Someone wrote the other day of a fairly large flock of Lathams Snipe seen which I feel would be gathering to head back home to Japan to breed. Years ago they were keenly sought after by hunters to shoot and they were then known as Jack Snipe, then Jap Snipe and now Lathams Snipe. Years … Read more
see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150327143051.htm Sexual selection isn’t the last word on bird plumage 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
Thanks to Anthea and Carl for their responses. It seems as if fish are opportunistic as Carl said, so that probably explains the lack of swallowing the fish while I watched. 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 decided not to take my camera this afternoon when I went for a walk, and as is often the case when I do that, I regretted it! As I was just about back to the start of the walk I could hear a young kookaburra calling incessantly, so checked out where I thought the … Read more
HI All I wrote some time ago and explained that I was writing a field guide to the birds of Kangaroo Island; that has now been completed and photographs included; it is ready for printer-almost; we are missing two photographs and I am writing this as a last minute plea for pics of Kerguelen Petrel … Read more