birds Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/tag/birds/ Lord Howe Island's independent online newspaper Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:00:20 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-LHI-Signal-Favicon-3-800-32x32.png birds Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/tag/birds/ 32 32 Unusual Bird Sightings, December and January https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/unusual-bird-sightings-december-and-january/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/unusual-bird-sightings-december-and-january/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:02:18 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170558 Some 240 birds have been recorded on Lord Howe Island. Records have been made by early sailors, visiting scientists and interested locals and tourists.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/unusual-bird-sightings-december-and-january/feed/ 0 Woodhen Banding Results – April 2024 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/woodhen-banding-results-april-2024/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/woodhen-banding-results-april-2024/#respond Tue, 07 May 2024 03:53:35 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=3480 A total of 598 Woodhens were captured and banded by the LHIB Woodhen survey team.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/woodhen-banding-results-april-2024/feed/ 0 It’s the season to shift a Shearwater and move a Mutto https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/its-the-season-to-shift-a-shearwater-and-move-a-mutto/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/its-the-season-to-shift-a-shearwater-and-move-a-mutto/#respond Tue, 07 May 2024 03:34:29 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=3467 Shearwater young have begun to emerge from their burrows on LHI.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/its-the-season-to-shift-a-shearwater-and-move-a-mutto/feed/ 0 Unusual Bird Sightings in April https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/unusual-bird-sightings-in-april/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/unusual-bird-sightings-in-april/#respond Tue, 07 May 2024 02:09:20 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=3433 A total of about 240 different birds have been recorded at Lord Howe Island, some only once, most likely blown from the mainland in stormy weather.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/unusual-bird-sightings-in-april/feed/ 0 Mt Eliza track reopens and North Bay refurbishment underway https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/mt-eliza-track-reopens-and-north-bay-refurbishment-underway/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/mt-eliza-track-reopens-and-north-bay-refurbishment-underway/#respond Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:50:28 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=1962 The Mt Eliza track is closed from 1 September to early March each year as the trail and summit provide important breeding grounds for the sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscata) and their young.

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