Odd combination

A very unusual and completely unexpected combination of birds today at the You Yangs: a. Olive-backed Oriole (2 adults, possibly a third bird) b. Swift Parrot (4 birds) For those in other states, we only get Swift Parrots around Geelong in the winter, and Orioles are summer visitors. I was very surprised to see orioles … Read more

a novel method for linking large-scale habitat fragmentation to population sustainability

see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529190946.htm Quantitative Analysis of Forest Fragmentation in the Atlantic Forest Reveals More Threatened Bird Species than the Current Red List. =============================== 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 ===============================

Great-billed Heron – Centenary Lakes Cairns QLD

Hi all My Dad and I were having a quick stop into the Saltwater section of Centenary Lakes and got talking to a lovely lady who mentioned there had been a Great-billed Heron there on Tuesday along the eastern creek (between CL and The Lakes apartments). We wandered over that way to see on the … Read more

video speed

I’ve noticed in editing my own home-videos and also watching video on the web that the speed of the action seems slightly faster than actually occurs. Is this an illusion, or is there some technical reason for it?

Bird Trails Tropical Queensland

Hi Folks FYI, For those of you who are coming to or thinking of coming to Far North Queensland (Cairns, Daintree, Cairns Highlands [Atherton Tableland] and Mission Beach area) a new Bird Trails brochure has just been produced. This brochure has all the best birding sites, bird info, tours and guides, suggested bird trails and … Read more