Next Meeting
Birds Queensland's next meeting
will be 3 August 2017.
The first talk will be by Teghan Collingwood
on the "Golden-shouldered parrot".
The second talk will be by Jon Coleman on "Long term bird banding projects in Queensland: What are we learning?"
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Latest News
It has recently been discovered that Sunbird Volume 33 No 3 (pp 77-118)
is missing from the CD. For those members who have purchased
one of the CDs, the missing journal is now available for download on
the members' section of the BQ website.
Birds Queensland (BQ) is offering a limited number of
research grants of up to $5,000 (including GST) for research
projects due to commence in 2018.
More information here...
Places to see birds in the Ipswich area now available for
download.
A skills survey is available so that the Management Committee
can update the information on what
skills, interests and qualifications our members bring to Birds Queensland.
Details are available on the Members' page.
Please log on at the right hand side of this page to access the survey.
A Guide for Access to Lake Samsonvale is now available
in the members' area under "Birding". Please log on at the right hand side of this page.
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Birds Queensland now has a presence on Facebook.
Visiting Bowra? Click here for
some useful information
Birds Queensland
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| Emerald Dove, Lord Howe Island. Photo: S Gillman |
Our aim
The aim of Birds Queensland is to promote the scientific study
and conservation of birds by all means possible, with particular
reference to the birds of Queensland.
Who are we?
Our members come from many backgrounds and have widely differing
levels of knowledge about birds. They share an interest in and
enjoyment of birds and birding in a wide variety of activities that
are described in detail in the About Birds
Queensland section of this website.
If you are new to our website, and you would like to get a quick
appreciation of all the many activities that Birds Queensland offers
our members, please visit our Site Map and
follow the links to explore our organisation, what we do, and the
many services that we offer.
Some of our members in action on our Inskip Campout
Birds Queensland is the registered trading name of the Queensland
Ornithological Society Inc. and our ABN is
43 891 564 740. We are a not-for-profit organisation.
Membership
applications are welcome from anyone who is interested in the
study and conservation of the birds of Queensland.
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BQ Members
Log on to access members only information, including the
Newsletter and Library Catalog
QWSG
Queensland
Wader Study Group (QWSG) is a special interest group within
Birds Queensland, formed to further research on both migratory and
resident waders (shorebirds) in Queensland, and to work for their
conservation.
Member's Miscellany
Bowra Banding project the inaugural Bowra
Banding trip. Read more ...
A Hot birding spot - Beryl Roberts Park at
Coopers Plains. Read more...
The Bribie Emu. Many birders will have heard
that there is, or was, an Emu on Bribie Island. At last there are
images to prove it! Read more ...
