Hi, just visiting family at Gold Coast, Qld. Just visited Albert Park at Rialto a suburb Bundall. Atop a tall tower in a nesting pair of Sea Eagles. We observed an active pair but could not see any detail as it was far off and we did not have binoculars. My reason for the email . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 33, Issue 27
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The White-bellied Sea-Eagle pair nesting at Sydney Olympic Park have hatched their first chick (SE-17) for the 2016 season. The second egg (SE-18) has piped as of 9:00am Saturday morning. Hopefully SE-18 will hatch quickly reducing the time between the chicks development. One of the aspects we are studying is delayed incubation and on . . . → Read More: Sea Eagle chick hatch Wood Ducks have been cackling on chimney tops, and for the last week there have been splendid evening concerts from male Blackbirds. One beside the drive, the other out the front – each whistles beautifully, then pauses, then the other puts in his contribution – the two songs differ considerably though the voice remains similar. . . . → Read More: Sounds of spring The Cornell Lab of Ornithology invites applications for our Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowships. These competitive postdoctoral fellowship awards (www.birds.cornell.edu/postdoc) support innovative, independent research by early career scholars of exceptional promise. Multiple Rose Fellowships are available annually, with applications due on September 8. All Rose Fellows join a vibrant community of more than a dozen . . . → Read More: PostDoc positions available – Cornell Lab of Ornithology As we are looking for a few extra campers I am submitting the following message again for those who may have missed it last weekend. I am the organiser of the 2016 Gould League Bird Study Camp that will be held at Trilby Station, Louth, west of Bourke New South Wales from September 27 to . . . → Read More: Fw: 2016 Gould League Bird Study Camp NATIONAL TWITCHATHON RULES 2016 www.docdroid.net/erQLHpJ/twitchathon-national-rules-2016.pdf.html It’s already that time of year again, when the days are lengthening and spring is in sight – and that means it’s almost Twitchathon time again too! This year marks a major change in the way the Twitchathon is being run. After many many years of successful state-based events, there . . . → Read More: National Twitchathon 2016 Might be of interest to some on the list ———- Forwarded message ———- From: *Anastasia Helen Dalziell* < anastasia.dalziell@cornell.edu> Subject: [Birding-Aus] PostDoc positions available – Cornell Lab of Ornithology To: Birding aus < Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org> The Cornell Lab of Ornithology invites applications for our Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowships. These competitive postdoctoral fellowship awards ( www.birds.cornell.edu/postdoc) . . . → Read More: Fwd: PostDoc positions available – Cornell Lab of Ornithology see www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/aussie-swoops-in-and-pinches-coveted-big-year-prize/news-story/c3d7f8566ebd039a4612b616234cc952 Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org “[The call] reliably tells [the bird] that this just isn’t any human, this is a human who wants to cooperate,” see www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jul/21/sweet-talk-wild-birds-and-human-honey-hunters-converse-study-shows There is a full write-up on the human-bird mutualism at science.sciencemag.org/content/353/6297/387 Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org . . . → Read More: Honeyguides respond to particular human signals We passed by this water body recently. It is marked on many maps (and is an eBird Hotspot) but I couldn’t work out how to access it. All possible access points seemed to be private, largely due to biosecurity concerns on banana farms. I asked a couple of local folk, one of whom wasn’t aware . . . → Read More: Nardello’s Lagoon |
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