Hi all, Another bird in need of help… http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/a-bird-on-the-brink-of-extinction-the-tahiti-monarch-has-one-hope–you-9150092.html Question is – for a paltry $60k or so why isn’t the French Government/EU footing the bill? Cheers all, Ed WilliamsKingsville, VIC _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
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Recent offerings from the Sunshine Coast region have included multiple sightings of Ground Parrot near Noosa; some nice encounters with Marbled Frogmouth and Australian Owlet-Nightjar; and the occurrence of three monarch species – White-eared, Spectacled and Black-faced – together at several sites. See here for more: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ Anyone thinking of heading up this way might . . . → Read More: Ground Parrot, Marbled Frogmouth, White-eared Monarch on Sunshine Coast First seasonal sighting of Spectacled Monarch home at Maleny yesterday and today, normally absent over winter on Blackall Range. Russ Lamb, Maleny,SEQ =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org =============================== All, At least two pairs of White-eared Monarchs have started breeding on my forested block outside of Brisbane. They are actively chasing and calling each other from thicket to thicket and across open patches of lantana and grasslands. On Sunday, I even had one sitting on top of the house calling from an old TV . . . → Read More: SEQ White-eared Monarch & snake musings I found two pairs of White-eared Monarchs calling vigorously at Moy Pocket in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. This was significant for two reasons. It had long been suspected that like Spectacled and Black-faced Monarchs, White-eared Monarch was a summer visitor to south-east Queensland and north-east NSW. This latest observation confirms other reports indicating that in . . . → Read More: White-eared Monarch resident year-round Thanks Philip. My copy is fine too. As the final proofreader of HANZAB I would have been more than a little disconcerted to have found I missed 15 pages – but all seems okay. I’d take it back to Andrew and ask for a replacement if I had that many pages missing Phil! On . . . → Read More: HANZAB Vol 7 & Black-winged Monarch Mine is not missing those pages. I’m not going to retype text, as I’m not quite sure what you want. I will send you a scan of the relevant page. Philip Well, there I was researching Black-winged Monarch and wanting to check if there are actually any migrant records of M. f. canescens from Torres Strait as there seem to be none in PNG, so I haul out the trusty HANZAB, see the plate with the requisite monarchs, then find my copy is missing pp 41-56 . . . → Read More: HANZAB Vol 7 & Black-winged Monarch The more you study the less you know- it was not until earlier this year that I realized how distinct the Cape York subspecies canescens of Black-winged Monarch is from the 3 other subspecies in New Guinea. Our bird is much more like Black-faced Monarch in face pattern, whereas with the other 3 races the . . . → Read More: Black-winged Monarch RFI Can anyone tell me whether black-faced monarchs males have any particular display to their females? Today I saw an immature male perched on a branch and several times he spread his wings and tail and ducked his head from side to side sort of like he was fixing the feathers on the undersides of his . . . → Read More: monarch behaviour |
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