Hello all, For whoever is interested, I heard what I thought were Masked Owls screeching on the hill slopes adjacent Bobbin Head picnic ground tonight at approximately 9:30pm. The calls were infrequent, but the culprit replied when I copied them. The screeches may have been Barn Owls (the environment was not unfavourable) but definitely not … Read more
Don Kimball asked whether there are Orange-bellied Parrots in European avicultural collections. The answer seems to be ‘not any more’. During the 1950s and 1960s OBPs were smuggled out of Australia, mostly illegally trapped in The Coorong, South Australia, and were successfully held in a few private collections in places such as Germany and Belgium. … Read more
Hi all, In relation again to the recent discussion on australian territories etc, I have just been asked by someone about Macquarie Island. I’m aware that the island itself is counted in birding lists but the question is how far out to sea around the island is also classified Australian waters and therefore “tickable”? Cheers … Read more
I know that Europeans breed neophema parrots for even color variety alone and most species abound in their aviaries. Does anyone know if Orange-bellies are found in European aviaries as well. I would think this rather obvious question has been posed before but naturally the importance of it is impacting. If breeding stock is available … Read more
Dear Birders Thank you to Mike Carter for very comprehensive report; this comes at perfect timing as I have just (finally) booked a week visit for end of May, (from UK via Malaysia). Not wanting to open up the debate about listing on CI again but for those twitchers and listers (me included) maybe someone might … Read more