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.

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Home tweet home.

Just back from an amazing but bird- poor tour of California looking at its remarkable trees, including many “champions”, ranging from awesome Redwoods and Sequoias through scores of conifers, including the worlds oldest living single-trunked tree, the Bristlecone Pine, almost 5000 years old according to tree ring counts, looking like a giant bonsai with mainly . . . → Read More: Home tweet home.

Where are all the Short-tailed Shearwaters?

This is extremely worrying. It is not unusual for large numbers of shearwaters to die at sea, especially when they encounter major storms. But this event seems to be something more serious.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-05/mutton-birds-delayed-migratory-vic-arrival-alarms-birdwatchers/11572220

 

Stephen Ambrose

Ryde NSW

Bird watching Mackay and Eungella

Hello, I am heading North (from NSW) bird watching. On previous trips I’ve planned to visit Eungella on the way back but simply run out of time. This time I planned to go there first. After closer inspection via Street view I feel part of the road to Eungella will be too much for . . . → Read More: Bird watching Mackay and Eungella

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 71, Issue 21

We are currently on a Dendrology tour of California NSE and West, The general paucity of birds is remarkable. Apart from American Crows here and there one can drive hundreds of miles, freeways and otherwise, without seeing anything avian other than an overstuffed turkey sandwich. Seabirds an exception.

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Scientific American – Silent Birds

The following quote from Scientific American…

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/silent-skies-billions-of-north-american-birds-have-vanished/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-review&utm_content=link&utm_term=2019-09-25_top-stories&spMailingID=60516237&spUserID=MjkzMjYyMzc4MjgS1&spJobID=1723346337&spReportId=MTcyMzM0NjMzNwS2 Is drawn from their report on the decline of bird numbers in the USA… 

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Wings on King Spring survey promotion

The ‘Wings on King’ bird survey project on King Island, Tasmania, will be undertaking the 2019 Spring surveys 7-10th November. Registrations are now open www.birdsofkingisland.com/register Associated events include dinner on Saturday evening. Speaker – Fred van Gessel who will be on the island recording the King Island bird calls including those of our two critically . . . → Read More: Wings on King Spring survey promotion