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Hi, Birding-aus regulars are warmly invited to come and see Jaime Jackett’s band, The Belle Miners perform at their only public performance in metropolitan Melbourne this year, before they head on a whirlwind tour of Tasmania. The Belle Miners who are Felicia Harding, Jaime Jackett (Broome Bird Observatory) and Marina Marina Hot on the heels . . . → Read More: Broome Bird Observatory’s Jaime Jackett performing as ‘The Belle Miners’ at The Palace Hotel, Camberwell, Sat Feb 4 at 6:30pm Hi All, The FNCV are also taking orders for the book to be released in May. Members of the FNCV can get the book at a discounted price, non-members get it retail price. The authors are people whose names are easily recognized – Peter Menkhorst, Rohan Clarke and Danny Rogers. Why not support a non-profit . . . → Read More: CSIRO Australian bird guide www.andrewisles.com/all-stock/publication/the-australian-bird-guide No release date, but they are taking preorders. — John Leonard 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 The Spirit of Tasmania averages 27 knots (or around 50 km/hr) on its Bass Strait crossings. This is a fair bit faster than the tubs that take birders out on pelagic trips. While travelling on the ferry last month, I was fascinated to see how effortlessly the seabirds (albatross, shearwaters, prions) kept up with the . . . → Read More: What is the fastest seabird species in level flight? Hi all Just wondering if anyone is aware of a recent sighting of the RN Phalarope that was reported a few weeks ago around Kirk Point I’m thinking about heading across from Adelaide to attempt to twitch the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, and thought the Phalarope might be a good Plan B if the Sandpiper is a . . . → Read More: RFI Red-necked Phalarope near Werribee In case anyone wants to try for it over the weekend, there are a couple of Vic Birdline entries for this bird for yesterday and today. Loads of discussions going on on Facebook, seem to be mostly in the Australian Twitchers group. Found, I believe by Danny Rogers. www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=1 Sent from my iPad Birding-Aus mailing . . . → Read More: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Lake Merdaduke, Vic Surely it is more sensible to change anachronistic and confusing common names even if it upsets our possessive addiction to those names in common use. I know several people who still insist on calling the Australian Black-necked Stork a Jabiru. The up-coming generation of birders will not thank us oldies who refuse to adopt sensible . . . → Read More: Willy Fantails Was it Willy Fantail or Willie Fantail? There was suspicion that these names in the new Indonesian field guide by James Eaton et al. were what was going to be adopted by HBW / BLI. This has just been released but I don’t have access to it. And since BirdLife Australia follows this, that we . . . → Read More: Willy Fantail I just got the excellent new Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago Field Guide by James Eaton et al, and it is quite piece of work, I am still processing all the many taxonomic changes, this is drongo and fantail central! The ever-vexatious English names are noteworthy too, I was very pleased to see the reappearance . . . → Read More: Willy Fantail The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, January 16, 2017 to Sunday, January 22, 2017: Area: SA Location: 06 Gregory Street Port Elliot SA Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) (1) Single bird first heard and then sighted low in an South Australian blue Gum. Reported by: Winston Syson on . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest |
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