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I think somewhere along the way I heard that it’s teaching the chick in the egg to sing. This is why surrogate mother of are diff species are not good because they don’t teach the right song. Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Sep 2022, at 2:01 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 107, Issue 8 I have been asked to post this question: 'I gave a talk at my local library on Bird Watching. I was asked 'Why do Magpies sing at night?' I did not know. Does anyone know? David Robertson Adelaide Peter Shute Does anyone have a spreadsheet with the current taxonomy, limited to Australian birds? I'm still using C&B 2008 and should get around to working out my splits/lumps with something more recent. Warm regards, Alistair The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, September 12, 2022 to Sunday, September 18, 2022: Area: SA Location: Ridley CP Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius) (1) This is the correct ID of the bird seen at Ridley CP.. It was previously reported (incorrectly) as an Orange-bellied Parrot. My apologies . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest Hi all,
For the first time in my 22 years in Schofields between Blacktown, the Hawkesbury, and the Hills) we have Blue-faced honey eaters here. There are just three of them, but they’ve been here a few weeks now.
Is their range extending, or would likely these . . . → Read More: Blue-faced honeyeaters in NW Sydney I’ve had quite a good time in the Alice area so far. I dipped on the Emu-wren yesterday at Ellery Creek (spinifex too burnt), but today I found Grey Honeyeater at the mulga site down the turn near Kunoth Well and this afternoon Golden-backed Honeyeater at Simpson’s Gap . This last was unexpected, I hadn’t . . . → Read More: ’s Gap The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, September 19, 2022 to Sunday, September 25, 2022: Area: SA Location: Prospect Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) (1) On a power line on Devonport Tce alongside the Gawler Railway Line. Brown Goshawk? Reported by: David Cox on Saturday, September 24, 2022 ——————————————— . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest CBC heard along Berrys Creek Wollstonecraft this morning. Don’t think I’ve ever heard one in August before. Chris Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, September 5, 2022 to Sunday, September 11, 2022: Area: SA Location: Dulkaninna wetlands on the Birdsville Track Plumed Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) (11) We stopped at this beautiful wetland on the way north, and spotted the group of plumed whistling ducks sitting . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest Ok, so I'm going to ALice and Uluru in a week's time and have the following targets: Rufous-crowned Emuwren Grey Honeyeater Rufous Grasswren Copperback Quailthrush So the Emuwren I hope to see at either Ellery Creek, Ormiston Gorge or St Theresa Road. The Grey Honeyeater either at Kunoth Well, Alice Springs Desert Park or Olive . . . → Read More: Request for information… after looking at ebird! Alice Springs and Uluru |
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