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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 Does anyone know of a book of Iceland birds? I’ve a couple of friends who are not birders, but interested. One is travelling there later this week and the other is the Consul. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow Ph.D. PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 043 8650 835 Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings . . . → Read More: Iceland birds I found this blog item fascinating, inspiring, reassuring and intriguing in equal measure. I think you may too. Richard www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/the-wealth-of-urban-biodiversity/ 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 Hi all, For the last few years the concise edition of the Robson guide to the Birds of South-East Asia has been available in electronic form as a PDF ebook or an EPUB/MOBI ebook. This is a big improvement over the paperback version of the full guide that I used on my first birding . . . → Read More: Review: ebook version – Craig Robson “Birds of South-East Asia Concise Edition” Hello Kev, It would be interesting to me to know the eye colour of the White-browed Scrubwrens from the Adelaide hills. If anybody knows, please inform us. Adult White-brows from the east coast have yellow eyes. All the Spotted Scrubwrens I have seen and photographed have blue eyes – a very different look. It has . . . → Read More: Scrubwrens Some of you banders and some others in the community will know Perry de Rebeira illustrator of Birds of Rottnest Island and author of Bander’s Guide to Birds of Western Australia. He sadly passed away yesterday after a visit to his beloved Eyre Bird Observatory. A sad loss to the banding community or his knowledge, . . . → Read More: a sad loss Perry de Rebeira This was indeed predicted years ago, in work with the IPCC … & Perhaps it’s an emerging affect on local small/common birds here too – Hungry birds as climate change drives food ‘mismatch’ — ScienceDaily – www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180423135100.htm Judith SEQ 500m jlukin01@postoffice.csu.edu.au 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 . . . → Read More: phenological mismatch & climate Hi all, I have Emu vols 106-108 (2006-2008) and two issues of Emu vol 109 (2009) that need a home. If you’re interested and can pick up from South Melbourne, then they’re yours! If I can find the two missing issues from vol 109, I’ll include those too. We have lots of back issues of . . . → Read More: Emu vols 106-109 I haven’t seen the reference that Phil based his comment on, so would be really interested to know more about the impending split. In WA, the scrubwren extends eastwards along the coast, especially in the dune scrub/mallee woodland ecotone. It is a very common species in habitat around the Eyre Bird Observatory, for instance. The . . . → Read More: wo new additions pending Hi all, The pelagic trips off Albany were cancelled over the weekend for weather unfortunately. We do have an opportunity to reschedule to the 5th and 6th May if we can fill the boats. As these are replacement trips, I’ve given first option to those booked on the cancelled trips, but there are spaces available . . . → Read More: Possible re-scheduled Albany Pelagic Trips – Sat 5th and Sun 6th May |
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