One swallow does not make summer There is a lot of wisdom in proverbs. So also this time: the lone Barn Swallow that I watched at Tisnes last week, clearly did no manage either, and I did not see it there today. After a week with very promising spring weather here in Tromsø, N. Norway, … Read more
Re Hooded Plover and a Tabby Cat Birdlife Australia (BLA) have contacts on virtually all beaches where Hooded Plovers nest. If you contact BLA and tell them the details of what you saw and where I’m sure they could contact the appropriate group or even the management authority. Malcolm Brown seawish@aapt.net.au > —————————— > > … Read more
Incidentally, all the ginger tabby-marked cats I have known have been males. Perhaps their sisters are the tortoiseshell females. I don’t say there are no ginger females, just that I haven’t met one. True grey and brownish/black tabbies, whether blotched or barred pattern, can be either male or female. I am told that gingers are … Read more
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, May 21, 2018 to Sunday, May 27, 2018: Area: SA Location: Milang to Clayton Bay road Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) (7) Birds were foraging in the swampy area by the side of Lake Alexandrina but close to the road. Reported by: … Read more
We have had a continuous influx of bird- killing cats from adjacent bush, control them by using wire box possum traps available from rural stock stores or probably online. Best bait is Snappy Tom cat food. It seems irresistible, has never failed over twenty years. Big Tabbys here are very big ferals, Tabbys are always … Read more