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I wonder if you could help me with a mystery? I have read a lot of pieces about kookaburras now on the internet but am still confused about some behaviour I recently saw in a number of places in the Dandenong Ranges. At intervals of perhaps 1 kilometer (on made paths) I found larger groups . . . → Read More: Kookaburras So it’d be more about habitat destruction &/ climate shifts across the entire ranges of the cuckoo spp., & the effects of these upon population numbers, forage, & breeding, of all the cuckoos & all their hosts. For example, what if there are less small or bush birds here? Or what about abrupt habitat changes . . . → Read More: Cuckoos Experiential. Art. Yes, vanishings, melancholy, vestiges, & the essence of the country. Though even I, who so like it, did find the MH370 strand pushed the envelope too far. Not sure of the date of this film? Perhaps it was finished soon after John Young’s labelled feather was publicised from “Somewhere in South West Queensland”… . . . → Read More: Night parrot Stories Hi everyone,See below. I hope the links forward through ok.Many thanks to Brook Whylie for getting these reports up.Cheers Mick —– Forwarded Message —– From: Mick Roderick < mickhhb@yahoo.com.au> To: Hunterbirding < hunterbirding@googlegroups.com> Cc: Allan Benson < aejsbenson@bigpond.com> Sent: Wednesday, 27 December 2017, 13:46 Subject: Pelagic trip reports Oct-Nov-Dec Hi all, Merry . . . → Read More: Fw: Pelagic trip reports Oct-Nov-Dec (Port Stephens and Swansea, NSW) SOSSA is looking to run an additional pelagic on Saturday 6th January, if we can get the required numbers. The boat would depart Kiama Harbour, NSW, at 7.30am, returning by 4pm. The cost would be $130 per person. If anyone is interested, please contact SOSSA at sossa@tpg.com.au Past trip reports and further information can be . . . → Read More: SOSSA pelagic – Saturday 6th January 2018 Brooms Head, North Coast NSW, seems to have had an explosion of Plumed Whistle Ducks young. A number of families have been seen. We were favoured with a family with about eight young in our yard last night. Three Crested Pigeons had their heads touching and bobbing up and down while they turned in a . . . → Read More: Whistle Ducks and Crested Pigeons Yes, a beautiful piece of filming. Impressionistic & lovely, yet comprehensive too. Guess it’ll cycle the sbs channels for a little while, though I’d like to own a copy. Merry Christmas to 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: Night parrot Stories To all Birding Aussers, I wish you a happy Christmas and a great New Year. To the birds of the Top End I wish a year that sees a reduction in gamba grass and fire. It’s a forlorn hope given the amount of gamba that I already see springing up around the area. Still, now . . . → Read More: Merry Christmas If you haven’t already seen it, there is a 2016 documentary on finding evidence of Night Parrots on SBS channel 34 at 8.30 tonight 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 Dear All Happy Christmas Eve! It is 37 degrees at Macmasters Beach NSW with a gentle hot breeze from the WNW. The cirrus clouds are just starting to arrive with heavier cloud in the west (I face east) ahead of a forecast change this afternoon or evening. At noon spotted 4-12 WTNT flying very high, . . . → Read More: WTNT |
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