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Please note that my email address and that of Hinterland Bush Links, has changed from wilderness@hotkey.net.au to sduncan@hinterlandbushlinks.org . The former address will expire shortly so please amend your records.
Best wishes Susie
Susie Duncan Coordinator, Hinterland Bush Links Inc. P.O. Box . . . → Read More: Susie Duncan email address change Indian Mynahs are a pestilence on much of Sydney’s suburbia. They can be virtually totally eliminated by blocking their nesting cavities, which are invariably under the eaves of houses, often via gutters. Trapping and wringing their necks (“euthanising”) is never ending, stopping them from breeding is permanent. In Suburbia it would be a big deal . . . → Read More: Indian Mynah control Sorry about the escaped start of a message! Towards the end of a bird poor year 12.30 in Tromsø on 16 November, grey and drizzly and daylight is already fading; in a week’s time we’ll enter the ‘mørketida’, the 2 months that the sun does not rise above the . . . → Read More: sign of life White-throated Needletail 15 on Nov 14 at 1730 flying rapidly about over paddocks in humid cloudy conditions at Old Boonjie Road, Topaz, FNQ, our first of the season. Pacific Swift one two days earlier Nov 12, belting eastwards and in Innisfail before I had time to call it out! 3 over Nerada Tea Estate Nov . . . → Read More: Needletail sighting Topaz G’day Michael, I saw a flock of ~20 Needletails wheeling around North Maleny (Sunshine Coast hinterland, SEQ) at 6:45 am this morning. Weather was hot and clear. Regards, Laurie 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 The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 9, 2020 to Sunday, November 15, 2020: Area: SA Location: On our Rockleigh property Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) (1) Grey shrike-thrushes are often skulkers in the foliage, and hard to see. Our bird sat in a sparse sheoak right behind . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest Not an Australian bird story, but it is so bizarre that I thought it was worth sharing. At least it has an Australian connection where comment was sought from John Pogonoski, ichthyologist at CSIRO.
Alien-like photo shows snake eel dangling out of heron’s stomach in midair https://www.livescience.com/snake-eel-bursts-out-of-heron.html . . . → Read More: Alien-like photo shows snake eel dangling out of heron’s stomach in midair https://www.theage.com.au/world/oceania/new-zealand-bird-of-the-year-voter-fraud-scandal-has-kiwis-in-a-flap-20201111-p56di6.html The present subspecies are taken from the 2-volume BLI/HBW Checklist.
Birdlife Australia regards them as important for Birdlife Australia conservation purposes. From BLA website:
However, defining all Australia’s bird taxa (species and subspecies) does matter for conservation; it is difficult to monitor and protect birds if they . . . → Read More: All The Birds of the World: Review Today on Mt Franklin Road (Brindabella Ranges, ACT), about 2.5 km beyond the final locked gate I heard two male Olive Whistlers calling at each other using the call the various field guides describes as 'tu WIT tu', but prefacing it with three even notes: 'tu tu tu, tu WIT tu'. One male was calling . . . → Read More: Interesting Olive Whistler behaviour |
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