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Birding In or Around Oslo We will be visiting Oslo for several days in June and are keen to see as many birds as possible, but we are having trouble finding a guide who is not on holiday at that time or any other info on birding spots. We don’t mind staying out of the . . . → Read More: Birding in or around Oslo Hearing the seemingly endless calls of channel-billed cuckoos, koels and brush cuckoos around here, and watching crows chasing channel-billed c’s, and magpielarks chasing koels, the thought occurred: what happens when a cuckoo is ready to play an egg and can’t find an available, unprotected nest? They must reach a point where they simply can’t wait . . . → Read More: Cuckoo eggs G’day Folks, I’m going to be in that neck of the woods later this year. Is this the best guide? Regards, Laurie. A field guide to the birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Jeyarajasingam, Allen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2012. second edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or . . . → Read More: Is Allen Jeyarajasingam’s field guide to the birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore the best choice for the region? Whose feather is this, do you think? Note that it was found on a vehicle track enmeshed in bark & sticks, so was perhaps carried into the habitat-patch by a child – at 500m SEQ open montane heathy woodland, few birds ever present… Judith SEQ 500m Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe . . . → Read More: feather pic ATT Name and shame is the way to go. We were there a couple of days ago doing the right thing and staying on the road reserve. The property owner has become so upset he was chucking sticks at the birds to frighten them away! Maris Lauva ________________________________ From: Birding-Aus < birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org> on behalf of Tony . . . → Read More: ONE RED-RUMPED SWALLOW with+/-20 Barn Swallows at Lower Daintree FNQ yesteday From the garden a few days ago, I could have sworn I heard a Catbird. At about 20km from Catbird rainforest, I wonder: – whether Catbirds disperse/ migrate in midsummer? or – what other bird/s might reproduce a range of Catbird vocalisations? Judith SEQ 500m Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe . . . → Read More: mimicry? valley in Sydney’s inner west in pre-contact times would have had an ecosystem that I’m still unable to imagine its sublime beauty. Last week a small dark pointy winged raptor brought prey into a clump of large woody weeds. Pied Currawong announced its presence. Noisy Miners confirmed. Then all fell silent. Because it had its . . . → Read More: Cooks River Gooday, Observed 9 Ft Swifts at the Homestead waterhole 17 Jan. 2018. We are experiencing a late Wet Season and the creek is not running. At 17.45 hours a cool front came through and 3 birds were sighted this was followed by a further 6 birds, very scattered group at various heights moving in a . . . → Read More: Fork-tailed Swifts at Prince of Wales Is. Qld. Hi guys, I wrote an article about the merging of photography and birding, and what it means to be birder now. I used questionnaires for 230 birders to do this, and I analysed the results after also talking o a few participants with a please explain. The article mentions new types of trips for the . . . → Read More: Are birders having an identity crisis Hi All, We were wondering if anyone could recommend a bird guide for Japan in May. We were wanting one just for a day or so in Tokyo or Kyoto. It will be our first trip to Japan so any tips / advise would be most welcome! Many thanks, Lindy Damoulakis Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org . . . → Read More: Japan Birding in May |
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