There is nothing wrong with Stilt Sandpipers! First major rarity I’ve been involved in finding and IDing 🙂 Although a Short-toed Eagle would be extremely exciting. I may try and have a look for the Short-toed Eagle tomorrow morning… meant to be going to Lorne but this is way more exciting! Does anybody know if … Read more
Lawrie, My 8,500Km figure is based on the “normal” home range as given in Ferguson-Lees and Christie’s “Raptors of the World”, but then again birds are renowned for their inability to read maps. There have been a few interesting Raptor sightings around the world lately. The latest I have heard of is the sighting of … Read more
Here in N. Norway we have very little daylight on Christmas Day, just an hour or two of uncertain twilight. The main Christmas festivities are on Christmas Eve in this country, so Christmas day is an easy day, with a magnificently diverse Christmas brunch and for the grandchildren playing in the snow in the garden—it … Read more
Hi there My library tells me that Short-toed Eagles (/Circaetus gallicus/) migrate as far south as Timor, so Australia is not much of a stretch (certainly not 8,500km out of range!) – though getting as far south as Geelong is a bit unexpected. I recall being in a convoy of birders that included Margaret Cameron … Read more
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