Yesterday morning while I was doing some birding a Spotted Harrier that I’ve seen regularly around Karratha glided past where I was sitting in my car on top of a low ridge line. I poked the camera out the window and got some shots which are on my blog. I hope you like them because … Read more
Sorry – I’m in Hamilton, sw Victoria Steve Clark =============================== 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 ===============================
G’day all This owl has been roosting in my garden for 9 days now. My wife Jenny and I took photos today and they can be seen at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bukoba_steve/sets/72157634040230069/ I believe this is a Tassy Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae leucopsis) – recently split by the IOC from the Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook). Others who have seen … Read more
see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606154708.htm • Ewan D. Wakefield, Thomas W. Bodey, et al. Space partitioning without territoriality in gannets. Science, 2013 DOI: 10.1126/science. 1236077 =============================== 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 ===============================
Congratulations to Perry & Alma de Rebeira on being awarded OAMs in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Hons list for their contribution to Australian ornithology. West Australians, in particular, would know of their immense contributions to bird banding, educating children about natural history (birds in particular) and their management of the Eyre Bird Observatory. Both have … Read more