By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018% Thinking about all your replies, two notions occur to me – First, that it’s likely characteristic of this literary form (i.e. the journal-style natural history) that it telescopes time, so that sightings of such a “glamour” species seem populous within the book’s geography due to the author’s thrilled recording of every peregrine’s passage, within compressed . . . → Read More: PS: why is it so?
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018% wim.vader@uit.no
So agree with you, Kath. For years I’ve been reading Wim Vader’s posts. They are glorious descriptions that should really make a Natural History book, being so observant & complete. This latest pays particular note to climate-change effects on species, synchronicities, & life histories. And just beautifully written. Thank you, Wim.
Judith 500m . . . → Read More: Wim Vader
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018% As a passive follower/fan of Birding Aus, I would just like to say how much I enjoy Willem Vader’s descriptions of bird watching in Norway. He always paints such an interesting picture of the changing birdlife around him. Maybe it’s the mention of birds that I grew up with in the Northern Hemisphere that still . . . → Read More: ‘A Blackbird in the garden’ by Willem Vader (Message 1 -20.2.18)
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018% I have just retruned from my regular bird-walk around our property with our two black Labs. – We live on 25 acres of mature native woodland on the outskirts of Armidale, NSW. After a couple of days of very welcome rain the skies were very overcast so I was very surprised to encounter hordes of . . . → Read More: Red Wattlebirds on the move
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018%
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018% The Port Stephens pelagic trip report for Sunday 11th Feb 2018 has just been uploaded to the SOSSA website. Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association Inc. (SOSSA) – Sunday, 11th February 2018, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia
| | | Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association Inc. (SOSSA) – Sunday, 11th February 2018, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia . . . → Read More: Port Stephens pelagic trip report Sunday 11th Feb 2018
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