Grey Whistler or Atherton Scrubwren

Dear List,

So, every once and a while I go back and check my reference photos for my bird ID’s. Recently I’ve been bothered by the following bird:

jpolak.org/unknown/shrk1.jpg jpolak.org/unknown/shrk2.jpg jpolak.org/unknown/shrk3.jpg

It was seen at the Cassowary House in Kuranda March 12, 2018.

After scouring the guides, I was pretty convinced it was Grey Whistler. . . . → Read More: Grey Whistler or Atherton Scrubwren

NZ bird app

Forgot to ask Is there any decent NZ bird apps out there as good as the Pizzey & Knight app that I love for Ozzie birds??

Thanks Kirri 👍🏻

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New member

Thanks for accepting me to the group. It is a very interesting forum.Don Lill

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NZ birds

Hi all Sooo…I need your advice on birds of NZ…I lived in Hamilton for 2 yrs in my 20’s but wasn’t a bird watcher …🙄 My family is there from early Dec 2018 to Mid Jan 2019 Any fav locations would be welcome? Endemics locations? Any reliable night time Kiwi locations?

ALSO…I’ve heard of an . . . → Read More: NZ birds

Massive migration event in Canada

Hi All I picked up a reference to the following massive warbler migration event reported from Quebec in Eastern Canada through a UK birding report – the link is to an ebird report – the numbers involved make some of the reported Honeyeater movements here seem a bit feeble… ebird.org/view/checklist/S46116491

Cheers

Tom Wilson

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Good news for Abbott’s Booby? (calyptorhynchus)

If you were one of the 56,000 people who supported BirdLife’s campaign to stop phosphate mining on Christmas Island, thank you. It gives us hope for Toondah and other developments which are pushing endangered birds toward extinction. You can also help BirdLife (and like-minded groups) campaign for stronger nature laws to protect our native birds . . . → Read More: Good news for Abbott’s Booby? (calyptorhynchus)

Conservation challenges for ground hornbills

www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/science-and-environment/2018-05-28-conservation-emergency-as-endangered-hornbills-numbers-plummet/

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Cassowaries in the news

see www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-30/pigs-decimating-cassowaries-in-world-heritage-listed-daintree/9815164

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The potential role of birds in distributing insects

The eggs of some species survive avian digestion tracts – see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180528123957.htm

[Perhaps this is how the ancestors of the Lord Howe stick insects arrived]

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Good news for Abbott’s Booby?

Christmas Island facing economic collapse as mine expansion rejected to save famous red crabs

Frankly I’m amazed any decisions in favour of the environment are made these days. — John Leonard Canberra

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