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I will be visiting Bellingen, NSW for a week at the end of April – are there any suggested birding sites, especially bush birds. Thanks, Frances Martin 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 I would like to support Martin in his accolade of Michael Tarburton's work with swifts in Australia. Sadly his work has highlighted the decline of WTNT. However, without this monitoring there could be no support for the efforts to reverse this trend. Geoff Ryan I have some beautiful bird prints from old calendars, free to anyone who’ll pick them up from Kew. But you cannot pick and choose, you must take them all!
There are 73 Australian birds (12 parrots by William Cooper, 24 Goulds, 26 by T. Lindsey, 7 by Julie D and . . . → Read More: Free bird prints (Advertisement) The White-throated Needletail’s are ending their visit to Australia (at least one has reached Vietnam, & two have reached China). I have received or located only 9 sightings for April, so this is a reminder to please get your latest sightings to me so I can add them and those from the Atlas and then . . . → Read More: Final WTNT counts please. Hello fellow bird lovers, As you all know, there are very few funds available for the conservation of our birds these days, so on King Island we are running an arts festival to raise funds for bird conservation here. The theme is Birds in Our Lives and all works have a connection to birds in . . . → Read More: ‘Birds in Our Lives’ Art Festival on King Island – On-line catalogue Hi Wendy, We used The Birds of the Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia by Doughty, Day and Plant for New Caledonia and found that very good. Easy to pick out which species were in play from the maps. Many of the species are restricted to just some of the islands. We haven’t . . . → Read More: Re Field Guide for Vanuatu Re Field Guide for Vanuatu Hi Wendy, I used the Birds of Melanesia for trips to both New Caledonia 2 years ago and Vanuatu this year. It usefully divides the passerine section in to the different island groups. This makes the guide bigger (447 pages) due to repetition but still a useful feature. It gives . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 66, Issue 5 We are heading off to Vanuatu in June. Is there a field guide that is recommended? Also, can anyone recommend any local guides for day trips? We are visiting Efate, Tanna and Espiritu Santo Islands. Tangkiu tumas Wendy Cayless see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190402164509.htm Summary: Biologists have examined the factors that drive the predation levels of Australia’s fairy wrens. After measuring attack rates on both conspicuously and dull colored 3D fairy wren models in various habitats, they found that bright or ‘conspicuous’ plumage is not associated with an increase in predation. Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change . . . → Read More: Some interesting research on the impact of conspicuous plumage on predation rates Has anyone been to Town Common recently? I will be passing through Townsville this week and wonder if it is worth a quick visit, and if so anything in particular to look for. 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 . . . → Read More: Town Common |
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