If you are looking for lifetime activity that will stimulate your mind and body:
- Birding is a hobby for all ages, and you can start at any age
- All you need to get started is any pair of binoculars
- All activities are enhanced by being aware of birds; whether it be sitting at home, taking a walk or on an African Safari
- It can be done alone or as a social activity
- You can become involved in citizen science and conservation programs
Check our
activities itinerary and come along. We also organise local Birding excursions, regional Birding camps around NSW, and interstate and Australian territory trips!
Club Meetings
Visitors welcome
Coniston Community Centre
26 Bridge St Coniston
(adjacent to and east of the railway station)
NEXT MEETING
Tuesday 6th June 2023, 7:30pm
Professor Roger Truscott, University of Wollongong
Birding in the Mist: Vietnam in December
Roger will present an undoubtedly entertaining talk about his recent trip to Vietnam with fellow club member Bob Ashford
FOLLOWING MEETING
Tuesday 4th July 2023, 7:30pm
Professor Darryl Jones: Ducking for cover: The hazards of being an urban ecologist.
"If you want to really understand nature, you have to avoid people. Cities are no place for an ecologist!" Such was early career advice, which, as usual, I ignored. Thus began my adventures with some of the feared, despised, and maligned birds we share our cities with. Hear how to not catch crows, not impress a famous visitor, and not predict the success of the brush-turkey. Making mistakes is a great way to learn.
Emeritus Professor Darryl Jones is the author of three popular books about birds in urban environments, the latest of which, Curlews on Vulture Street: Cities, Birds, People & Me, was reviewed in The February 2023 Illawarra Birding. He is a behavioural ecologist and Member of the Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University. His PhD studied the behavioural ecology of Australian brush-turkeys, which led to a fascinating career studying the strange and largely uncharted world of urban ecology.