SHOREBIRDS USING THEIR FEET IN PROBING This is a topic that has long interested me, and I think I may have written about it to Birding-aus years ago (My home computer has crashed, and I have no access to my archives just now). Just the other day I watched a Northern Lapwing foot-shivering on very … Read more
see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510102025.htm Kestrels, Other Urban Birds Are Stressed by Human Activity =============================== 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 ===============================
see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130513174325.htm Seabird Bones Reveal Changes in Open-Ocean Food Chain May 13, 2013 — Remains of endangered Hawaiian petrels — both ancient and modern — show how drastically today’s open seas fish menu has changed. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject … Read more
Hi all, as announced last week I no longer go twitching ( thank you all for your sympathies and kind thoughts) , and as a result I have some optical gear which I no longer need and would like to dispose of . Because I live in South Oz I guess it would be more … Read more
The Federal Government has over-ruled the Qld Government to prevent grazing in National Parks. One small win? Now I have sympathy for the drought stricken farmers, but grazing the national parks is just not right! Burke rejects allowing national parks cattle grazing The Queensland Government has accused the Federal Government of stirring up the biggest … Read more