Tagged Pied Oystercatcher

Hi Recently at Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, a PO was seen and photographed. It had a metal ring on its left leg and a green plastic tag on its right upper leg. Is this information of any use to a researcher somewhere? Cheers Andrew =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in … Read more

Red-billed Tropicbird From Galapagos

Good Evening everyone Just as a matter of interest I have posted a photo of a Red-billed Tropicbird that alas, is not from Lord Howe but from the Galapagos that I took in June this year. I would have loved to have gone to Lord Howe this weekend but as I am off to NZ … Read more

Musk Lorikeets.

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone has had any recent sightings of Musk Lorikeets in the Western Sydney (Blue Mountains / Hawkesbury) region? Cheers, Cath Morton-Evans. =============================== 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 ===============================

Red-billed Tropicbird on Lord Howe makes me think again

Greetings, On 31st January 2001, I did a short boat trip from Fortescue Bay to Hippolyte Rock (Tasmania) with a boat-owning friend who regularly goes on fishing trips past the edge of the continental shelf there. I’d only recently arrived back in Australia after living o.s. for several years, and my head was full of … Read more

Birds Australia – English Names Committee

Dear all, Below is a message from this committee: Following the discussion of the possible split of Melithreptus lunatus, subscribers to Birding-Aus may be interested in the following. Birds Australia currently has an English Names Committee which is a sub-committee of the Research and Conservation Committee which is itself a sub-committee of the BA Council. … Read more