Hi all, Here a summary of yesterday’s Sydney pelagic on Hal Epstein’s Halicat, 8th December 2012: Pictures will be posted here: http://www.adarman.com/Pelagics/New-South-Wales-Pelagics Wilson’s Storm-Petrel: 5 (never more than two at a time) Wandering-type Albatross: 4+ (most likely all Gibson’s, one possibly Antipodean) Black-browed Albatross: 1 (1st/2nd year) Campbell Albatross: 3 (all 1st/2nd year) Shy Albatross: 2 … Read more
One of my local shopping centres (in Brisbane) has tipuanas (or similar) as shade trees in its carpark. As I was loading some shopping bags I noticed movement a few metres away on one of the lower branches. A male figbird was feeding lilly pilly fruits to some day old hatchlings. It flew off and … Read more
Dear B-A, Some interesting behaviour by catfish in France. The Rock Dove is native to this location, the Tarn River gorges. Given the numbers of Rock Doves in the are, the catfish should thrive. Cheers, Carl Clifford =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with … Read more
Hi everyone I have a friend who will be here in March and is keen to see mainland Swift Parrots. Any suggestions for good spots? Thanks very much Phil. =============================== 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 ===============================
What’s the latest on Fairy and/or Fulmar Prions breeding at Macquarie? Are both confirmed breeding there? Last numbers I’ve seen were 20 prs of Fairy and 1-5 prs of Fulmar (as well as large numbers of Antarctics of course). Thanks for any updates on this. Ross Ross Silcock New Zealand Land and Pelagic Bird Tours … Read more