The bird was last seen at 17:15 on Thursday. It has not been located on Friday or Saturday. The pintail is a nocturnal feeder, so there is a chance that it has spent the day out of sight. People will continue to look for it. I am planning to look on Wednesday afternoon. _________________________________________________________________ Frank … Read more
Two pelagic trips have been organised from Albany for next weekend. There is one place available on the Saturday, and two places on the Sunday. The expected cost is $150 per trip. To book, contact Alan Collins via email alaninoz@iinet.net.au I will be looking for Western Whipbird on the Thursday / Friday before the trip, … Read more
RE http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/birding-aus/2008-05/msg00235.html (sorry I don’t know how to respond to this thread via Birding-aus.) Re the butcher bird song. My husband , Ivan Kinny, was the person who gave notations on the butcher bird song to Messiaen. What more would you like to know and where did you find the mention of the event? Kay … Read more
thanks to Simon Mustoe for his elaboration on the piece on Bird-O supporting the Orange-bellied Parrot recovery program. My objection related to only one sentence that gave a misleading impression about the strategy for bolstering the captive colony. I asked only that that single inaccurate sentence be removed, and I am grateful to Simon for … Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/23/scotland-bird-of-prey-poisoning-rspb Are there statistics on these incidents in Australia? =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================