Day: October 18, 2014

Hi all, Sorry for this major delay. Here is our Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic report (including links to Raja’s photos) from late August 2014: http://www.sossa-international.org/forum/showthread.php?220-Eaglehawk-Neck-Pelagics-%96-Saturday-30-08-and-Sunday-31-08-2014 Cheers, Nikolas Nikolas Haass | MD, PhD, FACD Associate Professor; Head, Experimental Melanoma Therapy Group President of the Australasian Society of Dermatology Research (ASDR) The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Level … Read more

On the far north coast of NSW last week for a work field trip (13 Oct), I saw a pair of Albert’s Lyrebirds at Bar Mountain in Border Ranges NP. They were about 50 metres along Nothofagus walk, and seemed really intent on scratching under a fallen tree, ignoring people only 3 metres away. I … Read more

Banded Stilts have been shown to be speedy and accurate fliers between ephemeral water bodies See http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/10/15/4106711.htm Regards, Laurie. On 17 Oct 2014, at 5:08 pm, Damien Farine wrote: > Ian, > As I mentioned in my previous post, these kinds of debates/questions are important to raise now and again to encourage banders to reflect … Read more

Is there anyone not already bored by this (or wasn’t last time or the time before that)? The anti banding lobby raising the same old rhetorical questions with little or nothing to back it up. Surely the efforts of these people whether based on any conservation concern or concern over animal welfare issues, could be … Read more

G’day folks. For those of you who aren’t linked to BirdLife Australia, the Aussie Backyard Bird Count begins on Monday. Here’s an excerpt from an email I received yesterday … Regards, Laurie “Celebrate this year’s National Bird Week by taking part in the first ever Aussie Backyard Bird Count. It’s BirdLife Australia’s biggest citizen science … Read more