Day: August 11, 2011

Did anyone mention this? A manuscript here: http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/4397/ of a recent study published http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790311001503 on detailed genetic study of cockatoos. Interesting is the cladogram, with Palm Cockatoo as early offshoot within the Cacatuinae (!), and gang gang and galah as sister taxa – the authors suggest that placing the last two in a single genus … Read more

Dear list-users Here’s what i should have sent: Yesterday (10 August) a White-winged Chough was by the Council offices in Royal Avenue at 10am and 1.30pm with the identity checked in a field guide (including the red eye….). The observers thought it might have been injured (but they do often droop their wings anyhow). This … Read more

see http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/aug/10/1 A nice example of how people can make a difference … =============================== 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 ===============================

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Hi all, The Arctic Tern was seen at Hillarys again this afternoon by Robyn Pickering (see forwarded message below), and later by Bruce Greatwich and Damian Cancilla in the same area Cheers, John To: birdswa@yahoogroups.com CC: alaninoz@iinet.net.au From: pickyang@smartchat.net.au Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:43:10 +0800 Subject: [birdswa] Arctic tern still at Hillarys Hi everyone, … Read more