I managed a morning’s walk close to the centre of Mackay to look for Mangrove Honeyeaters which I hadn’t seen for years which may or may not have anything to do with a photo of a grass bird I took in Timor Leste that I think is a Zitting Cistacola… maybe. Chris Shaw seashore@internode.on.net Mobile … Read more
Hi Peter, That may well be a correct analysis. Any system can make a mess if it is not checked properly. There were no doubt transcription errors in the Atlas too, that was all based on species numbers. In this code Grey Fantail is GRFA and Grey Falcon is GYFA. I suppose whoever built the … Read more
Brief early report of highlights of birding observations on Christmas Island from 14-21 Feb (Tim Faulkner, Rick Webb, Scott Ryan and John Weigel) Well into our ten-day Christmas Island stay, we have several interesting observations to report. This is the first CI trip for all of us, and we remain gob-smacked by the nature of … Read more
Dear All Martin Hartree has been caretaker of the Leanyer Sewage Ponds for – I don¹t know how long I remember him driving up one dark night it must have been the early 1980s – to warn Hilary and myself about a crocodile that hung out near where we were watching for nocturnal birds. … Read more
Hello John, This is specifically a FOUR letter code system. the only odd one being Emu, which doesn’t have 4 letters to choose an extension from. I point out that there are no “/” or lower case letters in the abbreviations list. There are some pairs that require some alternates to the usual rules. I … Read more