By Birding-Aus, on July 19th, 2020 Obviously the people at the IOC have discovered what medication a politician serving a country between Mexico and Canada is using and overdosed on it. Martin Butterfield http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ https://mallacootaweatherwildlife.blogspot.com/
On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 16:33, Geoffrey Dabb <gdabb@iinet.net.au> wrote:
This moderately common inhabitant of our fields and beaches shows the . . . → Read More: Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?
By Birding-Aus, on July 19th, 2020 This moderately common inhabitant of our fields and beaches shows the problems we have with names. First, some authorities regard it as one with a widespread northern species, some split it off as a different species, Gelochelidon macrotarsa. Gould thought it was different, ‘a fine species of Tern, which proved to be new . . . → Read More: Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?
By Birding-Aus, on July 17th, 2020 Border incidents: land birds and marine animals I am a marine biologist and have for many years been specially interested in intertidal animals, of course mostly my beloved amphipods. Just this year we published a survey of the Norwegian Gammaridae, the most common group of shore amphipods. I have also my whole life been . . . → Read More: Border incidents: land birds on th shore
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By seashore, on July 17th, 2020 Please find some pictures of the Pacific Gull that frequent the Adelaide shoreline especially around my home beach of Seacliff. https://bear-koi-37kz.squarespace.com/config/pages/5eb5027377ae6a565209a1de Clear Birds Add Post Clear ALL DRAFTS REVIEW SCHEDULED Bushlark & Songlark Jun 17 EDIT DELETE A Stint of Watching Waders in the Pilbara1 Jun 16 EDIT DELETE Did Whistler’s Mother’s Son Paint . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus
By Birding-Aus, on July 16th, 2020 Since April I have been photographing and writing emails about a pair of Ospreys that built a nest on a eleven story high onsite crane overlooking the Broadwater at Labrador Qld.
I first came across them when walking when one crossed the road between the cars in front of me ,struggling to . . . → Read More: Ospreys
By Birding-Aus, on July 13th, 2020 Thanks for sharing that Steve. What a marathon effort to get a meal! Julie Neumann
On 13 Jul 2020, at 2:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote:
Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to birding-aus@birding-aus.orgTo subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.orgor, via email, send a message with subject or . . . → Read More: Beach Stone-curlew eating pipis (Steve McBride)
By Birding-Aus, on July 13th, 2020 This is an astonishing video Steve, thank you. The Beach Stone Curlews Obviously well practiced in smashing the Pippies and very persistent.
Two queries;
Could they have initially learned by copying some other spp. ? (Presumably it is a learned behaviour ) ( We have Aus Ravens softening up large lumps of hard, stale . . . → Read More: Curlew capers
By Birding-Aus, on July 12th, 2020 Hi all,
On Monday, on the beach at Evans Head, northern NSW, I saw a pair of Beach Stone-curlews digging up pipis(Donax deltoides) with their bills & smashing them open on a small rock, to eat the insides.
I’m wondering if anyone has seen or heard of this before?
You . . . → Read More: Beach Stone-curlew eating pipis
By Birding-Aus, on July 10th, 2020 Dear Birding Aus
I had such prompt success with my previous request, I am emboldened to try again.
I’m trying to contact Jeremy Hemphill. I tried the NT Landcare group, but received an out of office message.
I’m updating my ‘Best 100 Birdwatching Sites . . . → Read More: Jeremy Hemphill – photographer
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