Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, September 16, 2013 to Sunday, September 22, 2013: Area: SA Location: Point Sturt Peninsula White-throated Gerygone (Gerygone olivacea) (1) I was amazed to find a sub-adult White throated Gerygone foraging in our Mallee Box woodlot last Thursday. First located by it’s … Read more

Birding Tasmania

Hi All, We like to make DVDs of our birding trips which we’ve shared with some of you with whom we’ve birded. Birdlife sells our “Birding Gluepot” film which we donated to raise money for conservation there. We’ve also filmed Regent Parrots in the Riverland for a local TV ad, to help the public identify … Read more

Barking Owl calls

Eric Zillmann observed 10 pairs of Barking Owls in the Bundaberg district some years ago. His article is reproduced in our Newsletter. http://www.bundabergbirdobservers.org/downloads/2009-1011_October_November_Newsletter.pdf =============================== 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 ===============================

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater information

I’m heading down to Iluka (northern NSW) in a couple of weeks and would be interested in any specific information on sites for Tawny-crowned Honeyeater in the area. Strangely enough, this bird has always eluded me. Cheers, Craig =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, … Read more

recordings of bird calls

Hello Mark and Amanda, In addition to regional variation , sex differences and variation between individuals already referred to, with some species (I’m not sure about Wongas) the same individual can vary the pitch of a call, usually related to the bird’s state of anxiety. However, the reason can also be electronic. If you are … Read more