Looking for a second-hand scope for a good cause

Dear Birding-Aussers

I have just returned from a 12 day solo birding visit to Bhutan (highly recommended).

My guide while there was a 31 year old freelance birding guide by the name of Phub Dorji who was engaged by a local birding tour company “Off to Bhutan” (www.bhutanbirding.com) for my visit. He is a former . . . → Read More: Looking for a second-hand scope for a good cause

….and furthermore

…….and furthermore

I had planned to keep silent for a while, after 2 messages in one week, but today’s surprise I ‘must’ tell about.

The weather is still cold (6*C) and windy, and I needed both mittens and a woollen cap today. I started out at the airport, where I gave up yesterday. Little to . . . → Read More: ….and furthermore

…….and furthermore

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Chainsaw nest hollows may be much more effective than many nest boxes

see www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/conservation/could-chainsaws-fix-our-animal-habitat-problem-20180518-p4zg3y.html

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Tabby cats

Make that. XY. with testicles

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“Tabby” cats

My apologies Philip, by “tabby” I meant “ginger”, no black blotches.

En paper perhaps not, but of say a dozen ginger cats seen by me over the years, including pets pre enlightenment , none were xx phenotypes, they all had testes.

Cheers

Michael

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Extra hanzab volume 4 Parrots to Dollarbirds

Hi kind folks in Aus

I was wondering if anyone has an extra copy of Hanzab Parrots – Dollarbirds for sale.

I don’t mind if its worn as long as the binding isnt broken or pages missing etc.

Thanks so much!

Don K

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One Swallow does not make summer

One swallow does not make summer

There is a lot of wisdom in proverbs. So also this time: the lone Barn Swallow that I watched at Tisnes last week, clearly did no manage either, and I did not see it there today. After a week with very promising spring weather here in Tromsø, N. Norway, . . . → Read More: One Swallow does not make summer

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 55, Issue 20

Re Hooded Plover and a Tabby Cat

Birdlife Australia (BLA) have contacts on virtually all beaches where Hooded Plovers nest. If you contact BLA and tell them the details of what you saw and where I’m sure they could contact the appropriate group or even the management authority.

Malcolm Brown seawish@aapt.net.au

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Tabby cats and cat coat colour

Incidentally, all the ginger tabby-marked cats I have known have been males. Perhaps their sisters are the tortoiseshell females. I don’t say there are no ginger females, just that I haven’t met one.

True grey and brownish/black tabbies, whether blotched or barred pattern, can be either male or female. I am told that gingers are . . . → Read More: Tabby cats and cat coat colour