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Hi All, We are running a mid-week pelagic on Wednesday 16th October. There are a few spaces still available. Contact details can be found on the web site http://sydneypelagics.info/ Cheers — Sydney Pelagics W: sydneypelagics.info E: contact@sydneypelagics.info M: Greg 0405 578 967 or David 0408 905 666 WEB SITE | BOOKINGS | PICK-UP . . . → Read More: 16 October 2019 Sydney pelagic – ADVERTISEMENT 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. 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 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 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. Sent from my iPhone > On 26 . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 71, Issue 21 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… . . . → Read More: Scientific American – Silent Birds 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 Had a look at HANZAB and birds of palearctic but the results are confusing . Male Australia nominate weight 600g 670g tarsus 42.8mm 46.7mm toe 46mm 47.5mm Female weight 825g 1100g tarsus 48mm 53mm toe 52mm 53mm Do not know if this helps the argument . Australian does have relative longer toe, would that help . . . → Read More: feet peregrine Of the two Australian live Peregrine nestcams, Orange seems likely to have the widest possible variety of prey, including galahs & pigeons as largest I’ve so far seen. I agree that a galah would likely provide an Australian hunting challenge in adept flight & fiesty character (indeed, the tiercel there has brought in smaller prey). . . . → Read More: adaptation https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/almost-one-third-fewer-birds-in-us-than-in-1970-study-shows-20190920-p52t5t.html |
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