Chicken Grows Face of Dinosaur

Some interesting research. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150512-bird-grows-face-of-dinosaur Carl Clifford 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

Impact of climate change on birds in the Peruvian Andes

Birds at high altitude are protected from nest predation from snakes by the cool climate. Climate change is likely to see snakes active at higher altitudes. see http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as_andes_warm_deciphering_the_future_for_tropical_birds/2873/ 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

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, May 11, 2015 to Sunday, May 17, 2015: Area: SA Location: Freemans KNob Port Elliot 5212 Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) (1) Gliding low over the wave tops close into the lookout. Big surf and a strong SW wind. Australasian Gannet (Morus . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

Grasswrens and fairy-wrens

White-throated Grasswren was also my first grasswren at Gunlom in July 1992 on a ‘Great Grasswren Tour’ from Derby to Melbourne organised by Chris Doughty and Kevin Coate. A great trip. We all missed Black Grasswren at Manning Gorge (it had been burnt). About half of us saw WTGW at Gunlom. A few people . . . → Read More: Grasswrens and fairy-wrens