White-headed Pigeon’s status in Melbourne VIC

For the past 2 months or so a pair of White-headed Pigeons have been recorded (with good pics) in Brighton, Melbourne, about 9km from the CBD.

These are extraordinary sightings of the species in terms of location and time of year, and I’d be very interested to have thoughts about whether or not the . . . → Read More: White-headed Pigeon’s status in Melbourne VIC

IOC 7.3

The new IOC update is out (dated 31 July 2017)

Probably the only thing that effects the Australian list is the CHristmas Island Swiftlet is now a full species (formerly a subspecies of the Glossy Swiftlet)

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Migrating Birds

Hi All, the link below is to a BBC podcast on bird migration from the ‘In Our Time’ series with presenter Melvyn Bragg. Well worth a listen regards Dave Dickson

itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/in-our-time/id73330895?mt=2

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New BoP

I had anticipated this split of Superb Bird of Paradise, the females of this species in the Arfaks are just so different to the central and eastern birds, if species were described on female plumages then it would have been obvious-there are parallels with whistlers and wheatears, where highly distinct females were likewise not considered . . . → Read More: New BoP

Eden pelagic – spaces available

There are three places available on the Canberra Ornithologists Group pelagic from Eden on Sunday Sept 3. Boat departs the wharf at 7am sharp, returning about 3pm. Cost is $110 per person. please contact me to book and to get payment details

sandra henderson

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Dance Moves Support Evidence for New Bird-of-Paradise Species

I can’t help noticing the article doesn’t mention is the distinctly different head markings on the females, which do have a tendency to get ignored when it comes to discussing birds of paradise…

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Australian research on the impact of roads on avian behaviour

see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170719100536.htm

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Leica Binocular repairs

Does anyone know if there is a repairer/restorer in the Adelaide surrounds who is of a similar calibre to Roger’s Optics (from topic # 1 of the Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 45, Issue 14)? Thank you Joe

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eBird Illustrated Checklists

“You can now view a digital bird guide for any hotspot or region in the world: an Illustrated Checklist. ”

ebird.org/content/ebird/news/illcheckrelease/

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Dance Moves Support Evidence for New Bird-of-Paradise Species

see www.macaulaylibrary.org/2017/06/30/dance-moves-support-evidence-for-new-bird-of-paradise-species

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