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Steve Garnett and Les Christidis say “The assumption that species are fixed entities1 underpins every international agreement on biodiversity conservation, all national environmental legislation and the efforts of many individuals and organizations to safeguard plants and animals. Yet for a discipline aiming to impose order on the natural world, taxonomy (the classification of complex . . . → Read More: Taxonomical Anarchy Hampers Conservation (Are the allocas seed pods only called orts after they’ve been eaten from?) Main query– Yesterday I watched Red-browed Firetails systematically feeding in Glossy Black-Cockatoo Allocasuarinas. The finches lean towards the ort, delicately insert their beak, & remove themselves while eating. Does Hanzab list this as a foraging activity / food genus for this . . . → Read More: Orts. Firetails. Hanzab? Well out here on Lord Howe Island we have Lord Howe Woodhens and Buff Banded Rails as dominant tip chooks with the odd Purple Swamphen or Blackbird thrown in Hank Bower —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [ To: Birding Aus < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] How many species of dump chook are there in Australia? Message-ID: < . . . → Read More: How many species of dump chook are there in Australia? Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 44, Issue 1 It was fascinating to see Aus Pelicans filling the role of dump chook at a landfill [presumably around Melbourne] on this week’s episode of the War on Waste. The dominant dump chooks in SEQ are white ibis. In other places, Silver Gulls, the local corvids and Black Kites are the mainstays. In Weipa, Pied Herons . . . → Read More: How many species of dump chook are there in Australia? Birdlife Southern NSW Library has a full set of HANZAB. From: “birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org” < birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org> To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Sent: Wednesday, 31 May 2017, 0:00 Subject: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 43, Issue 27 Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to birding-aus@birding-aus.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org or, via email, send a message . . . → Read More: HANZAB Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Trip Report – 28th May 2017 Participants Ruth Brozek, Karen Dick, Larissa Giddings, Ian Halliday Rob Hamilton, Andy Jensen, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski (report compiler), Mark Sanders, Nicole Sommer, Sue Taylor, Peter Vaughan, Els Wakefield. (Trip organised by Paul Brooks who was unable to attend.) Boat The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with deckhand . . . → Read More: Eaglehawk Neck pelagic trip report 28th May 2017 Hi all, Does anyone know of a library or other public access location in Sydney which has a copy of HANZAB? Regards Paul 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 Eaglehawk Pelagic – 27th of May, 2017 Participants: Kevin Campbell, Cathy Cavallo, Andy Jensen, Scott Linnane, Rowan Mott, James Mustafa, Jenny Ostenfeld, Mark Sanders, Sue Taylor, Els Wakefield, Tom Wheller and Paul Brooks (organiser and report compiler) Boat: The Pauletta, skippered by Michael Males, with deckhand Dean. Activity: Left port at 0730 hrs and headed . . . → Read More: Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report, May 27th 2017 It’s also been an odd approach to the colder months here in south-east Queensland. Two days til the start of winter and pheasant coucals are calling and responding to one another and reed-warblers are calling fairly regularly. Regards, Mike — traprockbirding.blogspot.com.au/ 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: Breeding New Holland Honeyeaters The big rains in March, April seem to have sent some birds into their breeding pattern. I was at Reedy Lake at Shepparton on the 1st of May and there were Magpies carrying sticks, there was also a pair of King Parrots with four of last year’s young, feeding on Deadly Nightshade berries They seem . . . → Read More: Breeding New Holland Honeyeaters |
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