It's all about the birds
Re Shrike-tit split. Hi Dave, The split into Eastern, Western and Northern Shrike-tits has been mooted for decades based on distribution and colour differences, the latter are minor but definite. Why Birdlife has split them is questionable. The split makes it harder for twitchers, the Northern form has eluded us on many visits but is … Read more
I discovered a few days ago that BirdLife Australia have split the Shrike-tit in their latest list (http://www.birdlife.org.au/conservation/science/taxonomy) and this happened back in August, I have seen no reference to this on Birding-Aus so can I assume that most people do not use that taxonomy – the only reason I noticed is that I maintain birdlifephotography.org.au … Read more
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, December 9, 2019 to Sunday, December 15, 2019: Area: SA Location: Adelaide botanic garden Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus) (1) The little grassbird has been calling from the rushes surrounding one of the storage ponds next to First Creek wetland for a … Read more
Hi all there were 2 female Australian Shelducks at Pitt Town Lagoon this morning a fairly rare bird for Sydney. Cheers Michael. Sent from my Samsung GALAXY S5 on the Telstra Mobile network
Anyone have a copy of “Peregrines of the World” (Lynx) that you might be ready to let go of ? Judith SEQ 500m — JudithLA