Hi all last week (22-28 Sep 2014) I spent 6 nights staying at Capertee Village (on the Castlereagh Hwy) on a family break. While not an exclusively birding trip (as my family holidays never are), I managed to squeeze in a bit of birding (well more than a bit actually…). Highlights below, but some general … Read more
John Leonard asked about software for recording your life list using IOC taxonomy with updates. I use Wildlife Recorder. Not quite as simple as you wish for, but it does the job very well. Ideally it wants you to be specific about date and place of your sightings, but what you record is up to … Read more
Kirri (?) asked about the EBO. Highlights are Rock Parrot, Blue-breasted Fairy-wren, Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo, Brush Bronzewing, a good range of honeyeaters, possible Chestnut Quail-thrush, possible Malleefowl, etc, etc. Western Pygmy Possum. Check the area near the microwave tower for quail-thrush, Shy Heathwren, Malleefowl, etc. I would recommend contacting Arubiddy Station for permission to access … Read more
G’day John I reckon Scythebill (http://blog.scythebill.com) will do what you want. It can switch between IOC and Clements taxonomy in a blink. IOC 4.3 was incorporated into Scythebill the same day it was released. This section of the online manual deals with how to handle taxonomic changes: https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15m7XxJSeNGUSsEQpmnw4dMWW_BuoUnVYDQMLUBlL8Fw#heading=h.5nmyy04et2yj I’ve been using this software (on Mac … Read more
Hi again, The latest thinking on this bird is that it is a very worn juvenile Whiskered. The one thing that is still baffling is the very dark crown but all other features (now that higher res images have been made available) point to Whiskered. Seems we are still learning the full suite of appearances … Read more