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Playing with pussies. Stephen’s reference on cats seemed more directed to one’s own pet pussy rather than to the problem of general protection of wildlife, (as outlines in the reference, an eye watering problem) from feral or uncontrolled domestic moggies. Here in Mulgoa we have largely eliminated them by using possum traps, most successfully baited . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 85, Issue 10 I am surprised that, on a birding site, some still use the misnomer of 'Indian Myna', for Acridotheres tristis. The accepted common name is 'Common Myna'. And the introduced bird is common up and down the east coast of Australia with varying densities. Populations also extend well inland in certain areas. No doubt it is . . . → Read More: Common Mynas And of course, the day after I sent out my mail maintaining that there were no waxwings in Tromsø this autumn, a flock of 40-50 Bohemian Waxwings sailed over our house and landed in a tree nearby! That’ll reach me to make definite statements out of a very limited data material. As a biologist, . . . → Read More: waxwings There is good evidence that both domestic and feral cats have a serious adverse impact on avifauna. Birds Queensland has produced a brochure that encourages people to better manage their cats. This brochure may be found and downloaded here: https://birdsqueensland.org.au/cat_safety_brochure.php Please download and use wisely. We feel that it is important not to be seen . . . → Read More: Cats and birds Please note that my email address and that of Hinterland Bush Links, has changed from wilderness@hotkey.net.au to sduncan@hinterlandbushlinks.org . The former address will expire shortly so please amend your records.
Best wishes Susie
Susie Duncan Coordinator, Hinterland Bush Links Inc. P.O. Box . . . → Read More: Susie Duncan email address change Indian Mynahs are a pestilence on much of Sydney’s suburbia. They can be virtually totally eliminated by blocking their nesting cavities, which are invariably under the eaves of houses, often via gutters. Trapping and wringing their necks (“euthanising”) is never ending, stopping them from breeding is permanent. In Suburbia it would be a big deal . . . → Read More: Indian Mynah control Sorry about the escaped start of a message! Towards the end of a bird poor year 12.30 in Tromsø on 16 November, grey and drizzly and daylight is already fading; in a week’s time we’ll enter the ‘mørketida’, the 2 months that the sun does not rise above the . . . → Read More: sign of life White-throated Needletail 15 on Nov 14 at 1730 flying rapidly about over paddocks in humid cloudy conditions at Old Boonjie Road, Topaz, FNQ, our first of the season. Pacific Swift one two days earlier Nov 12, belting eastwards and in Innisfail before I had time to call it out! 3 over Nerada Tea Estate Nov . . . → Read More: Needletail sighting Topaz G’day Michael, I saw a flock of ~20 Needletails wheeling around North Maleny (Sunshine Coast hinterland, SEQ) at 6:45 am this morning. Weather was hot and clear. Regards, Laurie 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 following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 9, 2020 to Sunday, November 15, 2020: Area: SA Location: On our Rockleigh property Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) (1) Grey shrike-thrushes are often skulkers in the foliage, and hard to see. Our bird sat in a sparse sheoak right behind . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest |
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