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Hi all..? Just thought I’d write a quick post Yesterday I was in Bright (vic) Dropped some friends off with their Mountain bikes at ‘Hugget lookout’ area, just as you start to drive onto a dirt road section. Heard the distinctive sound of Gang Gang Cockatoos making their creaking sounds…went looking with bino’s and discovered . . . → Read More: Gang gangs & Shrike tits Tromsø is in the middle of mørketiden, the dark period, and these days we have very little daylight (an hour of twilight) and no sun at all, the consequence of living so far north. Fortunately we did get a White Christmas after all, even though it was at the last moment: two weeks of rain . . . → Read More: 2017 Hi all I have a chance to spend a day in the lower Hunter region on Friday near Newcastle. I plan to visit Hexham Swamp and Stockton Bridge for just after high tide (which is 10:30ish). The forecast suggests it’s going to be a bit warm – any other suggestions for where some good birds . . . → Read More: Current Lower Hunter Valleyconditions Dear all, I am spending a few weeks with the family in Hobart early next year and was looking for help with birding in the area. I have visited before but struggled to locate the Dusky Robin and Scrubtit. Any guidance would be appreciated. Regards, Stephen Granger Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or . . . → Read More: RFI Hobart Birding Ok, as mentioned previously, HBW has split blue-faced honeyeater, and revived golden-backed honeyeater as separate species. I suspect it is because of this paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04730.x/abstract;jsessionid=984FC9634978F34902940A931109FA9B.f04t02 which is a fascinating paper. Essentially I think it has the genetic split within blue-face as quite deep. Also, golden-backed is genetically distinct from black chinned honeyeater but not as . . . → Read More: melithreptus and blue-faced honeyeater The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, January 2, 2017 to Sunday, January 8, 2017: Area: SA Location: South Para Reservoir Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) (1) One bird which has been present for at least two months hanging out with Wood ducks. A species not normally seen . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report – December 10th, 2016 Participants: Ruth Brozek, Karen Dick, Norton Gill, Rob Hamilton, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski, Alan Pilkington, Wendy Pilkington, Nicole Sommer, Peter Vaughan, Els Wakefield, Ray Wilson, and Paul Brooks (organiser and report compiler) Boat: The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with deckhand Michael Males. Notes: A fairly quiet trip in . . . → Read More: Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report, Dec 10th 2016 Hi all Just to share the following announcement on the biennial conference of the Asian Raptor Research & Conservation Networ (ARRCN) ( www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~raptor/) to be held in Philippines in Oct 2017. ———————————————————— ———————————— The *10th Asian Raptor Research and Conservation Network Symposium* will be held on *18-22 October 2017* at *Ateneo de Davao University, Roxas . . . → Read More: Asian raptor meeting Birdlife International (HWB) has recently updated their list (now Version 9), I have been slowly working through the list. Changes that I had previously reported are: a) Non-passarines remain substantially unchanged from Version 8 b) Passerines have been completely reordered with at least 25 new genus being added that effect Australia. Most of these are . . . → Read More: Birdlife International (HBW) Version 9 – part 2 This light bit of Christmas reading includes a timeline of high-points of birding starting 40k years ago in Australia (of course) but then becomes a bit UK-oriented. Birding seems to be an attraction to comedians. We Aussies could probably do a good time-line that doesn’t move off-shore. Merry Christmas, all Peter Morgan www.cntraveller.com/recommended/culture/urban-birding-london-birdwatching The conservation . . . → Read More: urban birding (Condé Nast Traveller) |
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