House Crow

Any news on whether the House Crow is still at Innisfail? I believe what is deemed a potential menace to our biosecurity (as a single presumably it’s expected to have an immaculate conception…) is likely to be collected, and I’d like to beat the exterminators….. Thanks Phil Gregory =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, … Read more

Herring Gulls, Yellow-legged Gulls, Big Gulls, Small Gulls…

Hi Tony, Yes, there is a chance for Armenian Gull (armenicus) in Istanbul, also for Caspian Gull (cachinnans) and also remotely for Herring Gull (argentatus) in winter, but Yellow-legged (michahellis) is the common one there. And yes, they all were lumped under Herring until the late 70s or early 80s, when they were split into … Read more

Square-tailed Kites.

Burt May and I went again to Humbug Scrub to check on the Kites with their young. They were all OK but not showing quite so well as they were on Friday last. Both parents flew around for ten minutes while we were there and Burt got some good shots. Tony =============================== To unsubscribe from … Read more

Black-necked Stalkers 2010 twitchathon report

Isn’t it frustrating when you don’t see the mistakes until after you’ve sent the email. Of course the subject should have been ‘Black-necked Stalkers 2010 Twitchathon report’ and in the body of the email “the Black-necked Stalkers, not Stakers, twitchathon team once again participated…….” Just to keep the accuracy police happy! Greg ============================== To unsubscribe … Read more

Not a bird question

Hi, Sorry to introduce irrelevant matters, but does anyone know of a list which deals with questions/observations regarding spiders? Regards Ralph Reid =============================== 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 ===============================