Books for Sale

Hi all,

Downsizing the collection and selling some books. Some good stuff in there (HANZAB, various field guides etc). Everything is in basically in perfect condition, but happy to send images etc. Pick up from Ringwood in Melbourne otherwise additional postage costs. I’ve put a basic price, but everything is negotiable.

*Title* *Author* *Price* Birds . . . → Read More: Books for Sale

ID of a wader

youngster

Greetings, all! I’m looking at photos of a juv Figbird (sent from a leafy Brisbane suburb) in a ?poinciana tree for the last several days. The bird has one bright white rump feather. The field guides are silent on this variation. Any ideas? Just a random event? What’s also odd is that this guide says . . . → Read More: youngster

Golden Shouldered Parrots in the crosshairs

See www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/parrot-on-verge-of-annihilation-poses-first-hurdle-for-new-environment-minister-20180903-p501fk.html

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Elevated Bird hide designs?

Fw: 2018 World Shorebirds Day ( 5 and 11 September )

hi guys

just a reminder

This year Global Shorebird Counting will take place between 5 and 11 September 2018 all around the world.

Please see link below for more details:

worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/the-2018-world-shorebirds-day-campaign-opens/

Register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaKi0pZRvDgnSwBvOvAGfRbV8_F7z8bW8Y2A9Zt8dnMfaHhw/viewform

Submit Data: click here will give you all the instructions you need

if you can think of others who may be interested . . . → Read More: Fw: 2018 World Shorebirds Day ( 5 and 11 September )

. Re: Help!

Hi Sue

Currawongs are very smart birds, but they’re also very cautious, probably more so than the yellow robins, When doing fieldwork on frugivorus birds, I had to conceal myself more fully or stay further from the fruiting tree if I wanted to watch currawongs or crows than if it was just honeyeaters, fig birds . . . → Read More: . Re: Help!

Help!

Any ideas how I can protect a nest with 2 eastern yellow robin chicks? Mother holding back as there’s been a couple of pied currawongs this morning coming in eyeing the chicks off. They’ve flown away a short time ago but I’m sure they’ll be back. Nest is about 4m off the ground in a . . . → Read More: Help!

Bruce Richardson

I’m sure many birding aussers know of Bruce Richardson, the American birder who has made Australia home.

We met back in 2011, I think it was, when I guided Bruce and Lyn and another couple around the Top End. It was a momentous trip in more ways than one. We did see some good . . . → Read More: Bruce Richardson

The migratory patterns of Grey-headed Albatross and the elevator behaviour of Griffon Vultures

see www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/30/where-the-animals-go-wildlife-tracking-secrets-revealed

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