From the ABC website … The bush stone-curlew disappeared from Canberra’s woodlands more than 40 years ago, but efforts are underway to bring the locally extinct bird back from the brink http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-24/bush-stone-curlew-reintroduced-in-act/5835188 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
FYI Regards Grahame Rogers ——– Original Message ——– Subject: RE: Errors in statistsic From: Stacey Maden To: Grahame Rogers Hi Grahame, Thank you for your email and participation in the Aussie Backyard Bird Count. The postcode statistics, unfortunately, aren’t entirely correct — we are aware of the issue and we have it flagged to address … Read more
There has been some comment about glaring errors in lists submitted. Having just done one, I can understand that these were most probably unintentional. For example, we almost submitted the Forty-spotted Pardalote because that got tapped when entering the Spotted Pardalote. Trying to keep up with the caller, there were a couple of other mistakes … Read more
FYI, I made a mistake in my previous email. It was an Alexandrine Parrot, due to it’s pinkish shoulders, not an African Ringneck. Regards, Mark ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Youngs FamilyMail Date: Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 8:12 AM Subject: Re: African Ringneck To: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org” Hi everyone, An interesting observation this morning as I … Read more
I see that IOC 4.3 has moved the parrots to the end of the non-passerines, and has detached the falcons from the rest of the birds of prey and located them before the parrots. A notable ornithologist of an earlier generation who lived in Canberra, Jerry van Tets, always maintained from his anatomical studies that … Read more