Grey butcherbirds – FOOD FOR THOUGHT!! :-)

Yes, I’ve seen that happen too. Skinks (mostly Common Garden Skinks, Delicate Garden Skinks and Eastern Water Skinks) also feed and drink from our dog’s food and water bowls at our place which, in turn, may attract butcherbirds. Our dog’s food and water is always kept inside the house, but it still doesn’t stop the . . . → Read More: Grey butcherbirds – FOOD FOR THOUGHT!! :-)

Grey butcherbirds – FOOD FOR THOUGHT!! :-)

The other thing is that Grey Butcherbirds seem to be able to co-exist with Noisy Miners, together they form the suburban mafia which keeps the smaller birds down.

John Leonard

> On 18 Apr 2018, at 5:49 am, martin cachard < mcachard@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I totally agree that people feeding them also has contributed . . . → Read More: Grey butcherbirds – FOOD FOR THOUGHT!! :-)

Grey butcherbirds – FOOD FOR THOUGHT!! :-)

I totally agree that people feeding them also has contributed to this Grey Butcherbird increase in numbers in recent decades in the suburbs of these cities.

BUT here’s another reason I’ve thought of that no-one has mentioned as yet…

food for thought… 😊

I also reckon that both Grey and Pied Butcherbirds would have been . . . → Read More: Grey butcherbirds – FOOD FOR THOUGHT!! :-)

Birds Can See Earth’s Magnetic Fields…

www.sciencealert.com/birds-see-magnetic-fields-cryptochrome-cry4-photoreceptor

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Dubai UAE – Trip Report (late March 2018)

Hi all I return to the UK reasonably frequently for family visits and although I have transited through the Middle East several times in the past, I have never stopped for a proper look (I don’t count an hour walking around the car park at Abu Dhabi Airport in 2008). Hence, on the last weekend . . . → Read More: Dubai UAE – Trip Report (late March 2018)

White wing fairy Wren

Hi there

I am a photographer searching for the wwfw…. I live in Brisbane and was wondering where the best place would be to find them. Maybe around the oakey toowoomba area?

Thanks

Louise

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Seabird advertising

Pardon the use of the forum for some blatant advertising but it’s for seabirds and their researchers. Australasian Seabird Group has produced a colouring book aimed at primary school kids. The book combines colouring in with education on the diversity of pelagic seabird life and the threats they face. We are particularly interested in any . . . → Read More: Seabird advertising

presentations, University of South Australia

Good morning all,

I will be presenting a couple of papers at the University of SA on May 3, both of which are relevant to avitourism (birdwatching is generally included under the aegis of ecotourism).

a) Avitourism – Eudaimonic Or Hedonic, Serious Or Casual? An Exploration Of The Behaviour And Experiences Of Couples Who Travel . . . → Read More: presentations, University of South Australia

Two Pacific Swifts, Redcliffe (Brisbane area)

HI Mike Two Pacific Swifts overhead for an extended period this morning – we observed them for 20 minutes from 9am and then moved on but the birds didn’t seem in a hurry to be going elsewhere as they wheeled above us in lowish circuits. I’m afraid I didn’t take a GPS reading but the . . . → Read More: Two Pacific Swifts, Redcliffe (Brisbane area)

WTNT

Hi Mike, 3x WTNT somewhere between Garie and Wattamolla, Royal National Park, South of Sydney yesterday, early afternoon. Sorry, don’t have precise time and location (I was walking the coast track). Very low (down to ground level almost) in strong westerly winds and some smoke from the Holsworthy/Menai bushfire. Paul

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