Mystery booming

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Birdpedia Waders Id Application – Update available

Hi All, We have just added the ability to filter your Shorebirds/Waders list based on two simple pieces of information that are readily observable in the field. These are: 1. Bill / Head Ratio 2. Curvature of the bill The Bill / Head Ratio is calculated by dividing the length of the Bill by the … Read more

lewin’s rail on sunshine coast

I have only ever seen one Lewin’s Rail. Many other Canberra observers also saw it (probably just about all the local interested people). It for a few weeks, several years ago, inhabited a soak in a garden bed at Commonwealth park, an inner city park (where Floriade is). It fed right out in the open … Read more

Endangered tiger quoll spotted in Grampians for the first time in more than 140 years – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

While not birding related, this certainly good news for the Tiger Quoll. Carl Clifford http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-03/endangered-tiger-quoll-spotted-in-grampians-for-the-first-time-/4995444 =============================== 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 ===============================

Wader Quest – two day Melbourne area trip report

This past weekend it was my pleasure to guide Rick and Elis Simpson around the Melbourne area in their quest to see the world’s waders. For those that haven’t heard of them, Rick and Elis form “Wader Quest” – see their website at: http://www.waderquest.org/. They are raising money for the WWT Spoon-billed Sandpiper Captive Breeding … Read more