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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)? 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)? 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)? 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)? Holy Moses,
I need a dose of diazepam (not hydroxychlorquine, thanks Martin) after that.
David in Blackheath.
From: Birding-Aus <birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org> On Behalf Of Geoffrey DabbSent: Sunday, 19 July 2020 4:32 PMTo: birding-aus@birding-aus.orgSubject: [Birding-Aus] Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern . . . → Read More: Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)? 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 16:33, Geoffrey Dabb <gdabb@iinet.net.au> wrote: This moderately common inhabitant of our fields and beaches shows the . . . → Read More: Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)? This moderately common inhabitant of our fields and beaches shows the problems we have with names. First, some authorities regard it as one with a widespread northern species, some split it off as a different species, Gelochelidon macrotarsa. Gould thought it was different, ‘a fine species of Tern, which proved to be new . . . → Read More: Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)? Border incidents: land birds and marine animals I am a marine biologist and have for many years been specially interested in intertidal animals, of course mostly my beloved amphipods. Just this year we published a survey of the Norwegian Gammaridae, the most common group of shore amphipods. I have also my whole life been . . . → Read More: Border incidents: land birds on th shore ; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space”> |
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