It's all about the birds
With more thought I amend it to : 1. Western Ground Parrot (heard it several times on surveys) 2. Buff-breasted Button-quail (missed this) 3. Plains Wanderer (without Phil Maher) 4. Grey Falcon (only seen twice at Broome and SW Queensland) 5. White-throated Nightjar (only seen once near Julatten) 6. Superb Fruit-Dove (my ‘bogey’ bird which … Read more
Here’s my 50 c worth: 1. Night Parrot- rare, nomadic, no certain sites, still unseen by birders 2. Western Ground Parrot- very rare and inaccessible 3. Princess Parrot- inaccessible, nomadic, (and access beset by bureaucracy!) 4 Buff-breasted Buttonquail -no reliable site 5 Grey Falcon- few reliable sites and elusive, also rare 6 Northern Shrike Tit- … Read more
Thank you to all who responded to my request for help about 2 weeks ago. The 2 raptors in question (which are still here) have been identified as immature Brahminy Kites with the much appreciated help of Chris Sanderson, email and a borrowed 300mm camera lens. Sandra Gallienne =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, … Read more
Here at Kobble Creek we just had our first leaden flycatcher, a female, for the year. Heard it call first and then had great views. Within a couple of minutes we also saw one of the last Rose Robins for the year here on the block. That’s capped a really nice weekend where, yesterday, we … Read more
Dear All, A new paper on the Genus Falco. Wink, M.; El-Sayed, A.-A., Ristow, D. and Gonzalez, J.: “Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Falco (Falconidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear nucleotide sequences”, has just been completed and submitted for publication, according to a post on the new Raptor conservation newsgroup. It will be interesting to … Read more