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G’day all, I’ve posted a review of this great new Australian guide including a short interview with one of the authors, Rohan Clarke. www.chriswatson.com.au/blog/the-australian-bird-guide Cheers, Chris Watson — www.chriswatson.com.au/ *Mob – 0419 358 942* 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 . . . → Read More: The Australian Bird Guide Hi, I have put my name down for a trip to West Papua in August, which needs 7 people to go ahead – so far just 2 – hence my post. If you would like a chance for up to 9 Birds of Paradise species, see Link to brochure below. www.geoffreygearheart.com/arfak/ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org . . . → Read More: ADVERTISEMENT, trip to West Papua August 2017 Here’s a new field guide , courtesy of Prof. Spencer Schaffner, University of Illinois. Comes with a language warning. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 043 8650 835 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 . . . → Read More: new field guide for the USA Received my copy of the new CSIRO bird guide today. Very nice, with lots of illustrations of the various subspecies, etc. Also a compehensive coverage od vagrants. Only a couple of complaints (we all can not be perfect). a) the distribution maps a bit small and the associated subspecies notations difficult to read (because of . . . → Read More: The Australan Bird Guide From: Angus Innes < angus_innes@hotmail.com> Date: 23 April 2017 at 17:38:15 BST To: “pezoporus@bigpond.com” < pezoporus@bigpond.com>, Birding Aus < birding-aus@vicnet.net.au> Subject: Noisy Pitta in Brisbane Chris, About a decade ago, I was waiting in the late afternoon for a lift in front of Parliament House, Brisbane, beside the railings of the Botanic Gardens, when a . . . → Read More: FW: Noisy Pitta in Brisbane So agree with your conclusion, Phil. Looking at the spread of a genus illustrated across a page (or so) along with species maps is such an absorbing pleasure, the sheer brilliance of it ! Judith JLA SEQ 500m This note’s from the mobile. 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 . . . → Read More: Lynx Birds of the World Blackbirds are resident in Mulgoa Valley, (in the Blue MountIn foothills,) breed in our garden, are noisy and part of the scene. They disappear when the temperature rises. Germain to the Birding-Aus discussion, yesterday one was shrieking around the garden, first since about Christmas. I assume that they are altitudinal migrants, flying into the Mountains . . . → Read More: Blackbirds Hi All a pleasant morning walk at the above site today from 7:30-10:15am. I walked from the Chiltern Rd gate to McCarrs Creek gate and back (about 1.5km each way). Although I was hoping I might encounter a Rock Warbler, Brush Bronzewing or a Heathwren, there was nothing extra special about. I did see a . . . → Read More: Chiltern Track, Ku-rin-gai NP, northern Sydney – 23 April 2017 Hello Michael, Have a look at worldbirdnames.org which sets out the IOC homepage and gives details of who does what and where. Frank Gill is is the overall chair, ably assisted by Sally Conyne and David Donsker, and they call on a wide range of contacts from all sorts of disciplines, using scientists and also . . . → Read More: IOC |
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