As a regular dry season visitor to Darwin I have noticed that in the last month several serious birders, contributing bird lists to the Eremaea site, have passed through, and missed out on unusual, or seasonal specialties in this area. They were clearly people with regular internet access. They could have avoided “missing out” by … Read more
Channel-billed Cuckoos returned noisily to Abberton on Thursday morning, 8th September, 2011 – seen in two local locations that day. Eileen and I hope to be returning to the same spot some time in October. Bill Jolly “Abberton” Helidon, Qld 27º 34′ 21″ S 152º 08′ 21″E =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send … Read more
I don’t know anything about the mechanisms behind “sleep”, but I have seen some striking alternative strategies to the “sleep” strategy used by humans. It is intuitive that whales and dolphins do not “sleep” the same way we do, because they have to keep swimming their entire lives. Some rest at the water surface occasionally, but … Read more
I received via email from W A, a lovely photo of a pigeon with a crest. The email did not name it. Checked my bird books and decided it is a Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera) I was intrigued to note how similar in appearance it is to the crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), and mystified to … Read more
On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 07:22:52AM -0500, Chris Corben wrote: > A couple of points arise from this. Firstly, I have never seen any > evidence of Frogmouths sleeping. As far as I can tell, they are > always awake and alert. I have watched them under a great variety of > circumstances both … Read more