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Dear Wim, Thanks for your update on things Arctic. I can almost smell the flowers and the cold sea. Here in the east of Oz land, particularly NSW and Queensland, we are suffering an appalling draught and are dreaming of rain, unfortunately still only a dream. Where I live in Gloucester, just north-east of Barrington . . . → Read More: Fw: Phalarope bonan A week or so back, I saw mentioned, a new book that sounded interesting, but I can’t remember the title. The title was something like “ Mrs Somebody’s Something”. I would be most grateful if somebody with a more functioning brain than me remembers it and can let me know the title. TIA Carl Clifford . . . → Read More: Book Title This year Global Shorebird Counting will take place between 5 and 11 September 2018 all around the world. Please see link below for more details: worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/the-2018-world-shorebirds-day-campaign-opens/ 3 simple steps, no organizing, no coordinating n no cost involved in the first step to help give these birds a status n a voice All you need to . . . → Read More: 2018 World Shorebirds Day ( 5 and 11 September ) I use a Shure MV88 microphone that clips into the Lightening port. Comes with software. Excellent quality. Best not hand held if you just want the bird calling to avoid extraneous noise so I use a Joby iPhone holder and a table tripod. Sounds fiddly but easy to use and software is good. When handheld . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 58, Issue 16 Another photo request please, but for a different book this time- we are missing Black-backed Bittern (Aus Little) ffom our forthcoming Photoguide to the Birds of North Queensland by Jun Matsui and I. Does anyone have a high res short of that species that we can use? I think we can offer a small payment . . . → Read More: Black-backed Bittern We were listening to an Oriole mimicing a lot of birds and recorded some of it using the video recorder on the iPhone. There are a number of audio recording apps and I’m just wondering if anyone has tried them and could comment on them for recording bird calls. Peter Morgan The conservation battle is . . . → Read More: iPhone audio recording Hi everyone. I’m a bit lost with regards to the latest updates in eBird – in particular, what’s happened to the Variegated Fairy-Wren (VFW). I remember reading recently –not sure where – that the VFW Malurus lamberti would remain as the wren found roughly on the east side of the Great Dividing Range. A new . . . → Read More: A bit lost !?!? Hi all. I replied to John Hopkins with a long detailed email for his planning, a summary of which is: I travelled June throughout the NT top end, and July the Kimberley’s via Gibb River Rd. Silver-backed bitcherbird I first and regularly found each day at the El Questro caravan park, as well as each . . . → Read More: Location of difficult birds, and the wildflowers. Participants: Ruth Brozek, Eve Howard, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski, Andrea Magnussen, Dave Newman, Lauren Roman, Mark Simpson, David Stowe, Peter Vaughan, Aron Verloop and Paul Brooks (organiser and report compiler) Boat: The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with deckhand Hugh Smith. Notes: A solid day without ever reaching great heights. Calm conditions in the south-east of Tasmania . . . → Read More: Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report – July 1st, 2018 RFI from any of you Illawarra birders as to sightings or knowledge of Masked and/or Barn Owls in the Port Kembla/Primbee/Lake Heights area in the last 12 months. Any info greatly appreciated. Ciao Chris Lloyd Pezoporus@bigpond.com 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 . . . → Read More: RFI Masked and Barn Owls |
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