Wagga Wagga/Turquoise Parrots

Hi all, Just wanted to say a big thankyou to everyone who has kindly given out some great info on the areas where I can try to find Turquoise Parrots not too far from Wagga! Coming from South Australia the Turquoise is the only Neophema we don’t get here and with the recent run of … Read more

Speciation – verb vs noun

Speciation in nature is a more fluid process than speciation in taxonomy 🙂 There is some interesting research on evolution in action – see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111208121408.htm Birds Caught in the Act of Becoming a New Species Regards, Laurie. . =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, … Read more

Banding in Melbourne

Hi birders, I received this email from a UK birder. If anyone can assist, please contact Colin directly. Thanks, Ruth Woodrow Secretary Birds Australia Victoria From: Colin Wilson [mailto:colin.r.wilson@btinternet.com] Sent: Friday, 16 December 2011 7:43 PM To: bavic@birdsaustralia.com.au Subject: Banding in Melbourne I would like to contact a banding group in Melbourne to see if … Read more

Don’t we already have an official Checklist?

Hi Allan, The AFD, like all similar projects, are never perfect. To help improve such a site, users who find entries which they feel are not correct should contact the webmaster for the site and tell them of their findings. It would only take an email. As for the use of scientific names, well the … Read more