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Just catching up on a few post re. the Peregrine Falcons demise during the late 1950-60s. I had a phone call back in those days from the head of the Fisheries and Wildlife in Shepparton ( As they were called in those days) the late Jim Crozier an ex-Military Policeman feared by many a poacher . . . → Read More: Re the Peregrine Falcon. Hi folks, Bill the moderator here. I’ve received this message from Geoffrey Dabb (gdabb@iinet.net.au), who has been having trouble posting. Replies to him directly please. A large housing development on Canberra’s outskirts has caused a dispute about buffers and corridors for a small number of Little Eagles. The ACT government has launched a major research . . . → Read More: Canberra’s Little Eagles – in the eye of a coming storm Thinking about all your replies, two notions occur to me – First, that it’s likely characteristic of this literary form (i.e. the journal-style natural history) that it telescopes time, so that sightings of such a “glamour” species seem populous within the book’s geography due to the author’s thrilled recording of every peregrine’s passage, within compressed . . . → Read More: PS: why is it so? wim.vader@uit.no So agree with you, Kath. For years I’ve been reading Wim Vader’s posts. They are glorious descriptions that should really make a Natural History book, being so observant & complete. This latest pays particular note to climate-change effects on species, synchronicities, & life histories. And just beautifully written. Thank you, Wim. Judith 500m . . . → Read More: Wim Vader As a passive follower/fan of Birding Aus, I would just like to say how much I enjoy Willem Vader’s descriptions of bird watching in Norway. He always paints such an interesting picture of the changing birdlife around him. Maybe it’s the mention of birds that I grew up with in the Northern Hemisphere that still . . . → Read More: ‘A Blackbird in the garden’ by Willem Vader (Message 1 -20.2.18) I have just retruned from my regular bird-walk around our property with our two black Labs. – We live on 25 acres of mature native woodland on the outskirts of Armidale, NSW. After a couple of days of very welcome rain the skies were very overcast so I was very surprised to encounter hordes of . . . → Read More: Red Wattlebirds on the move The Port Stephens pelagic trip report for Sunday 11th Feb 2018 has just been uploaded to the SOSSA website. Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association Inc. (SOSSA) – Sunday, 11th February 2018, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia | | | Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association Inc. (SOSSA) – Sunday, 11th February 2018, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia . . . → Read More: Port Stephens pelagic trip report Sunday 11th Feb 2018 Having just finished reading DEEP COUNTRY by Neil Ansell (five years in the Welsh hills, alone in a remote world), which is an account of the birds’ lives there too, I’ve recalled how many British natural histories like this are filled with raptors. Falcons particularly seem to course the British skies as populously as swallows. . . . → Read More: why is it so? It’s good they have done this, thanks for advice Martin Butterfield. But maybe they could do an index just of common birds names, not mixed in with the scientific names. This would save on paper too and be relevant for most users. CSIRO, could you do this please? Thanks Wendy McWilliams Glen Waverley Message: 4 . . . → Read More: Have I been asleep? |
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