Actually, Great Tits predate milk bottles by a very long time, millenia I presume. Whether Great Tits predate a species of pitcher plant or the pitcher plant predate Great Tits might depend on the comparative evolutionary history of both species, or the hatching date of one individual versus the germination date of the other, depending on … Read more
Hi birding-aussers, Some sad news – well respected Malaysian birder and photographer Choo Tse Chien passed away yesterday. I’m sorry, but I have no further details of his passing. The funeral will be held at 2pm on Sunday, Aug 28th at the Wesley Methodist Church, Burma Rd, Penang, Malaysia. Whilst I never met Chien personally, … Read more
Sorry for the late notice, but there are a few spots now available for both the SOSSA trips this weekend. We are going out both Saturday and Sunday from Wollongong. If anyone is interested in coming along, please contact SOSSA at sossa@tpg.com.au or on 02 4272 4626 SOSSA is a not-for-profit organisation. You can get … Read more
Xeno-canto is moderated, if not by the admins. Xeno-canto doesn’t believe in authorities, only in opinions :-). The policy is as follows: Someone adds a recording, and chooses the ID during upload. If someone thinks the ID is off, (s)he can put up a message on the forum and the recordist is notified with an … Read more
It is well-known that in the UK high-grade milk bottles predate Blue Tits. Now it’s pitcher plants. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14416809 Anthea Fleming =============================== 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 ===============================