One has just flown over our house at Mallacoota "singing" musically – think of Miles Davis in experimental mode – as always. An uncommon species at Mallacoota, but there are previous eBird records from Metung in late September. Martin Butterfield http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ https://mallacootaweatherwildlife.blogspot.com/ . . . → Read More: Channel-billed Cuckoo
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Thanks to all those who commented or suggested. I now have the scan of the article I was seeking. I am planning to include that in a new article…..
Philip.
From: Philip Veerman . . . → Read More: The Bird Observer of 1967 While Zebra Finch are common around lots of Australia, Painted and especially Star Finches are not. I have some photos of them taken in the Pilbara and a “see how many bird species you can identify in one photo” picture taken close to where the rarer of the trio can be found… if you are . . . → Read More: Finches of the Pilbara and a Species ID Photo Does anyone out there still have The Bird Observer (monthly magazine of The Bird Observers Club – or BOCA in later years), of February 1967, Number 423. My collection only dates from 1970 (when I joined). If yes, would you be able to look at it for me. I am seeking a specific . . . → Read More: The Bird Observer of 1967 First channel-billed cuckoo of the season at Pittsworth on September 17th, earlier than usual. Alastair > On 18 Sep 2020, at 2:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > 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 . . . → Read More: First CBC Pittsworth, Darling Downs Had my first sighting of the season at Guanaba on the Gokd Coast. Two birds being harassed by Magpies. Get Outlook for Android Hi All, Willem Vader’s post is so interesting. Arctic birds and Polar Bears have been on our bucket list for years, maybe William’s daughter Anna with her rifle could guide us, Spitsbergen Safari style. Probably Polar Bears would be safer seen from the deck of a ship. Is Anna available Willem, and is she a . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 83, Issue 6 FAMILY DAYS AT 78*N
For the last 5 days, I have been in Longyearbyen, the ‘capital of Spitsbergen’, where my elder grandson—my daughter and family have lived there already in 10 years— celebrated his ‘confirmation’, a ceremony in church which is a very important thing and a sort of coming . . . → Read More: family days at 78*N John,
Sure they usually nest in Eucalypts but they don’t choose particularly well shaded or hidden sites within those trees either. Another case of note, also in Canberra, about 25 years ago, when some of the buildings in Woden town centre were being rebuilt, along the walkway between the main . . . → Read More: Magpie Lark nesting in deciduous tree Here in suburban Canberra we have Magpie Larks nesting in a deciduous tree in our backyard. The nest is nearing completion, but at the moment the tree has not yet put out leaves (probably will have done so in a couple of weeks). In previous years they (or other ML pairs) have nested in tall . . . → Read More: Magpie Lark nesting in deciduous tree |
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