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Dear Birding Australia, I am a student from the National Film and Television School just outside London in England studying a masters in Directing and Producing Science and Natural History under Paul Reddish (nfts.co.uk/). As part of my final year, I am making a half-hour documentary on the eucalyptus forests of the Blue Mountains . . . → Read More: Student filming – wildlife documentary My cousin who lives in Tumbi Umbi on the central coast north of Gosford NSW reports: Last week I saw a Regent Bowerbird male with his very distinctive golden head and wing patches. Never seen one in last twenty years here. My bird book is 1991 vintage and tells me that southern boundary for this . . . → Read More: Regent Bowerbird on the move? For anyone interested, there is an article on frigatebirds in the latest NT Field Naturalists newsletter. In it Leilehua Yuen, an Hawaiian elder, gives an interesting cultural perspective on the bird. Regards Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow Ph.D. PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 043 8650 835 Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or . . . → Read More: frigatebirds In a couple of newspaper stories I’ve revealed that a Night Parrot in Western Australia disappeared after it was caught and fitted with a radio transmitter, and that its mate also vanished subsequently. Can these interventions be justified? More here: sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/second-night-parrot-disappears.html sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/captured-night-parrot-disappears-in-wa.html Greg Roberts friarbird.roberts@gmail.com Blog: sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/gregbirdo Twitter: twitter.com/gregrobertsqld Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshinecoastbirds/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/gregrobertsqld/ . . . → Read More: Vanishing night parrots in WA Late to this thread, but having some interest in this topic the photo looks like a Red Bird of Paradise, presumably an immature male as it has those head bumps.They can take up to 5 years to get into adult plumage. The species is endemic to just two West Papuan islands, Waigeo and Batanta. Trade . . . → Read More: BoP identification Resending with typos fixed, how I hate autocorrect! The latest review of the complex systematics of Little Shrike-thrush confirms what some of us have long thought, that the pale NT and WA birds are Arafura Shrike-thrush, and the rusty east coast birds are Rufous Shrike-thrush ( long-established Clements name of course). You also get 5 . . . → Read More: Not so Little Shrike-thrush The latest review of the complex systematics of Little Shrike-thrush conforms what some of us have long thought, that the pale NT and WA birds are Arafura Shrike-thrush, and the rusty east era birds ar Rufous Shrike-thrush I( long-established Clements name of course). You also get 5 more from New Guinea, so hope you kept . . . → Read More: Two species of Not so Little Shrike-thrush in Australia I was just looking at some eBird Hotspots on the Northern edge of Adelaide and noticed that there is something called a Bird Hut in the Barker Wetlands. It appears to be accessible off Magazine Rd, which I thought was closed off by the policies of the salt works. Can anyone advise about the nature . . . → Read More: RFI Barker Inlet Wetlands Thanks to all who answered by cry for help for ID of a Jurong bird. Red Bird of Paradise female it is. Cheers David in Blackheath Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org |
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