Olympus LS voice recorder settings

Hi Judith et al. I have just purchased an Olympus LS-7 (similar to LS-3) from B&H. I was recommended this whilst in Malaysia recently. I am interested if anyone has had much field practice just using the on-board mics and if so, What settings have you found helpful? Cheers Steve Potter p. 0407398234 e. steve@frontier.org.au … Read more

Airport extension threatens Ground Parrots

I’ve been researching and surveying the Sunshine Coast population of the Ground Parrot. The Sunshine Coast in Queensland is home to one of the few remaining mainland populations of this endangered species. I’ve concluded that less than 40 birds are hanging on at four sites, and numbers are in decline. Surprisingly, the most important site … Read more

Toad Suck Wins Gold!

Dear B-A, A weeks or so ago, there was a brief thread on bizarre place names. I have the pleasure to announce that Toad Suck, Arkansas has won the 2012 title of “most embarrassing or unfortunate town name in the USA. One might say that the result was anti-climatic, as Climax, Georgia came second and … Read more

Re Orange-bellied Parrot

Hi Todd The OBP is a critically endangered species, and the recovery team have requested that locations are not publicised, to avoid disturbance. Cheers mjh Sent from my iPhone =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================