I will be spending a month in S Australia Nov/Dec this year. In the US, tape of E Screech-Owl can be very effective in attracting a variety of small birds (at least in the East). Is there a similar species in S Oz that causes mobbing behavior?? Cheers Terry Witt Murfreesboro Tn, USA Birding-Aus mailing … Read more
Sea bird enthusiasts are advised that the Royal Naval Birdwatching Society journal ‘Sea Swallow’ Vol. 33 1984 to Vol. 61 2012 is now available free on-line.at :- www.rnbws.org.uk/sea-swallow-archive An index covering Vol 33 to 63 is also available however contents can only be downloaded volume by volume, not by individual articles. Neil Cheshire Birding-Aus mailing … Read more
Hi All I have just returned from a birding trip in Far North QLD over two weeks with some exciting birds seen and photographed so I thought I would share this with anyone interested. The main purpose of the trip was a 4 day Iron Range tour with Chook Crawford. Before departing for the Iron … Read more
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, January 26, 2015 to Sunday, February 1, 2015: Area: SA Location: Bushland (St Johns) Park, Lobethal Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (1) In the stringybark forest on the western side of the park leading up towards the northern lake. Reported by: David … Read more
Sorry to come into this thread a little late and I may have missed something but I am very interested in any evidence (papers, stats, even pers. coms from seabird researchers) for the following propositions: “now is a time when overall seabird numbers are artificially increased due to the absence of significant feeding competition from … Read more