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Fascinating … http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/ebird-gets-a-supercomputing-kick-from-teragrid “eBird gets a supercomputing kick from TeraGrid August 16, 2010 Thanks to your continued participation the data analysis potential of eBird is growing rapidly. Through collaboration with partners in the DataONE network at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, eBird was recently awarded 100,000 hours of supercomputing time on the National Science Foundation’s … Read more

It is interesting to discover famous people’s passions for birding. Reading the obituary of Stephen Schneider (1945–2010), the Nobel Prize winning climate scientist (Science 13 August 2010: Vol. 329. no. 5993, p. 776) we learn that: “His interest in the effects of climate disruption brought him together with Terry Root, a leader in studying its … Read more

Dear All, The article on counterfeit anti-malarials is in BirdingASIA (Vol 1), not Forktail. Close, but no cigar. My apologies to all. Cheers, Carl Clifford =============================== 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 ===============================

Hi Wim, In my 2 visits to Argentina (totalling about 4 months) I have never had any problems with malaria, nor did I meet people who had. Having said that, the areas that you’re visiting are included in those areas that contain warnings. But my understanding is that those areas contain a low to very … Read more

G’day Back from a couple of weeks on the road. A belated sighting for people heading out that way – I came across large groups of Flock Bronzewings flying [presumably to their evening roosts] late in the afternoon on Sunday 2 August in the vicinity of the junction of the Diamantina and Birdsville Development Roads. … Read more