birding-aus Digest, Vol 53, Issue 17

A video about migratory birds that should give us all pause. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/animals-news/us-oil-spill-bird-migration-vin.html ============================== 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 ==============================

Results of my recent trip to Australia

Dear Friends, Just back from a trip of about 26 days to Central Australia. The main reason for the trip was to allow my wife to see Central Australia, as she had never visited the region before. It was lovely to see the Centre benefitting from so much rain: Alice Springs registered 100mm of rain … Read more

Swift Parrots DSE email address

Can someone please give me the email address for DSE Atlas to report Swift Parrot sightings ============================== 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 ==============================

Central Oz Species

Thank you, Mike, for your information of where to find some key species in and around Alice and the Centre. Much appreciated. Joan Wharton =============================== 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 ===============================

Hardest to find

With more thought I amend it to : 1. Western Ground Parrot (heard it several times on surveys) 2. Buff-breasted Button-quail (missed this) 3. Plains Wanderer (without Phil Maher) 4. Grey Falcon (only seen twice at Broome and SW Queensland) 5. White-throated Nightjar (only seen once near Julatten) 6. Superb Fruit-Dove (my ‘bogey’ bird which … Read more