Birders interested in the La Nina pattern bringing vagrants and floods to much of Australia might like to have a look at a graphic released by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110112_globalstats.html . It clearly shows a cool anomaly in the eastern Pacific and a warm anomaly in the western Pacific. … Read more
Hi folks, I suspect that the combination of La Nina, strong northerly winds along with associated storm activity has resulted in an exceptionally high number of Asian vagrants turning up this austral summer on Cocos. There are only so many species that are likely to migrate even under the current unusual conditions. My guess is … Read more
A request for list members, particularly those who are in Victoria. As part of my monitoring of the three threatened egret species (Eastern Great, Intermediate and Little) in Victoria I’ve been trying to keep tabs on any breeding that is occurring. So far this has been in Barmah on the Murray River (and possibly Gunbower … Read more
I also found it rather puzzling that an attempt was made to change the direction of the debate, the original direction of which was clearly the adding of those accidental Asian birds from the distant island territories to the Australian list. It seems that two things are responsible for the change in direction in regard … Read more
I take some exception to Julian’s posting, and particularly to the way the topic has since strayed into the Qld floods but the subject has not been changed. 1. It is TWITCHING. Pure and simple. But there is nothing wrong with that. 2. There is no DIRECT connection between twitching and conservation. I doubt think … Read more