I agree that this is not a Golden/Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes after). Bishops have eclipse plumages and in winter are dull brown and sparrow-like. If it was a male moulting into breeding plumage (too early) the black and yellow feathers would be in different places on the bird. The yellow of bishops is very intense unlike . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 82, Issue 18
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For those who may find this of interest… In the past 2 to 4 weeks there’s been very good numbers of Black-chinned (Golden-backed) Honeyeaters in both the Mt Molloy and Wondecla districts just inland from Cairns, FNQ. They are very golden-backed, however their naked skin above the eyes is a . . . → Read More: Black-chinned Honeyeater, Cairns region, FNQ The bird is a yellow South African Bishop I think. Possibly remnant of a cony of escapees that was once living somewhere along the Hawksbury and lower Murray, but not to my knowledge reported for years. Came to me at 2.00 am. Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings . . . → Read More: ? Yellow Bishop Hi Martin, I always found around Sydney that Latham’s arrived after first full moon in August. Interested to hear of Sydney arrivals now. Best Alan Alan McBride · Photographer · Writer · Social Narbonne, Occitanie ∙ France | Melbourne, Victoria ∙ AustraliaTel: + 61 481 103 322 http://www.linkedin.com/in/alanmcbride https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanmcbride/ This e-mail and any files transmitted . . . → Read More: Latham’s Snipe arrival Hello all… Yesterday, my partner Sally Sheldon and I came across 2 separate groups of Latham’s Snipe in the Cairns region – this represents a relatively early arrival up here for this species. Flock numbers were a minimum of 4 birds in one near Port Douglas, and the other was a min . . . → Read More: Latham’s Snipe arrival I'd like to contact Rob Reed regarding Rob's ebird report of the Star Finches roosting around Karumba and offer to assist anyone interested in finding the birds. Catherine Hirsch and I are currently located in Karumba until tomorrow if anyone can pass this onto Rob or provide his contact details by PM. Thanks if . . . → Read More: Trying to contact Rob Reed Just forwarding a post I received yesterday with a nice cartoon about conservation advances on the Forty-spotted Pardalote.
Thought you might enjoy The First Dog on the Moon’s cartoon today – Click on the first box below.
———- Forwarded message ——— From: The Guardian <info@editorial.theguardian.com> . . . → Read More: Forty-spotted Pardalote The best of Guardian Opinion Australia Background: We’ve had a Brush-turkey mound in our SE QLD backyard since just after Christmas last year – very late in the season, but Spring was very hot and dry. The usual mass movements of leaf litter etc. occurred, but you get that living on the fringe. In the last week of so, . . . → Read More: Brush-turkey legalities During the winter months of 2013 there was an irruption of Black Kites in the Pilbara. The usual kites seen along the Pilbara coast are Whistling, Brahminy and Black-shouldered. Black Kites are usually few in number but in mid-2013 they arrived on mass and congregated at the Karratha landfill site. They joined in with Little . . . → Read More: Irruption of Black Kites in 2013 |
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