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Thanks to all that took the trouble to reply to my request for information for our trip to Uluru and Alice Springs, it was very helpful and greatly appreciated. Although birds were almost nonexistent at Uluru and the Olgas due to all waterholes being dry and only 20 mm of rain in . . . → Read More: Uluru and Alice Springs The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 4, 2019 to Sunday, November 10, 2019: Area: SA Location: Beyond wetlands Hayborough White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) (1) Male bird first time seen in Port Elliot area. Male bird as been observed for at least 6 days. Freckled Duck (Stictonetta . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest I am slightly suss about the lethality of inbreeding. The Lord Howe Island Woodhen population was reduced by rat predation to one or two pairs before breeding up again to fill the Island, presumably any bad genetic combinations died out . Cheetahs world wide apparently have no genetic variation. Regents probably survive today because a . . . → Read More: Genetic diversity see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191030110004.htm 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 see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191024093601.htm 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 Hi all, Bill here I've just received three binoculars from a gentleman by the name of Mike Connor who would like to see them going to a good cause. I have, in the past, seen advertisements for projects where working (or near working) binoculars are sent to developing nations (I have a feeling I've seen . . . → Read More: Binocular donation Hi all, Bill here again On the weekend I stayed at Wonga Park on a scout camp. Both mornings there was a distinct and loud Australian Raven calling in the area. I’m not familiar with many sightings of Aussie Ravens south of (maybe) Bendigo. Is this unusual? How often do they come this far south? . . . → Read More: Australian Raven in Melbourne Hi all, Bill here There was a Koel calling in Kew East this morning. Another sign of Spring, as well as the apparently increasing range of the bird. 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, October 28, 2019 to Sunday, November 3, 2019: Area: SA Location: On our Rockleigh property Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) (1) Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) (1) Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans) (2) I was doing 3 20-minute Backyard Bird Count sessions, for once . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest How regularly are SWDs seen at Centenary Lakes? cheers — John Leonard |
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