Dear all, As Australian birders are well informed on Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalo, Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, Austral Islands, Tuamoto Archipel, Marquesas and Norfolk Island, Tahiti, Fiji, New Caledonia I think this is the best place to ask this question. In what papers or books can I find the ornithological history of these places … Read more
Hi folks Today at Salisbury railway station in Brisbane, I heard Pied butcherbirds mobbing something. It turned out to be a Boobook. They had injured one eye and broken one wing. I rescued the bird and, at the RSPCA’s suggestion, took it to a particular vet for attention. The vet did not seem optimistic about … Read more
Should have mentioned before that the app is available in iOS and Android. The Android app is available from http://www.gaiaguide.info/MobileApps.html and the iOS from Apples app store. Carl Clifford _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
I have just come across an Australian bird guide app I haven’t seen before. It is the Australian Bird Guide, by Galexy P/L. It is a fairly basic guide, with photographic illustrations. It, unfortunately, does not cover all Aus species, due to availability of photographs, but it does cover 754 species. It would be pretty … Read more
Thanks to you all who wrote back about this. The consensus appears to be 1/ Powerful Owl, or 2/ Barking Owl, or perhaps 3/ fox. This was the order of likelihood I’d reached too — until I was reading a book of David Hollands, where he recounted Powerful Owls first eating the possum-head. Floored, I … Read more