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Has anyone birded Varanger Peninsular in Norway? We are planning a trip for May/June 2017 and are looking for pointers regarding this area. We do note that a number of the tour companies offer tours there, but are looking for either a “do it yourself” or finding a local guide. Many thanks Carol Abbott Birding-Aus . . . → Read More: Varanger Peninsula I’m interested in buying a good-quality, secondhand scope for $1500-2000. The lighter, the better. Please email your number and we can discuss off-forum. Cheers 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 Good morning I have visited French Island once a month for most of this year for a Friends of French Island (FOFI) National Park working bee/outing and there has been no shortage of Cape Barren geese on the island. In fact they are very prolific and seen right across the island mostly grazing in the . . . → Read More: Movement of Cape Barren Ggeese Hi Have been contacted by the Environment and Sustainability Officer at HMAS Cerberus (Vic) who has noted a dramatic drop in their numbers of geese recently. I know that numbers also fluctuate quite dramatically at the WTP in Werribee, so I am wondering if anyone knows where they go to – is it just a . . . → Read More: Movement of Cape Barren geese see www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-20/last-ditch-efforts-to-save-critically-endangered-orange-bellied/8040366 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 SYDNEY PELAGIC TRIP REPORT – SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2016 OVERVIEW After a year of several pelagic trip cancellations due to high winds and rough seas, this trip once again looked to be in jeopardy from the weather based on the forecast that we had a few days before. Fortunately however, the forecast improved somewhat just . . . → Read More: SYDNEY PELAGIC TRIP REPORT – SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2016 Apparently for the first time. See www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/animals/crows-undergoing-evolutionary-change-in-nesting-habits-says-griffith-university-expert-20161118-gsshs1.html 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 see www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/critically-endangered-honeyeater-population-discovered 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 see www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/19/threatened-seabirds-begin-to-recover-on-macquarie-island-after-pests-eliminated 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 following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 21, 2016 to Sunday, November 27, 2016: Area: SA Location: Dry Creek Salt Fields Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (17) 17 Curlew feeding on shallow mud bank on western track, also present 200 Red necked Stint and 30 Greenshank. Curlew Sandpiper . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest |
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