Malaysian Airlines have now gone mad on their fares to their South and North Asian ports. Return fare run between $750 & $780 return. I wish I could afford to take advantage, but I have blown all my money on their cheap SE Asian fares. Isn’t it always the way. Cheers, Carl Clifford =============================== To … Read more
Hi all, 11 Red-necked Avocets at Bushells Lagoon today continues the extraordinary sightings we are having in the Hawkesbury. Starting in spring Songlarks Singing Bushlarks and Trillers failed to materialize then completely out of season we had Whiskered, Gull-billed and White-winged Black Terns and now Red-necked Avocets. All these species are normally spring /summer visitors, … Read more
This must be the clearest example of the necessity of trying a biological solution. Nesting boxes for barn owls have eliminated the rodent problem in Israeli and Palestinian fields. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Thank you for that Nikolas. That is very helpful. I appreciate and value your input. Bob Inglis Sandstone Point Qld From: Nikolas Haass Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 8:18 PM To: Robert Inglis ; Birding-Aus Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Question: ‘Wing Projection’ or ‘Wing Point’? Hi Bob, Actually, Michael, Richard and Kevin (the three authors of … Read more
Could be a number of reasons but I would probably suggest that the bird is no longer able to breed and might be using your local ponds as a retirement village in its twilight years. I would have thought that the urge to breed would have sent it looking for suitable partners a long time … Read more