6.45 Licola Christmas camp, 18.12.87/88 1988/1.88, 5.53 Licola Easter Camp, 1977 1977/5.39 Licola Easter Camp, 28.3-3.4.91 1991/6.56 Lima (Ivanhoe Grammar) 1982/4.24 Lima, Strathbogie Ranges (Ivanhoe Grammar) 1982/4.24 Limestone Spring Camp, 23-26.11.90 1991/1.10 Limestone, Yea camp, 20-23.11.87 1988/2.20 Lind National Park 1976/8.60 Lindenow South, Notes from 1979/3.13 Lindenow South, Notes from 1980/10.91 Linton 1990/6.56 Linton 1975/2.14, 2.15, 11.82, 12.94 Linton 1982/3.15, 7.52, 11.85, 12.100 Linton see also Clarkesdale 1977/3.20, 12.105; 1978/12.86; 1979/12.91; 1980/12.115; 1982/3.15, 7.52, 11.85, 12.100; 1985/9.88, 9.89 Linton Coach Trip to Clarkesdale, 9.11.91 1992/1.14 Linton Mystery Tour, 2-3.12.1989 1990/3.17 Linton Spring Camp, 18-21.11.88 1989/1.8 Linton, Our Long Weekend at 1988/11.131 Linton, Powerful owl at 1977/7.57 Linton, Recent Sightings at 1988/3.28 Linton, Shallow Diggings 1983/1.3 Linton, Vic, Easter Camp, 9–15.4.98 1998/6.11 Lismore, Interesting Sightings from 1986/6.60 Lismore, Notes from 1990/7.71 Little Desert Bird Camp 1984/12.129 Little Desert Easter Camp 1986 1986/5.42 Little Desert Easter Camp, 23-29.3.89 1989/6.58 Little Desert Lodge 1985/11.118 Little Desert Lodge (Easter) 1985/12.126 Little Desert Lodge Camp, Nhill 7-11.10.91 1991/12.129 Little Desert Lodge, Nhill, Vic, Easter Camp, 31.3-6.4.94 1994/7.8 Little Desert National Park 2008/8.31 Little falcons 1976/4.30 Little 1981/8.67 1981/8.67 Long Forest Nature Conservation Reserve 2009/12.27 Lorne 2008/2.29 Lower Glenelg National Park 1983/5.41 Lower Glenelg National Park Xmas Camp, 1975/76 1976/4.28, 7.53 Lower Templestowe 1980/4.35 Lurg 2011/11.18 Lyal Glen 1978/2.115; 1984/1.5 Lyal Glen Redesdale, coach tour 14.11.87 1988/2.20 Lyall Glen 1983/3.13 Lyall Glen 1984/5.46 166 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

M.M.B.W. Farm 1979/2.7; 1981/6.44; 1986/6.49 Macedon 1975/9.70 Macleod ,Musk lorikeets at 1977/5.41 Macleod Morass State Game Reserve 1993/1.19 MacLeod, Dusky Woodswallows 1985/6.60 Macleod, Superb Parrot in 1979/10.68 Magpies with Unusual Plumage 1988/10.118 Maldon 1978/12.86; 1993/11.19 Maldon, Vic, Bunk-style Camp, 11-15.4.94 1994/8.18 Mallacoota 1993/10.10 Mallacoota 1975/4.30 Mallacoota 1976/8.60 Mallacoota 1984/9.94 Mallacoota 1978/4.11 Mallacoota Bunk-Style Camp, 15-22.11.92 1993/4.9 Mallacoota, Beach stone curlew, 1977/6.49, 9.73 Mallacoota, Vic, Special Bird Week with Peter Slater 1990/5.46 Mallee 1986/1.1, 1.2, 9.94 Mallee 1978/4.4 Mallee Dam, The (nr Nhill) 2001/2.31 Mallee Wimmera 1985/12.125 Mandurang, nr Bendigo 2005/8.5 Mansfield Camp, 8-11 March 1986 1986/6.54 Maranoa Gardens 1978/4.12 Maribyrnong, Nankeen night herons, 1978/6.30 Marlo 1981/7.58 Marlo, Australian Gannets off 1981/7.58 Maryborough 1977/11.90; 1984/4.33 Maryborough briefs 1980/7.61 Maryborough, notes from 1977/8.65 Maryborough, Notes from 1980/3.20, 11.100 Marysville 1980/5.47 Masons Falls Kinglake 1982/11.85 Masters of Deception (Grey Shrike-thrushes) 1986/4.32 Matters of Territory 1985/6.58 McCrae, Autumn at 1998/7.13 Melbourne “Domain”, 1978/12.87 Melbourne Airport 1996/3.8 Melbourne Bike Path 1993/11.9 Melbourne Garden, Observations from a 1989/9.92 Melbourne Zoo (Sunbirds in Butterfly House) 2001/8.13 Melbourne, Commuting in 1991/9.93 Melbourne, Rainbow lorikeets in 1977/9.74 Melbourne, Some Early Recollections of 1995/9.4 Melville Caves 1980/12.113 ; 1981/11.95 Melville Caves 1975/6.46 Merin Merin Swamp 1996/5.6 Middle Reedy Lake, west of Kerang 2011/2.12 Mid-Goulburn Catchment, John Cotton's Country: The 1992/7.7* Migrating Waders Come to Grief 1987/7.72 Mildura 1996/7.5; 2006/12.14 Mildura — News from 1982/11.85 Mildura Easter Camp 1987/6.56, 7.66 Mildura News 1979/5.27, 9.54, 9.63 Mildura, Masked Lapwing northern form in 1982/10.79 Military Base, Birds on a 1988/8.95 Mill Park Lakes 2011/11.25 Mitcham garden, Kingfishers visit 1980/10.92 Mitcham, Bird Watching at home: 1979/4.23 Mitcham, Rainbow and Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, 1982/4.29 MMBW Farm 1978/10.57 Molesworth Camp — Cup Week 1982/1.5 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 167

Moormurng State Forest 2005/12.5 Mooroopna 1984/12.128 Mooroopna, Crakes at 1975/4.31 Mooroopna, Flocking of Little Friar Birds, 1982/5.39 More Food for Thought 1985/9.93 More on Pardalotes and Honeyeaters 1986/9.92 Mornington Peninsula 1975/10.77 Mornington Peninsula 1975/5.39 1976/7.51, 8.59 Mount Buffalo 1979/4.22 Mount Cannibal Reserve 1978/10.62 Mount Dandenong, Peregrine Falcons at 1991/3.22 Mount Egerton Bird Notes 1984/8.81 Mount Helen Ballarat, Gang-gangs at 1991/7.70 Mount Margaret 1975/2.14 Mount Waverley, Silver gulls at 1977/12.100 Mt Baw Baw Ski Resort 1995/8.12 Mt Cole Show Weekend Camp 1989/12.130 Mt Evelyn outing, ?about 1920 1988/1.4 Mt Martha Birdrock 2001/8.9 Mt Meg 2011/11.35 Mt Waverley, Pied Currawong at 1980/10.92 Mt Worth State Park 2008/8.20 Mt. Beckworth 1981/1.11 Mt. Beckworth, Vic, Spring camp, 24-27.11.95 1996/5.17 Mt. Cole State Forest Spring Camp 1986/4 30 Mt. Cole, Vic, Coach Trip, 13.11.93 1994/1.12 Mt. Dryden Show Weekend Camp, 25-30.9.91 1991/12.128 Mt. Egerton/Werribee Gorge 1987/1.8 Mt. Eliza 1982/10.78 Mt. Eliza, Decade of Birdwatching 1982/9.71 Mt. Eliza, Scaly-breasted Lorikeets at 1985/6.59 Mt. Macedon 1981/6.45 Mt. Martha, Black swans at 1976/11.85 Mt. Martha, Vic, Labour Day wk/end camp 10-14.3.96 1996/4.18 Mt. Worth Bus Trip 1987/6.56 Mt. Worth, Vic, Coach trip, 2.3.96 1996/5.17 Mt.Edgerton Bird Notes 1985/7.70 Mud Island 1980/12.108 Mud Islands 1998/4.21 Mulgrave, Welcome Gang 1994/9.11 Mullum Creek, Mitcham 1980/3.16 Murrabit — Wakool 1981/8.65 Murray River, Murrabit 1980/8.72 Murray Sunset National Park 2007/2.9 Murray Valley, Cattle egrets breeding, 1975/2.13, 4.26 Murray-Goulburn BOCA camp at Tarragon Lodge 1996/6.5 Murrindindi 1983/5.35 Mystic Park 1976/4 29 Mystic Park 1977/10.82 Mystic Park, Labour Day Weekend Camp 1976/4.29 N.Balwyn, Winter in 1983/7.59 Nagambie 1979/2.7 Nagambie 1975/8.60 Nagambie Coach Trip, 12.9.92 1992/12.10 Nariel, Christmas Camp 1983 1984/3.18 National Parks, Eastern Vic. & Western N.S.W., Birding, 1976/8.59 Ned’s Corner Station (includes bird list 2003/6.16) 2003/2.7*, 6.16 Neerim Sth., Pallid Cuckoo, absent from 1980/1.9 Nelson district 1977/5.41 Nelson, Notes from 1980/5.45 Nero Fiddled! 1986/1.1 168 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

New Zealand Birdo Abroad 1986/9.93 Newport Lakes 1995/10.4 Newport Lakes and Jawbone Reserve 2002/10.16 Newstead-Muckleford Forest Coach Trip, 10.11.90 1991/1.10 Nhill 1995/4.3, 11.13 Nhill Notes 1991/12.130 Night Owls 1987/4.25 Nocturnal Swifts/Swallows and Gulls 1988/7.83 Noorinbee, Nth of Cann River, Christmas Camp 1982/3 1983/4.29 NorthernVictoria 1976/5 33, 8.63 Notes from a New Member 1991/7.69 Notting Hill, Kookaburra at 1981/1.10 Observations after Rain 1989/3.22 Ocean Grove 1976/2.13; 1977/10.82 Ocean Grove 1975/12.95 Ocean Grove 1976/2.13 Ocean Grove and Swan Bay 1981/6.46 Odd Spot 1985/6.54 Olive-backed oriole and Pallid cuckoo 1975/11.86 Omeo 1978/6.29 Organ Pipes 1976/7 50 Organ Pipes 1983/9.72 Orrvale 1984/4.27 Otway Ranges Labour Day Weekend Camp, 6—10.3.92 1992/7.6 Otway Ranges, Peaceful Scene 1994/10.18 Otways 1976/5.37 Otways, Birding in the 1987/4.35 Otways, White Goshawk in 1979/11.76 Pantihose for Birds 1986/3.24 Paynesville Bunk-style Camp, Feb 95 1995/6.6 Pelagic Trip from Lakes Entrance 12-14.10.1990 1990/8.81 Peppercorn Birds? (Mistletoebirds) 1986/9.94 Perambulating President 1985/12.125 Peterborough ,Birdwatching at 1982/7.53 Phillip Is, Autumn Notes,. 1984/8.82 Phillip Island 2003/4.32 Phillip Island 1975/4.28 Phillip Island 1981/8.66 Phillip Island 1983/8.66 Phillip Island 1984/3.20, 6.54 Phillip Island 1978/12.8 Phillip Island 26.3.1990 1990/6.56 Phillip Island Coach Trip, 4.3.95 1995/6.7 Phillip Island coach trip, 5.3.88 1988/4.46 Phillip Island, Anzac Camp, 23-26.4.93 1993/8.18 Phillip Island, Interesting Sightings from 1986/l0.106 Phillip Island, Penguin count 1980/3.21 Phillip Island, Penguins at 1976/1.1 Pinkerton Forest, Mt Cottrell, nr Melton 2007/6.12 Pity the Chats 1985/9.93 Port Albert 1976/5.38, 8.63 Port Fairy 1975/7.54 Port Fairy 1978/11.67 Port Fairy, Notes from 1980/10.94 Port of Melbourne 1985/9.88 Port Phillip Bay 2001/12.20 Port Phillip Bay Trip, 24 March 1985/5.41 Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Joint Excursion with The Friends of 1994/5.14 Coolart, 20.2.94 Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Joint Excursion with The Friends of 1993/4.14 Coolart, 14.2.93 Portland 2003/10.4 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 169

Powelltown 1983/7.55 Powlett River Reserve 1981/1.4 Predators and Victims 1987/12.130 Preston, White-throated warbler in 1978/12.84 Puckapunyal Puckapunyal 1980/11.102; 1995/7.7 Quail Thrushes & Painted Quail 1985/5.46 Rainbow and Scaly-breasted Lorikeets 1981/7.57 Raven's Larder 1986/4.34 Red Cliffs, Northern Masked Lapwing at 1980/11.102 Red Wattlebird eating Vegetables 1985/9.90 Reedy Swamp, nr Shepparton 2009/2.12 Reef Hills, Vic, Coach Trip, 12.3.94 1994/7.18 Return of the White Falcons, The 1989/5.47 Rhyll Swamp, Ibis Numbers at 1991/10.101 Ricketts Point, Beaumaris 1994/3.15 Ricketts Point, Vic, Bayside outing, 25.5.96 1996/7.3 2005/8.4 Romsey, Tye Estate 1979/10.71 Rosella turned Miner 1985/1.10 Rotamah Island 1986/9.90 Rotomah Island Bird Observatory 1981/4.29, 5.39 Rubbish Utilized to Conserve Water 1985/8.81 Rushworth 1982/12.94 Rushworth Forest (Sept. Camp) 1985/12.126 Rushworth, Pratincoles breeding near 1978/4.9 Rye-Sorrento Area, Honeyeaters of 1983/9.77 Saga of Sparrow Hawk 1985/11.118 Sale Common 1983/10.90 Sale, Waterbirds, influx at 1977/4.35 Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary 2008/6.33 Sea Lake 1984/l.9 Search for the Rarities 1986/6.49 Serendip 1978/7.39; 1984/11.112 Serendip 1979/2.1 Seymour 1975/2.10, 11.87 Seymour Bushlands Park 1982/4.29 Shepherds Bush, Glen Waverley 1996/2.4, 5.7 Sherbrooke, Tragedy of 1992/6.7, 8.4 Showering Galahs 1985/10.102 Skeleton Creek 1976/1.4 1981/6.51 Somers-Coolart 1976/10.79 Sorrento, Birds of a Coastal Garden, 1981/12.03 Sou’West Victoria, Birdwatching in 2001/4.28 South Coast to Kangaroo Island 1981/8 67 Spotted Nightjars at Yaapeet 1983/3.17 Spring Gully 1975/1.6 St Andrews 1980/9.83 St Arnaud Anzac Camp, 24—27.4.92 1992/7.12 St Arnaud Show Week Camp 1987/11.117 Stanhope (nr Shepparton) 1995/1.6 Stanley, Notes from 1988/9.104 Starlings join Pigeon Flock 1985/6.57 Stony Rises, Vic, 14.11.98, Coach trip 1999/1.7 Strathbogie Ranges 1998/2.7 Suburban Bird Life, Increasing 1985/5.45 Suburbs, Birds Around the 1993/10.12 outing, 26.6.88 1988/12.143 Sunbury 2005/10.13 Sunday, Soggy Sunday 1987/6.60 Swamplands in January 1980/12.113 170 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Switzerland Range, Seymour 1977/1.8 Switzerland Ranges Labour Day Camp, 9-13.3.1990 1990/5.40 Switzerland Ranges Labour Day Weekend Camp, 5- 1993/6.18 9.3.1993 Tailings Heap, Value of a 1988/5.49 Tale of Donald, the Baby Black Duck 1986/11.115 Talented Artists of the Scrublands 1985/3.22 Tallygaroopna Christmas Camp, 21.12.92-11.1.93 1993/4.12, 5.2 Tallygaroopna Cup Weekend Camp, 2-7.11.90 1991/1.10 Taminick 1975/11.87 Tarra-Bulga 1999/12.3 Tarra-Bulga National Park, Vic, Coach Trip, 9.4.94 1994/7.18 Templestowe 1978/5.19, 12.83; 1980/4.35 Templestowe 1978/5.19, 12.83 , White goshawks at 1976/10.78 Terrick Terrik National Park 2010/8.38 Terrick-Terrick National Park 2002/6.4; 2006/8.10 The Briars: Mornington Peninsula, Vic. 1986/10.101 To Be With Birds Is Happiness Enough 1986/9.94 Tonimbuc 1981/8.66 Tooan-Mt Arapiles State Park 2002/4.27 Tooboorac 1975/11.87 Toolleen Forest 1978/9.54, 10.60 Toora 1982/5.36 Toorourrong, White-winged Choughs at 1981/7.58 Torquay, Albino Grey Fantail, 1979/6.57 Tower Hill State Game Reserve 1981/7.53 Trawool 1980/1.10; 1983/1.4 Trawool Spring Coach Trip, 30.9.89 1989/11.113 Ulupna 1984/7.69, 10.104 Ulupna Island 1978/4.8;1984/7.69, 10.104 Ulupna Island 1975/11.84 Ulupna Island, Murray River 1978/4.8 Unusual Behaviour of Common Birds 1985/4.35 Unusual Behaviour of Starlings? 1986/5.45 Unusual Ibis Colony 1987/4.36 Unusual Magpie. Lorikeets and Feral Cats 1991/12.131 Urban wetlands 2011/11.15 Valencia Creek Camp 1985/5.49 Valencia Creek camp, 21-26.9.88 1988/12.143 Vic, Eastern. & Western N.S.W. National Parks 1976/8.59 Victoria N.W. 1977/1.2 Victoria, Additions to 1978/5.15, 7.34, 8.42, 9.53, 10.58 Victoria, Birding in winter 2000/8.11 Violet Town Cup Weekend Camp, 30.10-4.11.92 1993/3.13 Walpeup, Vic, Bunk-style Camps, 17-30.10.93 1994/1.19 Wandong 1981/6.46 Wandown (Victorian Mallee) 1999/5.5 Wantirna and Waverley, Silver gulls at 1978/4.9, 4.10 Wantirna garden, Ground thrushes in 1976/9.70 Wantirna South, The Tree 1987/8.83 Waratah Bay 1980/4.35 Waratah Bay 1980/4.35, 11.103 Waratah Bay, Starling explosion, 1980/11.103 Waratah Bay, Summer at 1987/6.59 Warburton 1981/6.50 Warburton, Parroting at 1981/6.50 Warby Ranges 1980/7.62 Warby Ranges Camp, 21-26.4.89 1989/7.65 Warby Ranges Spring Camp, 27.9-2.10.95 1995/11.11 Warby Ranges, Vic, Camp, 11-12.11.1996 1997/3.11 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 171

Warrak Show Weekend Camp, 21-26.9.94 1995/1.13 Warrnambool 1976/11.87 Warrnambool Bus Trip, 14-15.10.1989 1990/5.40 Warrnambool, Western Victoria 1992/11.13 Water Is Life 1986/6.60 Wattle Park 1975/4.30 Waverley, Barwon Heads, Moorabbin, Nunawading, 1976/6.46, 9.70, 11.85 Pelicans, reports from Wedderburn 1983/3.18 Wedderburn, Luxury Birding 1983/3.18 Wenham Cup Weekend Camp, 1–6.11.91 1992/1.14 Werribee 1975/12.89; 1977/2.15; 1981/3.18 Werribee 1975/12.89 Werribee area 2006/2.7 Werribee Farm 1985/8.81 Werribee Farm Winter Outing 1987/11.117 Werribee Farm, Bird List for Suppl. 1987/5 Werribee Farm, More Birds of 1987/9.93 Werribee Gorge 1978/9.50 Werribee Willie Wagtails 1982/6.47 Werribee, Birds galore at 1975/12.89 Werribee, M.M.B.W Sewage Farm 1986/6.49 Werribee, Vic, 15.8.99, Coach trip see M.M.B.W 1999/9.24 Werribee, Vic, Weekday Outing, 3.2.97 1997/4.12 Werribee, Visitors Need Permits see M.M.B.W 1984/6.61 Werribee, Western Treatment Plant, see M.M.B.W 2000/2.12, 10.37; 2008/6.10 West Coast Fly-Past 1989/1.11 Westbridge 1979/5.30 Western Port Bay 1995/9.2 Western Treatment Plant Conservation Ponds 2009/2.8 Western Treatment Plant, changes to access 2010/5.4 Westernport 1980/4.34; 2000/6.11 Westernport 1983/9.72 WesternVictoria 1975/4.30 Westgate, Investigate 1987/11.119 Wheat and Birds 1981/11.93 Whipstick 1978/11.71; 1983/1.3 Whipstick 1981/6 46 Whipstick Coach Trip 1986/11.114 Whipstick Forest Camp, Sept. 24th-29th 1986 1986/12.128 Whipstick State Park 1997/1.7 Whorouly 1982/3.16, 3.19 Whorouly, Christmas 1981 1982/3.16 Whorouly, Regent Honeyeater — dinner time visitor 1982/3.19 Whose Breakfast 1985/9.94 Whroo 1977/4.35 Wilhelmina Falls 1979/11.82 Willie Wagtail is a wag 1980/12.111 1977/8.67; 1997/1.9 Wilson's Promontory: a Place for All Seasons 1995/12.13 Wingan Inlet National Park 1976/8.60 Winter Woodswallows Hawking Insects 1985/8.77 Winton Wetlands (formerly ) 2011/8.36, 11.34 Wire the Magpies Here? 1988/10.118 Wllson’s Promontory National Park 1979/12.85 Wolf in Rosella’s plumage 1981/9.77 Wonga Park 1979/3.13 Woodlands Industrial Estate 2005/2.31 Wychitella Forest 1980/1.10 Wye River 1984/11.120 Wye River, Wintering Over at 1988/11.130 172 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Wyperfeld 1976/6.45, 8.62 Wyperfeld 1979/3.12 Wyperfeld 1984/1.9 Wyperfeld Easter Camp, 16—22.4.92 1992/7.12 Wyperfeld National Park 1976/8.62; 1980/6.54; 2008/8.29 Wyperfeld National Park 1977/5.40, 7.56 Wyperfeld National Park 1978/4.3 Yarra Dam 1976/4.29 Yarra Junction Garden, Early Morning in a 1987/5.39 Yarra Junction, Albino King Parrot, 1979/11.78 Yarra Junction, Picnic at 1980/12.113 Yarra River 1975/3.23 Yarram 1976/1.8 Yarram — Weekend November, 1975 1976/1.8 Yarram, Bird Watching at home: 1979/6.37 Yarrawonga 1995/4.5 Yellingbo 1975/1.5, 3.23, 3.24, 4.28, 5.37, 6.46, 7.55, 8.62, 8.63, 9.70, 10.78, 11.87; 1976/9.71; 1977/1.7, 6.50; 1980/4.48, 6.54; 1981/8.61; 1982/7.49; 1983/3.14, 11.100; 1985/1.8, 12.125 Yellingbo, Feeding of young, notes from 1977/9.73 You Yangs 1980/8.74; 1981/6.45; 1982/11.85 You Yangs 1976/3.17 You Yangs 2011/8.30 You Yangs, Aerial Manoeuvres over the 1991/3.22 You Yangs, News from the 1987/6.54 Western Australia An Aquatic Hobby 1985/1.7 Bird Notes from Wildlife Authority 1983/1.4 Blackwood, W.A. 1977/3.21 Blackwood, W.A. 1977/3.21 Broome 2002/2.12 Broome and the Kimberleys Revisited 1994/1.8* Broome Bird Observatory 2009/2.18 Broome, Trip to 1988/9.106 Butcher bird harasses grave digger 1980/3.15 Canning Stock Route 1979/11.80 Canning Stock Route 1979/11.80 Carnarvon,WA 1978/8.41 Carnarvon,WA 1978/8.41 Carnarvon. W.A, Common tern at. 1976/3.21 Carnarvon. W.A, Common tern at. 1976/3.21 Cheyne Beach, nr Waychinicup Nat. Park, east of Albany 2010/2.10 Derby 2009/2.18 Emus slaughtered in W.A. 1976/9.59 Eyre Bird Observatory, Beachcombing near 1989/11.119 Eyre Bird Observatory, WA 1979/6.38 Eyre Bird Observatory, WA 1979/6.38 Falcon and Goshawk hunting together 1975/6.47 Fitzroy River 2008/12.11 Great Sandy Desert 2002/6.9 Great Victoria Desert Safari, 1986 1986/12.129 Hamelin Station Homestead, Shark Bay area 2010/8.33 Harvey, Western Australia 1983/11.99 Harvey, Western Australia 1983/11.99 Home Valley Station, The Kimberley 2003/6.4 Hutt River, W.A. 1975/10.79 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 173

Hutt River, W.A. 1975/10.79 Introduced Birds and Bird Pests 1986/8.82 Kimberley 2001/2.8, 12.16 Kimberley Diary 1986/3.22, 4.33.5.45.6.57 Kimberley just before the Wet, The 2003/6.10 Kimberley Tour 1985 1985/11.110 Kimberley Trip, First Group, May 1993 1993/8.10 Kimberley, BOCA Ext. Tour, 28.12.96-18.1.97 1997/10.13 Kimberleys 1980/3.13 Kimberleys 1984/3.13, 9.95, 12.122 Kimberleys 1978/12.73 Kimberleys 1984/3.13, 9.95, 12.122 Kimberleys 1978/12.73 Kingston Rest: top spot in the Kimberley 1996/7.10 Kununurra 2001/2.12 Lake Argyle 2009/12.15 Lake Argyll 2002/12.3 Lake Argyll and Ord River 2003/6.8 Lake Gladstone 2009/2.18 Lake Gregory, Caspian Terns nesting 1983/12.112 Lorikeets feeding on pollen 1975/5.38, 8.62 Monkey Mia and Mt Magnet 2003/6.9 Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary 2009/2.17 North west Western Australia, Great sightings in 2005/2.31 Nullabor 1981/4 31 Nullabor 1981/4 31 Nullarbor Quail-thrush, Elusive 1991/5.46 Off the beaten track birding 1999/6.5, 8.3 Pelsart Island 1993/4.3 Perth, Birding in 1988/11.128 Perth, Rainbow Lorikeet 1976/6.46 Perth, Rainbow Lorikeet 1976/6.46 Rapt in raptors 1997/4.11 Roebuck Bay, Broome 2007/2.4, 2007/2.5 Rottnest Is, WA 1978/6.31 Rottnest Is, WA 1978/6.31 S.W. Australia, Kingfishers, 1975/2.12, 4.30 S.W. Australia, Kingfishers, 1975/2.12, 4.30 South-west, Birds and wildflowers: tour of the 2002/8.20 Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve 1992/5.13 Waychinicup National Park 2002/4.28 West Australia (BOC 1984) 1984/6.49, 12.124 West Australia (BOC 1984) 1984/6.49, 12.124 West Australia woodlands, Effects of fire 1982/5.37 West Australian Museum Records available 1981/8.63 West, Birding in the: the endemics 1997/4.3, 5.4 Western Australia, Extended Tour, 19.10—8.11.91 1992/5.10 Western Australia’s ‘Rocks’ 2011/5.11 White-tailed black Cockatoo, aerial acrobatics 1978/4.3 Wolfe Creek Crater 2008/12.11 York 2003/4.7

LOCATIONS FOR BIRDWATCHING OVERSEAS NEW ZEALAND Ao Tea Roa (The long white cloud) 1977/12.104 Australian emigrants in New Zealand 1977/12.103 Banded rail chicks hand reared 1978/4.3 New Zealand 1998/4.12* New Zealand 2009/8.26 New Zealand, Birding in 1999/7.8 New Zealand, Tiritiri Matangi, 2008/12.7 174 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

OTHER OVERSEAS A bird somewhere 1999/1.20 Alaska and West Coast. USA 1981/11.94 Algonquin Park, Canada — “Bird Watching in Deep 1981/5.33 Freeze” Antarctic Cruise in “Lindblad Explorer” 1983/5.39 Antarctica 1996/2.8* Antarctica 2001/6.8 Arizona U.S.A 1982/1.4 Australian Islands in Southern Ocean 1980/10.85 Bali 1989/8.73 Bali Bird Walks 1993/12.15 Botswana 1980/12.110; 1995/3.3 Botswanna, Zimbabwe and Zambia 1982/1.1 Pantanal, Brazil 2011/5.27 Britain 1977/1.1; 1998/7.13 Britain — “Birdwatching in Summertime” 1–2 1981/12.97/98/99 California, Southern 1997/6.10, 7.8; 2000/6.7 California, U.S.A. 1976/7.51 Canadian Tundra 1982/9.65 Chanhassen, Minnesota 2005/2.12 China 1998/12.3 China — Tour 1980 1981/8.67 China Tour 1980, Outside Australia 1981/8.67 Christmas Is. & West Java, BOCA Extended Tour 1996 1997/7.11 Christmas Island 1985/8.84 Coral Sea Islands 1982/7.52 Coral Sea Venture 1992/11.2* Costa Rica 1998/8.7; 2010/8.6, 11.7 Czech Republic 2001/10.27 Donetsk Region, U.S.S.R. 1979/8.52 Ecuador 2002/12.16 Falkland Islands 2008/4.15 Fiji 2002/4.16 Fiji 1984/9.95 France 2007/12.14 Galapagos Islands 2008/6.22 Galapagos Islands 1985/12.121 Galapagos Islands 1977/2.14 Greece 1997/11.2 Hawaii (includes bird list) 2005/10.10 Hawaii 1987 1988/6.69 Hong Kong 1996/3.7 India and Nepal 2001/10.30 India, Is Anyone Going to? 1989/6.56 Indian Ocean 1975/9.70 Indonesia 2003/10.21 Irian Jaya 2003/4.10 Islands of Indian Ocean 1979/8.49 Israel 1987/8.73 Israel 1978/5.13 Japan 1993/9.10, 1995/7.9 Japan 1989/12.122 Kashmir,1987 1988/9.105 Kenya 1993/7.3 Kenya 2003/10.20 Kenya 2007/10.10 Khao National Park, Thailand 1980/8.70 Korea 2008/8.10 Korea 1989/9.94 Kruger Park, South Africa 1977/12.99 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 175

Macquarie Is. 1979/4.17 Madang, Papua-New Guinea 1985/12.130 Malaya 1980/3.21 Malaysia 2002/10.11 Malaysia Highlands 1979/11.79 Marabou storks, fastidious feeders africa 1978/11.67 Namibia 2005/6.16 Nepal 1984/9.86 Nepal — “Above the Eagles” 1981/3.13 New Zealand 1984/1.1, 5.45, 7.70 Norway, Svalbard 2009/12.20 Oddbirds 1992/12.6 Otago Peninsula, NZ 1995/1.7 Palawan Phillipines 1982/7.52 Palenque (Southern Mexico), Beautiful birds of 1999/8.7 Pantanal, Brazil 2011/5.27 Papua New Guinea 1987/12.121 Papua New Guinea 1990/9.94, 10.104 Peregrine Falcon city dweller uk 1979/3.11 Peru, New Owl for 2001/12.15 Phlippines 1978/11.66 Roaring Forties, Birds in the 1999/3.4 Scotland 1987/6.49 Scotland. N.E. coast 1982/5.37 Shetland, Scotland 1977/6.50 Singapore 1978/10.62 Slimbridge, U.K. 1977/8.63 Solomon Islands 2009/12.26 South Africa 2007/4.17 South Africa 1990/11.118 South Georgia Island 1998/6.5 Spain 1989/1.10 Sri Lanka 1979/10.65 Sri Lanka 1984/8.73 Sri Lanka 1978/12.81 Sri Lanka, New Owl for 2001/10.29 St Kilda archipelago, Scottish Outer Hebrides 2007/12.22 St Kilda, The Bird People of – corrections 2008/2.15 Surrey Docks, London 1977/6.48 Svalbard, Norway 2009/12.20 Sweden, Geesing in 1998/6.18 Switzerland 2011/8.16 Tanzania 2007/10.10 Thailand 1979/11.79 Timor Sea 1989/11.118 Tonga 2001/4.7 Tortugas, Las, Gulf of Mexico 1988/6.68 Turkey 1989/10.104 Uganda 2011/5.14 U.S.S.R. 1979/9.57, 11.83 United Kingdom 1988/9.105, 9.106; 1989/9.96 United States of America 1988/3.32 U.S.A., Breeding birds surveys in 1977/11.88 Utonai Fauna Reserve, Japan 1982/10.75 Venezuela 2003/6.11 Wales 1980/10.89 Wales, UK 1989/9.96 Zimbabwe 1995/3.3

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O OBITUARIES Crouch, Harold 2009/6.29 Faulkner, Ian 2009/10.30 Field, Colin 2010/5.28 Field, Marion 2010/5.28 Johnson, Harold Reginald (Reg), OAM, BOC Past President, 2011/8.18 BOCA Honorary Life Member Rowley, Ian, Roy Wheeler Medallion winner 2009/8.5 Ryan, Brian J 2009/12.22 Schurmann, Ted 2009/4.20 Scott, Bernie, President, Ballarat Branch, Vic 2011/8.5

ORGANISATIONS

ORGANISATIONS, AUSTRALIAN, NATURE AND CONSERVATION see also CONSERVATION OF BIRDS AND ENVIRONMENT Conservation and Nature Groups Australian Museum 2009/12.11 Bendigo Field Naturalists — May camp 1982/8.62 BIGnet (Bird Interest Groups Network of NSW and ACT) 2011/5.3 Bob Irwin Wildlife Fund 2011/5.13 C4 2011/5.13 Christmas Island Expert Working Group 2011/5.18 Friends of Skeleton Hill, Chiltern, Vic 2009/8.9 Gold Coast Birdwatchers 2011/11.3 Gunbower Primary School, Vic 2011/2.18 Hawthorn Junior Field Naturalists 1985/9.90 Kimberley ToadBusters Inc. 2009/2.21 Livingston Kindergarten, Highett, Vic 2011/2.17 Mallee Catchment Management Authority 2011/2.11 2009/2.3, 2.8 Melbourne Water 2011/11.15 Pelican and Seabird Rescue, Inc, Capalaba, Qld 2011/11.5 Point Cook College P-9, Vic 2011/8.26, 2011/11.25 Portland Secondary College, Vic 2011/5.19 Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management 2011/5.13 Rainforest Rescue 2011/2.15, 2011/5.5, 2011/5.13 RSPCA 2011/5.5 Save the Cassowary 2011/5.13 St Joseph’s Primary School, Boronia, Vic 2011/11.25 St Michael’s Primary School, Blacktown South, NSW 2011/11.5 St Raphael’s Primary School, West Preston, Vic 2011/11.5 Stock Routes Coalition 2009/12.8 Tooradin Primary School, Vic 2011/5.21 Trust for Nature 2009/2.6, 4.7, 12.7 Victoria Naturally Alliance 2009/12.7 Wildlife in Australia — Quarterly Journal 1981/9.77 Williamstown High School 2009/2.21 World Wildlife Fund extending Australia 1978/9.53

ORGANISATIONS, ORNITHOLOGICAL: AUSTRALIAN see after this list for Bird Observation & Conservation Australia (formerly Bird Observers Club) and Birds Australia Australasian Raptor Association 1982/8.58; 2008/10.8 Australasian Seabird Group 1977/10.80; 1978/2.112; 1982/9.69 Australasian Seabird Group Newsletter and news 1977/ 10.80; 1978/ 2.112; 1982/ 9.69 Australasian Wader Studies Group 1998/10.13; 2008/8.10 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 179

Australian Biological Resources Study 2006/10.16 Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme 1995/5.10; 2010/11.14, 11.16 Australian Bird Study Association 1978/5.15,7.34; 1980/6.84; 1982/4.31; 1983/1.5; 1987/1.3; 2008/6.7 Australian Birding Association 1979/6.34 Australian Naturalist Expedition Society 2007/10.15 Australian Seabird Group, Beach-washed bird 1979/6.35 Australian Wader Study Group (AWSG) 2010/11.14, 11.24 Aviculture Convention 1984/9.86; 1985/3.23 Baden Powell College 2010/5.21 BIGnet (umbrella group for NSW birding organisations) 2009/6.4, 10.4, 12.4; 2010/11.4 Bird Observers Association of Tasmania 1992/8.8 Birding NSW 2006/6.10 Birdwatchers of Hervey Bay, Qld 2001/8.24; 2003/8.17; 2000/4.4 Black-Cockatoo Rehabilitation Centre, Perth, WA 2009/8.18 Broken Boosey Conservation Management Network 2008/12.15 Brolga Recovery Group 2009/2.6, 12.8 Canberra 1975/9.69 Catholic Regional College, Sydenham 2008/10.19, 12.15 Council for Adult Education, Training for Lecturers 1983/8.67 Council for Control of Gun Misuse 1985/7.71 Environment Studies Association of Victoria 1981/12.108 Field Naturalist’s Club, Chinchilla 1975/3.19 Field Naturalist’s Club, Portland 1975/7.52 Friends of Clarkesdate Bird Sanctuary 2003/2.11 Friends of Stone-curlews 1996/4.4, 7.2, 10.3, 11.10, 12.9, 12.19; 1997/8.21 Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater see also Affiliates 1989/7.63; 2001/8.32 Friends of the Hooded Plover 2003/8.16 Friends of the White-browed Treecreeper 1999/4.19 Friends of Westgate Park (Melbourne, Vic) 2010/5.27 Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservancy 2007/10.7 Gould League of Bird Lovers, ‘Bird Days’ and the 2005/2.19 formation of Hastings Birdwatchers 2003/4.35 Hunter Bird Observers Club 2006/8.18 International Birding and Research Centre, Eilat (IBRCE) 2007/8.11, 2007/10.23 Lyndale Green Primary School 2010/2.8 Mackay Conservation Group 2007/12.9 Malleefowl Preservation Group, Ongerup, WA 2007/6.8 Mid Murray Field Naturalists, criticism RAOU report 1976/4.28 Montmorency Field Naturalists — BOC Members welcome 1981/3.17, 1982/6.46 Museum Victoria 2002/8.33; 2008/10.9 NSW Resource Commission (NRC) 2010/5.5 Pinkerton Landcare & Environmental Group 2007/6.13 Point Cook College 2010/11.23 Point Nepean Community Ttrust 2007/6.18 Port Augusta Bird Observers Group 2001/8.16 Roadside Conservation Committee 1983/5.38, 7.57, 11 100 Self Sufficiency Society 1979/8.51 Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association 2008/2.6 Tasmanian Wilderness Society and dams 1982/7.69 Trust for Nature 2003/2.7, 2.9, 2.10, 6.17 Tweed Bird Observers Group 2001/4.28 Victoria Naturally Alliance 2010/8.21 Victoria Naturally Alliance 2008/12.4 Victorian Environment Assessment Council 2007/12.8 Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) 2010/5.5, 8.18, 11.18 Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group 2009/8.14 Victorian National Parks Association 1976/10.75; 1988/12.137 Victorian Ornithological Research Group 1975/8.11; 1978/2.111, 5.17, 11.70; 180 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

1988/5.52, 7.78, 12.133; 1981/1.9, 5.40, 7.56, 11.96; 1985/8.83; 1986/10.102; 1988/12.137; Victorian Wader Study Group 1991/12.121 Western Victoria Field Naturalists — addresses 1976/8.62 Wildlife Art Society Of Aust Flying Through Time 2005/4.20, 2005/6.23 exhibition Wildlife Art Society of Aust: Birds, Birds, Birds exhibition 2008/4.22, 6.34 Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Wild Awards 2006 2006/12.19 Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Brilliant Birds 2 2007/6.33 Exhibition Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Brilliant Birds 2006/6.22, 10.20 Exhibition Wildlife Art Society. Annual Exhibition 2003 2003/8.13 Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia 1984/12.131 Yea High School 2008/10.19

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BIRDLIFE AUSTRALIA 2011/8.3, 2011/11.3, 2011/11.4, 2011/11.5, 2011/11.24

BIRD OBSERVATION & CONSERVATION AUSTRALIA previously BIRD OBSERVERS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA

Administration and information see also Development & Finance Activities 2011/2.29, 5.31, 8.33, 11.33 Administrative systems 2009/8.3, 2009/12.5 Annual general meetings 2005/8.14; 2006/2.11, 6.3; 2007/6.4; 2008/2.4, 6.4; 2009/2.4, 6.20, 12.5; 2010/2.3, 5.4, 8.4, 8.27; 2011/2.4, 2.5, 5.3, 8.19 Annual Report Issued separately in April 2010; April 2011 Australian Bird Environment Fund, later 1984/4.28, 6.58, 11.109, 12.128; Foundation 1985/5.39; 1986/3.15, 7.65; 1987/4.34, 6.54; 1988/3.29, 3.31, 5.53, 6.61, 9.99; 1989/5.40, 7.66; 1991/3.16, 5.42, 8.79, 9.91, 12.126; 1994/9.12, 12.13; 1996/9.8; 1997/5.8, 5.13, 8.16, 10.3, 10.9, 12.19; 1998/5.6, 5.10, 8.21, 9.15, 11.13; 1990/5.37; 8.78, 11.117, 12.129; 1991/4.33, 5.42; 1995/6.5, 6.7, 10.6, 12.12; 1998/5.6, 5.10, 8.21, 9.15, 11.13; 1999/1.16; 2000/6.11, 10.13; 2001/6.14; 2002/4.13, 8.12; 2006/4.9, 4.15, 8.18, 10.21; 2007/6.7; 2008/8.4, 10.3; 2009/4.12, 10.3, 10.4; 2010/5.4, 11.5, 11.23; 2011/2.15, 11.3, 11.5 Beginners’ Corner 1980/1.7, 3.17, 4.28, 5.43, 6.52, 7.59, 8.67, 9.79, 10.88, 11.100, 12.109; 1981/8.64; 8.62; 1982/6.42; Blue Wren Gift Shop 2010/5.3, 11.6; 2011/2.4, 8.4, 11.4, 11.20 Board and previously Council 1977/4.29, 8.67, 11.91; 1978/4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.8, 6.31, 7.39, 12.77; 1979/4.19; 1980/4.29; 1981/1.8, 4.25; 1985/5.42; 1986/5.40; 1987/5.40; 1988/6.65; 2008/10.3; 2009/6.3 BOCA and ABEF: working together for 2006/8.18 conservation BOCA and Birds Australia, proposed merger 2010/2.3, 5.3, 5.4, 8.3, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5; 2011/2.4, 2.27, 5.3, 5.4, 8.3, 8.4, 8.19, 11.3 BOCA and Birds Australia, Merger reports 2011/8.6, 2011/8.7, 2011/11.6 BOCA Forum 2006 2006/12.3 BOCA Forum for Branches and Affiliated 2010/11.4 Groups BOCA’s 95th Birthday celebration 2000/12.19 Book Award, Congratulations 1988/2.16 Car Sticker 1985/7.64,8.86 Centenary 2005 2003/6.3, 8.6, 10.10 CEO’s report 2009/2.3, 4.3, 6.3, 8.4, 10.4, 12.3; 2010/2.3, 5.4, 8.4, 11.4; 2011/2.3, 5.4, 8.4, 11.4 Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary 2008/8.4, 12.3; 2009/2.4, 8.5, 10.5; 2010/5.3 182 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary Clare Miller 2010/5.3 Education Centre Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary – flood damage 2011/2.3 Club News & Diary Events, Calendar 1984/1.12, 3.17, 3.18, 3.24, 4.35, 4.36, 5.42, 5.43, 6.55, 6.59, 7.67, 7.68, 7.71, 8.76, 8.79, 8.83, 9.90, 9.91, 9.95, 10.102, 10.103, 10.104, 10.107, 11.112, 11.117, 11.119, 12.126, 12.127, 12.131; 1985/1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 3.15, 3.21, 4.28, 4.29, 5.41, 6.53, 6.55, 7.64, 7.69, 8.78, 9.87, 9.91, 10.101, 10.103, 11.112, 12.124, 12.127; 2000/2.17, 4.17, 6.17, 8.21, 10.21, 12.21 Constitution 2006/8.3; 2009/6.20, 12.5 Headquarters and Shop also Bird Environment 1976/5.34, 7.55, 11.83; 1977/7.57, Education Centre previously BOC Centre 12.93, 12.107; 1978/3.124, 7.39, 9.55, 11.70, 12.87; 1979/5.31, 6.39, 7.47, 10.71, 11.83, 11.84, 12.91, 12.92; 1980/6.54, 7.59, 7.63, 7.64, 9.83, 10.95, 12.115; 1981/12.100; 1983/1.3, 5.43, 10.88, 11.99, 11.103, 12.115; 1984/6.59, 8.83, 9.95, 10.104, 11.112; 1985/1.4, 8.80, 11.112, 11.113; 1986/6.53, 7.66, 12.25; 1990/10.98; 1998/11.13; 1999/6.9, 7.13, 8.11; 2000/2.33, 6.6; 2001/6.15, 12.12; 2002/6.16, 6.31; 2008/10.4; 2009/8.3 Historic photographic collection 2003/12.6 Joint letter 1999/3.21 Life Member vacancy 2006/4.4 Manager New Club Appointment (for 1989/7.65, 11.112 Headquarters) Memorandum of Understanding (Birds 2006/4.3 Australia and BOCA) New BOCA website 2010/8.5 New BOCA website Activities calendar now 2010/11.6 online New Members 1980/1.11, 3.24, 4.34, 5.47, 6.56, 7.63, 8.74, 9.83, 10.95, 11.113, 12.115; 1981/1.9, 3.18, 5.37, 6.44, 7.54, 8.62, 8.65, 9.73, 10.82, 10.87, 11.93, 12.100; 1982/1.3, 3.18, 4.22, 5.39, 6.43, 7.52, 8.63, 9.71, 10.79, 11 87, 12.93; 1983/1.3, 3.16, 4.29, 5.36, 6.47, 7.54, 8.65, 9.70, 10.87, 11.96, 12.109; 1984/1.5, 3.18, 4.28, 5.44, 6.53, 7.68, 8.76, 9.90, 10.102, 11.112, 12.125; 1985/1.8, 1.9, 3.16, 4.28, 5.40, 6.53, 7.64, 8.78, 9.87, 10.101, 11.112, 12 126 News Inside BOCA/On the BOC Scene /News 1986/1.4, 3.15, 4.28, 4.34, 5.40, 5.42, /Keeping in Touch 6.53, 6.54, 7.637.64, 8.77, 9.87, 10.102, 11.116, 12.124, 12.125; 1987/1.4, 1.5, 3.14, 3.15, 4.32, 4.34, 5.38, 5.40, 7.62, 7.65, 8.81, 8.84, 9.92, 10.99, 10.104, 11.116, 12.123, 12.128; 1988/2.15, 2.16, 3.28, 5.51, 5.53, 6.62, 6.65, 7.80, 9 99, 9.101, 11.122, 11.125, 12.136, 12.141; 1989/1.5, 3.15, 3.20, 5.40, 6.52, 6.57, 7.65, 8.76, 8.80, 9.85; 10.105, 11.112, 12.129; 1990/1.3, 1.9, 3.17, 4.34, 5.37, 6.56, 8.78, 9.92, 10.98; 10.102, 12.129; 1991/6.56; 2007/2.39, 4.43, 6.43, 8.39, Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 183

10.39, 12.39; 2008/2.39, 4.31, 6.43, 8.39, 10.39, 12.39; 2009/2.39, 4.31, 6.39, 8.39, 10.39, 12.39; Notes from Secretary 1983/5.35, 6.47, 7.54, 8.64, 9.71, 10.86, 11.96, 12.109 ; 1984/1.4, 3.17, 4.28, 5.44, 6.53, 7.66, 8.76, 9.90, 10.102, 11.112, 12.126 Noticeboard 2010/2.39, 5.43, 8.47, 11.43; 2011/2.43, 5.43, 8.47, 11.43 Projects Approved 1992/4.15 Promoting BOCA Working Group 2008/2.3, 4.3 Recollections 2003/8.6 Reports, Annual and accounts/financial 1986/3.17; 1987/3.17; 1989/4.29; statements 1990/4.29; Supp 1996/4; Supp 1997/5; Supp 1998/5; Supp 1999/5; Supp. to April issue 200; 12005/4.24; 2006/4.12; Inserted pp. 22-23 2007/4; Lift-out pp 14-15 2008/4; supp to 2009/4, April 2009 Reports, President’s, Messages and Letters 1980/12.107; 1981/4.23, 12.99; 1982/4.26, 4.27, 4.28, 12 93; 1983/4.22, 4.26, 12.108; 1984/4.28, 4.29, 4.52, 12.126; 1985/3.17; 1986/3.17; 1987/3.17; 1989/12.132; 1990/12.122; 1999/7.13; 2000/6.6; 12.30; 2001/4.29; 2002/4.12; 2003/4.16; 2009/8.3, 10.3; 2010/5.3, 8.3, 11.3; 2011/5.3, 8.3, 11.3 Speakers Needed 1983/10.89 Telescope, Available to Members 1983/12.116 thank you from Elizabeth Abel 1984/7.66 thank you from Q'land Visitors 1984/1.8 Website 2006/4.3; 2008/8.3, 8.9; 2009/12.5; 2011/2.4, 5.4, 11.3 BOCA Anniversary Dinners Five Year Dinner 1984/9.90, 10.102 75th Anniversary Dinner 1980/1.4, 6.55 80th Anniversary Dinner 1985/1.4, 3.16, 7.64 85th Birthday Dinner, 1990/7.66, 9.93 90th Birthday Dinner 1995/6.8 BOCA Awards 2005/4.17, 2005/8.14; 2008/6.4 Australian Geographic Society’s Conservationist of the Year 2010/2.6 award to Ray Thomas BOCA Certificate of Appreciation 2008/10.4; 2009/4.3 BOCA Distinguished Service Awards (BDSA) 2005/4.17, 2005/8.14; 2006/6.3; 2007/4.5; 2008/6.5, 10.3; 2009/6.20; 2010/8.27; 2011/8.19, 11.4 BOCA E W Fitzpatrick Award winners, 1983-2002 2005/4.21 BOCA Honorary Life Membership – Howard Plowright 2008/6.4 Fitzpatrick E. W., Bird Observers Prize 1983/12.109 John Hobbs Memorial Medal awarded to Mike Carter 2010/2.4 Queen’s Birthday Honours 2008/10.3; 2009/8.4 W. Roy Wheeler Medallion 2005/6.3, 2005/8.11, 2005/10.17 W. Roy Wheeler Medallion , Minting of the Medallion, The 2005/10.19 W. Roy Wheeler Medallion, Inaugural awards and dinner 2005/10.17 BOCA Branches and Affiliates (See also Annual Report) 1976/2.16, 3.24; 2006/4.20; 2008/10.3; 2009/12.3, 12.4 184 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Affiliated groups 2009/2.4, 12.4 Ballarat 1983/12.108, 1984/6.53, 1985/8.80, 1986/1.5, 6.56, 11.114 1987/5.40, 8.82, 11.118; 1988/7.81; 1989/8.80; 1991/4.26; 2003/8.16; 2007/12.16; 2008/12.14; 2009/12.11 BAYBOCA 2007/6.6; 2009/6.28; 2010/5.21; 2011/11.16 BELLBOCA 1991/4.26 , 1992/6.12 Bellingen Birders 2008/10.4 Black-throated Finch Recovery Team 2009/8.4 BOCA Family (list of Branches and Affiliated Groups) 2011/2.32 Brisboca 2005/12.21; 2007/2.18, 2007/6.6, 2007/10.7, 2007/12.16; 2008/2.8; 2009/2.16, 8.8, 12.5 Brolga Recovery Group, Vic 2011/5.17, 2011/11.5 BundyBOC 1996/4.10; 2007/12.16; 2008/12.14; 2010/5.13 Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG) 2009/8.4 Coffs Coast Birdwatchers 2010/8.4 Corowa 1984/12.l26; 1985/5.41, 7.40; 1987/3.15; 1990/6.57 Cumberland Bird Observers Club (CBOC) 2009/10.4 East Gippsland Bird Observers Club (EGBOC) 1986/5.38; 1991/4.26; 1993/11.19; 2005/2.11; 2008/6.32, 12.16 Echuca & District Branch 1984/10.104; 1994/4.19, 8.10; 1995/6.13, 6.14, 11.16; 2007/12.16; 2008/2.31; 2009/12.11 Environmental Education Program 2007/6.17 Euroa, Efforts to form Branch 1983/11.102 Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater 2009/4.3, 4.11, 6.4; 2010/8.4 Gold Coast Bird Observers Group 2003/4.35 Gould League Bird Study Camp Club 2007/6.17; 2008/2.9 Hamilton Branch 1991/12.129; 1992/1.14 ; 1995/1.5, 6.13; 2007/12.17 Horsham Branch 1991/4.26 Illawarra Bird Observers Club 2008/10.4 Mackay Bird Observers Club MacBOCA 1991/7.64 ; 1993/8.6; 1994/7.14; 2000/6.12; 2002/6.31; 2007/12.9; 2009/2.6 MELBOCA 1999/8.12; 2006/8.18; 2007/12.17; 2008/12.14; 2009/12.11; 2010/5.21; 2011/11.16 Murray-Goulburn 1985/1.8, 4.29, 4.32, 6.54, 8.78, 9.87, 12.126, 1986/4 30; 1987/10.105; 1990/6.58; 1991/4.27; 1996/6.5 Murrumbidgee Field Naturalists 2007/12.4 NAMBOC 1981/8.62, 12.100; 1982/11.86; 1984/1.5 New Groups, Members Days 1984/12.126 Nhill Branch 2007/12.17; 2009/10.25 NSW Bird Atlassers, NSW 2011/2.30, 2011/2.32, 2011/5.33 PENBOC 2003/8.16; 2006/2.3; 2007/6.18, 2007/12.17; 2008/2.9, 10.18; 2009/12.11; 2010/5.21; 2011/5.20, 11.16 PhotoBOCA 2009/4.4, 6.4, 8.4, 8.5; 2010/11.4, 11.5; 2011/2.18, 8.5 Shepparton 1984/5.43, 6.55 Sorrento 1984/5.42, l0.104 Sou’West Vic BOCA 2003/8.16; 2001/4.28; 2003/8.16; 2006/2.16; 2007/12.4, 2007/12.17 South Gippsland twentieth anniversary 2005/6.25 Southern Highboca 2009/4.3, 6.4 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 185

Sunraysia 1982/12.93; 1986/4.29, 12.128; 1987/8.82, 9.92, 10.105, 11.118; 1988/2.20, 6.66, 7.81, 11.125, 12.143; 1989/1.8, 3.20, 5.41, 6.58, 7.68, 9.89, 10.105, 12.130; 1990/6.57, 11.117, 12.130; 1991/1.10, 4.28, 5.44, 8.78, 11.116 ; 1992/6.12; 2000/2.26; 2003/4.35, 6.16 Tamworth Birdwatchers Inc 2006/10.23 Toowoomba Bird Club, established 1976/4.14 Townsville Branch (Trboc) 1995/12.3; 2003/4.9, 6.34; 2007/6.7, 2007/6.17; 2008/2.9, 10.22; 2009/6.13, 12.11, 12.16; 2010/5.21; 2011/2.18, 8.26 Tweed Bird Observers 2009/12.11 Upper Murray 1975/3.22, 4.31, 5.39, 5.40, 6.47, 7.56, 8.64, 9.72, 10.80, 11.88, 12.96; 1976/3.24, 5.40, 6.48, 7.56, 8.64, 9.72, 10.80, 11.88, 12.96; 1977/1.8, 2.16, 3.24, 4.36, 5.44, 6.52, 7.60, 8.68, 9.76, 10.84, 11.92, 12.108. Upwey 1984/7.67 Wangaratta 1985/9.87,12.126 Warrnambool 1984/5.43 Werribee 1984/3.17, 6.52 WESBOC 1976/1.7, 4.32, 5.40, 10.79, 11.88; 1977/12.108.; 1979/3.16, 9.63; 1980/5.48, 7.63, 8.75; 1981/6.46; 1984/5.43; 1986/5.41; 1988/4.40, 10.117; 1989/4.28, 10.105; 1990/3.20 ; 1991/4.28; 2001/8.32; 2006/2.13; 2008/6.31; 2009/6.12; 2011/11.26 Yarra Valley Branch 1992/7.6; 2002/8.31; 2009/12.11 BOCA Camps, Tours, and Outings (See also Birding Locations, articles in Bird Observers’ Extra, articles in The Melbirdian, Centenary Celebrations, and articles in Branch Newsletters) Aireys Inlet Camp, March 1977 1977/5.44 Albert, NSW, NSW Bird Atlassers Easter camp, 2- 2010/5.31 5/4/20102010/5.32 Alexandra Camp, 28.11-2.12.91 1992/3.12 Amherst Spring Camp, 20-23.11.92 1993/3.13 Angahook Forest Park Coach Trip, 16.3.91 1991/5.44 Angahook Park, Airey's Inlet, Coach Trip. 1986/12.128 Arnhem Land — 1980 Tour 1981/6.43 Assistance needed for camps 1982/8.60 Autumn Coach Tour 1987/5.41 Bailieston/Whroo Forest coach trip, 15.10.88 1988/12.143 Bairnsdale Coach Trip, 13-14.10.90 1991/1.10 Ballarat Spring Coach Trip, 11.11.1989 1990/3.20 Balmoral Christmas Camp 1986/87 1987/4.3 Balmoral, Vic, Christmas camp, 23/12/2005-6/1/06 2006/4.24 Balmoral, Vic, Spring Camp, 24.11–1.12 97 1998/5.20 Barham NSW 1968 1988/6.66 Barham NSW Easter camp, 31.3-6.4.88 1988/6.66 Barham, NSW, Bunk-style camp, 18-24/4/2006 2006/8.9 Barham, NSW, Cup Weekend Camp, 3-8.11.1989 1990/1.10 Barham, NSW, Easter Camp, 05-11/04/07 2007/6.24 Barham, NSW, Easter camp, 21-27/4/2011 2011/8.35 Barnawatha Anzac Weekend Camp 1986/6.56 Bay Trip Report 1986/10.104 Bay Trip, Come on the: a personal invitation 2001/12.20 Bellarine Peninsula Autumn Coach Trip 1986/7.65 Bellarine Peninsula Autumn Coach Trip, 3.4.93 1993/8.18 186 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Bellarine Peninsula, Autumn Coach Trip, 7.4.1990 1990/6.56 Bemm River, Vic, Christmas Camp, 23/12/00-9/1/01 2000/4.24 Bendigo Coach Tour, 10-11th October 1987/12.129 Bendigo, Whipstick Forest Spring Coach Trip, 22.9.1990 1990/11.117 BOC Excursions 1980/81 1980/7.63 BOC tours, leaders/organiser required 1980/4.35 BOC weekday outings, Barbara Garret retires 1980/12.114 Botanical Gardens, Voluntary Guides Group 1984/3.17, 9.90 Brucknell Park, Vic, Anzac Camp, 22-26.4.94 1994/8.10 Bunbartha, Vic, Christmas Camp, 24.12.97–10.1.98 1998/6.10 Cairns to Cape York, 22nd Aug.–12th Sept.1987 1987/11.109 Calendar of Outings — July 1981 to June 1982 1981/7.54 Canberra 10th to 17th June 1982 1982/11.88,12.99 Canberra, BOC trip 1976 1976/8.61 Cann River Christmas Camp 1985/6 1986/1.5 Cann River Christmas Camp 1993/4 1994/6.14 Cann River, Christmas 1977 1978/3.121 Cann River, Vic, Christmas Camp, 22/12/02-8/1/03 2003/4.28 Cape Liptrap camp, 11–14.3.88 1988/5.54 Cape York, Qld, 24.10–14.11.92 1993/3.6 Capricorn Coast, Bundyboc Camp, 25-26.10.97 1997/12.4 Car Pooling & Sharing 1982/3.14; 1984/8.79, 11.112; 1985/4.28, 4.29, 5.43, 12.126; 1990/12.130 Carrajung Memorial Park, Vic, Late Spring camp, 25/11-3/12/2010 2011/2.31 Castlemaine Camp, April 1977 1977/6.57 Castlemaine/Maldon Spring Coach Trip 1986/4 30 Cavendish — Easter camp 1981 1981/9.78 Cavendish Cup Weekend Camp, 28.10.88–2.11.88 1989/1.5 Cavendish, Vic, Camp, 29.10-3.11.93 1994/1.7 Cavendish, Vic, Camp, 3-8/11/00 2001/2.29 Centenary Bunkhouse 2005/2.3, 4.3, 6.19, 8.25 Centenary Concourse 2005/2.3, 4.3, 6.19,.8.25 Centenary Concourse (Healesville, Vic, Bunkhouse, 21-25/10/2005) 2005/2.3, 4.3, 6.19, 8.25; 2006/2.11 Centenary Tagalong to far north Queensland, 29/8-19/9/2005 2006/6.16 Chiltern Cup Weekend Camp 1987/12.128 Chiltern Forest Bus Tour, 11–12.10.92 1993/3.13 Chiltern Melb Cup Weekend Camp, Nov 94 1995/1.13 China Tour - 1980 1981/8.67 Christmas Is. & West Java, BOCA Extended Tour 1996 1997/7.11 Churchill Park Beginners Outing, 16.3.91 1991/9.87 Cinema Point 1977/3.23 Cinema Point 1979/4.23 Cinema Point 1981/1.11 Clarkesdale 1981/3.18 Clarkesdale Anzac Camp, 23–27.4.1990 1990/7.65 Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary, Linton, Vic, Labour Day Weekend 2010/5.32 camp, 5-10/3/2010 Clarkesdale, Nhill Branch outing to, 8–9.11.97 1998/4.20 Clarkesdale, Vic, Camp, 09-14/03/07 2007/6.16 Coach Tours 1983/1.12, 7.60, 8.67, 12.110 Cobungra Christmas Camp, 21.12.90–7.1.91 1991/5.42 Cobungra, Vic, Christmas Camp, 20.12.96-6.1.97 1997/3.11 Cohuna, Vic, Spring Camp, 22-27.9.94- 1994/4.19 Colleambally, NSW, NSW Bird Atlassers Christmas camp 2010 2011/2.32 Come on the Bay Trip: a personal invitation 2001/12.20 Coolart (Bus Trip) 1985/12.128 Cooriemungle Camp, 4–8.2.91 1991/5.44 Coranderrk Bushland Weekday Outing 1986/7.64 Coranderrk outing, 22.5.88 1988/7.80 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 187

Corowa, NSW, Coach tour, 15-17/6/02 2002/8.30 Costerfield Labour Day Camp, 10–14.3.89 1989/7.68 Costerfield Spring Camp 1987/1.8 Cressy, Vic, Ramsar wetlands Coach trip, 15/3/03 2003/6.32 Crosbie Nature Conservation Reserve, coach tour, 18/10/08 2008/12.28 Crosbie State Forest, Vic, Coach tour, 19/10/02 2002/12.29 Crosbie State Forest, Vic, Coach Trip, 30/9/2000 2000/12.28 Dartmoor Christmas Camp, 20.12.91–6.1.92 1992/4.11 Dartmoor, Vic, Christmas camp, 23/12/2009-4/1/2010 2010/2.29 Dookie, Vic, Cup Weekend, 1-6.11.96 1997/3.11 Dookie, Vic, Early Spring camp, 23-28/9/2011 2011/11.34 Eaglehawk Neck, Tas, Pelagic trip, 21/2/2010 2010/5.30, 8.37 Echuca Branch Spotlighting Excursion 1994/4.19 Echuca Bus Tour Weekend, 14–15.9.91 1991/11.116 Echuca Camp, Cup Weekend 1986 1987/1.8 Echuca Easter Camp, 8–14.4.93 1993/7.14 Echuca-Moama, Vic, monthly outing, 11–12 .5.96 1996/7.3 Eltham breakfast, Jan. 88 1988/4.44 Excursions 1978-79 1978/8.48 Extended Tour, 13th Sept.-3rd Oct.1987 1987/12.129 Fernihurst Estate, Vic, Anzac camp, 22–26.4.96 1996/7.13 Flinders Ranges Safari 1977/12.105 French Island Autumn Coach Trip, 14.3.92 1992/5.9 French Island Autumn Coach Trip, 17.3.1990 1990/6.56 French Island, Vic, Tour, 27/11/02 2003/2.25 Gama -Wathe Reserve Easter Camp, 12–18.4.1990 1990/6.57 Gannawarra, Vic, Easter camp, 4–10.4.96 1996/6.17 Garfield Camp, 17–20.11.1989 1990/1.9 Gipsy Point, Vic, Camp, 21-26/03/07 2007/6.20 Grampians, Vic, Bunk-style Camp, 8-14/10/00 2001/2.27 Grampians, Vic, Echuca Branch Camp, 30.4-2.5.94 1994/8.10 Grampians, Vic, Weekend Coach Trip, 9-10.10.93 1994/1.12 Graytown Bus Tour 1983/12.109 Great Victoria Desert Safari, 1986 1986/12.129; 1987/1.10 Gulpa Forest, Mathoura, NSW, Bunkhouse Style Camp, 27.4–1.5.92 1992/8.14 Gunbower Island, Vic, Torrumbarry camp, 30/4-5/5/2010 2010/8.37 Hamilton, Vic, Coach trip, 10-12/6/00 2000/8.28 Horsham, Vic, Christmas Camp, 24/12/01-9/1/02 2002/4.27 Howlong, NSW, Spring bunkstyle camp, 11-17/10/07 2008/2.30 India and Nepal, Tour, Feb/Mar 2002 2002/8.16 Inglewood — Labour Day Weekend camp 1981/6.45 Inglewood Bunk-Style Camp, 26–30.4.93 1993/7.14 Inglewood Camp, 6–10th March, 1987 1987/5.41 Inglewood Show Day Weekend Camp 23–28.9.92 1992/11.14 Inglewood Show Weekend Camp, 26.9–1.10.1990 1990/12.130 Inverleigh Common, Vic, Coach Trip, 3-9-94 1994/12.4 Inverloch, Easter Camp, 1976 1976/6.44 Iron Range — 1981 Tour 1981/11.89 Jingellic (Xmas 1984) 1985/3.15 Jingellic Christmas Camp, 1976 1977/2.12 Jingellic, NSW, Christmas Camp, 22.12.1989–8.1.1990 1990/3.20 Jingellic, NSW, Christmas Camp, 23/12/00-8/1/01 2001/4.21 Jingellic, NSW, Christmas camp, 27/12/2010-3/1/2011 2011/5.31 Kamarooka State Forests Coach Trip, 9.9.95 1995/11.13 Kimberley Region, WA, Tour, 21/6-6/7/2001 2001/12.16 Kimberley Tour 1985 1985/11.110 Kimberley Trip, First Group, May 1993 1993/8.10 Kimberley, BOCA Extended Tour, 28.12.96-18.1.97 1997/10.13 Kroombit Tops State Forest, Qld, Bundyboc camp at 1996/4.10 Lake Cardross, Vic, Easter camp, 20-27/4/00 2000/8.27 Lake Wellington, Vic, Spring Camp, 26-30/11/1999 2000/2.24 Langwarrin coach trip, 16.4.88 1988/6.66 188 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Latrobe Valley, Vic, late spring camp, 3-8/12/2007 2008/8.19 Leaders, Assistance for aspiring 1981/1.11 Licola Christmas Camp 1980 1981/6.45 Licola Christmas camp, 18.12.87/88 1988/1.88,5.53 Licola Easter Camp, 1977 1977/5.39 Licola Easter Camp, 28.3–3.4.91 1991/6.56 Limestone Spring Camp, 23–26.11.90 1991/1.10 Limestone, Yea camp, 20–23.11.87 1988/2.20 Linton Mystery Tour, 2-3.12.1989 1990/3.17 Linton Spring Camp, 18–21.11.88 1989/1.8 Linton, Coach Trip to Clarkesdale, 9.11.91 1992/1.14 Linton, Vic, Easter Camp, 9–15.4.98 1998/6.11 Little Desert Easter Camp 1986 1986/5.42 Little Desert Easter Camp, 23-29.3.89 1989/6.58 Little Desert Lodge (Easter) 1985/12.126 Little Desert Lodge bunkstyle camp, 3-9/4/08 2008/8.29 Little Desert Lodge, Nhill, Vic, Easter Camp, 31.3-6.4.94 1994/7.8 Little Desert Lodge, Nhill. Camp, 7–11.10.91 1991/12.129 Little Desert Lodge, Vic, Bunk-style Camp, 17-23/11/02 2003/2.27 Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, Tours, Feb.- Mar. 1994 1994/6.6 Lord Howe Island, Tour (includes bird list), 10-17/11/02 2002/2.29 Lower Glenelg National Park Xmas Camp, 1975/76 1976/4.28,7.53 Lyal Glen Redesdale, coach tour 14.11.87 1988/2.20 MACBOCA and Townsville Branch 1994/7.14 Mackay, Qld., Tour, 25.11–9.12.1989 1990/1.1 Macleay Valley, BOCA Flyaway to the 2001/12.19 Maldon, Vic, Bunk-style Camp, 11-15.4.94 1994/8.18 Mallacoota Bunk-Style Camp, 15–22.11.92 1993/4.9 Mansfield Camp, 8-11 March 1986 1986/6.54 Midweek Outings, Prototype, 19.9.1973 1990/8.78 Mildura Easter Camp 1987/6.56,7.66 Mildura, Vic, Bunk-style camp, 23-29/9/2006 2006/12.14 Moama, NSW, Spring Camp, 2-7/10/02 2003/2.26* Molesworth Camp — Cup Week 1981 1982/1.5 Mount Beckworth, Vic, Spring camp, 24–27.11.95 1996/5.17 Mount Beckworth, Vic, Spring Camp, 6-10/10/2000 2000/12.27 Mt Cole Show Weekend Camp 1989/12.130 Mt Isa and Gulf — 15th July to 6th Aug 1982/11.88,12.99 Mt. Cole State Forest Spring Camp 1986/4 30 Mt. Cole, Vic, Coach Trip, 13.11.93 1994/1.12 Mt. Dryden Show Weekend Camp, 25–30.9.91 1991/12.128 Mt. Evelyn outing, ?about 1920 1988/1.4 Mt. Martha, Vic, Labour Day wk/end camp 10–14.3.96 1996/4.18 Mt. Worth Bus Trip 1987/6.56 Mt. Worth, Vic, Coach trip, 2.3.96 1996/5.17 Mud Islands,Vic, Joint Bayboca/Photoboca outing, 28/2/2009 2009/6.30 Murchison East Christmas Camp 1988 1989/3.21 Murray-Goulburn BOCA camp at Tarragon Lodge 1996/6.5 Mystic Park, Labour Day Weekend Camp 1976/4.29 Nagambie Coach Trip, 12.9.92 1992/12.10 Nariel, Christmas Camp 1983 1984/3.18 Neilborough, Vic, Early Spring Camp, 5-9/10/01 2001/12.22 Nelson, Vic, Bunk-style Camp, 17-23/3/02 2002/6.25 New Organisers for 1984 1983/12.110 New South Wales Tagalong, 17/9/02-16/10/02 2003/4.11 New Tours? 1990/9.92 Newstead-Muckleford Forest Coach Trip, 10.11.90 1991/1.10 North Qld. Golden-shouldered Parrot Tour, 26.5–16.6.1990 1990/9.93 Northern Tour, 1966 2005/2.20 NSW , Far Western & Strzelecki Creek tour, 10–25.9.88 1988/11.125 Otway Ranges Labour Day Weekend Camp, 6–10.3.92 1992/7.6 Outings Planned for Parents with Pre-Schoolers 1983/12.110 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 189

Paynesville Bunk-style Camp, Feb 95 1995/6.6 Paynesville, Vic, Bunk-style Camp, 21-27/9/03 2003/12.29 Pelagic Trip from Lakes Entrance 12–14.10.1990 1990/8.81 PENBOC celebrates BOCA’s centenary at ‘The Briars’ 2006/2.3 Pets, not wanted at BOC outings 1976/10.80 Phillip Island Coach Trip, 4.3.95 1995/6.7 Phillip Island coach trip, 5.3.88 1988/4.46 Phillip Island, Anzac Camp, 23–26.4.93 1993/8.18 Port Phillip Bay Trip, 24 March 1985/5.41 Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Boat trip, 10/8/03 2003/10.25 Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Joint Excursion with The Friends of Coolart, 1994/5.14 20.2.94 Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Joint trip with The Friends of Coolart, 14.2.93 1993/4.14 Programme for 1983-1984 1983/11.95 Queensland BOC Tour, 1976 1976/11.81 Rawson, Vic, Bunk-style Camp, 20-26/2/2000 2000/6.23 Rawson, Vic, Bunkstyle camp, 6-12/5/2009 2009/8.28, 2009/10.28 Reef Hills, Vic, Coach Trip, 12.3.94 1994/7.18 Ricketts Point, Vic, Bayside outing, 25.5.96 1996/7.3 Rushworth Forest (Sept. Camp) 1985/12.126 St Arnaud Anzac Camp, 24–27.4.92 1992/7.12 St. Arnaud Show Week Camp 1987/11.117 Stony Rises, Vic, 14.11.98, Coach trip 1999/1.7 Strathbogie, Vic, Easter Camp, 12-17/4/01 2001/6.17 Strathbogie, Vic, Melbourne Cup weekend camp, 30/10-4/11/2009 2009/12.30 Strzelecki Creek & Far Western NSW tour, 10–25.9.88 1988/11.125 Sugarloaf Reservoir outing, 26.6.88 1988/12.143 Summary l981 — Celia Browne, weekday outings 1981/12.100 Summary of Tours for 1982 1982/8.63 Switzerland Ranges Labour Day Camp, 9–13.3.1990 1990/5.40 Switzerland Ranges Labour Day Weekend Camp, 5–9.3.1993 1993/6.18 Tagalong Tour 1992, 24.8-21.9.92 1993/1.15, 3.9 Tagalong Tour, NSW and Qld., 1.8-10.9.1990 1990/12.128 Tagalong Tour, September-October 2004 2005/4.12 Tagalong, Future 2000/12.39 talk about past camps 1987/6.56 Tallygaroopna Christmas Camp, 21.12.92–11.1.93 1993/4.12, 5.2 Tallygaroopna Cup Weekend Camp, 2–7.11.90 1991/1.10 Tarra-Bulga National Park, Vic, Coach Trip, 9.4.94 1994/7.18 Three Hummock Island, Tas, Flyaway, 9-10/3/02 2002/6.21 Tours 1983 1982/11.85 Tours Committee — cancellation of Bus 1981/4.24, 9.80 Townsville BOC Trip to Daintree, 10-12.6.95 1995/12.3 Travelling Members — List of contacts available 1981/6.51 Trawool Spring Coach Trip, 30.9.89 1989/11.113 Valencia Creek Camp 1985/5.49 Valencia Creek camp, 21–26.9.88 1988/12.143 Violet Town Cup Weekend Camp, 30.10–4.11.92 1993/3.13 Walpeup, Vic, Bunk-style Camps, 17-30.10.93 1994/1.1 Warby Ranges Camp, 21–26.4.89 1989/7.65 Warby Ranges Spring Camp, 27.9–2.10.95 1995/11.11 Warby Ranges, Vic, Camp, 11-12.11.1996 1997/3.11 Warrak Show Weekend Camp, 21–26.9.94 1995/1.13 WarrnamBird ’05: retrospective 2006/2.16 Warrnambool Bus Trip, 14–15.10.1989 1990/5.40 Wedderburn, Vic, Labour Day Weekend, 11-16/3/2011 2011/5.32 Wednesday Wanderings – Warrandyte to Westgate 2007/8.19 Weekday Outings 1979/7.48, 12.92 Week-day outings 1977/12.107 Weekday outings, Annual report, 1982/12.92 Weekday Outings, Leaders Comments 1984/12.128 Weekday outings, summary 1982 1982/12.99 190 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Weekdays Outings have a thirty year history 2005/8.17 Wenham Cup Weekend Camp, 1–6.11.91 1992/1.14 Werribee Farm Winter Outing 1987/11.117 Werribee, Vic, 15.8.99, Coach trip 1999/9.24 Werribee, Vic, Weekday Outing, 3.2.97 1997/4.12 West Australia, Interstate to 1985/9.90,12.127 Western Australia, Extended Tour, 19.10–8.11.91 1992/5.10 Wet Tropics Tagalong, September 2002 2003/2.16 Whipstick Coach Trip 1986/11.114 Whipstick Forest Camp, Sept. 24th-29th 1986 1986/12.128 Willow Grove, Vic., Late Spring Camp, 30/11-05/12/06 2007/4.32 Won Wron, Vic, Anzac Camp, 24-29/4/02 2002/8.30 Wyperfeld Easter Camp, 16–4.92 1992/7.12 Wyperfeld, Vic, Easter camp, 1-8/4/2010 2010/5.33 Wyperfeld, Vic, Easter/Anzac Camp, 17-28/4/03 2003/6.22 Yanac North, Vic, Spring camp, 8-12/10/2010 2010/11.30 Yarram — Weekend November, 1975 1976/1.8 Yetman, NSW, NSW Bird Atlassers Easter camp 2011 2011/5.33

BOCA Centenary celebrations see also Bunkhouse and Concourse in Camps and Outings Centenary Concourse (Healesville, Vic, Bunkhouse, 21-25/10/2005) 2006/2.11 Centenary Tagalong to far north Queensland, 29/8-19/9/2005 2006/6.16 Centenary Dinner 2005 2005/2.3, 2005/6.20 Forest for the future, A 2005/6.24 PENBOC celebrates BOCA’s centenary at ‘The Briars’ 2006/2.3 WarrnamBird ’05: retrospective 2006/2.16 BOCA Club History and Reminiscences BOCA: Essence of the Club, and reminiscences of members 2011/11.7, 32 BOCA History: 1959 to 1981 2005/8.3 Bush memories 2005/4.18 Early meetings 2005/2.22 Memory of Barking Owls, A 2005/2.25 History of BOCA 1989/4.25 Milestones in the Club’s history 2005/2.3, 2005/8.3 Writing the history 2005/2.22 BOCA Club Members and Officers (See also Obituaries, and Annual Report) Acton, Marleen, BDSA 2008/6.5 Adams, Mary, BOCA Book-keeper 1992/9.18 Airey, Joan 2002/6.17 Akie, Ruth 2009/8.28 Allan, Peter, BDSA 2008/6.5 Allsop, Laurel, Past President, Tweed Bird Observers 2009/4.14 Anderson, Bob, OAM 2010/8.4 Anderson, Maryanne 2009/8.28 Anderson, Nan 2003/6.26 Anderson, Robert OAM, President, Friends of the Helmeted 2011/8.19 Honeyeater, BDSA Andrews, Marjorie (BDSA) 2006/6.3 Angel, Betty 2000/4.25 Ap-Thomas, David 1992/1.2; 2007/6.18 Ap-Thomas, David, BOCA Past President 2002/6.20 Ap-Thomas, David, BOCA Past President, BDSA 2010/2.29 Ap-Thomas, David, Past President, BDSA 2005/8.14 Ap-Thomas, David, President & Yellingbo Organiser 1991/9.86 Ap-Thomas, Sue, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Ashburner, Frances & Len 2002/6.17 Ashburner, Frances, BDSA 2005/8.14, 8.16; 2008/6.4 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 191

Aston, Helen, BOC Past President 2011/11.7, 11.11 Aston, Helen, former BOCA President 2000/12.20 Aston; Helen — Natural History Medallion , awarded to 1979/8.51 Bard-Brucker, Bela, BOCA Rep. for the You Yangs 1989/11.114 Barkla, John, ABEF Advisory Committee member 2005/4.24 Barkla, John, BOCA President 2011/5.3, 5.4, 8.3, 8.4, 11.3 Barkla, John, BOCA President 2010/5.3, 8.3, 8.9, 11.3, 11.11, 11.5 Barkla, John, BOCA President 2009/6.3, 2009/6.20, 2009/6.21, 2009/8.3, 2009/10.3 Barraclough, Colin, BOCA Past President 2006/6.3; 2008/8.30; 2009/8.28 Barraclough, Colin, BOCA President 1994/12.13 Barraclough, Colin, BOCA Vice President 1993/9.14 Barrand, Rhonda (Sou’west Branch) 2006/2.16 Belcher, W., Yachtsman's Link with BOC 1978/7.33 Bilney, Roger 2008/8.14, 12.16 Bingham, Pat, BOCA Past President 2011/5.4, 11.8 Bingham, Pat, BOCA Past President 2002/6.20; 2009/2.22, 4.5 Bloss, Rod, Past President, Brisboca, BDSA 2011/8.4, 8.21 Bloss, Rod, President, Brisboca 2003/4.16; 2005/4.29; 2006/4.17; 2007/6.6, 6.7, 10.4 BOCA Life Members 1991/4.33 BOCA Presidents 1905-2005 2005/6.22 BOCA volunteers 2003/6.26 Bone, Ronald, BDSA 2005/8.14, 8.16 Boyd, Ian (BDSA) 2006/6.3 Brain, Nancy 2002/6.17; 2003/6.26 Brennan, Sue 2003/6.26 Brickhill, Tess 2002/6.17 Brothers, Nigel Peter, WRW Medallion winner 2005/10.18 Brown, Alan, BDSA 2005/8.15 Browne, Celia, BDSA 2011/11.8 Browne, Celia, BDSA 2005/8.17; 2008/6.5 Buckingham, Lilla 2003/10.12 Buckingham, Rex Angus, Life Member and Past President 2007/4.28 Buckingham, Rex, BOC Past President 2011/2.20 Burbidge, Mary 2010/8.9 Burrows, Todd 2010/2.9 Cameron, Shirley, BDSA 2010/8.27 Carr, Bob 2009/2.22 Carr, Penne 2009/2.22 Carter, Mike, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Carter, Mike, John Hobbs Memorial Medal recipient 2010/2.4 Chaffer, Norman, OAM 2005/8.2 Chandler, Les 2006/4.19 Christidis, Dr Leslie WRW Medallion winner 2005/10.18 Christidis, Les 2002/6.18 Clark, Gordon, Past Manager, Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary 2011/2.3 Clarke, Gordon Life Member 1977/4.32 Clarke, Gordon, of Linton Park 1990/5.39 Club Reps from Perth to Proserpine 1991/4.28 Coate, Kevin, OAM 2009/8.4 Coate, Yvonne, OAM 2009/8.5 Cochrane, Judy 2002/6.17 Cole, Henry Ungerford 2003/12.3 Coles, Wallie 2003/4.17 Coles, Wallie, BDSA 2007/6.5 Cook, Annette, BOCA Education Coordinator Cook, Annette, BOCA Education Coordinator 2005/10.27; 2006/4.14; 2008/4.12, 10.19; 2009/2.22 Cook, Annette, BOCA Education Officer 2010/8.23 192 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Cook, Jarred 2009/4.5 Cooper, Mavis (Jamestown, SA) 2006/2.16 Coto, Tui, Conservationist & Former Convenor, Conservation 1991/8.75 Committe Courtney, John Edgar, Winner, John Hobbs Medal 1999 2000/6.32 Cousland, Stuart 2008/10.18 Coutts, David, BDSA 2005/8.15, 8.16 Coutts, David, Manager, Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary, BDSA 2011/2.3 Craig, Steve, founder, Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater 2009/4.12 Crowhurst, John, BDSA 2007/6.5 Crowhurst, John, O.A.M. 1996/8.9 Curnow, Leanne, BOCA Administration Manager 2011/11.4 Curnow, Leanne, BOCA Administration Manager 2009/6.3, 2009/8.5 Cuthbert, Jean 2003/6.26 Damschke, Michele 2000/4.24 Damske, Michelle 2006/4.24 Davies, Rex, BDSA (posthumous award) 2005/8.15 Day, Nicolas 2006/10.20 Deason, Dorothy 2008/8.30 Deason, Geoff, BOCA Honorary Life Member 2011/11.8 Deason, Geoff, BOCA Life Member 2000/12.20 Deason, Geoff, Honorary Life Member 2008/8.30 Deason, Geoff, Life Member. Leader of Beginners Outings & 1991/6.54 Slide Librarian Deayton, Gary 2006/12.3 Debus, Stephen, BDSA 2005/8.15 Debus, Stephen, Editor, AustralianBird Watcher 1990/7.65 Denham, Alana 2008/8.30 Denham, Iian 2009/8.28 Dennett, Xenia, BDSA 2011/11.8 Dennett, Xenia, BDSA 2009/6.20, 2009/6.21 Dotto, Tina, BDSA 2007/6.6 Doughty, Chris 1996/5.8 Dowling, Ian, BDSA 2005/8.15, 2005/8.16 Dowling, Ian, PENBOC Past President, BDSA 2011/11.8 Dowling, Ian, President of PENBOC 1991/3.15 Eyre-Walker, Norman 2003/10.12 Feather, Leslie (dec.) 2009/6.4 Feather, Leslie, BOCA Tours Secretary & Councillor 1991/7.64 Feather, Leslie, new Life Member 1997/7.15 Flinn, Janet, Bird Artist 2008/6.34 Flynn, Monica 2002/6.17 Frolich, Jenny 2008/8.30 Frolich, Jenny 2009/8.28 Garrett, Barbara, BDSA 2005/8.15, 8.17; 2006/2.16 Garrett. Barbara, BDSA 2011/11.8 Giles, Alan, BDSA 2005/8.15, 8.16 Gleeson, Barbara, Conservation Officer 1992/3.15 Goodfellow, Denise Lawungkurr 2003/12.15 Green, Dr Robert Geoffrey Hewett, AM, WRW Medallion 2005/10.18 winner Gunn, Murray, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Hamilton, Graeme, CEO, BOCA and BA 2011/8.3, 8.4, 11.4 Hand, Janet 2009/2.22, 2009/4.5 Hanrahan, Jim (Sou’west Branch) 2006/2.16 Hards, Daphne 2000/4.24 Hards, Daphne 2008/8.30 Harman, Kath (Sou’west Branch) 2006/2.16 Harris, Mike 2010/2.29 Haskins, Enid 2003/6.26 Haskins, Enid 2009/6.3 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 193

Hastwell, Karma (dec.) 2009/6.4 Hatfield, Gif, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Hawtin, Alec, BDSA 2008/6.6 Hawtin, Alec, President, Sunraysia BOC 1990/10.101 Hendry, Peg, BOCA Weekday Outings Organiser 1990/6.60 Herrmann, Laurie 2008/8.30 Hollands, David 2008/6.19, 12.16 Hollands, David, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Honours List, Award to Mr. P. A. Bourke 1983/6.47 Hopper, Peter, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Hosken, Graeme, BOCA Volunteer Co-ordinator 2009/10.3 Hubregtse, Virgil, BDSA 2005/8.15, 8.16 Hudson, Christine 2011/11.8 Hudson, Christine, BDSA (posthumous award) 2005/8.15, 12.20 Hunter, Richard (CEO, BOCA) 2005/10.3; 2006/4.3, 4.12, 8.18, 10.20; 2007/2.3, 6.4, 6.7, 8.4, 10.4, 12.4; 2008/2.3, 4.3, 6.3, 6.4, 8.3, 10.3, 12.3, 12.17; 2009/2.3, 2.4, 4.3, 6.3, 8.4, 10.4, 12. 3; 2010/2.3, 5.3, 5.4, 8.4, 11.4, 11.5; 2011/2.3, 5.4, 8.3, 8.4 Hurley, Julia, BDSA 2005/8.15, 8.16 Hurley, Julia, Editor of The Bird Observer 1991/12.123 Hutton, Ian 2001/6.21 Hyett, Jack, Assistant Editor, ABW. 1989/2.123 Hyett, Jack, OAM 1997/4.10 Ireton, Tania (BDSA) 2006/6.3 Jackson, Leonard Thomas 2007/4.29 Jackson, Leonard Thomas, Honorary Life Member 1999/10.13 James, Fred, recordist and photographer 1999/1.13 Jarman, Beryl, BOCA Life Member 2002/6.17; 2003/6.26 Jarman, Beryl, Convenor, Library Committee 1991/11.111 Jarman, Beryl, Honorary Life Member 1999/10.13 Jarman, Howard - Death of Librarian, 1982/3.14 Jarman, Howard Life Member 1977/4.32 Johnson, Harold Reginald (Reg), OAM, BOC Past President, 2011/2.4 BOCA Honorary Life Member Johnson, Kath 2008/8.30 Johnson, Kath 2009/8.28 Johnson, Kath, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Johnson, Reg 2008/8.30 Johnson, Reg, BOCA Past President 2009/8.28 Johnson, Reg, former BOCA President 2000/4.24 Johnson, Reg, OAM, Past President, 40-year member 2000/4.24; 6.20, 6.21; 2006/2.16 Johnson, Reg, Tribute To 1984/4.28 Johnson, Reg., OAM, BOCA Life Member 1991/5.41 Johnstone, Dorothy 2008/8.30 Johnstone, Dorothy, BDSA 2005/8.15, 8.16 Johnstone, Dorothy, BOCA Coach Trips Organiser 1990/3.15 Johnstone, Peter 2008/8.30 Kinloch, David 2003/4.17 Kirner, Hon. Joan, AM 2002/6.20 Kirton, John, BDSA 2007/6.5, 2007/6.6 Kloot, Tess, Author of Library News & ‘Meet...’ 1991/12.123 Kloot, Tess, BDSA 2011/11.9 Kloot, Tess, BDSA 2005/8.16 Kloot, Tess, BOCA Forty Year Member, BDSA 2000/12.20; 2005/8.16 Landsberg, Tim, BOCA Past President 2009/6.3, 6.20, 6.21 Landsberg, Tim, BOCA President 2005/4.24; 2006/4.3, 4.12, 8.3, 194 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

10.3; 2007/2.18, 6.4, 12.5; 2008/6.4, 6.5, 6.6 Langhley, Helen (Cobrico) 2006/2.16 Lau, Jenny, BOCA Conservation Officer 2008/4.3 Lau, Jenny, Conservation Officer, BOCA 2009/2.22, 4.14 Levy, Laurence Nathan, WRW Medallion winner 2005/10.18 Ley, Andrew, Editor (Aquatic Birds), AFO, BDSA 2011/8.19 Living, Laurie, BDSA 2009/6.20, 6.21 Lloyd, Elizabeth 2001/2.20; 2002/6.17 Longmuir, Barbara, BDSA 2008/6.4 Longmuir, Barbara, BOCA Past President 2002/6.20 Longmuir, Barbara, BOCA Past President, BDSA 2011/11.9 Longmuir, Barbara, BOCA President 1989/9.86 Longmuir, Barbara, Past President, BDSA 2002/6.20; 2005/8.16 Loyn, Richard, ABEF Trustee 2005/4.24 Lyell, Marlene, BDSA 2007/6.5, 2007/6.6 Lyons, Doug 2003/4.16 Mackenzie, Duncan, OAM 2009/8.5 Markey, Max 2008/12.19 Marriott, Nance, 40-year member, BDSA 2003/4.16; 2005/6.20, 8.16; 2008/6.4 Marriott, Neil 1998/2.9 Marriott, Neil & Nance 2002/6.16 Marriott, Neil, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Mason, Peter, Conservation Officer, Yarra Valley Branch, Vic, 2011/8.19, 8.20 BDSA McBride, Steve 2009/4.14 McCulloch, Ellen, BOCA Life Member; OAM 2002/6.17; 2005/12.3 McCulloch, Ellen, Club Promotions Officer & BOCA Life 1990/4.26; 1991/3.17 Member McCulloch, Ellen, OAM 2005/12.3 McCutcheon, Andrew 2010/5.27 McDonald, Robert 2008/12.19 McGill, A. R — Life member 1976/6.48 McGregor, Ian (Ararat) 2006/2.16 McVicar, Jess, Merger Manager, BOCA and BA 2011/8.6 Membership, Table of 1982/4 29 Miller, Clare, BDSA 2008/6.6 Miller, Clare, BDSA 2009/2.4 Missen, Robert, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Mitchell, Alma, BOCA Past Secretary 2011/11.11 Mitchell, Alma, BOCA Secretary 1989/10.98 Mitchell, Bett 2006/4.24 Mitchell, David 1998/2.11 Mitchell, Peggy, BOCA Honorary Life Member 2011/2.20, 11.9 Mitchell, Peggy, BOCA Life Member 2002/8.37 Mitchell, Peggy, new Life Member 1997/7.15 Mitchell, Peggy, Recorder of Unusual Sighting Reports 1991/1.8 Mitchener, Heather 2008/8.30 Mitchener, Heather 2009/8.28 Morrison, Virginia 2011/11.8 Muir, Ian, BOCA Past Treasurer 2009/6.3, 6.20 Muir, Ian, BOCA Treasurer 2005/4.24 Muir, Ian, BOCA Treasurer, BDSA 2011/5.4, 8.4, 8.20, 11.4 Nature Writer, Trials and Tribulations 1979/11.73 Noonan, David 2011/11.10 Norton, John (Sou’west Branch) 2006/2.16 NSW Bird Atlassers, NSW, Members of 2011/2.30, 5.33 O’Connor, Laurie 2011/11.10 O’Donnell, Helen, BDSA 2007/6.5, 6.6 Officer, Brigadier H.R., BOCA Life Member 1990/11.116 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 195

Officer, Colin, OAM 2011/11.9 Owen, Anne 2002/6.17; 2003/6.26 Page, Carol 2008/8.30 Page, Carol, BOCA Camp organiser 2009/8.28 Park, Priscilla, OAM 2007/6.7 Parsons, Ian 2008/8.30 Paton, David 2008/10.3 Paton, Penelope 2008/10.3 Payet, Rosemary, BOCA Honorary Life Member 2011/11.10 Payet, Rosemary, BOCA Life Member 2003/4.16, 8.18 Pescott, Trevor, OAM 2009/8.5, 10.6 Peters, Joan, BDSA 2009/6.21 Pizzey, Dr Graham Martin, AM, WRW Medallion winner 2005/10.18 (posthumous award) Plant, Michelle 2009/4.13 Plowright, Howard 2002/6.16 Plowright, Howard 2007/6.6 Plowright, Howard, Curator of the BOCA Skin Collection 1992/4.18 Plowright, Howard, Honorary Life Member 2008/6.4 Plowright, Howard, Honorary Life Member 2009/6.20 Plowright, Jill, BDSA 2008/6.4 Plowright, Jill, BOCA President, BDSA 2002/6.20; 2003/4.16; 2005/6.20, 8.16 Pocock, Doug 2010/2.29 Pullin, Claire 2008/8.30 Ramsay, Bill 2010/11.5 Ramsay, Bill, BDSA 2011/8.20 Ramsay, Shirley 2010/2.29 Reid, David, Vice President, Penboc 2009/6.21 Reilly, Pauline Neura, OAM, WRW Medallion winner 2005/10.18, 12.3 Richards, Del 2005/12.7 Richards, Keith Alfred— Life Member 1981/4.27 Richards, Keith, Keen Photographer & BOCA Life Member 1990/12.126 Richmond, Mary & Philip, Hon. Rangers, Linton, Vic. 1990/8.80; 1992/5.8 Robbins, Leonie 2003/ 10.12; 2005/8.17; 2006/6.3 Roberts, Don (BDSA) 2006/6.3 Robinson, Len 2003/10.12 Robinson, Len, Honorary Life Member 2007/6.5 Robinson, Len, Past President, WRW Medallion winner 2003/10.12; 2005/10.17, 10.18 Rochford, Sue (Editor, The Bird Observer) 2007/2.19 Rogers, Jennifer, BDSA 2005/8.16 Rogers, Jennifer, BDSA 2009/6.3, 8.5 Rogers, Jennifer, BOCA Office 1992/7.14 Rolland, Will, Production Manager, Australian Bird Watcher 1990/1.5 Ross, Sonja 2008/10.20, 12.17 Rowley, Dr Eleanor M, WRW Medallion winner 2005/10.19 Rowley, Ian Cecil Robert, WRW Medallion winner 2005/10.18, 10.19 Rundle, Julie 2010/2.29 Saunders, Don (Conservation Officer, BOCA) 2006/4.13, 12.3 Saunders, Don, PSM, BOCA Conservation Coordinator, BDSA 2011/8.4, 5, 8.20, 11.19 Saunders. Don, BOCA Conservation Officer 2009/2.22, 4.5 Sawicki, Merren, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Schultz, Mike, Chair, Fivebough & Tuckerbil Wetlands Trust 2009/2.22 Scott, Jennifer, Shop Manager 2001/12.12 Sedgwick, Peter, Chairman, Clarkesdale Advisory Committee, 2011/8.21 BDSA Seyfort, Michael 2006/8.14 Shanks, Bob, BOCA Past President 2002/6.20 Shanks, Bob, BOCA President, BDSA 2000/12.20; 2001/4.29; 2002/6.20; 2005/8.16 196 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Shanks, Bob, Past President, BDSA 2005/8.16 Sharland, M — Nature Notes, 58 years in Hobart Mercury 1979/12.89 Sharland, Michael — 60 years Nature Writing 1981/5.35 Sharland, Michael, doyen of Australian naturalists 1980/5.44 Simpson, Ken 1998/7.8 Simpson, Ken, BOCA Honorary Life Member and Past 2011/11.10 President Simpson, Ken, BOCA Life Member and Past President 2003/8.18, 10.25 Simpson, Ken, BOCA Past President 2002/6.16, 6.20; 2003/8.18, 10.25; 2006/4.13 Simpson, Ken, BOCA President 1996/10.3 Smith, Fred T H, BOCA Life Member; 40-year member 2000/8.6; 2005/6.20 Smith, Fred T.H., BOCA Life Member & Author ‘Birds of the 1990/9.89 Month’ Smith, Fred TH, BOCA Honorary Life Member 2011/11.11 Smith, Fred TH, Honorary Life Member 2010/11.11 Smith, Jock, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Smith, Jock, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Snape, Brian, AM 2005/10.3 Snape, Brian, AM 2009/6.21, 10.3 Snape, Brian, BOCA Director 2010/8.29 Stephens, Frank Parker— Life Members 1981/4.28 Stephenson, Eleanor 2005/6.20 Stephenson, Eleanor 2008/8.30 Stephenson, Eleanor 2009/8.28 Stevens, Jenny & Richard 2002/6.17 Stevens, Richard (Sou’west Branch) 2006/2.16 Stevens, Richard, BDSA 2009/6.21 Stirling, John 2008/8.30 Stockwell, Keith, BDSA 2010/8.27, 8.28 Street, Alison 2010/8.9 Sympson, Rod, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Tarr, Harold, BOCA Past President 2010/5.34 Tarr, Harold. Photographic collection 1996/5.13 Taylor, Nancy 2002/6.16; 2005/2.11 Taylor, Nancy BDSA 2002/6.16; 2005/2.11 ; 2006/6.3 Teesdale, Trish 2001/12.12; 2006/4.13 Teesdale, Trish 2009/6.3 Teesdale, Trish, BDSA 2010/8.27, 8.28 Temple Watts, Betty 2000/12.8, 12.9 Thomas, Ray, Conservationist of the Year award winner 2010/2.6 Thomas, Ray, Coordinator, Regent Honeyeater Project 2011/11.18, 11.19 Thomas, Roger, Ballarat Branch Past President 2011/11.11 Thompson, Kelvin, MP 2010/8.28, 8.29 Thomson, Peter 2009/2.4 Torr, Dave, BOCA Director 2010/2.3, 8.9, 11.5 Torr, Dave, BOCA Director and Marketing Manager 2008/4.3 Tregellas, Tom 1997/9.8; 2005/2.23, 2.48 Tregellas, Tom, Camp in Hardy’s Gully, Sherbrooke Forest, 2005/2.1, 2.23 Vic Tucker, Bonnie 2008/8.30 Tyers, Bessie May, WESBOC Past President, BDSA 2011/11.11 Tyers, Bessie, BDSA 2005/8.16 Tyers, Bessie, BDSA 2008/6.4 Tyers, Bessie, President of Wesboc, BDSA 2001/8.32; 2005/8.16 van Gemert, Hans (Castlemaine) 2006/2.16 Vickers-Rich, Professor Patricia, WRW Medallion winner 2005/10.19 Wakefield, Larry 2007/6.18 Waterson, Betty 2010/8.38 Watson, Phyl 2002/6.17 Watt, Anna 2008/8.30 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 197

Watt, Anna 2009/8.28 Watts, Russ 2008/10.3 Weatherill, Neil, 40-year member 2005/6.20 Weston, Mike 2005/4.24 Weston, Mike, Lecturer, Deakin University 2008/6.6 Wheeler, J — Natural History Medallion, award to 1977/9.71 Wheeler, J., honoured Advance Australia Award 1982/1.3 Wheeler, Ken 2005/10.17 Wheeler, W Roy 2005/6.3, 10.3, 10.17 Wheeler; J — Nature Notes, Great Achievement by 1979/10.68, 11.76 Wheeler; Roy: Progress Report 1985/3.15 White, Glen 2010/8.9 Wicks, Vera, Tribute and Thankyou to 1994/9.5 Wieneke, Jo 2011/11.11 Williams, Barb, BDSA 2010/8.27, 8.28 Wilson, Jill 2009/10.19 Wilson, Zoë (Editor, The Bird Observer) 2006/10.3; 2007/2.3, 2007/2.19 Wren, Jon, BDSA 2009/6.21 Yates, Avril, BDSA 2005/8.16 Young, Bob 2008/10.20, 12.16 Young, Bob, President, PhotoBOCA, BDSA 2011/8.21 Zillman, Eric, OAM 1999/4.3

BOCA Committees see also Education Committee 1977/4.2 ClarkesdaleBird Sanctuary Management 1991/1.35 Committee Conservation Committee 1978/8.47, 10.58; 1991/4.33; 1992/1.15, 6.12, 7.5; 1993/7.8, 8.9; 1995/5.18 Dispatching Team 1991/4.33 Field Research Committee 1991/4.33 HQ Committee: Bryan Moore, Frank Dann, 1978/7.39 Ellen McCulloch, Barbara Garrett, Ray Turner, Pat Fraser, Alma Mitchell Library Committee 1991/4.33 Promotions Committee 1991/4.34 Publications Committee 1991/4.34 Speakers Committee 1979/6.39; 1991/4.34 Tours Committee 1991/4.35 Planning Committee 1982/7 50 Forward Planning Committee 1983/3.14, 6.47, 8.64, 9.70 BOCA Development and Finance, Donations Acquisitions and bequests 1984/10.102; 2008/10.3 Acquisition, Projector, gift by D. Selby 1976/2.15 Balance Sheet 1981/4.25, 4.26, 4.27 Building Fund Raffle 1985/8.78, 11.113 Coongie Lakes Competition 1990/7.68; 1991/7.64 Flood Assistance 1990/6.56 Funding 2009/2.3 Future, Planning, for, the Role and 1997/5.13; 1998/8.20; 1996/3.10; 2006/8.3; philosophy of the BOCA, values 2007/2.18; 12.5 Future, with Celia Brown 1980/12.114 Name, Proposed Amendment to 1987/9.92 Membership, fees 1983/1.5, 11.96, 12.116; 1985/11.112; 1998/10.11; 2002/10.35; 2005/12.3; 2006/10.3; 2008/2.3, 10.4; 2009/8.3, 12.4 Treasurer, Message from the 1994/10.19 Trust Fund 1982/1.11 198 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

BOCA Education Committee and News (See also Annual Report) Australian Bird Fair, Leeton NSW 2008/2.18, 6.3, 6.18, 12.3 Balnarring Scout Group, 1st 2010/8.22 Biodiversity, importance of 2010/5.23, 2010/8.21 Bird Week 1990 1990/10.98, 12.129 Bird Week 1999 2000/4.25 Bird Week 2007: Parrots on Parade 2007/12.4, 2007/12.16 Bird Week 2008 2008/6.3, 6.18, 10.2, 10.3, 10.20, 12.14 Bird Week 2009 2009/4.6, 6.12, 12.11 Bird Week 2010 2009/12.11 Bird Week Owl displays during 2003/12.19 Birdbath watch 2009/6.11 Birding and photography in East Gippsland 2008/12.19, 12.16 Birds Australia National Education Committee 2010/5.22 Birds in Backyards website 2010/2.7 Birds, biodiversity and backyards 2010/2.7 Birdwatching for beginners program 2009/6.12 Birdwatching helps to teach maths 2011/8.26 Blind Bight field trip 2011/5.21 BOCA Education Plan implementation 2010/5.22 BOCA Forum 2008 2008/6.3, 8.4, 12.18 BOCA Skins Collection 2010/8.23 City of Knox National Tree Day 2011/11.25 Education 2008/2.12, 6.18, 10.18, 12.14; 2009/2.20, 4.5, 6.11, 8.10, 10.10, 12.10; 2011/2.17, 5.19, 8.25, 11.24 Education Activities 2005/8.20 Education Committee Activities for 2006 2005/12.25; 2006/2.25, 4.33, 6.31, 8.23, 10.38 Education for sustainability (national plan) 2009/4.5, 6.11 Education news 2010/2.7, 5.21, 8.21, 11.21 Education planning 2009/6.11, 8.10 Education Program for 2003 2003/2.19, 6.24, 10.25 Education Program for 2004 2003/12.19 Education report 2005 2005/10.27 Education resources 2007/8.25 Education update 2005/12.24 Education volunteer training workshop 2011/2.18, 2011/5.21 Educators, Training session for, Dolphin Research 2011/8.26 Institute, Hastings, Vic Environment Week at The Briars, Mornington 2011/5.20 Peninsula Eremaea Birds online database 2010/2.7 Evolution of education continues 2011/11.24 Family fun day, National Rhododendron Gardens, 2011/8.25 Olinda Flora for Fauna website 2010/2.7 Forests and wetlands 2011/2.17 Gardens for Wildlife website 2010/2.7 Julaka Birds CD 2011/11.27 Kinglake West, Birds of 2011/2.18, 2011/11.26 Life in the Suburbs website 2010/2.7 Mount Waverley Cubs, 1st 2010/8.22 Owls – activity group for children 2010/5.21 PENBOC education activities 2011/5.20 Portland Secondary College Understorey Project 2011/5.19 River Expo on the Loddon 2009/12.10 Stickybeak Club 2009/4.6, 12.11 Stickybeak drawing competition winners 2007/10.24 Stickybeaks at Blackburn Lake 2010/8.22 Strahan Primary wins finals of the Banksia Awards 2007/8.24 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 199

Teach yourself more about birds (includes 2010/11.21 websites) Threatened Species Day at Mill Park Lakes 2011/11.25 Toolbox for Environmental Change (2011): using 2011/5.20 technology for sustainability Townsville education news 2011/8.26 Townsville grant for education program 2011/2.18 Waderwatch Workshops 2010/5.21 Waterwatch activities at Lyndale Green Primary 2010/2.8 School WESBOC education activity 2011/11.26 Wesboc works with Newhaven College 2009/6.12 Western Port Welcomes Waterbirds project 2011/2.18, 2011/5.21 Wetland education sources online 2009/10.11 Whittlesea, Birds of 2011/2.18, 2011/11.26 Why count birds? 2008/4.12 Williamstown High School wetlands project 2009/2.21 World Wetlands Day 2009 2009/12.11 BOCA - Invitations to Barham N.S.W. 1975/11.85 Byron Bay N.S.W 1975/4.32 Deniliquin, NSW 1979/9.63, from Mrs.Newbey, Ongerup, WA 1983/11.97 Julatten, N. Queensland 1981/4.29 Karrinyup and Como W.Aust 1979/6.38 Knox Environment Society 1982/9.70 Linton 1975/2.15, 3.19 Montmorency Field Naturalists 1981/3.17 Mylestom. N.S.W. 1981/3.17 Narooma N.S.W. 1976/8.63 Suffolk Park, N.S.W. 1976/10.78 Tanbar Station. Windorah, Qld 1981/5.38 Terang 1976/8.63, 10.78 Toowomba 1976/2.14 Trialla, near Camperdown 1977/5.41 Tweed Heads 1975/5.38 Victor Harbor, S.A. 1975/4.32 Wirrimbirra Sanctuary, N.S.W. 1976/2.13 BOCA Library Acquisitions 1982/5.37; 1994/4.13; 1999/1.18, 5.23; 2011/2.42, 5.42, 8.46 Audio-visual 1987/7.62 Audubon journal 1975/1.6 Australian Seabirds 1982/9.96 Bird calls 1975/10.78 Birds of Fraser Island 1982/6.44 Books & Cassettes 1988/9.101, 11.121 Cassette Library 1976/2.12, 11.82; 1978/5.18, 6.30; 1979/2.4, 5.32, 6.39, 8.55; 1980/1.12, 5.47, 5.48; 1981/1.9, 5.35, 12.100; 1982/7.50, 10.77; 1983/10.87, 12.114; 1984/3.18, 11 111; 1985/3.15, 7.70, 9.86;1986/4.29, 11.113; Dealers’ Lists 1978/7.34, 7.36. Death of Librarian 1982/3.14 Duplicate journals – new home wanted 2011/8.46 Effects of Control Buming 1982/5.37 Effects of Fire in W.A woodland 1982/5.37 Falkland Islands — books in Library 1982/6.44 For Sale :- Birds of the Malay Peninsula 1978/7.35 General Information 1978/5.16, 7.36, 8.47 200 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Guide identification Holarctic Waders 1978/7.36 Handbook: Birds Europe, Middle East, North Africa 1978/7.36 Missing 1993/4.14 Notes & News 1975/9.68, 12.94; 1976/12.95; 1980/1.6, 3.23, 7.62, 7.64, 12.109; 1981/3.15, 8.63, 9.73, 12.99; 1983/10.87; 1984/4.33, 5.43, 6.55, 9.90, 11.112, 12.128; 1985/6.56, 6.57, 12.132; 1986/1.12, 4.27, 5.40, 6.52, 6.53, 7.63, 7.66; 1987/1.5, 12.128; 1989/9.86, 10.108, 11.120, 12.131; 1990/1.11, 3.24, 4.36, 5.48, 6.52, 7.72, 8.84, 9.96, 10.108, 11.120, 12.131; 1991/1.12, 3.23, 5.47, 6.59, 7.71, 8.83, 9.95, 11.119, 12.1311992/6.7; 1995/9.11; 1996/9.11, 10.10, 11.15; 1997/7.14, 8.8, 9.11, 11.7, 11.22; 2001/2.30, 10.16, 12.12; 2003/12.3; 2002/2.27, 8.37, 12.31; 2011/11.4 Open Day 1982/7.52, 11.85 Popular Handbook: British Birds 1978/7.36 Proceedings 9th Int. Ornithol. Conference 1978/7.36 Sale of duplicated books resulting from the merger 2011/11.42 Waders — information on 1982/8.60 BOCA Meetings Annual Meetings 1976/4.32, 7.55; 1977/2.16, 7.59, 12.106, 1.8, 3.23, 4.35, 5.43, 6.50, 7.59, 9.74, 10.82, 11.90; 1978/2.115, 3.122, 4.12, 6.31, 7.39, 8.47, 9.55, 10.63, 11.70, 12.86; 1979/2.3, 2.7, 2.8, 3.15, 5.31, 8.55, 9.63, 10.71, 11.83, 12.91; 1981/1.2, 1.11, 4.23, 4.30, 4.31, 6.46, 6.51, 7.54, 12.99 ; 1982/7.50, 12.92; 1984/1.4, 6.53, 7.66, 12.125; 1977/2.16, 7.59, 12.106, 1.8, 3.23, 4.35, 5.43, 6.50, 7.59, 9.74, 10.82, 11.90; 1978/2.115, 3.122, 4.12, 6.31, 7.39, 8.47, 9.55, 10.63, 11.70, 12.86; 1979/2.3, 2.7, 2.8, 3.15, 5.31, 8.55, 9.63, 10.71, 11.83, 12.91; 1983/7.54; 1985/1.8, 11.113, 12.124; 1986/6.53; 1987/6.54; 1988/2.16, 6.65, 12.141; 1989/6.57, 12.129; 1990/6.54, 12.129; 1991/6.56, 12.126; 1992/7.14; 1993/7.18; 1994/6.18; 1995/6.16 Extraordinary General 1987/10.104, 11.116; 1988/2.16; 1991/3.16 Meetings Lectures for 1989 1988/12.142; 1989/1.5, 11.112 Monthly meetings 1976/2.15, 2.16, 3.23, 4.30, 5.39, 7.55, 8.62, 9.71, 10.79, 12.94, 12.95; 1980/3.23, 5.47, 6.54, 7.62, 8.75, 10.95, 11.103; 1983/1.2, 3.14, 4.28, 5.35, 6.47, 8.65, 9.71, 10.87, 11.97, 12.108; 1984/1.4, 3.18, 4.33, 5.44, 7.66, 8.76, 9.90, 10.102, 11.112, 12.126; 1985/1.8, 3.15, 3.28, 5.41, 5.43, 6.55, 7.64, 8.78, 9.88, 10.102, 12.124, 12.125, 1986/1.4, 3.15, 4.29, 5.40, 6.56, 7.64, 8.77, 9.87, 10.104, 11.113, 12.125; 1987/1.5, 3.15, 4.32, 5.40, 6.56, 7.65, 8.81, 9.92, 10.105, 11.116, 12.129; 1988/2.17, 3.29, 4.40, 5.54, 6.65, 7.80, 8.90, 9.101, 10.117, 12.142; 1989/1.5, 3.20, 4.28, 5.41, 6.57, 7.65, 8.80, 9.89, 11.112, 12.129; 1990/1.9, 3.17, 4.28, 5.40, 7.63, 8.74, 9.93, 11.117, 12.129; 1991/1.9, 3.16, 5.42, 6.57, 7.64, 8.77, 9.86, 10.101, 11.116, 12.128 Study Meetings 1976/5.39, 10.79, 12.95; 1983/3.14, 5.35, 6.47, 8.64; 1984/1.4, 5.43, 6.55, 7.66, 9.91; 1985/1.5, 3.21, 4.29, 5.43, 7.69, 8.79, 9.91, 10.103; 1999/3.16 New Venue for 1985/11.112, 12.127 Monthly Meetings BOCA Monthly Meetings Werribee, Bird Talk by K. Richards 1984/3.17, 6.52 Beginners’ Bird Night 1982/3.15 19.11.1991 Hollands, David.Birds of the Night 1992/1.14 17.12.1991 Carter, Trish and Mike. Anxious Days 1992/4.12 21.1.1992 Balmford, Rosemary.Birds and Animals of East and Central Africa 1992/4.11 28.4.1992 Longmuir, Barbara.The Impossible Three 1992/7.14 19.5.1992 Cullen, Prof Mike. The Penguins of St Kilda and Phillip Island 1992/8.5 21.7.1992 Christidis, Dr Les. Modern Approaches to the Evolution of 1992/9.4 Australasian Birds 19.1.1993 Pescott, Trevor. South Africa etc. 1993/4.14 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 201

16.2.1993 Kerezsy, Adam. The First Descent of the Berkeley 1993/5.18 16.3.1993 Aston, Helen. Joys of the Canning Stock Route. A Plethora of Parrots 1993/5.4 27.4.1993 Smith, Fred. Coral Sea Adventure 1993/7.18 26.9.1995 McNabb, Ed. Night Life in the Dandenongs 1995/11.9 28.11.1995 Seyfort, Michael. Images of the Australian bush 1996/2.3 23.1.1996 Rescue of oiled birds 1996/3.18 26 3.1996 Hurley, Victor. Victorian Peregrine Project 1996/5.18 28 5.1996 Carter, Mike. Pelagic birds 1996/7.15 BOCA Obituaries and memorials Allan, Arthur 1996/5.17 Barclay, Harry 1991/5.42 Binns, Gordon 1976/11.87 Bravery, James 1975/8.60 Briggs, Harry, Brisboca Branch 2008/12.4 Brunt, Bronwen E. 1975/2.11 Bryce Blair Memorial Reserve 1980/10.89 Buckingham, Rex Angus, Life Member and Past President 1999/9.25, 11.18, 11.19, 12.19 Burnett, Noel 1978/2.115 Chandler, L.G. 1980/8.74 Chisholm, Alexander 1977/8.63 Clarke, Gordon John 1996/8.16, 11.15 Clarke, Gordon, BOCA Life Member 1997/3.13 Condon, Herbert 1978/5.16 Cooper, Roy 1976/11.82, 12.93 Cowley, Roger 1976/8.61 Dann, Frank 1984/5.42 Davies, Rex 2000/10.31 Davies, Rex 1999/11.31 Debert, Jack 1976/7.55 Disher, Peter Alexander 13.10.1920-12.10.2001 2001/12.18 Dorr, Joan, BOCA Councillor 1995/9.6 Dorward, Dr. Douglas 1982/1.5 Dowling, Bary, 1933-2005 2005/8.17 Dowling, Bary, 1933-2005 2005/8.17 Dunphy, Miles 1985/4.36 Feather, Leslie, BOCA Honorary Life Member 2008/2.28 Fehrer, Franz 1994/1.18 Ferguson, Ronald 1981/9.72 Fleming, Jock 1976/4.32 Gayley, Doug 1994/4.18 Gottsch, Marc, a very special naturalist 2001/6.15 Green, Essie 1976/9.71, 11.84 Hanks, Pearl 1978/10.58 Harris, Lillian 1975/5.39 Hately, Keith, AM 2006/10.15 Hood, Jack 1975/8.60 Hudson, Christine Louise, 27 January 1949 - 04 April 2005 2005/12.20 Hudson, Christine Louise, 27 January 1949 - 04 April 2005 2005/12.20 Hyett, Jack, O.A.M. (1915-2001) 2001/10.31 Hyett, Mima 1985/4.32 Jackson, Leonard Thomas 2002/12.29 Jarman Memorial 1982/7.52 Jarman, Howard 1982/4.22 Jeans, Don, Yarra Valley Branch President 1995/8.16 Jennings, Roy 1975/4.27 Johnstone, Joy 2007/6.33 Kenyon, Ralph 1988/6.65 Klapste, Peter 1985/5.41 Lawrence, Carol 1977/2.14 Lowe, Victor 1976/8.61 Marmach, Marie 1993/11.18 202 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Mason, Arthur Charles 1992/1.15 McCann, Ian Robert 2003/12.18 McCulloch, Ellen Margery OAM 2006/2.18, 2.19 McGill, Arnold 1988/10.116 McQueen, Kevin 1976/8.61 Millar, Laurie 1994/9.18 Mitchell, Bryan, Founding member of Yarra Valley Branch 2007/2.19 Moore, Alan 1980/3.21 O’Malley, Jean 1980/11.98 Officer, Brigadier Hugh Ronald 1996/5.16, 11.12 O'Grady, Gladys 1985/8.78. O'Reilly, Bernard 1975/4.27 Owen, Anne 2003/6.26 Perrott, Len 1997/5.18 Pizzey, Graham, AM, 1930-2001 2001/12.2; 2002/4.29, 4.30, 4.31 Pollock, Dave 1975/12.95. Pollock, Harold John, 1904-1990 1990/11.113 Pratt, Ella 1980/4.27 Richards, Beryl 1981/8.62 Richards, Keith Alfred 1998/6.9, 8.14 Richmond, Mary 2003/8.35 Rolland, William, Publication production manager and 2007/6.33 wildlife artist Salter, Arthur John 2006/6.14, 6.15 Salter, Barbara 1996/12.18 Scholes Memorial, Yarrabridge 1979/9.62 Schulz, Bill 1991/1.5 Selby, A.D. 1988/10.116 Setford , Gerry 1979/9.63 Sharland, Michael 1987/4.33 Stenhouse, Doris 1977/5.38 Stephens, Frank 1988/2.17 Swaby, Ray 1994/5.18 Swan, Ailsa Macvey 1998/6.9, 9.20 Tarr, Harold E. 1990/7.62 Temple-Watts, Betty 1992/10.14 Thomas, Joyce 1982/12.91 Thomson, Fred 1992/4.14 Tiley, Ivan 2003/4.30 Watson, Ina Maud 1992/11.14 Webster, Hargreaves (Harley) Ogilvey 1991/6.53 Wettenhall, Dr Norman 2001/2.19 Wheeler, Jack 1984/12.126 Wheeler, Roy, Memorial to 1989/9.89, 10.98, 11.112, 12.129; 1992/4.18 Wheeler, Vera 1978/10.62 Wheeler, Wilson Roy 1988/12.135 White, David O, AO 2005/4.19 White, David O, AO 2005/4.19 Wicks, Vera, BOCA Librarian 2002/10.28 Yates, Avril, BDSA, EGBOC 2008/4.22 BOCA Photography Bird Week Photography Challenge 2008/8.14 Birding and photography in East Gippsland 2008/6.3, 10.20, 12.16 BOCA Photography Group 2008/6.15, 10.20, 12.4 BOCA Photography Group, Proposed 2005/8.20, 10.4; 10.31; 2006/4.33, 6.31, 8.23 Digiscoping 2006/10.10, 12.19 Digiscoping, More 2007/4.20 Digiscoping see corrections 2007/6.14 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 203

Digital dallying at Little Desert Nature Lodge 2007/2.16, 2.19 Digital technology for birding 2002/6.37 Ethics of bird photography 2005/6.10 Melbourne Photography Group outing, 10/2//2008 2008/4.23 My own history of bird photography 2002/8.32 Photographic Club 1989/1.6 Photographic Group 1979/2.7, 5.31, 7.47, 10.71, 11.83; 1980/1.11, 1.12, 4.3, 7.63, 8.74, 9.83, 10.95, 11.103, 11.104; 1981/1.2, 3.18, 4.31; Photographs donated to Club by D. Galey 1977/2.16 Photographs in The Bird Observer 2008/10.28 Photography 2002/6.37 Photography Cassettes — help wanted 1982/6.44 Zoom and digiscoping equipment for bird photographers 2005/12.12 BOCA Policies Bird Killing for Scientific purposes BOC policy 1976/12.91; 1977/11.86; 1978/4.8; 1979/3.13 Policy on Duck Shooting 1986/11.109; 1995/4.5, 5.18 Policy on Australian Native Bird Species 1994/8.11 BOCA Promotions and publicity Bird Week 1990 1990/10.98, 12.129 Bird Week 1991 1991/9.86, 10.97, 12.129 Bird Week 1999 2000/4.25 Bird Week 2007: Parrots on Parade 2007/12.4, 2007/12.16 Bird Week 2008 2008/6.3, 6.18, 10.2, 10.3, 10.20, 12.14 Bird Week 2009 2009/4.6, 6.12, 12.11 Bird Week 2010 2009/12.11 Birds of the CBD (Melbourne Garden Show) 1996/7.15 BOC Historical exhibition 1770-1978 1978/8.47, 10.59; 1979/6.36 Car Bumper Sticker Competition 1984/5.41 Display Sheets now available 1981/8.65 Information, Displays 1983/7.55 Leadership Course 1983/10.88 Open Day at Club Headquarters 1989/9.89 Pottery Bird Feeders now available 1981/8.65 Pre Schoolers 1984/3.24, 4.28, 5.43, 7.67 Publicity 1986/4.34; 1989/1.5 Save the Glossies Appeal 1998/8.5 video, cassette, nest-box 1991/4.28 BOCA Properties Club Properties, Reports on 1984/3.16, 8.76 ClarkesdaleBird Paddock 1975/11.82; 1980/7.61, 7.64, 9.81, 9.82, 10.94; 1979/6.40, 10.69; 1986/1.5, 5.41, 11.113; 1987/1.5, 5.40, 9.93; 1988/3.28; Cinema Point 1975/6.43; 1980/9.83, 10.94, 10.95 Linton, Formation Group, “Friends of Linton” 1983/9 70 BOCA Publications Advertisements in Bird Observer — "Caveat 1981/1.9; 1982/1.11; 1983/1.11; emptor"(repeated monthly) 1984/1.11 Advertisements in Bird Observer: Tours 1984/1.11, 3.13, 4.35, 4.36, 5.47, 6.59, Accommodation, Books etc. 7.71, 8.83, 9.95, 10.107, 11.119, 12.131 Attracting Birds to Your Garden (Leaflet) 1996/8.2 Australian Bird Watcher later Australian Field 1976/2.14, 3.21, 4.32; 1981/1.11; Ornithology 1982/12.99; 1983/4.31, 6.51, 9.70, 12.109; 1984/5.44, 7.66, 8.77, 10.102, 12.126; 1985/3.15, 5.44, 6.54, 9.86, 12.125; 1986/3.15, 6.56, 9.87, 12.125; 204 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

1987/6.56, 9.93, 12.128; 1988/4.40, 6.65, 9.97, 9.98, 11.123, 12.142; 1989/3.20, 6.57, 11.113; 1990/3.17, 6.56, 9.92; 1991/6.57, 9.86, 12.128; 1992/12.18; 1993/4.14; 1994/12.15; 1995/8.12, 9.11, 12.17; 1996/3.17, 6.5, 12.12; 1997/3.5, 6.6, 10.18, 12.15; 1998/3.12, 6.9. 9.3, 12.8; 1999/3.19, 12.19; 2000/4.27, 8.18, 10.28; 2001/2.39, 4.40, 6.32, 10.18; 2002/2.39, 6.26, 10.19; 2003/2.6; Australian Field Ornithology formerly The Australian 2003/2.6, 4.30, 8.5, 10.6, 12.16; Bird Watcher 2005/2.7, 2005/2.29, 2005/4.9, 2005/8.8, 2005/8.11, 2005/10.3; 2006/2.20, 4.32, 8.16, 10.7, 12.7,12.23; 2007/4.27, 2007/8.16, 2007/10.13, 2007/10.14; 2008/8.18, 10.11; 2009/2.7, 6.4, 8.3, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 12.5, 12.22; 2010/2.3, 2.4, 5.3, 5.4, 8.4, 11.6; 2011/2.5, 5.5, 8.5, 8.7, 11.5 Australian Field Ornithology Supplement, June 2004 2005/2.29 New BOCA Website 2010/2.3, 8.5 Bird Watching for the Disabled, BOC and RSPB 1983/9.78 England Birding in the Outback (Leaflet) 1986/4.28 Birds and Gardens Survey (Report) 1996/8.2 BOCA Branch series of brochures 2009/10.38 BOCA Glossy Black-Cockatoo Poster 1995/3.13, 7.4, 10.11, 11.2 BOCA Report Series 1994/4.2, 6.19, 8.9 BOCA’s CD and audiotape of Bush Stone-curlew calls 2005/10.21 Centenary plantation at Banyule Flats Reserve 2009/12.4 East Gippsland Birding Guide, EGBOC 2005/2.11 Editorials 1981/1 1, 6.42, 9.7 1 Field Guide to Australian Birdsong, A, 1992/1.12, 3.8; ; 2000/6.15; 2001/8.28, 10.18; 2006/8.16; 2007/4.28; 2008/8.9 Field Guide to Australian Birdsong CD Quick Index 2007/8.17 corrections Field Guide to Australian Birdsong CD9 (22 White- 2006/10.19 bellied Cuckoo- Shrike, 44 Grey Currawong, 49 Australian Raven) correction Harrier, The (Conservation Network Newsletter) See 1999/3.16; 2002/2.31, 4.34, 6.34, also Conservation News 10.29; 2003/4.31, 8.20, 12.20; 2005/6.26, 2005/10.20; 2006/2.12, 10.14; 2007/2.12 History of theBird Observers Club of Australia 1988/4.39, 10.117 How Birds Fly (CD by Penboc members) 2009/2.21 How to Attract NativeBirds to your Garden (Leaflet) 1983/9.78; 1986/6.54 How to see more birds — BOC leaflet available 1980/9.83 Law, Australian Birds and the (Leaflet) 1987/10.99 Little Blue Birdlist 2008/6.3, 6.32 Nest Boxes for AustralianBirds (Leaflet) 1986/12.124 Our Winged Neighbours ( DVD) 2008/6.18, 8.14 Our Winged Neighbours (DVD) 2009/8.10 Out of the Nest 1987/With April and July Issues; 1988/With February and June Issues ; 1990/12.132; With May and November Issues ? Photographing AustralianBirds (Pamphlet) 1987/7.61 Planning forBirds Leaflet 1983/10.86 recent publications A Beginners Guide etc 1987/8.84 Seabirds Leaflet 1982/10.77 Seabirds Need Your Help (Leaflet) 1986/4.34 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 205

Seedeater Factsheet 1995/ 10.2 Shorebirds Need Your Help (BOCA Leaflet) 1994/8.11 Stickybeaks: a club for younger members 2003/10.32 Suzzlers of S-E Australia (BOCA Leaflet) 1994/12.4 Tasmania First Bulletin ‘An occasional Stint’ 1983/1.5 The Bird Observer 2009/8.3, 2009/12.5 Threatened Australian Birds (DVD) 2009/8.10 Threatened Species, free DVD 2011/2.17 Tree Hollows for Wildlife (Leaflet) 1986/5.39 Victonan Bird Report 1984/6.52, 8.76; 1986/5.39; 1987/4.32; 1988/2.l7, 7.80; 1989/6.57; 1992/6.16, 10.18; 2003/10.19 Video Planned on Treatment of Oiled Birds 1989/6.56 Windows andBirds (Leaflet) 1986/10.101 Young Members Corner, Pages 1975/1.4, 2.14, 2.15, 3.22, 5.39, 7.55, 8.63, 9.71, 10.79, 11.87, 12.95; 1976/2.15, 3.23, 4.31, 5.39, 6.47, 7.55, 9.71, 10.79, 11.87; 1977/2.15, 3.23, 4.35, 6.51, 7.59, 8.67, 9.75, 10.83; 1978/2.115, 3.123, 4.11, 5.19, 6.31, 10.63, 11.71, 12.87; 1980/1.11, 3.23, 4.35, 7.63, 8.74, 10.95, 11.103; 1981/3.18, 6.51, 7.57, 9.78, 9.80, 11.92; 1982/4.23, 4.32, 6.48, 7.50, 8.58, 8.64, 9.72; 1984/6.58, 11.113 The Bird Observer Bird Observer, The 1980/1.3; 1982/10.79; 1987/11.116; 1999/11.25; 2000/2.18; 2008/2.3, 8.4, 10.4, 10.28; 2010/2.3, 5.3; 2011/8.3, 11.3, 11.4 Bird Observer, The Editor Bill Schultz resigns 1980/12.107 Bird Observer, The Extracts on Tape for R.V.I.B. 1982/4.30 Bird Observer, The New Editor required 1980/12.107 Bird Observer, The Reporters wanted for Metropolitan 1982/11.88 Meetings The Bird Observer Index 2008 2009/4.21 The Bird Observer no. 2006/6, pages 20 & 21 2006/8.8 (photographs) The Bird Observer no. 2006/8, page 5 (photograph of 2006/10.4 Powerful Owl) The Bird Observer Front cover features 1992/2 Cassowary, Southern 1992/3 Albatross, Wandering, nest 1992/4 Heron, Nankeen Night 1992/5 White-eye, Yellow, habitat 1992/6 Lyrebird, Superb 1992/7 Spinebill, Eastern 1992/8 Finch, Gouldian, painting 1992/9 Brolga, nest 1992/10 Cuckoo, Black-eared 1992/11 Booby, Red-footed, nest 1992/12 Thornbill, Striated 1993/1 Kingfisher, Red-backed 1993/2 Grasswren, Eyrean 1993/3 Bowerbird, Regent 1993/4 Cuckoo-shrike, Ground, nest 1993/5 Honeyeater, Red-headed 1993/6 Whistler, Olive 1993/7 Ringneck, Mallee 1993/8 Pigeon, Spinifex 1993/9 Rosella, Eastern nest 1993/10 Heron, Pied 206 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

1993/11 Owl, Powerful, nest 1994/2 Brolga 1994/3 Feathers 1994/4 Honeyeater, White-plumed 1994/5 Fruit-Dove, Wompoo 1994/6 Quail, Stubble, nest 1994/7 Cockatoo, Major-Mitchell's 1994/8 Honeyeater, Black-headed, nest 1994/9 Bronze-Cuckoo Shining, 1994/10 Honeyeater, Yellow-tufted, nest 1994/11 Cockatoo, Gang-gang 1994/12 Pelican, Australian 1995/2 Chat, Crimson 1995/3 Bird Bollard Geelong 1995/4 Rail, Buff-banded 1995/5 Swallows, Welcome, young 1995/6 Riflebird, Victoria's 1995/7 Black-Cockatoo, Glossy, painting 1995/8 Pardelote, Forty-spotted 1995/9 Frogmouths, Tawny 1995/10 Finch, Long-tailed 1995/11 Reed-Warbler, Australian 1995/12 Paradise-Kingfisher, Buff-breasted 1996/2 Penguins, Macaroni, 2 photos 1996/3 Swans 1996/4 Friarbird, Noisy 1996/5 Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed 1996/6 Plover, Double-banded, with Kelp 1996/7 Stone-curlews, Beach 1996/8 Parrot, Australian King 1996/9 Swamphen, Purple 1996/10 Harrier, Swamp 1996/11 Starlings, Metallic 1996/12 Parrot, Turquoise 1997/2 Treecreeper, White-browed, habitat 1997/3 Galah 1997/4 Bristlebird, Western 1997/5 Spinebill, Western, 2 photos 1997/6 Pitta, Noisy 1997/7 Turtle-Dove, Spotted 1997/8 Stilt, Pied 1997/9 Lyrebird 1997/9 Lyrebird Tail 1997/10 Fund a Fencepost, painting 1997/11 Oriole, Olive-backed, nest 1997/12 Noddy, Black, nest 1998/2 Kestrels, Nankeen, young 1998/3 Wattlebird, Red, young 1998/4 Honeyeater, Graceful 1998/5 Booby, Brown, young 1998/6 Dotterel, Black-fronted 1998/7 Pigeon, Wonga 1998/8 Black-cockatoo, Glossy 1998/9 Honeyeater, Tawny-Crowned, nest 1998/10 Parrot, Golden-shouldered, nest 1998/11 Butcherbird, Black, young 1998/12 Magpie, Australian 1999/2 Grasswrens, White-throated 1999/3 Harrier, Spotted, nest 1999/4 Budgerigar, 2 photos 1999/5 Cockatoo, Gang-gang 1999/6 Woodswallow, White-breasted Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 207

1999/7 Kingfisher, Forest, nest 1999/8 Native-hen, Tasmanian 1999/9 Parrots, Superb, painting 1999/10 Pitta, Red-bellied 1999/11 Swallow, Welcome, nest 1999/12 Corellas, Long-billed 2000/2 Honeyeater, Yellow-faced 2000/4 Finches, Painted 2000/6 Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted 2000/8 Bronze-Cuckoo, Horsfield’s 2000/10 Monarch, Frilled, nest 2000/12 Fairy-wren, Red-backed 2001/2 Fernwren 2001/4 Parrots, Eclectus, nest 2001/6 Penguins, Gentoo, nest & young 2001/8 Emus 2001/10 Flycatcher, Satin 2001/12 Parrot, Blue-winged 2002/2 Whistler, Rufous, female on nest 2002/4 Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed 2002/6 Flycatcher, Lemon-bellied, 2002/8 Duck, Pink-eared 2002/10 Bee-Eaters, Rainbow 2002/12 Pardelote, Spotted, nest 2003/2 Apostlebird 2003/4 Thrush, Bassian 2003/6 Figbird 2003/8 Kookaburra, Blue-winged 2003/10 Mannikin, Chestnut-breasted 2003/12 Finches, Zebra 2004/2 Dotterel, Red-kneed 2004/4 Kite, Black-shouldered 2004/6 Sparrow, House 2004/8 Grebe, Australasian, nest 2004/10 Brush-turkey, Australian 2004/12 Honeyeater, Yellow-faced 2005/4 Button-quail, painting 2005/6 Parrots, Regent, painting 2005/8 Warbler, Speckled 2005/10 Martin, Fairy, nest 2005/12 Honeyeater, White-cheeked 2006/2 Honeyeater, Striped 2006/4 Fairy-wren, Red-Backed 2006/6 Giant-Petrel, Southern 2006/8 Catbird, Spotted 2006/10 Heron, White-faced, nest 2006/12 Duck, Musk 2007/2 Plover, American Golden 2007/4 Pardelote, Spotted 2007/6 Honeyeater, Scarlet 2007/8 Gull, Black-tailed, flying 2007/10 Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed 2007/12 Bowerbird, Regent 2008/2 Ibis, Glossy 2008/4 Robin, Red-capped 2008/6 Parrot, Swift 2008/8 Malleefowl 2008/10 Goshawk, Red, Adult, 2 juveniles 2008/12 Parrot, Superb 2009/2 Egret, Intermediate, Breeding plumage 2009/4 Godwit, Hudsonian, flying 2009/6 Currawong, Pied, After fires 208 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

2009/8 Black-Cockatoo, Carnaby’s, Female at hollow 2009/10 Kingfisher, Azure 2009/12 Stone-curlew, Beach 2010/2 Rosella, Pale-headed, juvenile 2010/5 Woodswallow, White-browed 2010/8 Bee-eaters, Rainbow, Male and female 2010/11 Dotterel, Inland 2011/2 Darter, Australasian, female 2011/5 Fairy-wren, Purple-crowned, female 2011/8 Robin, Red-capped 2011/11 Fairy-wren, Superb

BOCA Skins Collection Skins collection 1982/4.21, 10.76; 1986/7.63; 1988/7.80; 1990/9.92; 1995/9.13; 2006/10.23; 2010/8.23 BOCA Slide library Slide Library 1975/2.15, 3.22, 4.27, 5.39, 8.63, 9.69, 11.83, 11.85; 1976/3.22, 5.36, 7.55, 8.62, 12.95; 1977/5.43, 6.50, 10.83; 1978/5.18; 1979/2.4, 5.32, 6.39, 11.82; 1980/7.62, 10.94, 12.115; 1981/5.37, 7.56, 11.91, 12.100; 1982/9.69, 12.92; 1984/1.4, 6.53, 11.111; 1985/1.8, 6.53, 10.101, 11.112; 1986/3.16, 6.54, 10.104; 1987/4.32, 8.81; 1988/12.142; 1991/4.34; 1992/3.14; 1996/3.16, 11.15; 1997/3.16, 11.15 List of birds not in Library 1982/5.37 New cabinet presented by H. Airey 1982/4.23 Slides for sale 1976/7.51; 1978/4.11

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ORGANISATIONS, ORNITHOLOGICAL: AUSTRALIAN: BIRDS AUSTRALIA, formerly R.A.O.U 1975/1.3, 2.13, 3.19, 1979/3.13, 6.34, 7.47, 1985/5.39, 6.56, 7.70; 2009/6.19, 12.3; 2010/2.3, 5.3, 5.4, 5.22, 8.3, 8.27 Australasian Wader count 1982/12.100 Australasian Wader Studies 1982/9.68 Bird Observatories, Invitation to Visit 1984/12.132 Bird Observatory established W.A. 1978/9.53 Birds Tasmania 2010/8.20 Checklist, Australian Birds 1980/6.51 Conference 1978/2.111, 5.17 Congress, Birds and Plants: 1986 RAOU Annual 1986/6.58 Ornithological Corranderrk experiment, report on 1976/4.26 Game Bird identification 1981/12.107 Hamilton, Graeme (Birds Australia) 2006/4.3 Information on organisation 1976/4.26 Nest Record Scheme 1976/1.3 Ornithological Records and Catalogue 1976/2.13, 10.79 Peregrine Falcon study results 1981/9.72 Photographic Competition 1984/7.72, 8.84 Programme 1982 1982/4.31 RAOU Australian Bird Count 1989/7.63 RAOU Twitchathon 1989/10.98 Recommended names Australian Birds 1978/8.42, 11.72 Rotamah Observatory 1981/4.29, 12.107, 1982/3.19, 12.94 Sea bird groups 1976/11.83 Survey rare birds 1980/3.14 R.A.O.U (W.A: Group) Establishes Birding Hotline 1987/6.54 Rotamah Island courses 1985/1.11, 4.35, 7.71, 1986/1.11, 3.23, 4.35, 5.47, 6.59, 7.71, 9.95, 10.107, 11.119. 12.126, 1987/1.6, 3.16, 4.30, 8.78, 8.80, 10.99, 11.114, 1988/2.17, 3.33, 4.47, 8.88 Russell-French, Alison (Birds Australia) 2006/4.3

210 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 ORGANISATIONS, ORNITHOLOGICAL: OVERSEAS British Trust for Ornithology 2009/6.19 China — Protect the Birds Week, campaign inaugurated 1982/5.36 Conference, World, on Birds of Prey, 3rd, Israel, 1987 1986/5.39 Congress, Ornithological, Ottawa 1985/1.4 Congress, XVIIIth International 1981/8.64 I.C.B.P.Technical Publications 1985/6.55, 11.117, 12.129 International Council for Bird Preservation 1978/2.111, 1979/9.60, 10.68, 1980/8.69, 1982/5.35, 12.95, 1984/7.64, 8.73, 1987/10.97, 1989/5.40, 1990/11.112, 1991/7.63, 10.100, 11.114, International Union Conservation Nature 1979/5.30 JAMBA Meeting, Tokyo, June 1989 1989/12.122 National Birds of Prey Centre (USA) 2005/6.7 Oriental Bird Club 2006/10.22 Ornithological Congress XVII International Program 1977/3.19, 4.36 Royal Naval Bird Watching Societv 1978/8.43 Royal Society for the Preservation of Birds (RSPB) 1980/1.3, 4.27, 10.94

ORNITHOLOGY / ORNITHOLOGISTS / HISTORY Advice on careers 1977/9 75 Australian Bio Bibliography 1951–1975 1981/8.64 Avian odds and ends 1975/11.84 Banks, Sir Joseph — Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 1999/6.20, 8.15 (Calyptorhynchus banksii) The biography behind the bird Campbell, AG (Archie) 2010/5.34 Campbell, AJ 2010/5.34 Carter, Thomas — Carter’s Desert Bird [Spinifex bird] 1997/12.10 (Eremiornis carteri) The biography behind the bird Chisholm, Alec 1989/4.25; 1990/5.42 Computers in Ornithology 1988/3.29 Earliest European Records of Australian Birds 1988/1.2 Erize, Francisco 2005/10.18 Galey, Doug 1989/8.80; 1990/1.10 Gould, Elizabeth 1998/11.12 Goyder, George Woodroffe — Eyrean Grasswren (Amytornis 2000/10.36 goyderi) The biography behind the bird Historical Aspects of Ornithology over the last 200 Years 1988/1.4 History repeated 2000/10.3 History, DNA and birds 2002/6.18 House, Dr Frederick Maurice — Black Grasswren (Amytornis 2000/2.28 housei) The biography behind the bird Ingram, Craig, MP 2005/2.11 Iredale, Tom (1880-1972) — Slender-billed Thornbill (Acanthiza 2002/10.18 iredalei) and Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) The biography behind the bird Landy, John, Governor of Victoria 2005/10.17 Latham, Sir John(1740-1837) — Glossy Black-Cockatoo 1998/5.18 (Calyptorhynchus lathami) The biography behind the bird Leach, JA 2010/5.34 Leach, William Elford (1790-1836)— Blue-winged Kookaburra 2003/8.11 (Dacelo leachii) The biography behind the bird Look to the Future, A 1988/1.12 Mathews, Gregory M 2000/12.33 Mattingley, Arthur 2010/5.34 McClennan, Charles, first ranger for Wilsons Promontory 2010/5.34 National Park Meandarra Field Study, Queensland 1981/5.37 Origin and evolution, Australian Birds 1980/11.103 Ornithological Art in Australia 1988/1.6 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 211

Ornithological Oddities 1986/5.45 Ornithological Publications 1977/2.11 Ornithology, Role of the Amateur 1975/11.81 Outback touring, R.A.C.V. recommendations 1977/8.67 People and Birds in Australia, 1980-1990 1992/3 10 Peterson, Barbara 2005/10.18 Peterson, Roger Tory 2005/10.18 Pre-European Glimpse, A 1988/1.2 Purnell, Herbert Alexander — Dusky Grasswren (Amytornis 2000/12.33 purnelli) The biography behind the bird Robinson, Joan, grand-daughter of A.J. Campbell 2005/6.20 Slater, Peter 1990/5.46 Tonge, William Carson, Painter of Tom Tregellas’ Hut 2005/2.23 Trebilcock, R.E., involvement with Robert Hall 1975/2.10 White, Dorothy Ebsworth — Carpentarian Grasswren 2000/4.28; 2001/12.31 (Amytornis dorotheae) The biography behind the bird Window on the past 2000/8.29 Woodward, Bernard Henry — White-throated Grasswren 2000/6.29 (Amytornis woodwardi) The biography behind the bird Xu, Weishu, Curator of Birds, Natural History Museum, 1990/3.13 Beijing

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Africa, East & Central 1991/9.88 Canada (Vancouver) 1991/1.11 Ethiopia new species Canary 1979/7.43 Fiji Birds of 1984/9.95, 11.120 Hot and Cold 1986/10.105 India 1986/8.80 India (Sultanpur) 1991/9.89 Japan 1986/11.117 Japan 1991/8.73 Japan ratifies Agreement Migratory Birds 1981/9.69 Japan Birdwatching 1984/11.118 Keeling Is Slaughter of Seabirds 1985/10.108 Korea 1991/10.104 Lord Howe Island rare Woodhen expected to breed in captivity 1980/8.68 Majorca Vultures of Majorca 1982/12.95 Malaya crows nest made from wire 1980/8.68 Malaysia 1991/6.57 Middle East Ornithological Society formed 1979/3 11 Nepal Himalaya 1986/8.73, 8.74 New Zealand 1986/7.69 New Zealand 1991/11.119 New Zealand Australian Pelican sighted wide area 1979/5.27 New Zealand Kakao protection criticised 1979/10.67 New Zealand Magenta Petrel sighted, Chatham Is. 1979/8.51 New Zealand aerial photography and the Takahe 1980/8.66 New Zealand rare birds found 1980/7.59 New Zealand Weka,an inquisitive flightless bird 1980/1.3 New Zealand Grey Phalarope sighted North Is. (first sighting) 1982/8.60 New Zealand Possums in Kiwiland 1982/11.84 New Zealand Totorore expedition 1982/9.70 New Zealand White-fronted Tems banded 1982/4.29 New Zealand Birding 1984/1.1, 5.45, 7.70 Papua New Guinea Black-headed Gull sighted Port Moresby 1979/8.51 Papua New Guinea Red-rumped Swallow sighted 1979/8.51 Papua-New Guinea Bareij's Torres Strait Pigeon 1981/11.93 Peru ten new species discovered 1979/5.27 Puerto Rico new species Warbler discovered 1979/5.27 212 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Russia taped bird calls keep birds from the vines 1980/3.23 S.Africa Yellow-billed Oxpecker Project 1985/11.117 South Africa Ground Hornbills, notes on 1979/2.3 South Africa Kestrels follow cane cutters 1979/5.27 South Africa Ostrich exploitation 1979/7.43 South Africa Vulture Study Group 1979/8.51 South Africa birdos and “Oneupmanship” 1980/3.15 U.K Scottish Ospreys — increase in numbers 1981/11.91 U.K. Pigeon Post planned 1977/10.80, 12.103 U.K. Birdwatchers Dash North & South 1985/12.129 U.S.A Fairfield, California--Starlings outnumber 1982/5.39 population United Kingdom Eagle hatched with aid of RSBP 1980/10.94 United Kingdom Goshawks increase in numbers 1980/3.15 United Kingdom Osprey chicks attract visitors 1980/1.3 United Kingdom Pigeons used as carriers by hospital 1980/3.23 United Kingdom Budgerigars Breeding in Southern England 1984/8.82 United Kingdom Northumbrian Birdwatchers Hoaxed 1984/10.108 USA birds’sense of smell 1980/3.15 USA Captive rearing Peregrine Falcon 1980/3.27 USA Evidence Archaeopteryx first bird 1980/1.3 U.S.A. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 1986/1.12

Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 213 214 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 P PARKS & RESERVES Howard Springs Park, NT 1980/12.109 Livingstone State Forest, N.S.W. 1981/4.30 Melbourne Metropolitan 1977/1.3 National Park,Wilson's Promontory 1979/12.85 Queensland, Jardine Park established 1978/9.53 Victoria, New Brochure available 1978/2.112 Additions to Parks in Queensland 1983/9.73 Calendar Available 1983/10.97 Flinders Is. Reserve Proposed 1983/3.17 National Parks 1984/6.57, 8.80, 9.89, 10.101 National Parks, South Australia 1977/12.104 Nature Reserves established Hunter Estuary and Botany 1981/9.71 Bay NSW National Park 1980/1.1 Powlett River Reserve, Victoria 1981/1.4 Queensland’s Parks and Wildlife Annual Report 1980/5.45 Queensland National Parks, official emblem 1976/8.63 Royal National, N.S.W. 1977/9.72 Sherbrooke Forest, Area Closed to Public 1983/8.65 Sherbrooke Forest, Friends of 1982/12.94 Six parks amalgamated 1980/8.66 Water Frontage Reserve, Improved Management 1983/10.83 Werribee Gorge Park 1980/9.79 Wollumbin Wildlife Refuge Park 1980/11.98 Wyperfeld 1977/5.40, 7.36 Wyperfeld Park, dissident viewpoint 1976/7.54

Pen friends, invitation from Kaniva 1976/10.76, 10.77

Pets ill-treated at markets 1980/1.7 PEOPLE see also OBITUARIES; BOCA Obituaries and memorials; BOCA Club Members and Officers; ORNITHOLOGY/ORNITHOLOGISTS PEOPLE OTHER THAN BOCA MEMBERS Craig, Steve (Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater) 2006/6.5, 6.6 Davies, Kelvin, CEO, Rainforest Rescue 2011/2.14, 2.15 Doucette, Lisa I 2011/2.7 Franzen, Jonathan, twitcher and author 2011/2.26 Fraser, Annie, Wildlife shelter volunteer 2007/6.15 Hamilton, Graeme (Birds Australia) 2006/4.3 Hutchinson, John, Western Australian naturalist 2007/4.28 Josef, Dr Reuven, Israeli ornithologist 2007/8.10, 10.22 Lumholtz, Carl 2006/8.6 Matthews, Janet (President, WASA) 2006/10.20 McClelland, Jenny, Wildlife Disease Association 2009/4.13 Poonswad, Pilai, Thai conservationist 2007/4.12, 4.13 Robinson, Norman 2007/4.28 Ruff, Simon, Southern Ark team 2010/8.14 Russell-French, Alison (Birds Australia) 2006/4.3 Ryder, Marie 2011/11.27 Setches, K., Minister, Conservation, Forests & Lands 1990/1.3 Shultz, Mike (Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetlands, NSW) 2006/12.3 Stewart, David 2007/4.28 Swaby, Ray 2007/4.28 Taysom, Alice 2011/11.5 van Gessel, Fred 2007/4.28 Vanderoord, Julia, Coordinator, Healthy Waterways 2011/11.25 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 215

Waterwatch Vanhove, Frédéric, guide, Amazilia Tours 2010/8.9 Wilson, Ian 2011/2.4

PHOTOGRAPHY see also BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY and PhotoBOCA Luck, Patience and Stealth 2010/2.10 PhotoBOCA 2011/2.18, 8.5

PLACES see CONSERVATION OF PLACES; LOCATIONS FOR BIRDING

PLANTS …and clay, clay, clay! 1996/8.12 Acacias, Acacias, and More Acacias! 1994/5.12 Australflora, Thanks go to them 1983/10.56 Back to basics 1996/3.12 Banksias and Ground Covers 1987/1.4 Birds Like Christmas Presents Too! 1993/12.19 Birds Like These Rarities Too! 1995/3.10 Birds, Trees and Bees 1981/7.57 Boneseed 2011/8.30 Captivating Climbers 1993/9.13 Carpeting and Cascading Delights 1993/8.12 Clothing for Ponds, Pools and Billabongs 1994/6.12 Coastal weeds 2011/11.23 Correas 1986/10.101 Creation of Habitat 1992/3 19 Different Hedges 1994/9.10 Eremophilas 1994/11.12 Eucalypt plantations 2000/2.25 Eucalyptus caesia 1988/2.24 Fibre and Roughage 1993/4.10 For Maximum Sunshine 1994/12.11 Formality for Us – and the Birds! 1994/7.19 Glory of Winter Fare! 1993/6.14 Gold May Be Treasured but Silver Is Not Always 1995/1.10 Second Best Graft can be beneficial 1996/2.16 Grevilleas 1986/11.112 Groundcovering Banksias 1995/10.13 Insect Attractors 1992/9.6 Irresistible Banksias 1992/6.19 Juicy and Fancy Fruits 1994/3.10 Melliferous Magnificence 1992/10.5 Native plant list 1975/9.69, 11.85, 11.88 Native plants attracting birds 1979/3.13, 6.37, 11.80 Native Plants Preservation Society 1977/12.96 Nectar and More Nectar 1994/4.3 Nectar-rich Grevilleas 1992/8.9 Nothing More than One Metre 1994/8.8 Old trees and hollows for birds 1998/8.4 Orchids, Birds and 1986/5.46 Pandanus 2011/5.10 Pendulous Delight 1993/7.13 Picturesquely Pendent 1995/7.18 Plants attractive to birds 1976/7.53 Plants Out of the Ground Can Attract Birds 1993/10.13 Too!!! Plants to attract birds, BOC list 1976/5 37, 7 53 Plants with Beautiful Stamens 1995/11.12 216 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Privet 2011/2.24 Protective Pricklies 1992/7.16 River Red Gum 2011/2.11, 2011/2.17 Rough Barks Revisited 1995/6.18 Screen & Shelter for Us & the Birds 1995/9.12 Shade and Dryness 1994/10.11 She-oak Casuarina stricta 1988/8.95 So,You Want Birds in Your Garden 1992/1.19 Some More Pricklies! 1992/5.18 Sometimes We Need to be Narrow-minded! 1993/11.11 Steep & Sometimes Slippery Slopes 1995/4.12 Summer Foods 1992/11.19, 12.8 Summer Water 1993/3.19 Tree list compiled by Forestry Commission 1976/5.37 Tree Lucerne 1995/4.13, 7.10, 11.5; 1996/5.3, 8.8; 1997/5.7 Tree planting in You Yangs 1976/3.17, 6.46 Trees belong to farms 1980/12.111 Trees for All seasons — Register to be compiled 1981/9.74 Trees for Helmeted Honeyeater, Yellingbo 1983/11.100 Trees for the Street, prescription for ideal tree 1979/7.44 Trees in rural areas — decline 1982/5.35 Trees, List of Classified and Recorded Trees 1983/11.100 Tufting Tussocks 1993/5.14 Water, water, water! 1996/5.11, 6.12 Wattles, Wattles, Wattles! 1993/1.8 What’s in a ‘Bird’ Name? 1994/1.13 Winter Wetness 1995/5.12

POETRY see also BIRD VERSE Moncrieff, Pauline About John Shaw Neilson’s poetry 1997/10.12 Balmford, Rosemary Birds In Poetry (article with examples) 1997/8.11,

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R REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES Antarctica and its birds 2001/6.9 Australian Owlet-nightjar 2011/2.8 Assistance for birdwatchers in Queensland 1998/10.5 Australian Magpies 1995/8.11 Australian wildlife 2007/4.15 Balloons and pollution 2009/4.10 Bands, flags, tags, geolocators 2010/11.17 Banks, Sir Joseph 1999/6.21 Bass Strait Islands 2009/12.14 Bell Miners and dieback 2008/4.4 Bird behaviour (Play) 2000/10.33 Bird damage control 2001/8.28 Bird Migration 1992/3.6 Bird names 1999/9.13 Bird plumage, Aberrant 2003/12.17 Bird Repellents 1994/1.15 Bird surveys 2008/4.13 Birds and Gardens 1992/7.16 Birds in Arid Australia 1994/10.9 Birds of Paradise 1995/6.3 Birds, Australian 2000/4.15, 12.9 Birds, North American 2000/6.10 Black-tailed Gull 1998/2.15 Bronzewing, Flock 2002/8.6 Bushfires 2003/2.14 Bushfires and birds 2009/6.10 Carter, Thomas 1997/12.11 Cats 1998/10.21 Cats and Wildlife 1992/4.19 Central Australia 2003/12.13 Christmas Island Expert Working Group Final Report 2011/5.18 Cicadabird 1999/10.11, 10.12 Climate change 2009/12.7 Cockatoos and parrots 2010/5.28 Cockatoos and Parrots 1994/7.5 Conservation 1999/9.15 Conservation and environment 2009/8.7 Coorong 2009/10.16 Cuckoo, Pallid 2010/2.19 Cuckoo, Pallid 2000/8.35 Dogs and birds 2008/4.4 Doves and Pigeons 2002/4.19, 8.6 Environmental impacts on granivorous bird populations 1999/9.15 Eungella Honeyeater 1994/10.3 Fairy-wren, Superb 2002/6.15 Fairy-wrens 2000/12.11; 2005/4.5 Falcon behaviour 2009/4.21 Fiji, Birds of 2002/4.18 Flying in formation 1999/4.10 Giant-Petrel, Southern 2006/6.21 Glossy Black-Cockatoo Feeding Behaviour 1993/7.5 Gould, Elizabeth and John 1995/10.7 Gould, John & Elizabeth 1998/11.13 Goyder, George Woodroffe 2000/10.37 Grasswrens 2001/8.30 Honey bees, Feral 2008/4.5 Honeybees and Artificial Nest Boxes 1995/4.9 Honeyeaters 2005/12.19 House Sparrow 2007/4.31 Iredale, Tom 2002/10.19 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 221

Kestrel, Nankeen preying on frogs 2006/12.6 Kingfisher, Sacred plumage 2000/8.19 Kingfishers 1995/12.9 Kookaburras and Cockatoos 2002/12.7 Lake Eyre 2000/8.14 Leichhardt, Ludwig 2000/6.26 List length analysis 2010/11.11 Lord Howe Island 2010/2.13 Lyrebirds from the Library 1992/6.7 Magpie, Australian 2002/2.16 Mallard 2009/10.8 Malleefowl 2009/8.14 Malleefowl 2008/8.5 Mangroves 2002/6.33 Miner, Noisy 2002/4.11 Mistletoe 1994/9.8 Monarchs 2001/10.7 Nankeen Kestrels 1998/2.2 National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife Series 1992/5.14 Natural History - South Australia 1994/3.9 Nest Boxes and Tree Hollows 1994/7.4 New Zealand wildlife 2008/12.8 Nightjar, Large-tailed 2000/6.28 Nocturnal Birds 1993/12.6 Orange-bellied Parrot 1992/6.5 Ornithologists 1998/5.19 Ornithology 2000/8.32 Owls 1998/8.9, 8.10, 8.11 Owls – Barn, Grass and Masked 2006/4.11 Parrots 1998/6.20, 10.4 Parrots 1995/5.4 Penguins 2008/2.15 Photography of birds 1996/12.4 Pied Currawong 1993/1.14 Pizzey, Graham’s books, 1958-2000 2002/4.31 Plastic and pollution 2009/4.9 Plover, Double-banded 2002/6.40 Powerful Owl preying on Koalas 2009/12.28 Rainbow bee-eaters 2008/4.5 Raptors 2001/2.6; 2008/10.8, 10.11, 10.15 Red-browed Finch 2009/6.17 Regent Honeyeater 2008/8.8 Regent Honeyeater 1998/5.6 Regent Honeyeater and Little Wattlebird 1993/9.2 Regional Field Guides to Birds 1994/8.9 Saemangeum (South Korea) 2008/8.11 Seeds as Bird Food 1995/10.11 Sexual dimorphism 1996/12.13 Shorebirds 2008/8.9, 2008/8.11 Snipe 1997/5.11 Stork, Black-necked 2001/2.13 Striated Pardalote Ecology 1992/8.10, 8.11 Sunbathing Behaviour of Birds 1993/5.4 Sunbirds 2001/8.11 Superb Parrot 1993/1.7 Survey methods 2010/11.10 Swifts; White-throated Needletail 2000/4.11 Tawny Frogmouth 2009/12.27 Tree hollows, Birds that nest in 2001/4.16 Tropical Rainforest 1992/1.5 Waterfowl 1992/1.12 222 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Weeds 2011/2.24 Western Australia 1997/4.4 Wetland birds, Survey of 2010/2.5 Wetlands 1992/4.6 Wetlands and Waterbirds 1994/4.6 Wetlands in Australia 2009/2.6 Woodland birds in decline 2009/12.7 Woodswallows, Norfolk Island 2003/10.6 Wyperfeld National Park, Vic 2010/5.34 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo 1996/5.6 ‘Zirkeln’ feeding method 2001/8.7 Websites and web links Forests and wetlands 2011/2.17 Lake Woods, NT 2011/2.13 Online resources to keep you thinking 2011/5.20 Purple-crowned Fairy-wren 2011/5.10 Ramsar Convention 2011/2.17

REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION Australian bird photos required 1975/5.35 Australian Reed warbler eggs, photos wanted 1977/6 47 Bird list required for Bundoora Park 1977/10.80 Bird list required for Geographical areas 1977/6.47 Bird lists for MMBW Farm & Spit required 1976/5.39, 9.71 Bird seen Roper River, help in identification 1977/12.100 Bird trappers, Reporting of 1976/7.50 Blue-winged Shoveller, nesting records Geelong area 1977/11.87 BOC Headquarters minor repairs 1977/7.57, 12.107 BOC requires assistance at displays 1976/9.72 Conservation Cape York 1975/10.73 Conservation Committee requires contacts 1977/6.46 Exploitation Australian birdlife 1975/1.8 Fawkner birdlist 1975/7.54 Feral cats at Yellingbo, reports required 1977/12.l07 Filming of birdlife, locations wanted 1976/5.37 Help for visitors 1975/6.48 LCC furnishing of bird lists 1976/6.47 Nest Records, information required 1977/12.96 New freeway at Seymour 1975/2.10 Organ Pipes assistance in re-vegetation and survey 1976/7.50, 9.71 Ornithological Archives 1975/12.93 Preservation of records 1976/2.13 Prickly pear eradication 1975/8.61 Red-necked stints, slides wanted 1977/10.79 Regent Honeyeater Study — Request for Information 1989/6.56 “Rickets” 1975/12.93 South Melbourne, Bird study 1976/9.68 Speakers for meetings, help in obtaining 1977/12.107 Speakers needed for outside groups 1975/8.63 Striped honeyeater, information required 1976/8.59 Summary 1974 1975/4.26 Translator wanted — Dutch to English 1981/11.91 Conservation League 1975/8.63 What bird is that? 1975/12.92

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REVIEWS, BOOK, SOFTWARE, SOUND RECORDING & MOTION PICTURE, and DVD Book Reviews 500 Native Plants, SGAP 1979/3.10 A Bush capital year: a natural history of the Canberra region, Ian Fraser & Peter 2011/5.42 Marsack A Far Cry, A. Heathcote 1979/10.70 A Separate Creation, G.Pizzey 1986/11.116 Aborigines of NSW, C.Haigh and W.Goldstein 1980/12.109 Albatross: their world, their ways, Tui de Roy, Mark Jones and Julian Fitter 2008/12.37 Albatrosses, Petrels & Shearwaters of the World, D Onley and P Scofield 2007/8.38 Albatrosses, Terence Lindsey 2008/12.38 At the End of the River: The Coorong and Lower Lakes, David Cleland Paton 2011/8.45 Atlas of Australian Birds, M. Blakers, P. Reilly 1984/7.72, 8.78 Atlas of Australian Natural Vegetation 1977/9.73 Atlas of Victorian Birds, W. B. Emerson et al. 1988/5.59 Attracting Frogs to Your Garden, Kevin Casey 1996/8.13 Australasian Nature Photography: ANZANG Fifth Collection, Stuart Miller (ed.) 2008/12.38 Australasian Nature Photography: ANZANG Seventh Collection, South Australian 2010/11.41 Museum Australasian Nature Photography: ANZANG Sixth Collection, Editor: South 2009/12.38 Australian Museum Australian Birds and Their Young, T.Lindsey 1980/1.4 Australian Birds, Hill 1975/1.3 Australian birds, Robin Hill 1975/1.3 Australian Birds, Stories Of — Various Writers 1983/8.67, 10.91 Australian Birdwatcher, Cooper 1975/7.53 Australian Birdwatchers Diary, T. Schurmann. illus. W. Jennings 1984/9.95 Australian Bush Birds in Colour, Morcombe 1975/4.28 Australian Bustard, Mark Ziembicki 2010/5.41 Australian Diurnal Birds of Prey 1978/6.23 Australian Flycatchers, Officer 1975/1.3 Australian Honeyeaters, Officer 1975/1.3 Australian Honeyeaters, Officer 1976/9.70 Australian Magpie, Gisela Kaplan 2005/6.14 Australian Mammals Field Guide, J.Highett and N.Shaw 1980/11.99 Australian Parrots, B.Hutchins, B.Lovett 1985/8.80 Australian Parrots, Cayley 1975/1.3 Australian plants for seaside gardens 1978/6.30 Australian Warblers, McGill 1975/1.3 Australian Waterbirds: A Field Guide, R. Kingsford 1991/9.94 Australian Waterfowl illus R. Hill 1984/3.19 Avian Orientation and Navigation, K.Schmidt Koenig 1980/7.60 Beginner's Guide to Australian Birds, Rosemary Balmford 1992/3.12 Belize and Northern Guatemala. The Ecotravellers’ Wildlife Guide, Les Beletsky 1999/5.23 Binoculars for Older Eyes, R. Manns, in Bird Watcher's Digest, Nov.-Dec. 1986 1987/10.101 Binoculars, Choice and Use, R.Johnson 1980/3.15 Bird and Calls of Australia, H.Pollock 1980/3.34 Bird Atlas Adelaide Region, S.A. Ornith. Org 1978/9.55 Bird Atlas Melbourne, H. Aston/R. Balmford 1978/9.55 Bird Atlas, Adelaide Region 1977/3.21 Bird Behaviour, R.Burton 1985/12.128 Bird Behaviour, Sparkes 1975/5.37 Bird Collectors, The, Barbara and Richard Mearns 1998/12.9 Bird Distribution in N.Z., Ornith.Soc.N.Z. 1978/9.55 Bird Families of the World, C.J.Harrison 1980/3.19 Bird Life, Rowley 1975/4.28 Bird trails of the Riverina and south-west slopes of NSW, Mike Schultz and Tracey 2011/2.42 Valenzisi Birding on Borrowed Time, Phoebe Snetsinger 2005/4.11 Birding Sites Around Perth, ed. R. Van Delft 1988/9.107 Birds & Billabongs, A Fox, S. Parish 1984/10.99 224 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Birds & Where to Find Them, N.S.W., Wheeler 1976/3.20 Birds and Where to Watch Them in New South Wales, R. Wheeler 1987/7.66 Birds of a Saltfield, Cooper 1978/11.70 Birds of Australia, K. Simpson, N. Day 1984/10.104, 11.118 Birds of Australia, Macdonald 1975/1.3 Birds of Australia: a summary of information, Macdonald 1975/1.3 Birds of Australian Gardens, T. Kloot & E. M. McCulloch 1981/7.55 Birds of Ballarat Region, R. Thomas & J. Wheeler 1983/6.51 7.57 Birds of Canberra & District, Canberra Ornithologists 1985/12.128 Birds of CITES and How to Identify Them, Johannes Erritzoe 1994/6.10 Birds of Eastern North America: a photographic guide, Paul Sterry & Brian E Small 2010/2.38 Birds of Eprapah, V. Cooper 1978/8.42 Birds of Eucalypt Forests and Woodlands: Ecology, Conservation, Management, 1987/5.44 Ed. A.Keast et al. Birds of Farmlands No. 7, N. Shaw, A Reid, W. Wheeler 1983/11.94 Birds of French Island Wetlands, D. Quinn & G. Lacey 2000/8.36 Birds of Geelong, Trevor Pescott 1983/12.107 Birds of Harold Hall Expedition, Hall 1975/10.76 Birds of Heaven, The, Peter Matthiessen, Robert Bateman 2003/4.20 Birds of Heidelberg and the Yarra Valley — Warringal Conserv. Society 1982/6.44 Birds of Japan, Wildbird Society of Japan 1983/4.25 Birds of New Zealand — Locality Guide, Stuart Chambers 1990/9.87 Birds of Norfolk Island, N. Hermes 1986/8.77 Birds of Papua New Guinea, Vol. I (Non-Passerines), Brian J. Coates 1988/6.71 Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds, M.Everett 1980/3.19 Birds of Paradise and Bower-birds, Forshaw/Cooper 1977/7.57 Birds of Port Phillip Bay, B.Lane, M.Schulz, K.Wood 1985/6.56 Birds of Port Phillip Bay, S. Garnett, B. Lane, M. Schulz, K. Wood 1986/9.86 Birds of Prey in Australia: a Field Guide, Stephen Debus 1999/5.23 Birds of Prey of Australia, Morris 1977/4.35 Birds of Prey of the World — F. Weick 1982/1.3 Birds of Queensland's Wet Tropics, Lloyd Nielsen 1997/5.12 Birds of Samoa, C. & S.Muse 1983/11.95 Birds of San Diego, P.Unitt 1985/6.56 Birds of SE Victoria and the Ranges, N.Shaw 1980/5.43 Birds of South Africa, new edition 1978/5.15 Birds of Tasmania, M. Sharland 1983/3.18 Birds of Tasmania, R. Green 1978/12.77 Birds of the ACT: two centuries of change, Steve Wilson 2000/2.14 Birds of the Antarctic & Sub-Antarctic, Hines 1976/9.66 Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, Steve Latta et al. 2007/10.37 Birds of the Illawarra, Illawarra Bird Observers Club 2009/12.22 Birds of the Iluka Area, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 1995/11.10 Birds of the Kimberley Division, W. A. Museum 1981/1.8 Birds of the Long Forest 1889-2005 , Marilyn Hewish et al 2006/12.18 Birds of the Maribyrnong Valley, Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley Inc. 1988/6.71 Birds of the Yarra Catchment, Peter Mason and Yarra Valley Branch of Bird 2010/11.41 Observation & Conservation Australia Birds of Victoria, Gould 1975/1.3 Birds of Victoria, R.Wheeler 1979/12.87 Birds of Western North America: a photographic guide, Paul Sterry & Brian E 2010/2.38 Small Birdscapes: Birds in our imagination and experience, Jeremy Mynott 2009/6.38 Birdscaping your Garden, George Adams 1986/7.68 Birdwatcher’s Guide to the Sydney Region, Peter Roberts, 1993 1994/7.18 Birdwatching in Australia and New Zealand, Ken Simpson & Zoë Wilson 1999/3.23 Black Bird-book, Little — B. Oddie 1982/12.99 Book Reviewers. Club Requires Assistance 1983/12.108 Books available to members 1975/1.3

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& L. Joseph Bowerbirds, Peter Rowland 2008/8.38 Bright Wings: an illustrated anthology of poems about birds, Editor: Billy Collins 2010/2.38 Bringing School Grounds Alive, Education Dept., S.A. 1976/5.36 Broken Boosey and Goldfields Birds, Broken Boosey and Whroo Goldfields 2009/12.38 Conservation Management Networks Brolga Country: Travels in Wild Australia, Mitch Reardon 2008/6.42 Bush Birds of Australia, Keast 1975/1.3 Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist, The Old Bushman 1979/12.87 Bushbirds in Captivity — Aviculture Soc. WA 1982/11.83 Canberra Birds: A Report on the First 18 Years of the Garden Bird Survey, Philip A 2002/8.34 Veerman Capital Birding, R.Johnson 1985/8.80 Capturing the Essence, William T. Cooper 2011/8.46 Caring for Australian Native Birds, Heather Parsons 2002/12.33 Caring for Birds of Prey, Jerry Olsen 1990/11.114 Censusing of Birds, R.A.O.U. Report 1985/6.56 Checklist Birds of Australia Part 1, Condon 1976/1.2 Checklist S. Aust. Birds, S.A. Ornith.Assoc. 1979/7.46 Club publications and prices 1978/3 124 Coastal Birds of the Burdekin Dry Tropics, L. Maddigan, R. Allan and D. Reid 2008/12.38 (eds.) Cockatoos, Matt Cameron 2008/4.30 Common city birds, Chapman 1975/1.3 Common City Birds, Chapman 1975/1.3 Complete Birds of the World, . M. Walters 1981/5.36 Complete Book of Australian Birds, Reader's Digest 1976/12.94 Confessions of a Bushcomber, A. D. Selby 1978/11.65 Corella Seabird Island survey, W.A. 1978/10.60 Corvus – A Life with Birds, Esther Woolfson 2009/6.38 Costa Rica. The Ecotravellers’ Wildlife Guide, Les Beletsky 1999/5.23 Crosbie Morrison: Voice of Nature, G. Pizzey 1993/8.8 Dear and Resulting Devastation, N.Z., R.Nelson 1979/10.7O Dictionary of birds in color, Campbell 1975/7.52 Distribution Birds Aust. Mainland D. Serventy 1978/7.35 Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, D. Hollands 1985/3.22 Early Days of the Upper Murray, J. Carmody 1981/12.105 East Gippsland Birding Guide, Nancy Taylor 2005/2.11 Edge of Extinction - Australia's Threatened Wildlife, Jim Howes and Chris Smith 1995/4.5 Elementary Bird study, Bourke 1975/5.37 Emperor the Magnificent Penguin, Pauline Reilly 1999/5.23 Emu That Walks Towards the Rain, The, P. Reilly 1986/8.77 Environmental Conservation, 2nd Report 1977/2.16 Essential Ornithology, Graham Scott 2010/8.46 Every Australian Bird illustrated, Wade 1975/12 94 Exhilaration of Wings, An, Edited by Jen Hill 2002/2.40 Eyre Bird Observatory, RAOU 1980/7.60 Fairy Penguins & Earthy People, P. Reilly, illus R. Keller 1984/6.54 Falcons of the World 1982/10.77 Farm Birds Leaflet, Canberra Dept. Arts 1985/7.70 Fauna of Tasmania, Univ. of Tasmania 1979/7.46 Fauna of Tasmania: Birds, Dr. R.H. Green 1996/3.8 Feathered Dinosaurs: the Origin of Birds, John Long and Peter Schouten 2008/8.18 Field Guide Australian Mammals, J. Hyett & N.Shaw 1981/7.53 Field guide of Australian birds, Slater 1975/1.3 Field Guide Seabirds Britain and World, Tuck and Heinzel 1979/12.87 Field guide to Australian birds, Slater 1975/1.3 Field Guide to Australian Birdsong: a potted history 2000/6.15 Field Guide to Australian Birdsong: Ostrich to Brown Booby, Bird Observers Club 2001/8.28 of Australia. (CD) Field Guide to Australian Frogs 1978/6.30 Field Guide to Birds of Australia. G. Pizzey 1981/1.8 226 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Field Guide to Birds of Western Australia., G.Storr & R Johnston 1981/8.63 Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, 5th ed. Ken Simpson & Nicolas Day 1996/5.16 Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, 8th edn, Ken Simpson and Nicolas Day 2010/8.46 Field Guide to the birds of Australia, G.Pizzey 1980/11.99 Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, Graham Pizzey, illus. by Frank Knight 1998/9.17 Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, Ken Simpson and Nicholas Day 1993/7.7 Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, The, 8th edition, Graham Pizzey and Frank 2007/10.19 Knight Field Guide to the Birds of Australia: A Book of Identification, K.Simpson & N.Day 1989/11.119 Field Guide to the Birds of Australia: A Book of Identification, Ken Simpson & 1990/1.10 Nicolas Day Field Guide to the birds of the ACT, McComas Taylor and Nicolas Day 1994/8.9 Finding Birds around the World — J. Gooders & H Mifflin 1982/9.69 Finding Birds in Darwin Kakadu & the Top End, Niven McCrie & James Watson 2009/10.38 Flora & Fauna of Australia, Morcombe 1976/5.36 Focal Guide to Bird Photography — M. Richards 1982/8.61 Garden Birds of S.E. Australia, Kloot/McCulloch 1975/5.37 Garden Birds: Attracting Birds to Australian and New Zealand Gardens, C. B. Frith 1986/10.106 Garden of Birds, A, G.Pizzey 1989/7.72 Geelong's Birdlife in Retrospect: a Selection of Geelong Advertiser Articles by 1996/11.13 P.J.W. 1945-1958 Grampians Birds — Halls Gap Tourist Centre 1982/9.69 Great Australian Birdfinder, The, M. Morcombe 1987/5.44 Great Birds of Britain and Europe – 200 star species, Jonathan Elphick and David 2009/4.30 Tipling Growing up with Australian Birds, Raoul Slater 2008/2.38 Guide to Rainforest North N.S.W. D. Ritchie & D. Pugh 1982/7.51 Guide to the Birds of Fiji & Western Polynesia, D Watling 2002/8.35 Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds volume 4, Ed. P.J. 1999/9.8 Higgins Handbook of Western Australian Birds, R E Johnstone and G M Storr 2000/12.31 Hawks in Focus — J.& L. Cupper 1982/10.76 Hawks in Focus, J.& L.Cupper 1981/11.95 Herons of the World, J. Hancock/H. Elliot 1978/11.66, 12.77 Herons, Egrets and Bitterns: Their biology and conservation in Australia, Neil 2005/8.19 McKilligan Honeyeaters of Kangaroo Island 1977/11.87 How Many Birds is That?, Sue Taylor 2002/6.38 Howard Jarman — last Book Review 1982/1.3 Invisible Connections: why migrating shorebirds need the Yellow Sea, Phil Battley 2010/8.46 et al.. Islands of SW Tasmania, G.White 1980/12.109 John Gould in Australia, Ann Datta 1998/2.10 Kea, Bird of Paradox, Judy Diamond & Alan B Bond 1999/5.23 Keeper of the Nest, The, Moira Watson 1990/10.107 Kingdom of the Lyrebird, The, L.& J.Erdos 1987/1.12 Know your birds, Louise Egerton 2005/6.14 Knox Nature Trail, D. Western 1986/4.36 Kookaburra that Helps at the Nest, The, P. Reilly 1989/3.21 Landing, The: A Night of Birds, Kathrine Scholes 1988/6.71 Learning about Australian Birds, R. Balmford. 1981/5.36 Life in the Cape York Rainforest, Robert Heinsohn and Michael Cermak 2009/6.38 Lyrebird That is Always Too Busy to Dance, The, P.Reilly 1987/1.12 Magpie Alert, Darryl Jones 2002/8.10 Magpies of Mawallok, The, Phillip Russell 2002/6.42 Mallee Area Vegetation, A. Beauglehole 1979/10.70 Malleefowl, The Incubator Bird, &. The Galah, P.Reilly, illus. W.Rolland 1991/7.72 Mammals of Victoria, Peter W Menkhorst 1995/12.17 Management of the Brolga in Victoria, J. D. Arnol, D. M. White, I. Hastings 1986/4.36 Managing Bird Damage to Fruit and Other Horticultural Crops, John Tracey et al. 2009/6.38 Meanderings in the Bush, Richard MacMillen and Barbara Macmillen 2009/10.38 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 227

Melbourne Naturally, D. Western 1987/10.101 Melbourne’s Wildlife: a field guide to the fauna of Greater Melbourne, Museum 2007/4.15 Victoria and CSIRO Menura, the Lyrebird, H.Pollock [includes record] 1980/4.34 Mound-builders, Darryl Jones and Ann Göth 2009/4.30 N.S.W. Handlist, N.S.W Field Ornithologists 1983/12.115 N.S.W. National Parks — rain forests 1977/10.80 N.Z. Albatrosses & Petrels, Harper 1975/6.45 Native Plants in Victorian Mallee, G.Beaughlehole 1980/1.4 Native Trees & Shrubs of S.E.Aust., L. Costemmans 1981/9.74 Natural History of the Lake Eyre Region 1993/5.12 Nestbox Book, The, Jim Grant 1997/7.14 Nests & Eggs of Birds, Aust & Tas, A. North 1985/1.9 New Caledonian Birds, Vol. 1 — F.Hannecart & Y.Letocart 1982/7.51 New Zealand Albatrosses & Petrels, Harper & Kinsky 1976/2.14 New Zealand Birds, D. Haddon, J. Warham 1983/11.94 On the Origin of Birds: a journey through time, Denys Cusack 2010/8.46 Ornithological Papers from S.A. 1977/2.11 Otway Ranges, The, Trevor Pescott 1999/5.23 Otways, The Pescott 1977/2.14 Owls, Frogmouths and Nightjars of Australia, David Hollands 2009/2.38 Park Walks near Melbourne, S. Bardwell 1985/9.86 Parks: Victoria's National and State Parks, J Calder 1991/3.23 Parrots and Cockatoos of Australia, N.Cayley 1980/11.99 Parrots of the world, Joseph Forshaw 2011/2.41 Penguin That Walks by Night, P. Reilly 1985/11.119 Phillip Island and Western Port, Jean Edgecombe 1990/5.38 Phillip the Penguin, John Paul Fischbach & Andries Maritz 2006/12.18 Photographing Wildlife, J.Baufle and J.Varin 1980/4.34 Pigeons and Doves of Australia — H. Frith 1982/10.77 Pigeons, Andrew, D. Blechman 2008/8.38 Pittas of the World, Johannes & Helga Erritzoe 1999/5.23 Plants of the Arid Shrublands of Western Australia, A.A.Mitchell & D.G.Wilcox 1989/6.60 Private Lives, Pauline Reilly 1988/11.124 Pumpkins, Poisons People, Conservation Council 1979/2.3 Rails of the World, D. Ripley 1978/3.121 Rails of the World, Ripley/Lansdowne 1977/9.73 Rainforest Birds of Australia’s “Wet Tropics”: 100 birds 100 calls, with Jack 2007/6.42 Leighton RAOU Checklist 1975/1.3 Raptors of Europe and the Middle East, Dick Forsman & T & D Poyser 1999/5.23 Rare Birds Yearbook 2008, Erik Hirchfeld 2008/10.38 Rare Birds Yearbook, Editor: Erik Hirschfeld 2009/6.38 Rare Birds, Gould 1975/11.85 Reader’s Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1986/8.78 Reader’s Digest Historic Australian Towns 1982/9.68 Readers Digest Australian Birds 1982/9.68 Reading the Land, Geoff Lacey 2008/10.38 Recollections of a Birdwatcher, H.R. Officer 1978/10.61 Resourceful Community, The, Ministry for Planning and Environment, Vic. 1987/10.101 Review of the Birds of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Tony Stokes 1988/11.124 River Improvement CCV 1977/8.66 Rusty Loses His Loop, Josie and Matthew Wright-Simon 2010/5.41 Save the Barrier Reef Aust. Littoral Soc. 1979/7.46 Save the Birds, Anthony W.Diamond et al. 1988/11.124 Scottish Ospreys — from Extinction to Survival, P. Brown 1981/1.16 Seabirds of Aust. & World, G. Tuck, H. Heinzel 1984/6.54 Shorebirds in Australia, B.Lane 1987/5.42 Shorebirds of Australia, A Geering, L Agnew and S Harding 2007/10.38

Shorebirds: An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World, P.Hayman, 1987/5.42 J.Marchant and T.Prater 228 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Sites of Zoological Significance, W.Port, D.Andrews, J.Dixon, L Lumsden 1985/9.86 Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, The , P., P.& R.Slater 1989/11.119 Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, The, P., P. and R.Slater 1987/5.44 Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, The, Peter, Pat & Raoul Slater 1990/1.10 Sou’west Victoria Bird Observers’ Guide, Bird Observers Club of Australia 2006/8.17 Sou’west Branch South African Birdlife, new booklet 1978/10.60 South West Tasmanian Wilderness, N.Gee and J.Fenton 1979/10.70 Spirit of the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Penny Olsen & Humphrey Price-Jones 2008/2.38 Still Glides the Stream, Geoff Lacey 2005/10.22 Stray Feathers, Penny Olsen and Leo Joseph 2011/8.45 Sunning Behaviour of Birds, The, K.E.L.Simmons 1990/8.84 Swallow Summer, Charles R Brown 1999/5.23 Sydney Birds and where to find them, Peter Roberts 2010/5.41 Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds, Les Christidis and Walter E. Boles 2008/4.10 Tasmania Bird Report, B.O.A.T. 1978/9.55 Tasmanian Bird Atlas, D.Thomas 1979/7.46 Tasmanian Birds, F.N.C. 1975/1.3 Tasmanian Echinoderms, A.Dartnell 1980/11.100 Tasmanian Odonata, P.Albrook 1979/7.46 Tawny Frogmouth, Gisela Kaplan 2007/12.38 Tenterfield Birdwatching Guide 2009/12.22 The action plan for Australian birds 2010, Stephen Garnett, Judith Szabo and Guy 2011/11.42 Dutson The complete guide to finding the birds of Australia, Richard Thomas et al. 2011/5.40 The Nestbox Book, compiled by The Gould Group 2010/8.46 The Owls of Australia, Stephen Debus 2010/2.37 The Victorian bush: its original and natural condition, Ron Hately 2011/2.41 Threatened Birds of Australia: An Annotated List, Ed. J.Brouwer & S.Garnett 1991/9.94 Travelling Birds (motion picture film) 2003/4.19 Trees for the Back Paddock, N.Oates & B.Clarke 1988/8.96 Tundra Plovers, Ingvar Byrkjedal & Des Thompson 1999/5.23 Vanishing Birds, T.Halliday 1979/5.28 Victoria, Garden State, K.Bell and I.Wegney 1980/3.19 Victoria’s Resource, Vol 22 1980/11.102 Voice of the Australian Bush, H. Pollock 1980/4.34 Waterfowl in Australia, Frith 1975/1 3 Waterfowl in Australia, H. Frith 1978/2.112 Wetland Habitats: a practical guide to restoration and management, Nick 2010/11.42 Romanowski Wetlands Wildlife, S.Cowling, illus. D Savin 1991/3.23 What bird is that?, Cayley 1975/1.3 What bird is that?, Cayley 1975/1.3 What bird is that?, Neville Cayley. ‘Special signature edition of the Australian 2011/11.42 classic’ What do you think? A story about the plight of the River Murray, Elizabeth Frankel 2010/5.41 What’s in a Name: a look at the scientific names of the birds of the Blue Mountains, 2010/2.38 Ilmar “Mark” Kala Where to find birds around Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula, BOCA 2007/2.17, Penboc Branch 2007/4.16 Where to Find Birds in Australia, J. Bransbury 1989/6.60 Where to see birds in Victoria, Editors: Tim Dolby, Penny Johns and Sally Symonds 2010/2.37 Why Watch Birds?, Sue Taylor 2005/10.23 Wild Australia, Dorward/Olsen 1977/11.86 Wildflower Diary, Waddell 1977/10.82. Wildlife and Wilderness in the Waterfall Country, Roger Fryer 2008/8.38 Wildlife in Australia 1976/5.36, 7.54 Wildlife in the Home Paddock, R. Breckwoldt 1983/8.66 Wildlife of the Box-Ironbark Country, Chris Tzaros 2005/10.22 Wildlife Watching in Victoria, Department of Conservation 1993/4.18 Wilson’s Promontory National Park and its Avifauna, Cooper 1976/1.3 Wombat, The, P.Reilly, illus. W.Roland 1988/9.107 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 229

Wonderbirds of Australia and their Calls, H.Pollock (includes record) 1980/4.34; 1981/1.8 World Birds, B.P.Martin 1989/4.36 Wrens and Warblers of Australia 1982/10.77 Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers, David Brewer 2002/8.34 Wyperfeld – Australia’s first Mallee National Park, Geoff Durham. (Book) 2001/10.14 Yarra Book, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works 1988/3.35 Yarra Valley in Melbourne for People, Valley Action 1976/5.36 Yellingbo, a special place for now and forever, The Friends of the Helmeted 2007/2.17 Honeyeater Inc. You Yangs Range, Trevor Pescott 1995/12.17 Your Garden Birds, E.M. McCulloch 1988/9.107 Response to a book review Author’s response to a review published in The Bird Observer No. 867 2011/2.42, 2011/5.41 Brochure review Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Oberon Bird Trails 2011/8.46 Sound Recording Review Bird Calls of the Daintree, H. and A. Crouch 1994/1.5 Bird Songs of Australia — E. Gippsland, H.& A. Crouch 1991/8.83 Birdsongs of Kalbarri, N.Robinson 1988/6.70 Dawn Chorus, John N. Hutchinson 1990/5.48 Field Guide to Australian Birdsong, Cassette No. 5: Regent Parrot 1990/7.65 to Masked Owl Learning Bird Calls: A Training Aid, H.& A.Crouch 1989/3.21 Night Sounds of the Forest, W.M.Flentje 1992/12.13 Sounds & Calls of 64 Tasmanian Birds, K.Aves 1991/12.129 Symphony of Australian Birds, A 1990/10.108 Tall Forest, Andrew Skeoch 1995/11.10

CD ROM Review Simpson & Day's Birds of Australia 1994/1.15, 1994/9.15 Software review Birds in the neighbourhood: an intimate visit with some of our wild 2011/5.41 Australian birds (DVD), Jeremy Pickett-Heaps The Michael Morcombe eGuide to Australian birds (iPhone app) 2011/2.42 Video Recording Review Australian Birds and Gardens, BOCA 1990/7.65 Feathered Nomads, Laszlo and Jenny Erdos 1994/4.13 Grassfinches of Australia, GEO Productions 1995/7.6 Kakadu — World of Waterbirds, GEO Productions 1995/7.6 Kingfishers of Australia, GEO Productions 1995/7.6 Pigeons of Australia — Bronzewings, GEO Productions 1995/7.6 Secrets of Bird Behaviour, Lazlo Erdos 1993/7.19

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SCIENTISTS Banks, Sir Joseph 1999/6.20

SURVEYS, AND HELP WANTED see also Requests for assistance and information See also CONSERVATION

ABEF Assistance Appreciated 1995/6.7, 10.6 Acoustic monitoring 2009/2.13, 2.14 Aerial Survey of Wetland Birds, Porter & Kingsford’s annual 2010/2.5 Albatross, White-capped — colour sprayed 1981/12.107 Alice Fries Educational Fund 1987/5.38 Altona 1978/7 34 Altona Survey Group 30th anniversary 1980/10.89 Atlas of Australian birds, The new 1998/9.14, 11.18, 12.17 Atlas of Victorian Wildlife - request for records 2003/8.23 Atlas of Victorian Wildlife data base 1996/9.5 Australia Day Holiday Bird Count 1986/12.122; 1987/12.123; 1989/12.126 Australian Bird Watcher, Short Contributions Needed 1990/6.50 Australian Geographic 1991/8.74 Babbler, Hall’s behavioural ecology – volunteer positions 2007/8.8 Babbler, Grey-crowned surveys & tree-plantings 2001/6.17 Babblers, Grey-crowned 1992/11.6 Barbed wire and Fauna 1999/6.13 Bats, Have you seen them roosting in bird nests? 1996/5.16 BBC Natural History Unit, Request for assistance 2001/8.5 Beach nesting 1977/12.98 Beach patrol for dead seabirds, Victoria 1980/9.80 Beach patrol for dead seabirds, Victoria 1980/9.80 Beach-washed birds 1978/2.112, 12.76; 1979/6.35 Bee-eaters, Rainbow 1975/4.27, 5.37, 7.51, 9.67, 10.74; 1988/9.98 Bequests for the birds 2006/6.15 Bermagui request 1998/5.3 ‘Bird Days’ 2005/2.19 Bibliographic Information Requests “What Bird is That?” 1992/10.8, 12.9 Bird Banding in Western Australia 1990 1990/5.38; 1991/3.17; 1992/3.15 Bird census symposium 1980/7.62 Bird Friends 1988/12.137 Bird Habitat Survey North Central Area 1978/5.17 Bird Names, Vote for Your Preferred 1994/8.19 Bird Observers Club, History of the 2003/8.6 Bird Populations and Movements, National Project 1986/9.88 Bird survey work, Contracted 2007/2.19 Bird Surveyors Required 1990/1.3 Bird Week 1990 Plans for 1990/7.66 Bird Week 1994 1994/8.15 Bird Week 1995 1995/9.5, 10.2 Bird Week 1996 1996/9.15, 10.8, 10.15 Bird Week 1998 1998/12.11 Bird Week October 2000 2000/10.3 Birds & Gardens Survey 1988 1988/3.28, 5.54, 7.76, 9.104, 11.122; 1989/6.53 Birds & Gardens Survey 1991 1990/10.102; 1991/4.35 Birds and Buildings 1988/11.123 Birds and Gardens Survey 1988 1987/12.123 Birds and Gardens Survey 1988, Bad Luck 1988/4.47 Birds and Gardens Survey 1991 Report 1992/7.17; 1994/4.2, 6.19 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 231

Birds and seaweed record sheet 1998/3.4 Birds and the National Estate 1993/5.14 Birds and Wattles Survey 1992/12.12; 1993/1.9, 8.14; 1994/1.2; 1997/11.4; Birds eating Insect Pests, information required 1985/1.9 Birds in Ferment (Drunkeness in Birds) 1987/11.120 Birds of Box Hill, Vic., One Hundred Years Later 1988/12.137 Birds of Braeside--Can You Help? 1990/6.50 Birds of Studley Park/Yarra Bend, Kew, Vic., Survey 1990/5.38, 11.111 Birds of West Africa - information wanted 1996/9.4 Bird-watching near Sydney 1991/8.74 Blackbird Roosts 1986/11.112 Blackbird, Common and Sweet Pittosporum, Help wanted 2005/6.28 Black-Cockatoo, Glossy Appeal 1994/7.2, 10.12 Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed 1980/4.32 Black-Cockatoo, Yellow Tailed 1983/6.51; 1984/1.5, 4.35, 5.39, 11.109; 1985/5.37; 1987/8.75; 1988/9.99 Black-Cockatoos; Glossy; in the Shoalhaven Region 1996/8.10 Black-tailed Yellow-Cockatoo? 1987/12.123 Blakey’s Crossing: a Developing Wetland Issue 1987/1.3 Blue Bonnet Parrots, Information Sought 1990/7.63 Boat, Do You Own a? 1990/7.63 BOC Stall 1988/4.39 BOC Stand at Melbourne Wildflower Show 1988/7.74 BOCA “Skills bank”: Can you help BOCA? 2008/6.3 BOCA Appeal for Australia’s Birds 2005/12.3 BOCA Challenge Bird Count 2011/2.18 BOCA Challenge Bird Count 2007 2008/10.21 BOCA Challenge Bird Count 2008 2008/10.22 BOCA Challenge Bird Count 2008 2009/2.10, 10.29 BOCA Challenge Bird Count 2009 2010/11.32 BOCA Challenge Bird Count 2009 2009/10.30 BOCA Challenge Bird Count 2010 2011/8.37 BOCA Challenge Bird Count 2010 2010/8.36, 11.29 BOCA Challenge Bird Count 2011 2011/8.33, 2011/11.33 BOCA Club Video 1991/8.74 BOCA Conservation Committee 1989/5.39, 7.63 BOCA Education Plan – volunteers welcome 2010/5.22 BOCA Education program 2004: bird pictures wanted 2003/12.19 BOCA Field Research Commmittee: 1990/7.77; 1991/4.33 BOCA Library 1989/9.88 BOCA Membership Committee 1989/11.114 BOCA Publications Committee 1990/8.77 BOCA Skins Collection - time for change 2002/10.19 BOCA Slide Collection 2002/10.6 BOCA Slide Collection: slides wanted 1999/8.21 BOCA Volunteer job vacancies 2000/12.30 BOP Watch: Surveying Raptors in Australia 1987/8.80 Box-Ironbark research project, Volunteers needed 2007/12.9 Braeside Metropolitan Park, V.O.R.G. Census 1981/7.56 Braeside Sewage Plant Census 1982/7.50 Brisbane Annual Bird Count 1977 1978/7.34 Brolga Country (Long Swamp Purchase Appeal) 1992/9.2 Brolga Recovery Group, Vic, needs more members 2011/5.17 Brolga Research Project, South-West Victoria 2008/12.5 Brolga sightings – can you help? 2009/4.8 Brolgas 1988/7.74 Brolgas in South-eastern South Australia 1989/3.14 Brolgas in south-western Victoria 2008/12.5 Brolgas: information wanted 2001/4.20 Bronzewing, Flock, Request for information : 2005/6.4 232 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Butterfly migration 1998/12.3 Butterfly Slides Wanted 1986/8.76 Butterfly, Eltham Copper, Keep the Copper Shining 1987/8.80 Button-Quail, Black-breasted, Call for Records of the 1992/9.15 Camp site, Christmas, Request for 2003/4.3 Camping Spots 1993/6.19 Cape York, Are You Visiting? 1993/3.7 Caravan parks – the birdo’s guide 1998/12.11; 1999/12.13 Carnarvon Gorge, Please help Birds of 1997/11.8 Carp programme, N.Victoria 1980/1.4 Cats, Domestic and Wildlife, Questionnaire Results 1990/4.34 Cats, Feral, Damage to Wildlife by 1991/1.6 Censusing of Birds, R.A.O.U. 1985/6.56 Challenge Bird Count 1975/1.5, 12.90; 1977/6.46; 1989/10.101, 12.129; Challenge Bird Count 1977 1978/5.16 Challenge Bird Count 1978 1979/5.25 Challenge Bird Count 1979 1980/4.31 Challenge Bird Count 1979 1980/4.31 Challenge Bird Count 1980 1981/4.28 Challenge Bird Count 1982 1983/8.65 Challenge Bird Count 1985 1986/3.24, 4.25 Challenge Bird Count 1986 1986/11.113 Challenge Bird Count 1987 1987/11.114 Challenge Bird Count 1989 1990/9.88 Challenge Bird Count 1990 1991/11.112 Challenge Bird Count 1991 1992/11.10 Challenge Bird Count 1992 1992/11.11 Challenge Bird Count 1992, 1993 1993/11.15 Challenge Bird Count 1993 1994/2.12 Challenge Bird Count 1994 1995/10.3, 11.15 Challenge Bird Count 1995 1995/10.3; 1996/9.13, 11.17 Challenge Bird Count 1996 1997/11.12 Challenge Bird Count 1997 1998/11.16 Challenge Bird Count 1998 1999/11.4 Challenge Bird Count 1999 2000/10.29 Challenge Bird Count 2000 2001/10.25 Challenge Bird Count 2001 2002/10.14 Challenge Bird Count 2003 2003/10.18 Challenge Bird Count 2004 2005/10.25 Challenge Bird Count 2004 “On Yan Yean Edge” (poem by 2005/10.26 JD Prytherch) Challenge Bird Count 2005 2005/10.25; 2006/2.7, 10.18 Challenge Bird Count 2006 2006/10.18; 10.16 Challenge Bird Count 2007 2007/10.17 Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary needs your help 2003/12.24 Climate change – impact on birds. Can you help? 2007/2.14 Club, Can You Help the? 1989/6.56, 7.63; 1991/6.50 Coastal weeds and birds project: can you help? 2011/11.23 Conservation 1987/9.88 Conservation Committee--Can You Help? 1991/1.6 Corangamite, Area bird life 1975/6.42 Corellas, Little, Flinders Ranges, S.A. 1988/4.39 Cormorants, Pied: Colour Bands and Bill Deformities 1990/9.90 Corranderrk 8/5/77 1977/7.95 Cuckoo Transparencies Wanted 1995/7.13 Cuckoo, Pallid 1983/7.58, 9.73 Curlews, Eastern, Cannon Netting. Banding 1985/3.13 Currawong, Pied, BOCA Survey of Food 1992/4.15 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 233

Currawong, Pied, Survey of Food 1992 1993/1.10* Currawongs, Pied 1997/7.3 Currawongs, Pied in central eastern NSW 1996/9.11 Dandenong Ck. Recreation & Environmental Strategy 1986/12.12 Dead Trees, Study of the Value of 1986/10.102 Drongos, Spangled, in Victoria 1999/12.17 Duck, Freckled 1981/1.2; 1983/1.5, 12.110 Duck, Freckled, information required by B.O.C. 1982/3.15 Duck, Freckled, Survey, Vic., Feb. 1988 1987/11.114 Eagle, Sea 1984/1.8 Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Ramsar Site, Friends of 2008/2.5 Egret Watch Project 1986/9.87 Egret, Cattle 1979/5.28; 1983/4.25 Egret, Cattle, Decline in population? A call for help 2009/10.18 Egret, Cattle, Sightings 1986/9.87 Egrets, Cattle — colour banded 1981/9.72 Egrets, Cattle , information on food intake required 1982/11.86 Egrets, Tagged, on the Move 1987/5.37 Emu-wren, Mallee – research assistants required 2007/8.8 Eungella National Park 1987/10.99 European Carp, A Murray-Darling Basin Problem? 1991/8.74 F.l.D.O. (Fraser Island Defenders' Organisation) Needs Feeding 1988/11.123 Fairy-wren, Superb, coastal survey 2005/8.7 Falcon, Grey – call for sightings 2006/12.5 Falcon, Grey research – request for sightings 2008/4.6 Falcon, Peregnne 1975/9.68, 10.76, 12.92; 1976/3.19, 4.27, 8.58, 9.67, 12.92; 1977/2.10, 6.47, 9.74; 1978/9 50; 1979/2.2, 8.51; 1981/9.72; Fauna in Doncaster/Templestowe 1991/8.74 Fauna of Port Phillip Bay and Catchments 1988/8.88 Fauna Survey, Far North-West Victoria 1991/1.6 Fig-Parrot, Coxen’s 1996/12.15 Finch, Star at risk of extinction 1996/12.15 Finch; Gouldian 1987/5.38; 1991/3.17 Finches, Gouldian – Can you help? 2007/12.9 Flagwatch 1993 1993/4.15 Flying Flags: The Concept Takes Off 1992/10.8 Fox survey, Tasmania 2008/4.5 Friends of Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary 2000/4.24 Gammon Ranges Park, S.A. Bird data required 1982/10.79 Garden Birds Survey 1997/7.2, 11.6; 1998/2.6, 3.16, 5.13, 11.10, 11.19, 12.4; 1999/3.13; 2000/10.19; 2001/6.7, 10.10, 10.11, 10.13; 2003/8.10, 10.14 Gardiner’s Creek, Friends of 1993/8.15 Geese, Magpie (S. Queensland) 1984/8.84 Geese, Magpie– request for information 2006/6.9 Gluepot Reserve volunteer rangers 2002/4.34 Gol Gol Swamp, Flooding of, Aug.-Nov. 1987 Results of 1987/4.34 Survey by Sunraysia B.O.C. Goshawk, Red, Search for in New South Wales 1987/9.88; 1988/9.100 Grasswrens 2001/8.30 Great Ocean Road Appeal 1991/6.56, 7.63 Grebes, Hoary-headed – Breeding information request 2008/6.11 Green’s Bush 1987/6.52; 1988/9.98 identification 2000/4.13 Gull, Silver, Survey of roof-nesting in Australia by the 2000/6.13 Gulls, Pacific with readable bands 2002/4.34, 12.11 234 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Gulls, Pacific, Banded– help wanted 2006/8.8 Gulls, Silver 1983/1.5 Gulls, Silver, Colour-Dyed 1987/3.14 Gulls, Silver, Dyed 1986/12.125 Harrier, Swamp— Wing tagged 1981/9.73 Heron, Night, Mortality 1987/8.80 Heron, White-faced 1975/4.27, 5.37, 7.51, 10.74 Heron, White-faced, and Rainbow bird 1977/2.10 Herons 1981/9.72 History of the Bird Observers Club of Australia 1988/4.39 Honeyeater Challenge 1996/11.5; 1997/3.6, 8.15, 10.9; 1998/2.17; 1999/7.14 Honeyeater, Regent Survey 2007/2.15, 2007/6.11 Honeyeater, Helmeted 1975/7.55; 1981/4.29; 1982/7.49, 7.501994/9.13; Honeyeater, Painted Records 1995/5.19 Honeyeater, Regent 1979/8.53, 11.76; 1983/12.109 Honeyeater, Regent– please report your sightings 2006/10.23 Honeyeater, Regent survey 2002/6.36 Honeyeater, Regent, Project 2010/2.6 Honeyeater, White-plumed 1975/5.31 How do Australians value birds? Volunteers needed 2010/8.35 IBAs, BOCA members’ opportunity to help with 2010/5.20 Ibis & Water Birds, Mortality & Deformation 1985/12.128 Identify This Bird? Can You 1990/10.99 International Common Bird Survey, 28-29th Jan. 1989 1988/12.138 Introduced species and the Common Myna 2003/8.7 Jells Park and , Vic. 1987/6.52 Kingfisher, Sacred: Request for Sightings 1992/7.6 Kinglake West Survey 2011/2.18, 2011/11.26 Kite, Black and Gull-billed Tern, Geelong 1980/9.80 Kites, Letter-winged 1977/6.49 L.C.C. Mid Murrav Study Area 1983/1.10, 4.31 Land Conservation Council, Alpine Study 1983/5.37, 7.56 Land Conservation Council: Melbourne District 2 1990/9.90 Lantern Slides: Historic Photographic Collection of the 1993/7.10 National Photographic Index Learning on an Island 1987/8.80 Lerderderg State Park birdlist required 1996/7.15 Little Eagle – is it declining in Victoria? 2008/6.11 Long Forest Mallee 1986/3.14 Lorikeets, Musk: request for observations in NSW 1996/3.15 Lyrebird Survey Group 2009/10.19 Lyrebird Survey, Kinglake National Park, Vic 1992/6.6 Lyrebird Survey, Kinglake, Vic. 1990/11.113 Macedon 1975/2.14 Macquarie Island Nature Reserve, How you can help 2007/4.7 Malleefowl surveys 2002/6.35 Mammal Survey Group 1980/10.88 Martin, Fairy and Welcome Swallow 1992/12.4 Martins, Tree, Roosting 1999/1.12 Melbourne City Bird Watch 1986/10.104 Melbourne City birdlist 1995/9.5; 1996/2.17 Melbourne Water surveys 2009/2.3 Melbourne Wildflower Show 1990/7.63 Melville Caves Habitat and Birds 1978/3.112 Middlesex Field Study Centre, W.A. 1979/11.80, 12.87 Miner, Black Eared 1983/6.51 Miner, Black-eared surveys at Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary 2008/6.33 Miners, Bell – Let’s find out where they are now 1998/12.5 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 235

Miners, Bell in Melbourne 1999/3.13 Miners, Noisy and Yellow-throated in Victoria 2008/2.23 Mullum Mullum Survey, Observers Wanted for 1992/1.15 Mullum Mullum Valley, Vic. 1987/6.52 National Koala Survey 1986/6.52 National Wader Count 1982/12.100 Needletails, White-throated and Fork-tailed Swifts – Can you 2010/8.35 help? Nest boxes – sponsorship needed 2007/8.5 Nest Record Scheme 1978/7.36, 9.52 New Birding Option at “The Glen”, Aireys Inlet, Vic 1987/8.80 Nightingales 1975/10.77 Oil Emergency Register 1990/8.77 Oiled birds 1980/4.26 Origin of ‘Noisy Miner’ wanted 2001/12.3 Osprey nesting in NSW, Review of the status of 2003/6.19 Osprey Watch in NSW 2006/8.8 Owls – researchers wanted 1998/10.9 Owls, Mapping the genetics of Australia’s 2003/10.39 Oystercatchers – Are they being injured by bands? 1998/12.15 Pallister’s Reserve, Vic, Extension Appeal 1992/9.3 Pardalotes 1979/11.76 Pardalotes found dead 1981/8.66 Pardalotes, Striated, nesting locations 1980/9.80 Parrot, Ground, Project in Queensland 1986/5.38 Parrot, Orange Bellied 1978/9.51, 12 75; 1980/3.21, 6.51; 1981/7.55; 1982/5.40, 6.43, 7.50; 1983/1.1, 5.38; 1984/5.41, 5.42, 8.84; 1985/5.43, 6.55; 1986/5.38; 1991/5.39, 6.50, 7.62; 1992/6.5; 1979/3.9, 5.26, 12.89; Parrot, Orange-bellied Winter Surveys 2008 2008/4.6 Parrot, Regent 1984/1.8 Parrot, Regent, nesting locations required 1982/3.15 Parrot, Superb 1985/10.102 Parrot, Swift Recovery Program Volunteer Survey 2008/6.14 Parrot, Swift survey 2002/6.35 Parrot, Swift Survey 2007/6.11 Parrot, Swift, Survey 1996/4.2; 1999/3.18 Parrots, Orange-bellied, Colour Marking of 1988/5.52 Parrots, Superb 1986/5.38 Parrots, Turquoise, in East Gippsland 1986/12.122 Parrots, Twenty-eight 1976/5.35 Pelican 1984/9.88, 12.132; 1985/3.16, 4.29, 6.53, 9.96; Pelican Project 1986/3.22; 1987/4.26 Pelican, Australian, Requests for Victorian records & King 2005/8.7 Quail Penguin 1976/1.1; 1979/4.17, 8.50, 11.75; 1980/3.21, 4.33; 1985/5.48, 8.84; Penguin Count — Phillip Island 1981/10.81, 12.100; Penquins, Phillip Island 1982/10.80 Petrel, Common Diving 1985/9.85 Petrel, Kerguelan & Blue 1984/9.89 Photographs in The Bird Observer 1996/11.15 Pigeons, Green, and Fruit-Doves: information required 1998/5.3 Places for Bird-watching 1990/8.77 236 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

Plenty River Gorge, Information Needed 1988/7.74 Plover Watch, Mornington Peninsula 1994/9.5 Plover, Double-banded, Finale 1987/3.14 Plover, Double-banded, Results 1987/9.88 Plover, Hooded, Count 1994/4.5 Plover, Hooded, Project 1992/5.7 Plover, Hooded, VWSG 1980/9.80 Plovers, Double-banded, Migration studies 1986/4.28, 11.116 Port Campbell National Park 1987/5.38 Puckapunyal, Vic, Survey of Bird Life at 1995/7.7 Quail, King, Requests for Victorian records & Pelican, 2005/8.7 Australian Rabbit bait Bird Survey 1977/7.55; 1979/11.77 Rabbit Bait/Bird Survey 1978/3.122 Raptor migration watchers needed in Bali, Indonesia 2006/10.22 Raptor Research M.M.B.W. Farm 1979/11.75 Raptor, R.A.O.U. Group 1979/7.47 Raptors, City 1975/6.47, 9 68 Raptors, N.T., Queensland & N.S.W. 1976/3.19, 6.43 Rare birds of Australia : RAOU survey 1980/3.14 Recording Equipment for Bird Calls 1994/8.18, 11.19 Reed-Warbler Project 1990/1.3 Reed-Warbler, Clamorous 1987/5.38 Regent Honeyeater Calls, Information Needed 1988/9.98 Regent Honeyeater Project 2011/5.8, 2011/8.11, 2011/8.12 Regent Honeyeater Project – Volunteers needed 2009/8.24 Request for volunteers to help at National Office 2010/5.4 Ringwood-Donvale 1975/1.2 Robin Records, Request for 1987/4.27 Robin, Flame, survey 1982/12.94 Robins, Hooded , Request for records of 2007/6.19 Sandpiper, Stilt, Photos Required 1991/6.50 Sandringham, Vic, New Look at the Birds of 1994/7.11 Scotia bird surveys – volunteers needed 2007/8.8 Scotia Sanctuary and Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary surveys – 2006/8.19 help wanted Sea birds, Pt Lonsdale–Queencliff 1977/4.27 Seabird field research, Volunteers needed for 2006/12.15 Sharing birdwatching information 1996/10.18 Shorebird migration: watch for the leg flags 2002/10.12 Shorebird Study Group, Tasmania 1983/1.5, 8.66 Sick & Injured Birds, Rehabilitation of 1987/7.62 Silky Oak Survey, spring-summer 2000 2000/4.12, 6.11, 10.32; 2003/2.15 Snipe, Australian Painted, surveys 2010/11.20 Snipe, Japanese 1979/6.34, 7.47; 1980/6.52; 1982/9.68 Snipe, Latham’s 1984/1.8, 7.65 South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo count, May 2011 2011/2.15 South-west Victoria Brolga Research Project Census 2008/9 2009/2.5 Sparrow 1975/1.8 Sparrow, House and Tree 1981/12.104 Speakers Needed 1993/7.19 Starling, Metallic (Shining) 1983/4.29 Starlings and Silver gulls, Aspendale 1978/7.38, 9.54, 10.61 Starlings in Australia: can you help? 2011/11.23 State Moves on Gold Boom 1987/9.88 Stone-curlew, Bush project 2006/10.14 Stone-curlew, Bush, genetic analysis: request for samples 2010/5.31 Summary 1974 1975/4.26 Sunflowers and Birds Project 1991/9.87, 11.116; Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 237

1992/3.18, 6.18, 10.18 Survey Cassidix 2009/4.12 Survey data 2007/8.4 Surveying birds in urban wetlands 2011/11.15 Surveys, Importance of 2008/4.12, 2008/12.18 Swan, Black, watch 1999/6.13 Swifts, Fork-tailed, and Needletails, White-throated– Can you 2010/8.35 help? Target: 200 Million Trees by 1988 1988/3.29 Tern, Little 1979/4.18; 1984/7.65, 12.132; 1985/11.116 Tern, Little, Conservation Plan for 1988/4.39 Tern, Little, Volunteer Wardens Needed 1986/12.122 Tern, White-fronted 1984/3.23 Tern, White-fronted, banded N.Z. 1982/4.29 Threatened Bird Network “National Waterhole Count” 2008/10.8 Threatened Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 1990/12.123 Transport Wanted 1991/7.62 Tuckfields Bird Cards research project 2011/11.31 Urban Wildlife Watch, Victoria 1988/5.52 Victonan Bird Report 1981/1.9, 3.17, 10.82, 11.90; 1983/4.25, 5.39; 1985/7.69 Victorian Bird Report 1977/78 1978/12.74 Victorian Bird Report 1982 1982/1.10, 4.23 Victorian Challenge Bird Count, 1986 1987/9.87, 12.123 Victorian Challenge Bird Count, 1987 Part 2--Melbourne and 1988/8.89 Geelong Areas Victorian Challenge Bird Count, 1987 Part I--Victorian 1988/7.75, 9.101 Country Areas Victorian Ornithological Research Group Survey 1988/12.137 Victorian Wader Study 1979/11.74 Volunteers wanted 1996/2.17 VORG — Bird Atlasing 1976/2.10 VORG — Penguins, banding and study of 1976/1.1 VORG: Braeside Ecological Survey 1982/7.50 Wader Leg-Flagging Programme 1991/1.6 Wader Studies Group, Australian, Resident Wader Study 1988/10.110 Wader Studies, Australian 1982/9.68 Wader Study Programme 1985/3.14, 12.128 Wader Study, Australasian 1981/6.51, 12.105 Waders 1984/7.61, 10.100, 12.132 Waders, Color marked at Werribee 1980/4.28 Waders, colour bands N.S.W. and Victoria 1975/3.19, 9.69 Waders, Colour flagging of 2003/12.22 Waders, Colour-dyed, Searches for 1986/9.88 Waders, migratory Victorian beaches 1975/2.11 Wanted: Old Photos of Golden-shouldered Parrot Nests 1994/8.7 Wanted--Advice on South America 1988/l0.ll0 Warrandyte State Park 1986/10.99 Watch for Wing Tags (Egrets) 1992/5.18 Waterbirds, Aerial Surveys of, Eastern Australia 1989/10.104 Waterbirds, Bone disease of 1975/10.77 Wattle Park Restoration Project 1989/8.76 Wattlebird, Red 1975/5.38 Weed frugivory observations, Volunteers wanted for 2005/6.26 Werribee 1977/9.75; 1978/5.19, 10.63, 12.87; 1979/5.32; 1980/1.11, 1.12, 11.103 Western Port 1975/4.27, 4.32, 6.43; 1976/5 34; 1977/4.36; 1978/2.116, 3.120, 12.88; 238 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011

1979/2.8; 1982/4.32; 1983/3.20, 9.72; 1984/3.15; 1985/7.62; 1990/11.111; 1992/3.9*, 4.15; 1999/8.13; 1998/4.15; 1995/9.2; 2000/6.11; 2009/6.6 Wetland Bird Survey 1988/5.52 What is this Bird? 1993/3.13 Whiteface, Chestnut-breasted, Study 1990/5.38 Wimmera Bird Monitoring Project 2007/8.9 Wimmera, L.C.C. Study area 1984/3.18, 7.72 Window collisions – request from USA 2009/10.24 Wings over Western Port - BOCA Western Port Survey 2003/8.21 Winter Challenge (TRBOCA) 2002/10.15 Wrens’ breeding behaviour 1980/9.80 Yellow wader watch 1998/10.13

Stamps 1979/2.7, 9.60 Stamps, used 1981/5.37

Stock Troughs — device to prevent fouling 1981/10.83

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TAXIDERMISTS Spalding, Edward 1997/8.2

Tram for birds: 1982/7.55

Ty-nee tips cards 1976/8.63, 11.84

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UNUSUAL SIGHTINGS Apostle-birds 30 km north Murray River 1978/4.4 Babbler, Hall's, Cobar 1979/11.76 Bird fossils unearthed in China 1977/12.97 Bittern, Black, at Mallacoota 1977/7.57 Buzzard, Black-breasted, at Altona 1978/7.34 Cockatoo, Black-tailed yellow 1976/2.14 Coot and Garganey Teal, Darwin 1978/6.29 Crane, Manchurian, Korea 1977/3.21,4 34 Cuckoo, Oriental, Mitchell, Q land 1984/9.92 Dotterel, Oriental at Ayers Rock 1977/12.102 Dotterel, Red-kneed, N.Z. 1978/5.15 Dove, Bar-shouldered, at Hattah 1978/8.43 Egret, Cattle, at Wagga 1978/11.69 Figbird, Yellow, Grafton N.S.W 1978/12.84 Finch, Blue-faced, N.Q'land 1979/8.53 Firetail, Beautiful, Buxton, N.S.W. 1977/10.83 Fulmar, Southern, Southern Coast 1979/5.30 Goshawk, White, at Phillip Island 1980/12.112 Goshawk, Red, near Ballina 1985/10.105 Grasswren, Grey, Tibooburra 1979/11.76 Grasswrens, Eyrean, Simpson Desert 1977/11.87,12.97 Greenshank at Ayers Rock 1977/12.102 Greenshank in Jells Park 1982/11.86 Gull, Black-tailed, Point Lonsdale 1978/5.15,6.30 Gull, Dominican, at Seal Rocks 1977/5.43 Harrier, Spotted at Altona 1977/12.107 Honeyeater, new species, NSW 1979/9.60 Honeyeater, Painted, Birdsville 1979/11.76 Honeyeater, Painted, in Northern Territory 1985/11.116 Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned, at Black Rock 1980/8.73 Honeyeaters, White-fronted, near Nelson 1977/8.66 Ibis, Glossy, at Wendouree 1980/4.33 Ibis, Glossy, Geelong 1978/10.58 Ibis, Japanese Crested, Korea 1977/11.87 Lapwing, Masked, at Red Cliffs (Vic) 1980/11.102 Lapwing, Masked, northern form Mildura 1982/10.79 Mildura, new and rare sightings 1979/9.54 Moorhen, Dusky, in Northern Territory 1977/10.80 Noddy, Grey, Point Hicks 1978/8.42 Parrot, Night, SA 1979/9.62 Parrot, Swift, in You Yangs 1977/12.105 Penguin, Royal, Apollo Bay 1978/7.34 Petrel, Antarctic, Cape Schanck 1978/9.53,10.5 Petrel, Kerguelen, Point Hicks 1978/8.42 Petrel, Magenta,Chatham Island,N.Z. 1978/6.22 Petrel, Soft-plumaged, Q'land 1984/9.92 Phalarope, Grey, sighted North Island, N.Z. 1982/8.60 Pygmy-goose, White-winged, N.E. Victoria 1978/7.34 Rosella, Eastern at King Island 1980/3.22 Shearwater, Streaked, Point Hicks 1978/8.42 Shoveler, Blue-winged, Grampians 1978/6.27,7.36,9.50 Spoonbill, Yellow-billed, NZ 1978/5.15 Stint, Littl,e at Werribee 1977/3.21 Stork, Black-necked, near Alice Springs 1981/1.4 Swallow, Red-rumped, N.Aust. 1979/8.51 Swiftlets, Uniform, in N.Qeensland (subject confirmation) 1984/1.3,4.26 Teal, Chestnut, Aberrant? 1985/8.81 Bird Observer Index 1975-2011 243

Teal, Garganey and Coot, Darwin 1978/6.29 Terns, Unidentified, in Torres Strait 1984/9.92,11.120 Terns, White at Noosa 1978/8.46 Tropicbird, White-tailed, Lakes Entrance 1978/7.34

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