Hi Graeme, I rarely post on Birding-Aus anymore and confess I haven’t seen a message I have wanted to respond to more than yours in a long time. I have seen lots of birds all around the world but my love for Grasswrens pretty much beats them all. They are the holy grail of Australian … Read more
G’day all Facebook is infinitely more palatable if you access the birding groups with the iOS or Android app ‘Groups’. You only see the posts that are sent to groups to which you subscribe and you don’t see advertisements or all the other distractions. So if you have a iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android phone … Read more
Hi Kerry Firkin from Corlett Port Stephens NSW There are more rainbow Lorikeets up my way then there ever has been it must be because there a lot of trees that were damaged by the bad weather we just got over After the East Coast Low was here two week ago has left a lot … Read more
Dear all Here is a comment from Steve Debus Regards Shirley Cook —– Original Message —– From: “Steve Debus” To: “Shirley Cook” Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 10:06 AM Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Do owls carry their chicks? > Hi Shirley, > > I can’t recall specifics, but I think I’ve heard of circumstantial > evidence … Read more
Philip, If you’d read the “Poultry, Birds, etc” column in the Saturday “SMH” in the ’60s, you have seen tons of ads for “turks, bourkes” and other parrots. Nobody had any doubt what they were, and they have been “turks” to me ever since. Actually, at that time they were more formally called “turquoisines”, by … Read more