Hi Ken, I just sent your message to Lindsay Smith at Sossa and he will be able to sort out where the bird was banded. Sounds like a French team working in the southern ocean. Cheers – Paul W. ******************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use … Read more
Hi Everyone, Last night we did a count of migratory terns arriving to roost in Noosa, Qld. The vast majority of these birds are Common Terns, but also included are Little Terns and White-winged Black Terns. This confirmed that the migration peak has passed in our area. Unfortunately we only conduct one count each month, … Read more
Hello all, On Sunday evening i received a call from a fishing boat charter skipper from Albany WA. He phoned me to report that he had not long hooked an albatross [sadly he could not tell me the species] that had a band CF – 43006DIS – Museum Paris. The band was silver in colour … Read more
Would any know if Green Catbirds mimic other bird species? I heard a number of calls recently coming from one spot in the rain forest. The calls were similar to mimicry of the Albert’s Lyrebird (also in the area) but without the richness of the Lyrebird. After a bit a searching we saw a Green … Read more
The Canberra Ornithologists Group is pleased to be organising the BA Campout to be held from Wednesday 6^th to Saturday 9^th April 2011. The Campout will be based at the Bush Heritage Australia property ‘_Scottsdale http://www.bushheritage.org.au/our_reserves/state_new_south_wales/scottsdale_’ located off the Monaro Highway 83 km from Canberra and four km north of the township of Bredbo, NSW. … Read more