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I used to think that the Sandstone Shrike-thrush was pretty hard to beat, but when the Little Shrike-thrush was recently re-instated as a full species, when I changed the listing on my website my attention was drawn to what an outstanding songster it is.

So my vote goes to a Little Shrike-thrush with Pied Butcherbird . . . → Read More: Australias best songster.

Peter Wolcott will be speaking on:

“Antarctic Conservation Issues”

Peter Wolcott toured Antarctica as part of a Birdlife International sponsored trip in February. He will discuss issues and initiatives particularly addressing Penguins and Albatrosses such as rat eradication on South Georgia and micro-plastics in the Antarctic Ocean. He will also share photos such as Penguin . . . → Read More: Birdlife Victoria Group – Public Speaker night – Antarctic Conservation Issues

When I was there last year I kept seeing a double-sided poster of Icelandic birds which covered the birds that you would expect to see. It took me to the end of the trip to discover that it could be purchased at petrol stations for around $A20. It was folded like a map. The guide . . . → Read More: Iceland bird guide

AusBirders,

I thought this link might be of interest to readers.

tinyurl.com/yb4ptr4v

It is a link to an Op-Ed article in last weekends edition of the NY Times by John Fitzpatrick of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology on the future of global shorebird numbers.

Dean Cutten

Victor Harbor

Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings . . . → Read More: Future Shorebird Numbers

Hello Stephen, and others,

Thank you very much for all your information. This has turned out to be a more interesting subject than I had expected.

I have had an email from a chap who lives near Victor Harbour. He assures me his birds have yellow eyes. But according to Schodde & Mason, Victor Harbour . . . → Read More: Scrubwrens