Day: February 1, 2012

Diaphragms? Sorry but that is not what is involved. They are an amphibian, not a mammal! Only mammals have a diaphragm. Philip

Nikon has just released a compact 42x super-zoom, the P510. The 42x zoom is the equivalent to 24mm – 1000mm in 35mm format. Could be a handy unit for birders. For details see http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/01/Nikon_Coolpix_P510_P310 Cheers, Carl Clifford =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with … Read more

The Brown Treecreepers into a woodland remnant near Canberra comment is relevant but they are quite different situation from Superb Fairy-wren and White-browed Scrubwren. Or maybe I am just thinking of Canberra, where the latter two species are still so common and dispersive, that they re establish themselves constantly, just through normal dispersal. (Hard to … Read more

John all the species that people have mentioned as a reason to go down Duck Creek Rd are perfectly gettable at numerous places up and down the east coast of the continent eg within a days drive of Melbourne (except Glossy Black Cocky but you have just as much chance of finding that on the … Read more

John As others have pointed out, the three main species you are looking for on Duck Creek Road are Red-browed Treecreeper, Spotted Quail-thrush and Glossy Black-Cockatoo. It may be possible to get any of those species further down the main road from Canungra into Lamington in areas of open woodland and casuarina, which the cockatoos … Read more