Fantail Cuckoos

On Sunday morning I heard several Fantail Cuckoos calling at Banyule Flats. This morning one was calling at the bottom of my garden by Darebin Creek.

Anthea Fleming Ivanhoe, Vic

Neonicotinoid pesticides affect birds as well as the bees

see www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-09-13/neonicotinoid-insecticide-songbirds-migration/11500132

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recommend an app for bird songs / calls?

Hello everyone, Can you please recommend an app for bird vocalizations?  I’m going to visit Australia for the first time ever, and I will need all the help I can get identifying the birds I find. I don’t intend to use the app as playback in the field, not wanting to disturb the birds.  . . . → Read More: recommend an app for bird songs / calls?

Climate change science and politics

I believe that birding Aus. should not be used to espouse topics such as climate change politics or religion.

Best wishes,

Nevil Lazarus

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bird blog update

Dear All,

A while ago I asked everyone to submit their blog link if they had one. I took all of those links and put them on the link page on my blog:

badbirding.jpolak.org/links/

I ams still searching some of the links I’ve found in these blogs as well so those will go up soon. . . . → Read More: bird blog update

Climate change

A significant number of anti Climate Change activists do accept that Glob al Warming is real, but deny that human activity is the cause,, claiming (very wrongly ) it to be part of a natural cycle.

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‘Cox’s Sandpiper’ – an interesting article…

https://www.birdguides.com/articles/coxs-sandpiper-the-species-that-never-was/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter110919&eid=592242&_ccCt=UA4HAIbjpU9tV7Fx9UIeHIvqSomPXvY6lBK_ac28_d52NS3un_pk4f%7egqpRqXqVn#

Goyders Line

Hi

I remember that the line was set where rainfall/evaporation was < 1/3, but I can not remember for how many months or years, but my question is with climate change has it moved from where Goyder drew it ? Cheers Chris 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

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RFI Seabird Island in SA

We have just completed a very enjoyable few weeks on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Stunning weather (unfortunately as it looks like there needs to be considerably more rain in parts) for this time of the year. We noticed how many island groups there are off-shore and wondered what population monitoring was . . . → Read More: RFI Seabird Island in SA

Eaglehawk Neck pelagic trip report 7th July 2019

And here’s one I prepared earlier…

Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Trip Report – 7th July 2019

Participants:

Ruth Brozek, Jo Colahan, Rob Hamilton, Michael Hyland, Scott Linnane, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski, Paul Newman, Marcus Salton, Carolyn Upston, Els Wakefield. (Paul Brooks, the trip organiser, was unable to attend, with . . . → Read More: Eaglehawk Neck pelagic trip report 7th July 2019