WHY I AM MOSTLY SILENT THESE DAYS Several people have contacted me these last months, asking if I am OK, since they did not find my regular ‘bird and seasons’ pieces on the bird lists anymore. I just found out that my first mail to Birdchat was written in 1996, 16 years ago, and the … Read more
SUMMER 2012 IN TROMSØ, THE SUMMER THAT NEVER WAS Yesterday I drove and walked in the neighbourhood of my home town, Tromsø in N.Norway (70*N), in the hope of finding some migrating shorebirds. Usually flocks of Dunlin and Ringed Plovers, with smaller numbers of Curlew Sandpipers and Little Stints, are a common sight this time … Read more
In recent days I’ve been watching Painted and Black-breasted Button-quail in the Sunshine Coast-Cooloola region. I saw seven Black-breasted Buttonquail over two days at Inskip Point and watched a Painted Button-quail giving a threat display in an area of vine scrub shared by Black-breasted Button-quail near Imbil. For pictures, see here: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ Greg Roberts =============================== … Read more
A recently published paper [1] claimed to have established that Common Mynas had harmful effects on Canberra populations of 11 bird species – the first time this has been demonstrated. I posted some quick comments on birding-aus but as these claims have been widely publicized [2] and they’ll be used to justify myna control programs, … Read more
Hello All Due to some cancellations, we have had a few spots open up on the pelagic trips departing from Eaglehawk neck (Tasmania) on September 1st and 2nd. If anyone is interested in one or both day’s, please contact me for more information. Saturday, September 1st (3 spots available) Sunday, September 2nd (3 spots available) … Read more