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
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
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
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
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