From Birding-Aus

Since a few days, we have got back he midnight sun again in Tromsø, N. Norway, where I have lived since 1973. But spring is late this year: our garden is still 3/4 snow-covered, the birches are still bare and I have not yet heard the Willow Warbler, our most numerous song bird. As . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus

Fwd: Birding Aus letter – Redwing song dialects

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From: Angus Innes <angus_innes@hotmail.com&gt; Date: 21 May 2020 at 20:35:56 BST To: Birding Aus <birding-aus@vicnet.net.au&gt;, "wim.vader@uit.no&quot; <wim.vader@uit.no&gt;, "birding-aus@birding-aus.org&quot; <birding-aus@birding-aus.org&gt; Subject: Birding Aus letter – Redwing song dialects

Dear WimAll  I shared your interesting e-mail to Birding Aus with a friend of mine, Dr Ernest Garcia (a distinguished ornithologist and . . . → Read More: Fwd: Birding Aus letter – Redwing song dialects

10 Parrots

On a number of occasions I have seen 10 parrot species in the North East corner of Cumberland State Forest in Castle Hill.

 

The list for parrots in that location is as follows :

 

Galah

Long-billed Corella

Little Corella

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Rainbow Lorikeet

. . . → Read More: 10 Parrots

Pesticides

Dear Rob,

The strawberry story and its corollary with other fruit and veg is one of the worst things I have ever heard, and along with the Council’s unconscionable brushing it under the table is depressing to say the least.

Where I am in Isolation on the Central Coast at present my IPhone . . . → Read More: Pesticides

Morgan Conservation Park

A relatively rare post from South Australia – this time on Morgan Conservation Park. Roly Lloyd & I have been going to Morgan a few times per year for 20+ years as it was a brilliant place for birds. During the last major drought, the wetlands which includes several ha of open water beside the . . . → Read More: Morgan Conservation Park

WtGw

Gooday all

 

Has anyone had or know of any success seeing the White-throated Grasswren recently. Please respond via my email.

 

Thanks

 

Greg Little

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. . . → Read More: WtGw

bird obs please

Gooday all

 

Recently Judy and I received approval from the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS) to start a study of the annual migration of honeyeaters and other passerines through the Hunter. Our aim is to find out where they come from and where they go to, and if . . . → Read More: bird obs please

Harding Dam Mystery Bird

Hi All, Well, restrictions are easing for some of us and that is welcome. The last mystery bird was indeed a White-breasted Whistler although I never heard one of them whistle. This week we have either one bird or maybe two different birds that I saw from time to time below the dam wall . . . → Read More: Harding Dam Mystery Bird

Insecticides

from The Guardian about 2 years ago

 

abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years, according to a new study that has shocked scientists.

Insects are an integral part of life on Earth as both pollinators and prey for other wildlife and it was known that some . . . → Read More: Insecticides

Insecticides

from The Guardian about 2 years ago

 

abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years, according to a new study that has shocked scientists.

Insects are an integral part of life on Earth as both pollinators and prey for other wildlife and it was known that some . . . → Read More: Insecticides