Little Blue Book

If you Email wa@birdlife.org.au and make arrangements for us to send you some. We printed 2000 so there are plenty! Regards, Sue

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Little Blue Book

The thing we miss about BOCA is the Blue Book to keep bird list.  Maybe these days, you are expected to keep them on your phone, but what are the chances that it could be resurrected, updated, and made available from the shop? Peter and Bev Morgan

The conservation battle is never finally won; the . . . → Read More: Little Blue Book

last minute vacancy on Papuan Pitta tour (advertisement)

Hi all, A last-minute vacancy has arisen on our five day wet season Far North Qld "Papuan Pitta tour", commencing 18 January 2021. Not only will we look for the Papuan Pitta (previously known as Red-bellied Pitta), we also have a good chance of other wet season specialties such as Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher and . . . → Read More: last minute vacancy on Papuan Pitta tour (advertisement)

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 30, 2020 to Sunday, December 6, 2020:

Area: SA

Location: Adelaide Botanic Garden

Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) (1) One or two yellow-tailed black cockatoos (YTBC) had been flying over high up all morning. Suddenly a YTBC flew at tree-top level . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

Koel repellent.

Since playing Powerful Owl calls our resident Koel has not been heard again, 24 hrs later.

Hope it’s not coincidence.

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Birds and Anting

Dear All,

 

The topic of birds and anting crops up periodically on Birding-aus, most recently in the last few weeks.  Not the same as earlier discussions, but related, is the relationship between ants and birds in the nest.

 

The following paper has . . . → Read More: Birds and Anting

WTNT records

Hi Mike (and fellow Birding-Aus people…),

 

I hope that this note finds you well…

 

My first migratory swift record for this season was yesterday.

 

At 1:00pm, approximately 50 x White-throated Needletails were seen over the Kennedy Hwy, 43kms south of Mt Garnet and north . . . → Read More: WTNT records

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 85, Issue 13

It’s the nesting sites

Where do they next in our Capital ! Has anyone checked the Parliament Houses for these particular parasites. ? Tree hollows would be limited in Canberra.

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Podcast with Charlie Massy

Hi all, Thought some of you may want to listen to an interview I did last Friday with bird watcher and regenerative farmer Charlie Massy.  Best,  Charles Hunter Call of the Reed Warbler: a discussion with Dr. Charles Massy OAM – The Green Genius – saving our planet

Call of the Reed Warbler: . . . → Read More: Podcast with Charlie Massy

Indian Mynas

http://www.indianmynaaction.org.au/

 

 

A lot can be and has been done about them. We have had a massive decline of the species, in Canberra, after a concerted effort over a lot of years. Just a suggestion following up on recent comments to check out this source. And don’t waste time . . . → Read More: Indian Mynas