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Some notes I’ve put together here on the Regent Honeyeater. Some hopeful signs for this critically endangered species, but a long way to go: sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/regent-honeyeater-in-spotlight.html Greg Roberts friarbird.roberts@gmail.com 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 I am currently doing a little research into Azure Kingfisher. The references I have consulted refer to species in terms such as ” Sedentary or resident”. I wonder what the difference is between those terms in the context of ornithology: suggestions welcome! Martin Butterfield franmart.blogspot.com.au/ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: . . . → Read More: A linguistic question Does anyone have a copy of Birds of UAE by Simon Aspinall & Richard Porter (Helm) they can sell me? It appears to be out of print. Thanks – please contact me offline. Brian Johnston Sent from my iPad 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: Birds of UAE Hi Folks A plug. I have just finished Ian Fraser’s Birds in Their Habitats, and enjoyed it muchly. A very deft blend of descriptions of field experiences (some truly amazing) and the relevant ecology, natural history and evolutionary biology; crisp, clear, and very up to date. If anyone is looking for a gift book for . . . → Read More: Fraser/Birds in Their Habitats Does anyone have any comments on the Bali bird park? Thought it might be worth a visit while I’m there. What Australian birds might be there? 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 A recent trip report from a BirdsQld high-country campout in FEB includes this absence report – “we didn’t see or hear … any of the migratory Cuckoos, although they are still present on in some places on the lower ground near Brisbane and the Fassifern Valley.” In recent years I have observed the unusual . . . → Read More: & haven’t I also been saying… Find the galah in this pic – www.abc.net.au/news/image/7293184-3×2-700×467.jpg This year no young birds were creched here on any days. Such is the decline locally that, though common in the past, the species is now rarely seen here at all. Judith SEQ 500m 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: haven’t I been saying… About 20 medium to high over small patch of woodland with understory of Ducky Wood Swallow and Welcome Swallows Sassafrass near Devonport NW Tasmania. Geoff Shannon 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 Mike, Small flock of WTNT over the Hampton Halfway Hotel (on the Jenolan Caves Rd, East of Lithgow, North of Oberon) NSW at 10am on Saturday, March 31 (I can get you the lat/long if you need). Minimum of 10 birds, maybe 20, very low over the treetops in dense fog. Paul Birding-Aus mailing . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails at Hampton, NSW Birding-Ausers and Mike While driving to Thredbo on Good Friday (30/3/18) I saw at least 3 White-throated Needletails soaring over the road near Shelley in NE Victoria (between Tallangatta and Corryong). Weather was clear as a bell and the birds were seen just above tree height (30+ metres) I have had scant records of swidts . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails NE Victoria (plus as ummary of my other records) |
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