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
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
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
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
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