I received an email from a local WIRES woman with a photograph of an unusual mud nest attached. It looks like a very large collection of mud dauber wasp nests but has an untidy collection of sticks on top. Her email goes “Just spoke to Jenni who has measured this structure and it is 160mm … Read more
A bit of joy for the Peruvian birding industry – http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/101130.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 ===============================
The recent dialectic over access to indigenous land for twitching purposes is an interesting episode in the development of Australian birding culture. To my [limited] knowledge, the application of a substantial access fee for nature-based tourism has few precedents in Australia. The only one I can think of is an offshore island in Vic/NSW? [mentioned … Read more
Illawarra Birders Inc have just released a brochure aimed at non-birdwatchers to help them identify the local birdlife they are likely to see around them. It features photographs of 70 birds and the intention is to encourage people to develop an interest in birdwatching – each photograph includes an all-important tick box! Our local Councils … Read more
Hi all Here on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, brush-turkeys are presently Public Enemy Number One in the local press. Gardeners in Peregian and restauranteurs in Hastings Street Noosa are up in arms claiming that the birds are too numerous and aggressive. The Noosa News reports that there is a pack of these feathered dinosaurs that … Read more