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I’m just forwarding this email response from Stephen Debus, on behalf of Shirley Cook, who had trouble sending it through to Birding-aus this morning.
Stephen Ambrose Ryde NSW
From: shirleycook <shirleycook@skymesh.com.au> Sent: 23 December 2018 6:04 AMTo: ‘Stephen Ambrose’ <stephen@ambecol.com.au>Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Red Goshawks caught and . . . → Read More: FW: Red Goshawks caught and netted during nesting season Hi, Does anybody out there know why magpies (sample photo attached on one caught at home) lie in the full sun on the hottest days in summer sometimes for 15 to 20 minutes. Some cooling mechanism? Any journal articles available?
Many thanks
David in Blackheath . . . → Read More: Magpie behaviour No, I don't think the subspecies was determined. However, its accepted on the WA Museum's Checklist of the Birds of Western Australia with a note: "Mutilated bird found aboard a vessel at Barrow I. January 2018." Cheers, Nigel On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 1:45 PM James Mustafa <jamesmustafamusic@gmail.com> wrote: Really interesting stuff! . . . → Read More: Fwd: FW: Elegant Pitta AT Barrow Island Really interesting stuff! Nigel do we know what the Elegant subspecies was on the Pilbara boat? The IOC excel document have a note next to vigorsii (Double-striped Pitta Pitta vigorsii is a subspecies of Elegant Pitta P. elegans (Dickinson 2003)). vigorsii is also found in SW New Guinea. Best wishes, James Mustafa . . . → Read More: Fwd: FW: Elegant Pitta AT Barrow Island There was also a dead Elegant Pitta found on a ship at the start of this year off the Pilbara coast. Cheers, Nigel On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 1:11 PM Peter Shute <pshute@nuw.org.au> wrote: Just forwarding this to the list for Mike Carter. Replies to the list or to Mike, please. Peter . . . → Read More: Fwd: FW: Elegant Pitta AT Barrow Island Just forwarding this to the list for Mike Carter. Replies to the list or to Mike, please. Peter Shute ———- Forwarded message ———From: Mike Carter <pterodroma@bigpond.com>Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 2:39 pmSubject: FW: Elegant Pitta AT Barrow IslandTo: <birding-aus-owner@birding-aus.org> John Darnell advises that an Elegant Pitta arrived at Barrow Island on a . . . → Read More: Fwd: FW: Elegant Pitta AT Barrow Island Hi All, About 40 White-throated Needletails currently circling overhead in Ryde, heading generally in a SSE direction at an elevation of around 100 m. A major thunderstorm with heavy rain and light to moderate winds occurred overnight, heavy cloud cover. More heavy rain forecast for the next few days. Geographical Co-ordinates: 33 deg 49 min . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails in Sydney, NSW Angus McNab (great name) says that much if not most research done for Environmental background studies is not made public or kept quiet for a very long time. Which begs the question; who then does decide whether the project goes ahead if the research does does show significant environmental damage, including effects on wildlife. . . . → Read More: Rio Raptor Research I’m spending a couple of weeks at Anglesea Vic. over the Christmas period and was wondering if there was any birds of interest about at the moment ? I’m coming down from Qld. tomorrow and was wondering is there anyone who could point me in the right direction ? . . . → Read More: Anglesea A moment to respond to some comments about this thread relating to this story: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com/2018/12/endangered-red-goshawks-netted-and.html Angus says I am wrong to claim that the Queensland Government has handed over responsibility for the project to Rio Tinto. He might wish to explain this Queensland Environment and Science Department comment to me: "…this project is funded . . . → Read More: Red Goshawks caught and netted during nesting season |
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