Since a somewhat feeble debut in 2010, the Ruff Knights have added an average of 15.7 new birds/year to their totals in the 24 hour race. Is this growth sustainable? Find out by following @theruffknights during the 2014 #WATwitchathon on Twitter this December 13/14. The Ruff Knights (Nathan Waugh, Stewart Ford, Bruce Greatwich and Nigel … Read more
Hi again, Following on from that, a report from the Sunday trip of the weekend. Once again, the trip was slow. Highlights were the first White-chinned Petrels so far recorded on our pelagics (though possibly helped by the lack of summer trips), and more Wandering-type Albatross. A suspected Blue or Fin Whale unfortunately dived as … Read more
Hi all, A somewhat belated trip report from the Albany Pelagic trip on 15th November. The highlight was the large number of Wandering-type Albatross, but otherwise the trip was very slow in calm conditions. The text of the report is reproduced below, the report with accompanying photos has been posted online – http://wabirdingblog.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/albany-pelagic-trip-report-15-november.html Cheers, John … Read more
I might stick with the IOC list. I already have to battle with two lists, as the software I use to keep my list uses Clements. The listing software gives me a right pain sometimes due to common name conflicts. Confucius is supposed to have said “The beginning of wisdom, is to call things by … Read more
Angus, The checklist is certainly a much more economical alternative to HBW. I did not buy it, as the extra weight, added to the rest of my birding books, would likely cause a catastrophic failure of my floor joists. Carl Clifford > On 8 Dec 2014, at 10:19 pm, Innes, Angus wrote: > > Carl, … Read more