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www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/17/australian-magpies-can-understand-other-bird-calls-study-finds 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 This thing is doing the rounds of Facebook, etc, at the moment – a recording of a voice that sounds like it’s saying either Laurel or Yanny depending on how good your high frequency hearing is. www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-16/laurel-or-yanny-what-you-hear-could-depend-on-hearing-loss/9768478 If different people can hear such different things from one recording, is it any wonder the bird call . . . → Read More: How we hear birds Surely one Wedge-tailed Eagle observed flying over somewhere in a city is not that strange. Inner Melbourne and Sydney probably. I don’t wish to sound too privileged but on average, I have a Wedge-tailed Eagle observed from my home, flying over at least a few times a year. Admittedly Canberra is rather special and they . . . → Read More: Fwd: Wedge-tailed Eagle SPRING AT LAST IN TROMSØ; ONCE MORE AROUND THE BALSFJORD I have lived in Tromsø, N. Norway, for 45 years now, and every spring I drive at least once ‘around the Balsfjord’, the fjord penetrating southwards from Tromsø for some 100 km’s; I must have reported about this trip many times to you already, so . . . → Read More: Once more around the Balsfjord)) If planned burns have occurred in the Kedron brook wetland complex (or Boondall / Tinchi Tamba wetlands), may be investigating? These areas are not that far from forested foothills to the west, ‘as the eagle flies’. Also possibly a juvenile moving around? ________________________ Stacey McLean email: ninox44@iinet.net.au phone: 0468413810 ____________________________________________ Aquiring and managing land . . . → Read More: [Birding-Aus] Birding-Aus] Fwd: Wedge-tailed Eagle Interestingly, Debus says the Wedgie is an “eagle of most terrestrial habitats except intensively settled” areas, with “intolerance of human activity”. Notably, we are at the beginning of the Wedge-tail’s breeding season. Judith SEQ 500m jlukin01@postoffice.csu.edu.au Begin forwarded message: > From: Judith L-A < jlukin01@gmail.com> > Date: 11 May 2018 at 2:08:20 pm AEST . . . → Read More: Fwd: Wedge-tailed Eagle see news.mongabay.com/2018/04/new-species-of-superb-bird-of-paradise-has-special-dance-moves/ [and watch the video] 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 Hi all I’m departing next week on a trip to the Red Centre, including Uluru and Kata Juta. Apart from finally ticking these iconic sites off of my bucket list, I am keenly seeking another lifer in the Sandhill Grasswren. Aside from the widely reported site around the Sunset viewing area, there seems to be . . . → Read More: RFI Sandhill Grasswren Hi all. I’m currently in Alice Springs & will be travelling to Coober Pedy arriving Monday evening 14th May & departing Wednesday morning 16th May. I’m wondering if there’s a local birder or someone birding in the area that could take me out around the monument area for a few hours to search for some . . . → Read More: Coober Pedy Birding Help |
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