Hi all, Australian Ravens at Perth congregate at times, and the number of birds reach and exceed 20. A couple of weeks ago I observed a mob of more than 20 Australian Ravens on the verge of our street near Perth’s Bold Park. The group comprised dark-eyed young and white-eyes adults. Two of the . . . → Read More: [Birding-Aus] raven behaviour (was: LACoBirds] PANDEMIC)
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It’s not exactly natural habitat for ravens, but Australian Ravens do also congregate in large numbers at rubbish tips, especially when landfill earthworks are in progress. During surveys along the Hume Highway on the South-west Slopes, pairs of Australian Ravens were often observed scouring the highway at first light for carcasses of dead . . . → Read More: [LACoBirds] PANDEMIC Actually the Australian Raven does at time associate – I have seen it a couple of times here in Perth. I have heard it is the annual get together of the younger un paired birds. That is indeed how it seemed. I would have described it as a rolling scrimmage, moving progressively through the . . . → Read More: [LACoBirds] PANDEMIC Some awkward comment on a global crisis. I had been waiting for an opportunity to write a message like this when I did see a reasonable size flock of ravens about 3 weeks ago whilst driving near home. I don’t know which species. I thought will I / won’t I make the pun. . . . → Read More: [LACoBirds] PANDEMIC Dear fellow birdwatchers, Corona has changed our lives and we want to study its influence on birdwatching activities in different countries. Please help us and answer a few simple questions. The questionnaire is in seven different languages and takes 2 (two) minutes. The study is run by Piotr Tryjanowski (University of Poznan) and Christoph . . . → Read More: Corona Birdwatching The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, April 13, 2020 to Sunday, April 19, 2020: Area: SA Location: On our Rockleigh property Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) (2) This morning, when it was still cool, a pair of grey shrike-thrushes were on the dusty ground a metre apart doing . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest Tromsø Easter–not really spring as yet From everywhere in the northern half of the world come stories of spring, flowers and nesting birds. This time a year the differences with the situation here north are at a maximum, and this year maybe even more than usually. While . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus G’day avid swift scanners The flocks of WTNT I have been seeing in the hills NE of Melbourne have been reducing in size and becoming less frequent. I am aware of for the month of April; 2 sightings in Qld. 3 for NSW, 3 sightings in ACT, 7 for Vic. 1 for SA, and . . . → Read More: End of Swift season in OZ Greetings, fellow home-birders. Just now I'm reading a reprint of Heatherley's 1913 "Peregrine Falcon at the Eyrie" (also viewable at— https://archive.org/stream/cu31924084757206/cu31924084757206#page/n51/mode/1up ). Records by observers of this breeding pair report the tiercel as the main carer of the nest-young. (Odd & instructive characterisations of the falcon also appear, inconsistently, & in line with the confused . . . → Read More: From Birding-Aus Your message already came through yesterday. Maybe you have got no response and so you think it didn’t come through. Not everyone knows the word “tiercel” as meaning male, or the odd use of “falcon” as meaning female.
I think your question is very narrow and detailed, there would . . . → Read More: Fwd: “bold tassel hawk—” UK |
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