Day: December 8, 2011

OBPs at Melaleuca

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Hi all, I thought it might interest a lot of you, especially those planning on going after the Orange-bellied Parrots at Melaleuca this summer, that the feeding tray infront of the hide has been removed. The stumps remain, but the wooden platform has been broken up, and now resides under the floor of the hide, … Read more

The Birds and the Bees are not the only species whose seasonal patterns are affected by climate change

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Human timing is also shifting 🙂 The following item may be of interesting to people interested in ecotourism: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111206115250.htm Is Climate Change Altering Humans’ Vacation Plans? =============================== 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 ===============================

More Goshawk vs Sparrowhawk

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Hi All, continuing on with the Goshawk vs Sparrowhawk discussion, I think I have a male brown goshawk (would be race dimidus) in this shot: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~chrisx2/images/BrownGoshawk_PreyL.jpg http://homepages.ihug.com.au/%7Echrisx2/images/BrownGoshawk_PreyL.jpg Here’s another shot showing the head more in profile and cropped in a little: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~chrisx2/images/BrownGoshawk_Prey3.jpg http://homepages.ihug.com.au/%7Echrisx2/images/BrownGoshawk_Prey3.jpg Photo was taken at Mornington Sanctuary in the Kimberley, the bird is … Read more

Brisbane Valley correction

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The Great Crested Grebes were on Lake Clarendon, not Lake Manchester, sorry. It’s interesting that there is clearly a big exodus of waterbirds from the inland hitting coastal and near-coastal areas. These numbers of Banded Lapwing and Great Crested Grebe are highly unusual in southeast Queensland. Solid numbers of Red-kneed Dotterel are a further indication … Read more