Hello all, Have heard that a ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD has been seen several times over the last few days at Settlement on Christmas Island. It has been seen in a tree in someones front yard only 200m from where we’ll be staying when we arrive on Sat the 5th March. Incidently, there has … Read more
http://www.seek.com.au/Job/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-bird-navigation/in/brisbane/19172828 The role An opportunity currently exists for a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Visual Neuroscience Laboratory, headed by Professor Mandyam Srinivasan. The successful applicant will contribute to an understanding of the principles by which birds (in particular, budgerigars) use vision to guide their flight in cluttered, three dimensional environments. The insights … Read more
Hi all one of my current contracts takes me to the Sydney Olympics site, so I have been periodically visiting the Triangle Pond (in the angle of the junction for Bennelong Road, between Bennelong Road and the Waterbird Refuge) to check out the status of the mud in the hope that the conditions that attracted … Read more
Hello All, Spent a couple of hours this morning birding the entrance road to Gold Creek Reservoir, west of Brisbane. It was a productive morning, and I eventually found a couple of White-eared Monarchs, the specialty at this site. I also saw a pair of Spectacled Monarchs and there were several Black-faced Monarchs around as … Read more
John Darnell has forwarded a photo of a bird that looks like this species in breeding plumage forwarded to him by Marcus Singor who received it from someone called John. It was seen in the Hopetoun area of WA at 10.00 on 18 Feb and at 09.00 on 19 February in the SE corner of … Read more