Dotterel v Antlions

G’day all On April 2 I was watching Black-fronted Dotterels on the shore of Lake Pinaroo near Fort Grey Camp, Sturt National Park, NSW. Most individuals were feeding along the water’s edge but one was way up on the back of the beach near the beginning of the woodland. This area was sandy and covered … Read more

Mundane & useless threads

I am such a beginner in this world of birds … but I love them. And I’m very hard on myself at gaining a tick. I’ve been ‘watching’ now since Feb 2000 and I’ve only managed 402 birds. But I’m stoked at that. I love this mailing list … I read everything, even though I … Read more

Acoustic experiment

I’m currently still in the UK but have been asked if I can publicize this experiment for anyone on the mailing-list to get involved. This is the link to the experiment http://baw.ecosounds.org/experiments/tour This is the accompanying message: Hello, I’m Mark Cottman-Fields, I’m doing a Masters of Information Technology (by research) at Queensland University of Technology. … Read more

Mundane & useless threads – solutions.

G’day all I had nothing to contribute to the Night Parrot discussion but was keenly following it. Several comments were made about common name capitalisation under the original thread title. I couldn’t resist adding to this as it is a bugbear with me in my job as a writer of scientific papers. As a BA … Read more

Wigeon still at Carnarvon

Hi all, Frank O’Connor has just rung to report the wigeon is still in situ at Chinaman Pool today if anyone is still after updates. Apparently it wasn’t that easy to find this time, so if anyone is still going to go and hunt for it, some perseverance may be required Cheers,John =============================== To unsubscribe … Read more