Day: March 12, 2013

Car trip with birding

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Hi Birders, I’m Tom Lahey from Incline Village, NV. I’m visiting friends in Melbourne. We are planning to drive to Sydney (arrive April 3 or a day or 2 earlier) with a least a stop in Canberra. We’re into birding, sightseeing, and good food. Any spots you think we should see on this trip? Thank … Read more

Franklin’s Gull still at Cervantes

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The gull is still present in the same area of Cervantes this afternoon, reported by Darryl & Ronnie Jones John =============================== 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 ===============================

Urban noise ‘reduces bird diversity’

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A link to some research on the impact of noise on bird diversity. The BBC website/iPhone app seems to have bird articles fairly regularly… Sort of complimentary research to Laurie Knight’s recently posted link as well… Cheers Tom Wilson ************************ Subject: BBC E-mail: Urban noise ‘reduces bird diversity’ The rising level of urban noise may … Read more

Photographing on Central Coast NSW

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Dear Birders Could anyone kindly recommend a good spot to photograph sea or shorebirds? I will be around The Entrance in a couple of weeks for a day and have a couple of morning hours to kill. I am particularly interested in photographing any species of terns, silver gull (probably too common), pelicans, Sooty and/or … Read more