Day: August 5, 2015

Due to a cancellation BirdLife Warrnambool have two vacancies (double or twin-share) available on their 15 day tour to Cocos & Christmas Islands departing Perth Saturday 21 November 2015 and returning Saturday 5 December. Full details available from tour leader Peter Barrand (shrikethrush@hotmail.com) 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

Hello all, but especially queensland birders who may be interested in joining me and a group of Aussie birders [10 maximum]and a North American bird guide for a three week birding trip to Texas, USA in April 2016. The trip will begin in Houston and concentrate first on the Piney Woods habitat in the east … Read more

Eyre Bird Observatory – seen yesterday on beach – rather exhausted. 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

Roger Giller queried the position of birdlife in northern hemisphere pine forests, specifically mentioning natural pine forests. A number of bird species and families are found in northern hemisphere pine forests, including several who have specifically adapted to eat the seeds in pine cones. The most famous of those is the crossbill family (including Common … Read more

When in Broome, Western Australia in 2002 and again in 2015 I saw Silver Gulls with all the features of juvenile birds but which have a distinctly black sub-terminal band across the upper surface of the tail. The juvenile Silver Gulls I see around Nambucca Heads may have a light brownish band but not black. … Read more