The following are some recent records of the White-throated Needletail, possibly my last for this season: 15/03/2012 – 100+ low over ridge top at Blue Nobby, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, NSW; 17/03/2012 – 200+ at North Casino, 10 more and then 5+ more a little further N, 15+ N of Fairy Hill, between Casino … Read more
Request for help from Robin experts! This bird was at Lake St Clair in Tasmania. I am often confused, and only sometimes helped by the bird guides. I suppose this could be Juvenile Flame Robin, Juvenile/Female Pink Robin or Immature/Juvenile Scarlet Robin. I suspect Pink, but does anyone have a clearer way of separating these? … Read more
Hello Richard, I agree entirely on your point. However I think it overly generous of you to refer to this trend of ignoring the intelligence behind capitalisation as a “convention”. It is hardly deserving of that title. Unless you care to call laziness and stupidity a “convention”. Is it anything other than laziness and stupidity? … Read more
I know this topic has received attention on Birding-Aus previously but my interest was re-awakened by reading in an ornithological book of “little owls” and being reminded of the futility of trying to determine whether the author is referring to smaller owls in general, a particular group of small owls, or Little Owls Athene noctua. … Read more
Given the likely actions of the WA Dept of Ag, whether the bird is Eurasian or Black-billed, from its point of view it sounds like a case of ‘One for Sorrow’. Anthea Fleming =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: … Read more