Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, October 21, 2019 to Sunday, October 27, 2019:

Area: SA

Location: Kinchina CP (Previously Rocky Gully cp)

Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius) (1) 50 meters past where the Crimson Chats are normally

Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Saturday, October 26, 2019

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Learning bird calls

Hi everyone, I’ve never been very good at identifying birds by calls, but now I find I’m losing my eyesight, so I’m hoping to try and continue my interest in birds by learning their calls. Is there a reliable app or other resource to get more familiar with calls? I have the Pizzey and Knight . . . → Read More: Learning bird calls

A couple of unidentified calls

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Spotting Scopes

Hello all,

 

I was hoping that someone may be able to provide some advice on the following questions about spotting scopes – I was looking into buying one for the purposes of bush-birding and seawatching:

 

What magnification on a spotting scope would be good? Is a spotting scope . . . → Read More: Spotting Scopes

The migration pattern of European Nightjars is linked to the lunar cycle

see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191016124625.htm

The moon determines when migratory birds head south

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Feather id

I was wondering if anyone can help id this feather, found today in Docklands, Melbourne. My guess is Little Wattlebird, but I thought it should have a white tip if it is.

A marine William Cooper

I have just seen on ABC TV a program “Roger Swainston: Drawn to water”. About the artist of the fishes of Australia book and other things. I don’t know if it is on iview. He is a fabulous artist. Equal to William Cooper for birds (and seems surprisingly similar). But he does all . . . → Read More: A marine William Cooper

Impact of climate change on the breeding seasons of arctic seabirds

see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191007113341.htm

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Where are all the Short-tailed Shearwaters?

On Tuesday the Port Phillip Nature Park issued a media release saying that they were arriving late but in good health. Wish the globe was. www.penguins.org.au/news/latest-news/new-news-page-33/?fbclid=IwAR0CYr9VAjA1Oko_7MAgYBJdmCuTKgTlLp5qz5p8YxVT6zpzrul83cqw3-Y

Michael Norris

Central Aust.Trip.

Does anyone have up to date bird sighting for Uluru and Alice Springs, or knows of anyone that I can get in touch with that could point me

in the right direction.

Is there anyone out there that had been there and can recommend places to visit.

I’m heading there . . . → Read More: Central Aust.Trip.