G’day Bird enthusiasts Two months ago I had the joy of attending the bi-annual Swift conference in Poland, where the main theme of the presentations was how to bring Common Swifts back to the cities of Europe. However, I learnt from British researchers that there is a population of Common Swifts living in the temples … Read more
Peter Lansley mentioned whether the shriketits should be split. I have no doubt about it. If you play the call of an Eastern Shriketit to a Western Shriketit it takes no notice. I spoke to Leo Joseph quite a few years ago. He thought it was likely they were different, but he doubted whether anyone … Read more
Hi All, Here’s the trip report for the pelagic that got off Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania on Saturday 10 September 2016. Cheers, Rohan OBSERVERS: Elliot Leach, Mike Honeyman, Karen Dick, Heyn de Kock, Duade Paton, Bruce Wedderburn, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski, Jenny Ostenfeld, Paul Elliot, Michael Vaughan, George Vaughan, Els Wakefield and Rohan Clarke (report compiler). WEATHER: Heavy … Read more
Hi Carl & list, I notice in my bird books that “Round Hill Nature Reserve” is not always “open” and that we should phone Cobar office of National Parks and Wildlife. Is this step necessary? What does it mean if it is not open? From Jenny Stiles —–Original Message—– From: Carl Weber Sent: Friday, September … Read more
Hi all, in response to postings by John Leonard & James Mustafa among others, I agree that the spotted/yellow-rumped pardalote Pardalotus punctatus/xanthopyge group needs further taxonomic review. By the way, I studied vocalisations of the south-eastern subspecies of Striated Pardalote P. striatus (which supported their conspecificity) and cannot in fact recall writing about the spotted … Read more