Several months ago there was a B-Aus post asking about Silver Gulls flying around the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge at night. Some suggested that this behaviour was associated with feeding on insects attracted to the lights at the top of the bridge. I have just captured a shot from my balcony of a … Read more
Hi, I have not seen any Egrets at Seaham for at least two years, any idea what happened to drive them away? I used to have great fun showing them to family who visited us at Clarence Town. ============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, … Read more
I’ve just seen a few articles mentioning that a huge new database of birds songs from around the world has gone online. The site is at: http://avocet.zoology.msu.edu/ Below are links to a few articles: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/08/bird_call_database/ http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/bird-call-database-goes-online-101208-0825/ The page below summarizes the recordings they’ve got from various countries: http://avocet.zoology.msu.edu/summary 224 are listed from Australia for 91 … Read more
BARC has received an excellent submission from Merrick Ekins of an Island Monarch seen and photographed on Cassini Island off the Kimberley coast in WA on 15 October 2010. This species has not previously been recorded as occurring anywhere in Australia other than on the external territory of Ashmore Reef. First seen at Ashmore in … Read more
Holy Fricken;’ Moley!! Well done! Cheerio for now Lisa From: Richard Baxter [mailto:cookilaria@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, 9 December 2010 1:06 PM To: birding-aus; Simon Mustoe; Simon Mustoe; Moorhead Family; Mike Carter Cc: Lisa Preston Subject: PURPLE-BACKED STARLING ON COCOS Hello all, Update Thursday 9 Dec 2010 from Cocos. 1. 1 x COMMON REDSHANK photographed on North … Read more