I have a report of a Wonga Pigeon from Cowra NSW in the last couple of days is this the farthest West in NSW this species as been recorded? the beautiful Hawkesbury 60km N/W of Sydney =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no … Read more
That is simple. Goshawks are types of hawks. The set of things that are goshawks are a subset of the set of things that are hawks. The set of things that are hawks (family Accipitridae) also includes eagles, harriers, kites, buzzards, sea-eagles, old world vultures, etc. A subset of family Accipitridae is the genus Accipiter … Read more
I had booked a cruise from Ushuaia to Antarctica for Feb/March but the vessel I was booked on hit an uncharted rock in late January and further cruises for the southern summer were cancelled or rather postponed until the following summer. I decided to use the booked airfares and extend my time in Ushuaia from … Read more
Hi friends, While working through the Cuckoos on my website (http://worldbirdinfo.net http://worldbirdinfo.net/ ), I came to the Bronze-Cuckoos, and realized that there was massive contradictions in recent authorities on how to treat this group. First, as regards the genera involved, I found that most recent authorities assigned the Bronze-Cuckoos all to Chrysococcyx. This includes Payne,2005,The … Read more
Attention Brisbane birders, at lunchtime today (31 March) an ‘hepatic’ Oriental Cuckoo was seen at the small bridge on the walking-trail on the North Wynnum Boardwalk (Coords -27.425298, 153.166998) The bird was typically ‘nervous’, initially trying to conceal itself in dense-foliage and then flying into a nearby treeline where I failed to relocate it. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Wynnum,+Queensland,+Australia&aq=2&sll=-27.239153,152.81001&sspn=0.010493,0.022724&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Wynnum+Queensland,+Australia&ll=-27.425509,153.167412&spn=0.002619,0.005681&t=h&z=18 … Read more