It's all about the birds
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 body fluids of its … Read more
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 TownCommon Cons. Pk. yesterday … Read more
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
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 (now … Read more
Not an option for those of us in Melbourne. IOC 10.2 has done some splitting to create the Opalton and Rufous Grasswrens! Virus-free. www.avast.com