Dear friends, Even though I no longer write regularly about birds and seasons in Tromsø, N.Norway, I stil lurk on the lists, and want to wish you all a happy, healthy and bird-rich 2015. As you may remember , Tromsø is at 70*N, which means that in the Christmas holidays we have hardly any daylight … Read more
Hi All, Over the years on B-A there have been a locality quiz, especially around this time of year. So here is my quiz for you: Clue 1. At a sporting venue Clue 2. Most of my bird list was Rock Dove, Mudlark, Rainbow Lorikeet, Short-billed Corella, Little Black Cormorant, Willie Wagtail, Pelican, Silver Gull, … Read more
I have just published three new posts on my blog being ‘A year of wildlife photographs 2014’ which includes three photos from each month of 2014; ‘more 2014 photos’ which includes the photos I wanted to include in the earlier post but space beat me. The third is ‘Bird banding at South Grafton Water Reserve … Read more
Driving down the Mornington Peninsula freeway at about 11.30 am, I saw about eight, maybe nine, Cape Barren Geese in a paddock of short grass, probably cut for hay. This was a bit north of Eramosa Road West. Landscape full of horse paddocks and hay rolls. Anthea Fleming Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings … Read more
Hello Julian, As Stephen has suggested bill-stropping and eye-wiping are regular elements of Galah behaviour, carried out mainly by males at breeding time. If you are interested in Galahs, my website www.graemechapman.com.au is worth a look and Ian Rowley”s book even more so. We studied Galahs in Western Australia for nearly seven years back in … Read more