There is an interesting article on the evolution of marsupial forelimbs and a discussion as to why marsupial reproduction precluded the development of wings and flippers. see http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8754000/8754412.stm =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list,…
This afternoon I saw two widely separated pairs of Beach Stone-Curlew on an island in the Maroochy River estuary on the Sunshine Coast. With the cooler weather, the birds are emerging earlier to feed. This…
Dear Birders, A reminder that Mike Carter is speaking in Sydney this Saturday afternoon at the Building 22 in the Newington Armory (adjacent to the Birds Australia Discovery Centre. The talk commences at 2:00 pm…
Dear Birders / Pelagic enthusiasts, I'm arranging back to back pelagic trips out of Eaglehawk Neck - Tasmania on the 4th and 5th September 2010. The trips will be $120 / person / day -…
Hi All, My wife and daughter are travelling to New Caledonia in September - ostensibly for a school French excursion, but they're both possibly more interested in doing some birding!! Just wondering whether there are…
With the Fruit-dove records in Victoria, it appears they are mostly in autumn/winter and are therefore probably some form of post breeding dispersal? Alternatively while hanging out in a fig tree up the coast they…
Hi folks, Jack has put his latest trip report on Wildairies for our recent quick trip out to where there were a couple of possible Night Parrot sightings of late. Details are contained in Jack's…
Thought this may be of interest to Birding Aus readers. Alan Begin forwarded message: From: MaldivesOrnithological society Date: 29 June 2010 3:38:46 PM AEST To: orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com Subject: [OB] National bird ringing programmes to be start…
Hi everybody - we're hoping you can help with our Aus planning; it's our first trip for birding purposes so entirely green! In November we are leaving New Zealand for an extended birding holiday in…
After some consultation, Danny Rogers has identified a White-winged Black Tern that I saw and photographed at Melbourne's Eastern Treatment Plant near Carrum, Victoria, on Sunday 27 June, (that's right, what is normally a summer…