Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Tone < tone@lis.net.au> > Date: 24 January 2017 at 20:15:29 AEDT > To: Tony Russell < pratincole08@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] names > > Hi Tony > I am neither an academic nor a re-namer, I don’t have a trumpet to blow, and I certainly don’t … Read more
A voice from afar, I have followed these discussions with great interest. Similar discussions have been fought in most countries and languages. In Norway the name of the Common Swift was officially changed from the old tårnsvale (=tower swallow) to tårnseiler (tower swift) ‘because it is not a swallow’. Fortunately, in my eyes, they stopped … Read more
It is still frustrating to see people who only think about what a bird is called in Australia, even if it has a much wider distribution, or if there is a different species with that name. This is what got us into this situation in the first place. We have to accept gerygone. There are … Read more
Over the past couple of years, when I’ve seen a Common Bronzewing sitting on a nest, it has always been a male. Initially I was just interested to know that duties were shared, but now I’m wondering, do males do the daylight hours, and females the nights, or have I just seen a chance pattern! … Read more
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, January 23, 2017 to Sunday, January 29, 2017: Area: SA Location: Murray mouth Hindmarsh Island Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis) (5) Birds were roosting with Crested and Caspian Terns on sand spits Sanderling (Calidris alba) (30) Birds were feeding along waters edge … Read more