By Birding-Aus, on October 21st, 2017% See: www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/21/kea-or-kakariki-bird-of-the-year-contest-gets-new-zealand-in-a-flap
At the moment the Kea, Kereru and Kakapo are at the head of the leaderboard, and the Takapu [Gannet], Papango [Scaup], and Pipiwharauroa [Shining Cuckoo] are at the tail.
See www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2017/oct/21/new-zealand-bird-of-the-year-leaderboard-check-the-pecking-order
The question is whether the Night Parrot would win an Aus bird of the year contest in 2017?
Birding-Aus mailing . . . → Read More: Vote rigging detected in the NZ bird of the year contest
By Birding-Aus, on October 21st, 2017% Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report- October 15th, 2017
Participants:
Paul Ashley, Sheila Ashley, María Llorente Corcobado, Graeme Bullock, Ian Halliday, Rob Hamilton, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski, Tony Nairn, Álvaro Díaz Pastor, Peter Vaughan, Els Wakefield and Paul Brooks (organiser and report compiler)
Boat:
The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with deckhand Hugh Smith.
Notes:
An enjoyable trip in . . . → Read More: Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report, October 15th 2017
By Birding-Aus, on October 20th, 2017%
By Birding-Aus, on October 19th, 2017% see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171018113548.htm
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By Birding-Aus, on October 19th, 2017%
By Birding-Aus, on October 19th, 2017% Dear Aus Birders,
July / August I travelled with my family 5 weeks through Qld. I would like to thank all of you who replied to my request for info on bird rich caravan parks. Although it was birding on the side I’ve seen plenty of good birds and other wildlife. I’m still trying to . . . → Read More: Birding Qld
By Birding-Aus, on October 18th, 2017% G’day
The weekend news regarding Orange-bellied Parrots is not encouraging – none of the ten OBPs that had arrived at Melaleuca were female – see www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/has-the-orangebellied-parrot-lurched-closer-towards-extinction-20171014-gz0yhh.html
If the species doesn’t “turn the corner” it is quite possible that it won’t be too many years before OBPs are extinct in the wild and the only surviving . . . → Read More: Last Chance to See
By Birding-Aus, on October 18th, 2017% After years of intense study I found no evolutionary link between Australian Ravens (beyond Corvus coronoides closest relative being itself) and Australian Politicians, the jockstrap values as simply too large/small. However there are clear theological links and these were well traced by Q&A host Edgar Allan Poe when he put it to the Turnbutt, Shortening, . . . → Read More: Ravens in the Rubbish
By Birding-Aus, on October 18th, 2017% Good morning all.
I’ve previously written on the danger of bush/grass fires in the Top End. This year gamba grass-fuelled fires haven’t been the only problem. Temperatures have been up to nearly five degrees above the long term maximum and forest without this weed are going up in flames.
Gamba-fuelled fires move fast. There . . . → Read More: bushfires near Darwin
By Birding-Aus, on October 17th, 2017% In Central London in the 80s, House Sparrows did this to my Magnolia stellata blossoms before they opened. Ruined the flowers of course. Had to net. Penny in Gloucester, Australia.
On 16/10/2017 11:05 AM, John Leonard wrote: > In Central and South America there are finches whose modus operandi is precisely this…. The Flower-piercers. > . . . → Read More: exoctic nector “theft”
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