Crow lumping – my list is not happy.

Evening all, A colleague at the Royal Zoological Society emailed me the first page of a paper due out soon on lumping all five Australian crow/raven species into one species. Now, I know that lumps sometime happen, but having to take Australian Raven, Little Raven and Torresian Crow off of my year and life lists … Read more

Red-necked Stint with Flag + Rhynchokinesis, Sooty Oystercatcher

G’day everyone, Whilst at Long Reef this afternoon I was able to get relatively decent photos of a Red-necked Stint with coloured leg flags. I’ve checked this website; http://www.shorebird-network.net/shorebirds/shorebird-leg-flags/ but I can’t find the combination of flags I saw on the bird. Would anyone else know of any other websites that might contain that information? … Read more

Pelagic off Port Fairy 25 March 2012

Birdswing Birding & Wildlife Tours Pelagic trip off Port Fairy, Victoria Sunday 25th March 2012 Observers: Neil Macumber (organiser & report writer), Doug Robinson, Will Johnston, Geoff Jones, John Stirling, Tom Smith, Michael Stone, Jan Stone, Lyn Brown, Clive Curson, Peter Barrand, Rob Drummond, Steve Clark & Brett Jarrett. Conditions: 80% cloud cover, 5kn northerly, … Read more