John Weigel This Orion ‘wine and cheese’ cruise looks like it cuts through some good waters, beginning in Brisbane on 13 December, arriving at Norfolk Island two or three days later, then onwards to Auckland. Most of the run between Brisbane and Norfolk is within Australian EEZ waters, then of course there are 300 km of Aussie … Read more
Hi folks, For those who may be interested, I’ve posted an overdue final blog entry on www.birdingfordevils.com.au . Highlight is undoubtedly the wonderland of Macquarie Island. Also some final thoughts on what was truly a very big year – my best year. Re-entry to real-world stuff after squeezing a lifetime of birding into 366 action-packed … Read more
For me, the thrill of seeing the LBB Gull atop that festering rubbish pile at the Broome Rubbish Tip on Saturday was more than proportionate to the difficulty and expense to travel Sydney – Broome – TWICE! My initial trip unfortunately overlapped with the first-known two or three day absence for the gull from the … Read more
Dave, Is there a version of current IOC list out there that DOES include all current subspecies? John To: “Frank O’Connor” Subject: Splits, lumps, taxonomies, check-lists, whatever. From: Dave Torr Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 07:23:06 +1100 Good comments Frank. I think a key is that all databases etc should be recording subspecies – and … Read more
Thank you Scotty and Dave, it has indeed been a very ‘big’ year. Just a quick wrap-up of the final death-throws of the year. I was lucky enough to not have latest attempt to fly into Melaleuca from Hobart cancelled. That was the good news. The not as good news is that I only saw … Read more
