G’day Time to restart the cuckoo sightings list for 2010-2011. I saw a CBC flying through monsoon forest near the Gregory Downs Roadhouse [Gulf of Carpentaria] on the 4th of August. I then saw a pair of CBC calling as they flew over the Merl campground in Kakadu on the 11th of August. Where else … Read more
Hi birders, Has anyone been to Norfolk Island? I’m planning a short trip there in October. Any information on the best spots, good guides, etc would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tracey =============================== 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 … Read more
Hi Greg Hopefully, you can make sense of the below,,,, Referring to your question about ISO here: http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/birding-aus/2010-07/msg00379.html I am definitely no authority on photography but can recommend always choosing the fastest shutter speed possible for flying birds to freeze motion (which is probably what most people would want me thinks). Getting the fastest speeds … Read more
Hi, Does anybody have malleefowl expert Joe Benshemesh’s contact details? Thank you, Daniel. ___________________________________ Daniel Gilmore Senior Zoologist Mobile: 0428 108 379 Email: DGilmore@biosisresearch.com.au Biosis Research Pty. Ltd. Natural and Cultural Heritage Consultants 38 Bertie Street (PO Box: 489) Port Melbourne VIC 3207 ph: (03) 9646 9499 fax: (03) 9646 9242 www.biosisresearch.com.au ___________________________________ * The … Read more
Fascinating … http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/ebird-gets-a-supercomputing-kick-from-teragrid “eBird gets a supercomputing kick from TeraGrid August 16, 2010 Thanks to your continued participation the data analysis potential of eBird is growing rapidly. Through collaboration with partners in the DataONE network at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, eBird was recently awarded 100,000 hours of supercomputing time on the National Science Foundation’s … Read more