Weird gull

Dear birding-aussers Are there any gull experts out there who could comment on whether this gull is anything other than a weird-looking juvenile Silver Gull (some photos of adjacent Silvers included in the album for comparison). Been at Woodman’s Point, WA since Friday and noticed as unusual by a few people. see: http://s243.photobucket.com/albums/ff237/macake/Weird%20gull%20Woodmans%20Point%20july%202010/ Thanks Martin … Read more

Taxonomy of Melithreptus Honeyeaters

I asked Ron Johnstone of the WA Museum about the proposed split of the White-naped Honeyeater in the south west. His reply is below. >Frank, > This is of interest to us as we separated the western form out >years ago treating it as a full species in our 2001 checklist and in the >WA … Read more

Carnarvon WA from 18 July

Hi I will be in Carnarvon WA from 18 July for a week and then Kalbarri for a week from 25 July and I would very much appreciate any birding information. I do have a copy of Frank O’Connor’s notes . If there are any local birders I would love to hear from you Robin … Read more