Next Meeting
Birds Queenslands next meeting
will be 5 March 2015. Phillip Robson will talk about the H.L. White Collection, Museum Victoria. This will be followed by a talk by Rowan Mott on the movement and foraging ecology of frigatebirds Fregata spp. in the Browse Basin, north-western Australia.
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Latest News
Birds Queensland now has a presence on Facebook.
Information on our political party's policies
on threatened species is now available. (February 2015)
An updated Sunbird index incorporating Volume 44 is
now available. (January 2015)
Birds Queenslands Protect Seabirds Project 2014.
In 2014 BQ members have spent 270 person hours removing nearly
12,400 items of marine debris and an estimated 460 metres of fishing
line from the beaches of Coochiemudlo Island and Brighton.
Read more ... (October 2014)
The Bird Places of Brisbane Brochure
has been updated and reprinted. Copies are available
from the Secretary, at the General Meetings, or
online.
Likewise, our popular brochure, A selection of Queensland
Birds, has now been updated, reprinted, and is available
from the Secretary; as well as being
online.
Visiting Bowra? Click here for
some useful information
Birds Queensland
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| Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove. Photo: I&J Brown |
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.
Introducing Birds Queensland - our stand at the Ekka
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 ...
