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Hi, Andrew Stafford wrote, on Bird-O a couple of weeks ago “my vision of the “proper” list of Australian birds is a conservative and frankly outdated one: in essence, by not including birds from external territories on my list”. No comments yet, which I suppose means the Australian birding community is quite happy to continue … Read more
No it wouldn’t be the first record for Satin Flycatcher for the Top End. I’ve a record from Douglas Hot Springs, July 1988, and there’s another from Anbangbang Billabong, Kakadu mid-1991 (Annotated List of Birds of the Top End, Thompson & Goodfellow, 1989). Also there’s an unattributed note in the Annotated List (could be Estbergs, … Read more
Hi all Last week I photographed a Splendid Fairy-wren in central Australia. Did I photograph race musgravi as suggested by Morcombe 2003, or did I photograph race callainus as suggested by Pizzey 2007? A photo of the bird in question can be found here: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/jonthornton/sets/72157624573811902. We did not see any Princess Parrots last week. We … Read more
I am reading with interest the discussion on the Myiagra flycatcher seen by Tom Tarrant in Darwin. This immediately rang a bell with me, as it matched very well a bird I saw in Timber Creek on 14 September 2000 during a long birding holiday from UK. My notes made at the time were brief, … Read more
Birds Queensland has found itself in a spot of bother over moves by its president, Mike West, to rehabilitate the controversial Queensland naturalist, John Young. Mike has boasted in a letter to one Birds Queensland member that the group under his leadership had “left the door open” for John because other birding groups had shunned … Read more