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Good morning I’ve been away from organised ornithology/birding for about a decade. It’s somehow reassuring to see that the topic of hot discussion now is the same as when I first got involved in the late 1970s, when REN was consuming all the correspondents!! (REN – Recommended English names for Australian birds published in Emu . . . → Read More: REN While renaming birds let’s swap the names of the Black-faced and Masked Woodswallows. Because the Black-faced has a mask, and the Masked has a black face! John L — All I got to say is a Willy Wagtail to you all with this chatter. Different strokes different Folks Jon Wren
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From: birding-aus-request@birding-aus.orgSent: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 3:00 AMTo: birding-aus@birding-aus.orgSubject: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 120, Issue 4
Send . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 120, Issue 4 G’day Mike During a brief period in the southern suburbs of Brisbane this morning, there was a confluence of rain (minor thunder), flying ants and low level needletails. Given the small field of view from my back deck, I could only see half a dozen individuals in the swift passage. Regards Laurie Birding-Aus mailing . . . → Read More: Rain, Ants and Needletails I just wanted to get in first with – The Plumed Mulchscratcher aka the PM (for the Superb) and the Lesser Plumed Mulchscratcher aka LPM (for Prince Alberts). Thinking of renaming all Australian birds. Geoff … are blowing through our bird names. For more than 10 years the possibility of changing English-language bird names referring to a person (‘personal’ or ‘eponymous’ names) has been on the table. There are no longer any ‘correct’ or standard names, so the names used are a matter for the user – whether . . . → Read More: Winds of Change I spent a few days at a caravan oark at Berri over the week end. I was pleasantly surprised by the numbers of duck feeding on the grassy sites put aside for tents and unpowered vehicles. Looking at them, it made me reflect. Yes we know they breed in trees, but do they roost in . . . → Read More: Maned Goose/Wood Duck. Thanks for that Geoff. It's even more of a mess than I realised. I think ill just stick with intermediate. On Wed, 1 Nov 2023, 09:30 Geoffrey Dabb, <gdabb@iinet.net.au> wrote: Hello Tony
I hope the below will not make it even more complicated.
It will . . . → Read More: [Birding-Aulis] Retwurn of the Plumed Egret. It was in 2014 that Birdlife International resurrected Gould’s Plumed Egret. This was followed five years later by Birdlife Australia in its WLAB v.3. According to the theory behind that, you only (or just about only) find Intermediate Egrets to Australia’s north. I know from bird hide conversations that this particular taxonomic update . . . → Read More: Return of the Plumed Egret Hi. I'm in Drummoyne (Sydney) where there was a flock of Pied Currawongs about 6 weeks ago when trees in the (small!) Bob Smith Reserve were fruiting. I didn't try to count them but there were certainly more than 20. They were in and around the Reserve, very active and vocal, for at least 2 . . . → Read More: Fwd: Flocking currawongs |
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