It should have been published as a database that could be updated – but its on paper and not updated: Barker, R.D. and Vestjens, W.J.M. The food of Australian birds (2 vols) CSIRO 1990. I guess the info has gone into HANZAB (which should be an updatable on-line resource). From memory you can look up … Read more
Have now completed over 7,000km from Darwin through Queensland / NSW / Victoria / SA and will be back in the NT in a couple of days. Today did a small 320km side trip to find the Short-tailed Grasswren at the Stokes Hill Lookout in the Flinders. Located one on the up slope on the … Read more
Duck hunting is winding down but birds are still shot and abandoned. Here are photos of two of the dead birds found by rescuers last weekend at Lake Buloke, central Victoria. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150251789638125.371302.638123124&l=823a827ef7 Birds left on the wetlands were: Teal, 3 Teal, juvenile, 1 Pink-eared Duck, 1 Eurasian Coot, 1 Galah, 1 Australasian Pipit, 1 Swan … Read more
Some nice birds around the Sunshine Coast today including a pair of Beach Stone-Curlews near the mouth of the Maroochy River, 1 King Quail seen and several heard in nearby grasslands, and nine species of raptor including Swamp Harrier. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the … Read more
Hi. Can anyone tell us the correct phone number for Tom & Sue Shepherd on Artemus Station? Is there a best time for making calls? We need to phone to request permission to visit & hopefully see Golden-shouldered Parrot. Is there any other info. that is pertinent with this request. Thanks. Brian & Meg =============================== … Read more