(to increase their fledging rates) See http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2015/s4302953.htm 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
|
||||
|
Just back from PNG, and very sad to hear that my birding mate Trevor Ford died peacefully with his wife Kym beside him on Aug 22; he had been under treatment for cancer for the past 18 months but seemed to be responding well, to the extent of planning trips again and debating taxonomy issues. . . . → Read More: RIP Trevor Ford Saw my first PIP today. Cruising north up Hinchenbrook Channel next to Hancock Island. coordinates: 18. 28,735 146. 13. 242 Spring is in the air. Happy Birding! Burney Sent from my generic tablet device 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 . . . → Read More: Pied Imperial-pigeon Dear Pelagic Birders, The BirdLife Victoria web site (see link below) has the details of boat trips from Portland in 2016 and, from tomorrow, I am taking bookings for the first six months of next year. If you want a spot (or spots), please follow the instructions there to make a booking. There are no . . . → Read More: BirdLife Victoria Portland Pelagic Trips in the first half of 2016 Yesterday bushwalking near Bobbin Head in Sydney’s north we came on an unusual sight: a White-faced Heron standing on another White-faced Heron in shallow water. The second heron was partly submerged and struggling to escape. The first Heron jabbed it repeated with its bill drawing blood and damaging the eye of the first bird and . . . → Read More: White-faced Heron killing Another White-faced Heron Greetings I’ve been a member of Birding Aus for a couple of years, but rarely posted anything, so this is in some respects introductory. I’m a research scientist by training, commercial scientist by vocation, meaning that my career was primarily in the commercial domain of companies like Bunge, Cadbury and the sugar industry. I semi-retired . . . → Read More: Migratory patterns Ornithological Discoveries – The work Paul Walbridge, Dave Stewart, myself and a few others elsewhere are doing on this as yet unidentified Storm-Petrel will be a major event – once we have more data. This is work in progress – it’s either a long lost rediscovery (Lined Storm-Petrel – last seen & collected in the . . . → Read More: How has the Night Parrot survived in south-west Queensland? Got the Eungella Honeyeater yesterday. A pair in a dense tree just off the track but giving enough of a look to match the facial and eye characteristics. Bev could hear them calling in the area for about 20 minutes. While my number is a bit fuzzy, this is near enough to 600 for it . . . → Read More: Eungella Honeyeaters Interesting discussion. It’s probably hard to compare achievements like that, and Laurie’s example of clearing Macquarie Island of ferals, and perhaps Gould’s Birds of Australia, with finding a Night Parrot population. While all of them required good planning, funding, persistence and determination, the first three only required enough of those things to guarantee success. John’s . . . → Read More: How has the Night Parrot survived in south-west Queensland? Well how about HANZAB? Philip —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of Charles Sent: Saturday, 29 August 2015 7:47 PM To: martin cachard Cc: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] How has the Night Parrot survived in south-west Queensland? What other achievements in the last 2-3 decades are there? Interested to know what people think other . . . → Read More: How has the Night Parrot survived in south-west Queensland? |
||||
