Hi everyone The Vicnet version of birding-aus will be wound down over the next few days. I will move all subcribers onto the new server, activate that, and turn off messages on Vicnet. You won’t need to do anything, except change your address book so that Birding-Aus messages are sent to: birding-aus@birding-aus.org If you have … Read more
Comment from Stephen Debus… Hi Shirley, My first reaction is that the accipiter was more likely to have been a Brown Goshawk, as they can be difficult to tell apart if the tail is moulting or obscured. Also, there is no information on how big/old the rabbit was, but presumably a juvenile or immature. Male … Read more
see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219131147.htm
In response to the recent report of Letter-winged Kites by Paul Taylor near Pt Wakefield, Enid Pascoe and myself went to the property this morning where we were greeted by the friendly owner. She took us out to where Paul was with some other birders. We were immediately shown some Pratincoles ( there were quite … Read more
And it is good for leeches as well. It is my repellant of choice for SE Asia. Carl Clifford On 24 Dec 2013, at 8:36, David Adams wrote: >> DEET repellent eats that stuff up > > Picaridin! Goes on much more like water, works great…tested out to work > as well as DEET. It … Read more