Pan African Ornithological Congress 13 – Call for Symposia. Deadline 3 November

y’all… PAOC 13 – Call for Symposia *The Pan African Oirnithological Congress Committee invites proposals for symposia to the PAOC 13.* Each Symposium is 1hr and 50 min normally, a short introduction, 5 speakers and then a short general discussion. *Deadline: for full consideration please submit proposals by Nov 3 2011.*(Email: downs@ukzn.ac.za) Proposals should include … Read more

Port Stephens Pelagic 23rd October 2011

Port Stephens Pelagic Trip Report – Sunday 23rd October 2011 Boat: M.V. Argonaut, skippered by Ray Horsefield OBSERVERS Dan Williams, Steve Wood, Dick Jenkin, Win Filewood, Alwyn Simple, Alan Stuart, Michael Kearns, Peter Alexander, Lorna Mee, Dean Macaskill, Steve Edwards and Steve Roderick (leader and organiser). CONDITIONS: Despite the forecast predicting swell to 1m and … Read more

Port Stephens Pelagic 22nd October 2011

Port Stephens Pelagic Trip Report – Saturday 22nd October Boat: M.V. Argonaut, skippered by Ray Horsefield OBSERVERS Alwyn Simple, Michael Kearns, Jim Smart, Mike Newman, David Bertram, Geoff Smith, Steve Wood, Karen Thumm, Andrew Thumm, Bruce Hosken, Steve Roderick (leader and organiser) CONDITIONS After 5 straight cancelled trips due to dangerous conditions we were greeted … Read more

Princess & Scarlet-chested Parrots at Neale Junction

Don’t forget the 20+ Princess Parrots reported from Neale Junction in October 2008. The numbers appear to have improved considerably this year. Cheers, Stewart On 25/10/2011, at 1:22 PM, Greg Roberts wrote: > I am passing on information from Lorand Szucs about his recent (October > 12-13) successful trip to Neale Junction in WA’s Great … Read more

Spotted Whistling-Duck and Others

Good Afternoon Everyone I have just finished the last of the photos that I took up in North Queensland from our latest trip http://barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup Many thanks to Sue Gregory at Cassowary house at Kuranda and Trish and Andrew Forsyth at Red Mill House in the Daintree & Lindsay and Keith Fisher at Kingfisher Park at … Read more