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In reply to Greg Roberts’ email of 21 Jan “Death by barbed wire”:
“This subject was addressed in Andrew Ley’s paper “Bird casualties in fences in Diamantina National Park, Queensland, 1996-2008” published in Australian Field Ornithology in 2008.”
Shirley Cook Mitchell Plateau charter for Black Grasswren 24 May 2020 As per previous years, Australian Ornithological Services will run a one-day charter to the Mitchell Plateau at the end of our 2020 Top End tour. It involves fixed-wing to the Mitchell Plateau airstrip and then helicopters to the . . . → Read More: Advertisement Mitchell Plateau charter for Black Grasswren 24 May 2020 Phil, That “imitatress” could even be considered as a common name for any bird outside the Roman or Greek Republics indicates how out of touch with common birders committees can occasionally be. With any due respect, these committees sometimes seem to confuse themselves with Academia, and must secretly lust for Scientific standing. I . . . → Read More: Imitatress ” Cryptic” is a sexy name, (with Herpetological overtones), but is the bird actually or unusually that much more camouflaged or difficult to see than other Honeyeaters? Is it generally so different to look at or listen to that a new name is really necessary ? (With apologies to armchair twitchers, of which I am . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 75, Issue 20 Hello and Happy New Year! I will be heading North from Cessnock tomorrow and will have some time available for bird watching along the way. Due to recent fire activity, I assume the New England Highway would be a better option than Thunderbolt’s Way. I’m close to Werakata NationalPark, but the combination of dirt . . . → Read More: Cessnock Northwards MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION Mr Lloyd Alwyn NIELSEN, Mount Molloy QLD 4871 For service to conservation and the environment. Ornithology: Former Wildlife Guide, O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, Lamington National Park. Former Guide, Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge. Former Featured Artist, 'Artists Loan Scheme', James Cook University. Publications Author, 'Our . . . → Read More: Congratulations Lloyd! IOC Michael, after quite a lengthy process, which involved Lloyd as the proposer of the new species. To cut a long story short he was happy with Cryptic, one can go round and round forever so I am hoping we can persuade BirdLife to forgo Imitatress! Phil Gregory In Izumi oreornis@gmail.com ornithological writer/tour leader/tour facilitator . . . → Read More: Cryptic Honeyeater Precisely who actually decided on the name “Cryptic” on our behalf ? (name or names please) Sent from my iPhone > On 24 Jan 2020, at 1:39 pm, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@birding-aus.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org > . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 75, Issue 18 Hi all had one of my best seawatches for about 20 years today off North Head i seen a Bulwer’s Petrel a Tahiti Petrel 13 Streaked Shearwaters and 2 Sooty Terns all flying north close in with thousands of Wedgetail and Flesh footed Shearwaters. Cheers Michael. Sent from my Samsung GALAXY S5 on the . . . → Read More: Bulwer’s Petrel, Tahiti Petrel, Streaked Shearwaters, Sooty Terns off North Head Manly. Over the last 12 days a single Regent Honeyeater has been observed by many watchers on the fringes of Canberra’s ‘inner north’. As one commented to me ‘ it has brought a lot of joy to birdos during this terrible time of fire and drought and now hail storm’. The weight of expert . . . → Read More: A very Warty-faced Honeyeater |
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