Hi everyone, I’ve put a few images of the Long-billed Dowitcher on my website if anyone wanted to have a look. http://www.davidstowe.com.au/Birds/AustralianBirds/Shorebirds/Long-billed-Dowitcher/ Such a great bird and amazing to see it! Thanks again to the original reporter! So many other great birds there too which made it well worth the trip. Cheers Dave Stowe Birding-Aus … Read more
Greetings Does anyone have a current e-mail address for Chris Barnes (or Anne Stokes). My two addresses for him bounce. Many thanks Mike Tarburton 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
A great story of birds adapting to an urban environment.. With a little help from Homo sap. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30220699 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 am fairly sure that all orders apart from passerines have anything from fully functional to vestigial salt glands behind the eyes. This would be very useful to Australian birds given the large amount of salt found in water both estuarine and inland. Having said that I have also see SC Cockatoos foraging around on … Read more