I was perhaps the only serious passenger birder on the 32-day Ross Sea Expedition, 15 Feb to 17 March, from Bluff, NZ, to Campbell Island, the Ross Sea, then parallel to the Antarctic Coast to Peter I Island, the Antarctic Peninsular and ending in Ushuaia. My main reason to go was to see an Emperor . . . → Read More: Oceanwide Ross Sea Expedition 2017
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I just wanted to let local birders know that, unusually, we have a few spots still vacant for the April 11th pelagic trip out of Sydney. Please e-mail me directly if you would like to make a booking. All information is on our website at www.sydneypelagics.info Cheers Roger McGovern Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To . . . → Read More: Sydney Pelagic Trip Saturday 8th April We are going to Beechworth next week. It has been a lifelong hope to see Turquoise Parrots. Does anyone know favourable sites for them in the area? I know the Chiltern sites, Bartlett’s Paddock etc. Is this a good time of year? Thanks, Stephen 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: Turquoise Parrots In an article in The Weekend Australian I address the irony of cashed up birders being rewarded with a visit to the Pullen Pullen Night Parrot Reserve in return for a $25,000 donation, while others face a $353,000 fine for entering more than 250,000ha of potential Night Parrot habitat that has been locked up by . . . → Read More: Cash for Night Parrot This new paper published yesterday: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/biolinnean/blx004/3078109/Phylogeography-and-geno-phenotypic-discordance-in?redirectedFrom=fulltext proposing resurrecting species split between Malurus lamberti and Malurus assimilis FYI Cas Liber 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 Absolutely great about the night parrot; but what about the WA ground parrot? Have any survived the fires of 2016? Sent from my iPhone 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 Really great news about finding the Night Parrot in WA. This makes almost a dozen known presumed breeding sites. John Young must again be feted for his remarkable persistence in “re-discovering” these birds He deserves an OA , in the meantime BA should create and bestow an ONP , (Order of the . . . → Read More: night parrot Hi all, Any suggestions about the best places to bird around Philly in late September? We have two days to explore. Liz “Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.” Sir David Attenborough 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: Birding in Philadelphia PA in September www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-23/night-parrot-sighting-in-wa-shocks-birdwatching-world/8377624 On 22 March 2017 at 19:59, Greg Roberts < friarbird.roberts@gmail.com> wrote: > John Young has discovered the Night Parrot in Goneaway National Park in > western Queensland. > > More here: > > sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/night- > parrot-discovered-in-goneaway.html > > > Greg Roberts > friarbird.roberts@gmail.com > sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ > > Birding-Aus mailing list > Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org > To . . . → Read More: Another night parrot sighting (WA) Hello Martin There is a store in the middle of Adelaide on Grenfell Street. It is called Camera House and I have bought binoculars and a scope there before. That was a long time ago now, but, from memory, they were reasonably priced then, and I had no issues with the service. Hope this helps. . . . → Read More: RFI: Binocular vendors in Melbourne or Adelaide |
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