By nagrompr, on February 22nd, 2018 8.30 am, 22Feb, Coffs Harbour. Heavy cloud, poor viewing conditions. Eight WTNT went over. 15 minutes later, still coming through, count now 42.
Peter and Bev Morgan
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By Birding-Aus, on February 21st, 2018 Does anyone know good birding sites in the Capertee Valley? My brother is going this week. Interested in Turquoise Parrots and Regent Honeyeaters, but any birds really. Thanks, Stephen
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By Birding-Aus, on February 21st, 2018 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.
By Bill Stent, on February 21st, 2018 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
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018 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?
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018 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.
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By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018 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)
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018 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
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018
By Birding-Aus, on February 20th, 2018 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
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