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
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
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
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
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