Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report, Sep 2nd 2018

Participants:

Donna Belder, Ruth Brozek, Helen Cunningham, Karen Dick, Daryl Gardner, Russell Gardner, Rob Hamilton, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski, Carolyn Upston, Michael Vaughan, George Vaughan and Paul Brooks (organiser and report compiler)

Boat:

The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with deckhand Michael Males.

Notes:

The tail end of a strong south-westerly airstream that hit the state the . . . → Read More: Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report, Sep 2nd 2018

Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report, Sep 1st 2018

Participants:

Graham Barwell, Donna Belder, Michael Ellison, Mark Sanders, Ramit Singal, John Tongue, Shirley Tongue, Peter Tongue, Kimberley Tongue, Peter Vaughan, Tom Wheller and Paul Brooks (organiser and report compiler)

Boat:

The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with deckhand Michael Males.

Notes:

We weren’t sure if the trip was going to get far, with a . . . → Read More: Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report, Sep 1st 2018

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 59, Issue 17

Online Ornithology

Penny and I did the Sturt Ornthology course years ago, I have the material for the Cornell external course,

The Sturt course when we did it was outstanding, being a component of a Science Certificate. It was Australian oriented.

BUT don’t be seduced by the relatively few hours quoted to properly complete this . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 59, Issue 17

Wedge tails

Have just returned from a drive to Alice Springs (for Desart, qv if interested) via NSW Central West and Broken Hill and back through the Adelaide Hills, Coorong Gippsland and Princes Highway to Sydney, drives we have done many times over the years.

The drought in NSW and Central Australia is desperate, but plenty of . . . → Read More: Wedge tails