Evening all, Being a bit lazy and am asking for info rather than searching online and the archives (though I am picking up a copy of “Where to watch birds in Victoria” from the library). Off to Echuca for the first week of the holidays and am after some suggestions for a spot to visit … Read more
Hi A 6 hour seawatch today (27.6.13) produced: (approx) 300 Fairy Prions moving north (most within 200 mtrs of the headland, small numbers feeding and sitting on the water). 1 Giant Petrel sp, (south), most probably Northern, but too distant for positive id. 1 Sooty Shearwater (south). (approx) 100 Fluttering/Hutton’s type Shearwater. 40 Gannets and … Read more
Anyone know anything about this? Just tweeted by @DesertlifeAus: “@ConservResearch: Massive rumour from Oz-videos & photos of NIGHT PARROT have been analysed and a recovery/management plan is being prepared. Go Steve Murphy” Cheers Steve Clark Hamilton, Vic =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with … Read more
Hi Friends, How many people are aware that the Australian Magpie has been transferred from Gymnorhina to Cracticus, as a result of Kearns, A.M., L. Joseph, and L.G. Cook (2013), A multilocus coalescent analysis of the speciational history of the Australo-Papuan butcherbirds and their allies, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 66, 941-952. So it’s a Butcherbird! Dr … Read more