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Interesting Geoff, Tassie could be their ultimate outpost! Despite the reports, oversell numbest in Sydney have visibly declined. No one is actually counting as far as I know. Population Theory include boom:/bust scenarios, particularly in introduced situations. The European decline will ultimately derive from human activity I suspect. Best Michael . . . → Read More: Starlings Still plenty from Ceduna to Port Augusta in SA – even took a pic or 2 at Fowlers Bay. Always think I’m back in civilisation (a misnomer of course), when I see them coming back across the Nullabor! Sent from my iPhone > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:46:43 +1000 > . . . → Read More: Starlings Maybe Avian Coronavirus ? 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 Hi everyone, Where have all the European Starlings gone. ? Once were thousands in Sydney, none. seen for a few years around Penrith, Springwood or elsewhere. Zero. ? Disease, Have I missed something ? Their absence not a regret , just a mystery. TIA Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org . . . → Read More: Starlings White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) Report for 2019/20 Season. This season there were 4681 reports sent in, or published where I could find them. This is significantly more than last year, even after I have gone through and deleted the many duplicate reports that it appears to be fashionable to make! Unfortunately, . . . → Read More: WTNT Report for 2019/20 Sydney Sea Eagles first chick has hatched at 9:03 this morning 40 days after lay. With delayed incubation we expect the second to hatch in a day or two. Live view at Sea-EagleCAM Live Video & Chat Sea-EagleCAM Live Video & Chat . . . → Read More: Sea Eagle Hatch Hi Wim, I live in BC, Canada. I have seen yellowlegs swimming. Off-hand I don’t recall whether they were Greater or Lesser, but I have seen the behaviour a number of times. I do recall that on at least one occasion it seemed to be just a way of getting from A to B . . . → Read More: border incidents: swimming shorebirds, the case of the Spotted Redshank Border incidents: swimming shorebirds; the case of the Spotted Redshank Shorebirds do what their name implies; they generally keep to the shore. There are a few exceptions our Pied Avocets swim well and often, and of course the phalaropes have taken this trend all the way: they obtain most of their food swimming in . . . → Read More: border incidents: swimming shorebirds, the case of the Spotted Redshank Amazing what you find when going through old photos… a banded Pacific Gull most likely photographed on the foreshore at Welshpool back in 2011. https://www.ararelitus.com/birds-1 And Pacific Gulls are one of my favourites and we have them as regulars along the southern beaches of Adelaide. Not in great numbers but causing along most days. Chris . . . → Read More: Banded Pacific Gulls All or most birds have forked tongues. The fork is at the rear of the elevated section of the tongue. Bird tongues have an arrowhead shape section sitting on a cylindrical base section. Having handled thousands of birds for banding the tongue looks like any other bird’s tongue to me or am I . . . → Read More: White-bellied Sea-eagle forked tongue |
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