Are big-billed birds more common in the tropics? ABC Radio Melbourne 774 are going to be discussing the issue at 4pm this afternoon. Not sure who the guest is at this stage. Russell Woodford Birding-Aus List Owner russell@birding-aus.org Geelong Victoria Australia http://birding-aus.org =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the … Read more
Hello Thought it worth mentioning that the Musk lorikeets that turned up here (Pine Mountain, Qld) on 20th May are still hanging around 5 weeks later. Their numbers have varied but we still have them roosting nearby every evening with the attendant raucous calling. We’ve also noticed that there are Noisy Friarbirds about for the … Read more
I think you don’t know when you are being teased. Or maybe I don’t know when I am, to respond to such a silly thought. The suggestion that “the bird was feigning death in order to lure down a raptor to take as prey, and that it would have flown off as soon as it … Read more
Thank you for all these excellent suggestions, everyone. Some may have missed my message saying that the bird had disappeared by the time I returned. I had, however, taken some photos of it with my phone, and from these Rory O’Brien at the Museum of Victoria identified it as being the Tasmanian subspecies, Ninox novaeseelandiae … Read more
Slow cook, moderate oven. Add salt. Steve Potter m: 0407 398 234 e: steve@frontier.org.au What to do with a dead owl? from [Peter Shute http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=%2Bfr om%3Apshute%40nuw.org.au&idxname=birding-aus&sort=date%3Alate> ] [Permanent Link http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=birding-aus &i=150CDAA93B99944998130F5B1C4A2F1F354532FD2D%40nuwvicms1> ][Original http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/cgi-bin/extract-mesg.cgi?a=bir ding-aus&m=2010-06&i=150CDAA93B99944998130F5B1C4A2F1F354532FD2D%40nuwvicms1> ] To: ” birding-aus@vicnet.net.au” < birding-aus@vicnet.net.au> Subject: What to do with a dead owl? From: Peter Shute < pshute@nuw.org.au> Date: Tue, … Read more