Koel repellent.

Since playing Powerful Owl calls our resident Koel has not been heard again, 24 hrs later. Hope it’s not coincidence. Michael Sent from my iPhone 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

Birds and Anting

Dear All,   The topic of birds and anting crops up periodically on Birding-aus, most recently in the last few weeks.  Not the same as earlier discussions, but related, is the relationship between ants and birds in the nest.   The following paper has just been published in the online journal, Scientific Reports, which looks … Read more

WTNT records

Hi Mike (and fellow Birding-Aus people…),   I hope that this note finds you well…   My first migratory swift record for this season was yesterday.   At 1:00pm, approximately 50 x White-throated Needletails were seen over the Kennedy Hwy, 43kms south of Mt Garnet and north of the Forty Mile Scrub NP boundary. They … Read more

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 85, Issue 13

It’s the nesting sites Where do they next in our Capital ! Has anyone checked the Parliament Houses for these particular parasites. ? Tree hollows would be limited in Canberra. Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Nov 2020, at 4:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@birding-aus.org > … Read more

Podcast with Charlie Massy

Hi all, Thought some of you may want to listen to an interview I did last Friday with bird watcher and regenerative farmer Charlie Massy.  Best,  Charles Hunter Call of the Reed Warbler: a discussion with Dr. Charles Massy OAM – The Green Genius – saving our planet Call of the Reed Warbler: a discussion … Read more