WINTER BIRDS IN HOLLAND; WHAT A DIFFERENCE 20* LATITUDE MAKES A week ago I wrote about the first days of the new year in Tromsoe, at 70* N: very little daylight, few land birds, and a year list after a few days of all of 8 bird species. In the days after that I saw … Read more
One difference between the two species is that the Sparrowhawk does not have a distinct immature plumage, moulting directly from juvenile to adult plumage. Greg Dr Greg. P. Clancy Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460 0266493153 0429601960
I’d love to know the answer to that. Also with the superficially very similar Black-shouldered Kite and Letter-winged Kite, why so similar when perched, and why the different underwing pattern and eye marking? Peter Shute Sent from my iPad On 11/01/2013, at 5:10 PM, “Philip Veerman” wrote: > After contributions from several people to solve … Read more
After contributions from several people to solve the recently Birding-Aus posted “Timeless question” of a request to identify some photos as either a Collared Sparrowhawk or a Brown Goshawk, it got me wondering has anyone investigated or got any ideas why these two species are so similar in the colour patterns and remarkably so in … Read more
Hello all, I’ve just uploaded a 12min video (You Tube) clip from our recent trip to Australia’s Heard Island. The clip includes photos of: Blue Petrel Soft-Plumaged Petrel South Georgian Diving-Petrel White-headed Petrel Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Black-faced Sheathbill Antarctic Prions in the surf Southern Fulmar in a blizzard Grey-headed Albatross Grey Petrel as well as … Read more