The use of radars for aeroecology takes off

I wonder if it might be possible to monitor OBPs crossing Bass Strait some day 😉 see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12507030 =============================== 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 ===============================

David Boyle’s photo of Orange-bellied parrots wins first prize in the critically endange red migrant birds category in the World

see http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2011/feb/14/worlds-rarest-birds-photo-competition#/ ?picture=371664460&index=7 his photo of a Christmas Island frigatebird in flight won Third prize in the critically endangered or extinct in the wild category. more details at http://www.theworldsrarestbirds.com/en/about-photo-competition.html =============================== 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 ===============================

Off Topic – Mystery Frog call

This is probably a Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus) but is in eucalypt habitat (not rainforest) on a neighbour’s property near our home, it’s been baffling us for ages http://www.aviceda.org/calls/mixophyes_wee_mala.mp3 Welcome any comment, Tom