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Thursday 11th May. Public Talk organised by the BirdLife Victoria Group. Tracey-Ann Hooley will talk about her experiences as a volunteer field assistant on the island of Skomer off the coast of Wales. Skomer is a major breeding ground for puffins, guillemots, kittiwakes, shearwaters, storm petrels and fulmars. It is an important tourist destination . . . → Read More: Public talk – ‘Volunteering and the birds on the island of Skomer – Wales’ Where was that eagle stolen? Sent from my iPhone 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 A non-birding friend sent me this. Birding-Aus readers may find it of interest. Richard THE EYES OF AN EAGLE This is a video of an eagle’s flight from the top of the world’s tallest building to his handler below. The eagle was fitted with a camera and released from the top of the 2,715 . . . → Read More: FW: THE EYES OF AN EAGLE TA Sent froma my iPhone 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 I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this but in the winters in Canberra I observe a behaviour amongst Crimson Rosellas I don’t see at other times of year. At this time the rosellas seem to go around in larger groups, and some of the birds (maybe the males) give a cackling call from . . . → Read More: Shake your tail-feather A heads up if you are rushing to buy a copy of the new CSIRO The Australian Bird Guide. I bought a copy on Thursday and had to change it as the print quality was poor with some bleached out illustration pages. I have also heard that some others have had this experience. My replacement . . . → Read More: Australian Bird Guide–caution This great new field guide has finally reached North Queensland, I am impressed overall but three things struck me as odd: 1. The decision to use wing length rather than overall length. Now this may be scientifically rigorous and all that, but it means old dinosaurs like me have to recalibrate relative size, and that . . . → Read More: Australian Bird Guide I was under the impression its fate was already decided, Anthea. Apparently it’s on a list of dangerous species. Is this correct? Why on earth should a quite rare species like Nicobar Pigeon be deemed dangerous? I can only assume it’s some paranoia about disease, in which case all migrant shorebirds and vagrants should be . . . → Read More: Nicobar Pigeon |
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