Hi All I agree with Ian on this subject. I believe leg flagging of small waders is detrimental to their well being and should stop immediately. I will go even further and say that all banding/leg flagging of waders should stop as it causes huge amounts of stress on these birds for no good reason. … Read more
Is there anyone out there who is prepared to offer a justification for these practices? Anyone who can quantify how it benefits the birds?? Back in 2002, I was living in the USA and volunteered on a spring migration banding team on the Lake Erie southern shore – one of the major migration hotspots. … Read more
Hi again, A few of us have been working on putting together a blog on birding in WA, which we hope to build into a useful source of information on birds and birding in Western Australia (some content will also be relevant and hopefully of interest to birders in other parts of the country!). For … Read more
Hi all, Mark Newman reports that a female Northern Pintail was present today at Erskine Lakes (presumably the same bird as was seen last year). It was on the second, smaller lake in the park. See below… Note that there was a good deal of confusion after the last sightings of the pintail because of … Read more
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