Hi everyone, I travelled on the Spirit of Enderby from Albany to Hobart in early December 2012, and have finally put “my take” on the voyage on my website. It was a lot of fun, but a few more birds would have made it better. The day with a good number of Sooty Albatross and … Read more
I would be grateful to hear back from any list member/s (probably ornithologist/scientists) who could suggest a suitable reference for, or who would be willing to chat with me on the phone about, powderdowns. I have attempted some on-line research but what little I was able to find was insufficient to satisfy my curiosity. Any … Read more
Today I found 3 Black-tailed Native-hens near the Maroochy River on the Sunshine Coast, continuing a trend of inland species in recent months moving to coastal areas in eastern Australia. This species is normally extremely rare in south-east Queensland but it has popped up in several places recently. See here for pictures and further info: … Read more
Hi All, poor editing on my part but there is an incorrectly labelled image in the Gallerie section, which I’ll correct overnight and resend. So bear with me and I’ll resend to everyone tomorrow, meantime don’t onsend the current version to someone else. Cheers – Paul. ******************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, … Read more
G’day Richard, Nikolas and Stephen. I’m interested to know where everyone is getting their data from. HANZAB shows that Tasmanian birds are bigger in all measurements so rather than having proportionately longer wings they are just bigger all around, no advantage in that for migration. Similarly there is not enough data in HANZAB to compare … Read more