By Birding-Aus, on July 26th, 2020% Hi Tony,
I think Peter is correct. I’ve had a closer look by magnifying the picture and it looks like the tip of the tongue is bent downwards rather than it being forked. In general, the tongue of large raptors is deeply grooved longitudinally. I suspect that assists with directing . . . → Read More: White-bellied Sea-eagle forked tongue
By Birding-Aus, on July 26th, 2020% It’s just in a V shape, isn’t it? Peter Shute Get Outlook for iOS
From: Birding-Aus <birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org> on behalf of Tony Ashton <tonyashton0@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2020 3:48:51 PM To: Birding-Aus <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-bellied Sea-eagle forked tongue
Hi all, Can’t puzzle out why the bird pictured (seen at . . . → Read More: White-bellied Sea-eagle forked tongue
By Birding-Aus, on July 25th, 2020% Hi all, Can't puzzle out why the bird pictured (seen at TownCommon Cons. Pk. yesterday appears to have curved forked extension to tongue. Help! Tony Ashton
By Birding-Aus, on July 22nd, 2020% Tromsø’s gull problems This last week our local newspaper (topically called Nordlys= Northern lights) is full of stuff about ‘ the gull problem’, a topic that reappears every summer in varying intensity. Fortunately I now longer get called in to witness; this role has been very ably taken over by my colleague Rob Barrett . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus
By Birding-Aus, on July 21st, 2020% Not an option for those of us in Melbourne. IOC 10.2 has done some splitting to create the Opalton and Rufous Grasswrens!
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By Birding-Aus, on July 20th, 2020%
By Birding-Aus, on July 19th, 2020% And there was one at Stockton Sandspit on the Hunter Estuary last summer wasn’t there? From: Greg & Val Clancy Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:44 PM To: ‘Geoffrey Dabb’ ; birding-aus@birding-aus.org Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?
The ‘Northern’ or ‘Common’ Gull-billed . . . → Read More: Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?
By Birding-Aus, on July 19th, 2020% Isn’t the “Australian” in “Australian Tern” and “Australian Gull-billed Tern” simply to denote that it is a breeding endemic (with one recent breeding record in NZ noted)? Otherwise we could call Australian Pelican the “Largely Australian Pelican” . . . → Read More: Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?
By Birding-Aus, on July 19th, 2020% The ‘Northern’ or ‘Common’ Gull-billed Tern also occurs occasionally in NSW. I have seen and photographed it in the Clarence Valley, north coast NSW.
Greg Clancy
From: Birding-Aus <birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org> On Behalf Of Geoffrey DabbSent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 4:32 PMTo: birding-aus@birding-aus.orgSubject: [Birding-Aus] Is that a Gull-billed Tern . . . → Read More: Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?
By Birding-Aus, on July 19th, 2020% Northern and Southern GBT? Cas
On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 5:01 PM Martin Butterfield <martinflab@gmail.com> wrote: Obviously the people at the IOC have discovered what medication a politician serving a country between Mexico and Canada is using and overdosed on it. Martin Butterfield http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ https://mallacootaweatherwildlife.blogspot.com/
On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at . . . → Read More: Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?
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