We are living on Croker Island at the moment. The famous floodplain between the airstrip and community is largely dry and has plenty of Little Curlews and Australian Pratincoles. Near some remnant wet areas, were two Buff-banded Rail, 9 Marsh Sandpipers neither of which along with Little Curlew, have been recorded on Croker Is before. … Read more
This link to a discussion in 2007 is of interest given the current boom in Barn Owl sightings and road kills in many parts of Australia. http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=07-P13-00032&segmentID=6 PETER THOMSON =============================== 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 ===============================
Thanks Shirley for seeking informed comment from Stephen Debus – very helpful (as one would expect). It does however raise the question (alluded to by Stephen in his response) of whether there really are “pale-plumaged” individuals, implying that there are also darker-plumaged individuals of similar age (rather than them being just fully mature individuals which … Read more
Dear All, Does anyone know if Dove Publications, in The Gap, Qld. has an email address? Cheers, Carl Clifford =============================== 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 ===============================
Hi to all, Just a reminder that we don’t all know where some of the places you mention are. You just have to give a state, a city or something like SEQld will do. Otherwise it’s meaningless and we just pass it over. Cheers, Jill