A different sort of stringing

I’m sure this would never happen in our birding races …

www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/12/eamon-kelly-pigeon-fancier-lifetime-ban-cheating-tarbes-grand-national-race

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Indigenous names for grasswrens

www.chriswatson.com.au/blog/what-was-the-first-name-for-grasswrens

G’day all,

The article at the above link will give you some more details, but I’m trying to track down some definitive answers about the Indigenous names for grasswrens; primarily the Centralian species at this stage but info on any species is welcome.

I’d appreciate if you could send the info request around your . . . → Read More: Indigenous names for grasswrens

sign of life from 70*N

END OF SUMMER IN TROMSØ

I am still alive and living in Tromsø, even though I have fallen silent on the bird lists.

Yesterday morning my lawn in Tromsø, N.Norway (69*50’N) was suddenly full of birds, where there usually is nothing more than the usual magpies and hooded crows, and our ‘house gulls’, the Common . . . → Read More: sign of life from 70*N