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First birds of 2018 at 70*N Tromsø, at 70*N in northern Norway, has had a wonderful Christmas week: snow, clear cold (but not too cold) winter weather, and now and then spectacular northern lights. It looked quite ominous the weeks before Christmas, as strong southwesterly winds and lots of rain removed most of the snow. . . . → Read More: First birds of 2018 Dear All, Though this is a week old, since I didn’t have much access to the internet I thought I’d write it now anyway. We took a nice trip to the Western Treatment Plant on Dec. 25 and managed to see the Banded Stilt from the new bird hide there. It was really quite far . . . → Read More: dec. 25 wtp trip I have just posted a report on our bird banding trip to Iluka Nature Reserve last August on my blog. There is also a report on the banding back in 2014 at Gibraltar Range & Washpool National Parks. If anyone is interested you can view them at gregswildliferamblings.blogspot.com.au . Regards Greg Dr Greg. P. Clancy . . . → Read More: Blog post Good question. I am not an international dove/pigeon expert but I independently came to the same idea as Allan. From consulting the various (4) Asian bird guide books I have (not including the book Allan mentioned). I am not sure but would be confident it is one of that genus. The head pattern certainly only . . . → Read More: Any international dove/pigeon experts out there? Hi All. I’m wondering if anyone in Brisbane or close proximity have a pair of the above that I could have a look at (& a look through)? I’m considering buying new bins & can’t find a retailer in Brisbane with them. This would save me a day trip to Sydney. Please reply directly if . . . → Read More: Swarovski 8×32 EL Bins John McGillivray, the former naturalist on the HMS Rattlesnake, resided for a couple of year in South Grafton, with James Fowler Wilcox, who had also been a naturalist on the HMS Rattlesnake on the same voyage to Australia. They worked together collecting specimens for museums throughout the world and most were sent to Ramsay at . . . → Read More: Fwd: Pecking order: how John Gould dined out on the birds of Australia > > And not just the early ones! John McKean once told me that he had dined (or intended to) on all the species in the Top End. > > Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow Ph.D. > PO Box 71 > Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 > 043 8650 835 > > > > > > > . . . → Read More: Fwd: Pecking order: how John Gould dined out on the birds of Australia Yes, there is that. However, Gould also loved to eat Rosellas – “It was not long after my arrival in the country before I tested the goodness of the flesh of this bird as a viand, and I found it so excellent that I partook of it whenever an opportunity for my doing so presented . . . → Read More: Pecking order: how John Gould dined out on the birds of Australia |
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