Help Needed.

Travelling down the Newell Hw. a few weeks ago the car in front of me clipped a young Superb Parrot that was feeding on spilt grain on the side of the road just out of Ardlethan N S W I went back and picked it up and although its wings were alright it was paralyzed … Read more

Nauru

Last year a few people commented on Phil H’s proposed trip to Nauru and I was hoping I could elicit similar advice. I am off for a few days next week and understand that the reed-warbler is quite common and easy to pish out of the bushes.  What about the Imperial Pigeon?  Is this resident or a vagrant?  If … Read more

Bird Book for Ecuador suggestion

We have bought, but not yet used, the “Fieldbook of the Birds of Ecuador including the Galapagos Islands” by Niles McMullan and Lelis Navarrete published 2013 by Jocotoco. The Foreword by Dr Robert S Ridgely gives it an endorsement. We purchased it at the UK Birdfair last August, priced US$29.95. It is a small lightweight … Read more