Hi all, Decided to play with an idea I’d been thinking of for a few years now and finally did it this afternoon: I made a taxonomically-ordered list of all the photo pages on my website. Even went as far as learning a spot of JavaScript to make collapsible trees to not clutter the whole … Read more
Saw an adult osprey at very close range on the cliffs tops in Botany Bay National Park near Cape Banks on Saturday 24th Sept around 11:30 am. Watched it for several minutes before it was chased off by the local kestrel. Fiona Brook =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in … Read more
That’s OK Ross. I shouldn’t have attacked the OHS people I’m OK attacking lawyers and the law as I think that that are wrong and some of the lawyers are ambulance chasers and advertise the fact.. The point that I was making, ineffectively, was that there should be a balance between freedom and safety and … Read more
On Saturday Richard Nowotney agreed with me that the Spotted Whistle-Ducks had perhaps been our ” easiest and tamest” new species. I reiterate his concerns (from his posting) that the welcoming nature of the ducks could well be tested and therefore spoilt for others by too much close attention. David Crawford reckons that there is … Read more
Canberra birdwatchers were lucky enough to be able to see two PS at Kelly’s Swamp (aka jerrrabomberra wetlands) yesterday. The birds were either a female and a male or female and immature female. I noticed an interesting behavior: while the birds were in the semi-open the female opened and closed its bill perhaps 20-30 times … Read more