G’day, Could any wildlife carers please provide suggestions to Robyn Regards, Laurie. Begin forwarded message: > From: “Robyn McIntosh” > Date: 15 January 2011 9:51:10 PM > To: “‘Laurie Knight’” > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Re: Cocos & Christmas Island Rarities > > Hi, > I am new to this site and it seems I cannot … Read more
A useful topic, that probably needs to be discussed annually for new subscribers to birding-aus. I would love birding-aus to be for the mega rarities, and as Dave Torr suggests use the Birdlines for the local rarities. This is the case with the WA sightings. If someone emailed me a very unusual sighting for WA, … Read more
Dear All, I do’t know if someone has already posted this, but it is worth another look Some remarkable footage from the Beeb from cameras on board a Peregrine Falcon and a Northern Goshawk. For those who might be prone to motion sickness, take your pills before watching. The clip can be seen at http://wimp.com/hawkssee … Read more
Laurie, Be a bit easier than carrying Handbook of the Birds of the World. On that subject, I heard a rumour from a friend in Germany, that HBW will be coming out in a digital version some time after the last hard copy volume is released. It will be rather like Larsson et al’s “Birds … Read more
Hi again, I forgot to mention, as you can only get into the Western Lagoon area at the moment, WTP is not a day outing at the moment. An hour or so should let you see all there is to see. If you are planning to come from interstate in the next day or so … Read more