I noticed that the article in the link supplied by David uses lower-case letters for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper’s name and I recall this issue being raised before on birding-aus. Has anyone found out why the BBC takes this approach? I have asked them myself but not very hopeful of a response. Mark Stanley Message: 3 … Read more
Breeding this year seems to be very good for the St Kilda Little Penguins. On a recent fortnightly research trip, 71 chicks were caught or sighted. There have been only two reports of chicks in trouble: one was deadthe other – found on Altona Beach – was too young to fend for itself. Sent to … Read more
Dear Rob, Wim, Frank, Dave, Greg, Judith, Mike, Richard, John, Carl, Annabel, Alan & Fiona Thank you for your emails on this subject which were fortunately forwarded to us by a friend of ours and I am glad to have this opportunity to respond (slightly delayed due to the holidays.) Many relevant issues have been … Read more
In my previous mail this may not have been made sufficiently clear; but of course I agree absolutely that tour leaders should always keep to the ‘promised’ and scheduled programme, and not cut out certain harder daytrips because of the wishes of part of the participants. The trip should always follow the scheduled programme, and … Read more
Hi, Everyone. Yesterday there was a female Freckled Duck at Pitt Town Lagoon and a female Painted Snipe at the small pond on Powells Lane near the intersection with Cornwells Lane. Regards, Dave Hair. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) … Read more