Breeding New Holland Honeyeaters

Its been pointed out that I neglected to state where the breeding NHHs are in my previous post. I’m in central Victoria near Maryborough, the fledglings are in a large shrub in my front yard and appear to have hatched early May.

cheers

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Blue-winged Parrot

My wife and I are in Melbourne for a week. We would love to video and photograph Blue-winged Parrots and a few other species. I see from eBird surveys that they are regularly at the WTP but we do not know our way around WTP so we are seeking any help that may be available. . . . → Read More: Blue-winged Parrot

Beware of the macaque mafia if you are birding at the Uluwatu Temple on Bali

see www.newscientist.com/article/2132748-monkey-mafia-steal-your-stuff-then-sell-it-back-for-a-cracker/

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Scientists now keeping mum in relation to discovery of rare species

Apparently the poachers keep an eye on their reports

see www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/call-keep-secrets-rare-species-draws-reluctant-support

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PhD on American birders now available.

Good morning Birding Aussers.

To anyone interested my PhD thesis ‘Couples and avitourism: a mixed methods study of North American birdwatchers’, is now available at epubs.scu.edu.au/theses/539/

regards

Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 043 8650 835

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Mauritius

Hi I am going to Madagascar in Nov with 3 friends. We are flying Air Mauritius and the schedule dictates we have an overnight stay in Mauritius and a free morning which obviously we would like to spend birding. Any info on guides, places to go etc would be very welcomed. Not much info in . . . → Read More: Mauritius

The wintering destination of European Honey Buzzards is determined by the wind on their first migration, not by genetics

see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170524084602.htm

• W. M. G. Vansteelant, J. Kekkonen, P. Byholm. Wind conditions and geography shape the first outbound migration of juvenile honey buzzards and their distribution across sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2017; 284 (1855): 20170387 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0387

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Birdwatchers make ‘probable’ rediscovery of elusive night parrot in Central Australia

www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-24/night-parrot-possibly-found-in-central-australia/8553916

Central Australian birdwatchers say they have detected the elusive night parrot in the red centre.

Congratulations to Chris Watson and Mark Carter.

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ABG – Errata

A minor error in the new Australian Bird Guide. The specific name for Oriental Pratincole should be maldivarum (not madlivorum). There seem to be remarkably few errors for a first edition.

_________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au

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Red Goshawk nesting observations

On 21st May I was lucky enough to observe a male Red Goshawk starting to build a nest in the Lilyvale Rd area, between Musgrave and Lakefield National Park, Cape York. This area is well-known for the nesting of this species. The following observations were made over a two hour period starting 7.30am. Only the . . . → Read More: Red Goshawk nesting observations