Go Birding

An exquisite flash of colour, a beautiful song, a fleeting encounter with a tiny jewel, a momentary escape into nature; just a few of the many things that everyone can enjoy simply by learning to see, and hear, the birds that are all around us.

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  • LONG WEEKEND CAMPOUT – Gluepot Reserve (MM) 230 km

    CAMPOUT: Birds SA EXCURSION TERRAIN DIFFICULTY: Easy-Moderate To get to Gluepot Reserve from Waikerie, cross the 24-hour car ferry,and follow the Taylorville Road for 10 km to the intersection of the Goyder Highway. Turn left onto the Goyder Highway for 3 km until the right hand turn onto Lunn Road. Lunn Road and beyond into the Reserve is about 50 km and is unsealed. Lunn Road is the only route by which you can access Gluepot Reserve. All other ways lead to locked gates. Electronic satellite navigation systems and other...

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  • Webinar – Your Birding Learning Journey

    OVERVIEW: Your hosts will use an interactive webinar to gather Birds SA members’ input on their birding learning journeys. What do you need to know to be a successful birder? Where do you get help? ATTENDANCE: Members only welcomed WEBINAR HOSTS: John Hatch and Tim Boote MORE INFORMATION: Click this link for full details and the things you need to do to prepare for the Zoom webinar WEBINAR VIA ZOOM: Click this link to join the webinar in Zoom (Note: Please join at 6:45 pm for a start a 7:00...

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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Sightings of small groups of these magnificent birds became increasingly common in suburban and rural areas after they learnt to exploit the cones of exotic pines as a food source. Their distinctive flight silhouette with a large rounded head, deep leisurely wing beats, and echoing “whee-la” calls make them easy to recognise. Although regarded as “Vulnerable”, large flocks of up to 200 birds or more may nevertheless be regularly seen in winter in the Mount Lofty Ranges.   Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos feed on seeds and insect larvae. They have learnt…

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Found an injured or sick bird?

Please contact:
Fauna Rescue SA
(08) 8289 0896 - 24hr Hotline
or your local Vet.

 

If you find an uninjured bird on the ground?

Leave the bird alone as the adults will be around to feed it.

Announcements

  • NEW DOCUMENTARY

    Birds SA has launched a documentary on coastal birds and off-road vehicles.

    Read press release (31/08/2021)

  • MANAGING CATS TO STOP WILDLIFE KILLS

    Birds SA releases its Cats Management Policy

  • BIRDS SA MERCHANDISE

    Support our Association when you are out birding or on Birds SA field trips, the products are of high quality at reasonable prices!

    Please note: Orders are managed by the supplier; Birds SA does not carry or handle the stock.

     


  • Important Notice: There is no birding access to Dry Creek or Price Salt fields until further notice.