The Southern Cassowary’s call is apparently the lowest frequency known sound from any bird (if you can think of another contender I’d be interested to hear about it). I recorded this sample from a captive bird in a wildlife park near Sydney – all I had on hand was my Canon DSLR and this is … Read more
Hi birders, I have posted my pictures of the Forest Wagtail to my SmugMug site: http://paul.angrybluecat.com/AustralianBirds/Wagtails-and-Pipits/Forest-Wagt ail Also, for those interested, I have posted my pictures of the Black-footed Rock-wallaby from Simpsons Gap: http://paul.angrybluecat.com/AustralianMammals/Macropods I am in the process of working through my other images from the weekend and will post when I have completed … Read more
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/britains-migratory-birds-stay-away-as-climate-change-moves-their-wintering-areas-further-north-8612051.html Migratory waterbirds have shifted their wintering areas north- eastwards due to Europe’s changing climate … (It would be interesting to know the extent of choice in destination selection) =============================== 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 ===============================
This incident that Debbie Lustig mentioned a few weeks ago has finally made the news: http://www.theage.com.au/environment/animals/hunter-warned-of-bird-massacre-20130512-2jg5r.html “The shooters ‘‘ shot the shit out of … everything that moved.’’ The slaughter embarrassed even the most hard-headed of hunters. More than 800 abandoned duck carcasses that shooters did not bother to pick up. At least 150 endangered … Read more
Does anyone know why we have been getting two lots of the various Birdlines at the moment? On the last couple of Mondays I have received one batch with no content, followed by another with normal content. I thought the problem was with either my ISP or my system, but I have just checked the … Read more