Once more around the Balsfjord, a month late Every year, in the first half of May, I drive the c 250 km long drive ‘around the Balsfjord’, the big and typically Norwegian fjord that stretches c 100 km south from Tromsø (N. Norway) and of which the sounds around Tromsøya constitute the sill. In . . . → Read More: Once moee around the Balsfjord, a month late
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Really interesting to read these comments but frustrating not knowing what area you are all from (apart from Kim!) 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 Like many other Australians, I have been working at home during the Covid Crisis. I’ve found the best place to work is on a table on the back deck of my house, where I am out with the birdlife. The best birds from the deck during that time were a couple of Glossy Blacks flying . . . → Read More: Bathing birds May not be that great. Fairfax is running an item today – if you can’t access it there is an earlier publication – phys.org/news/2020-06-mysterious-australian-night-parrots-dead.html 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 The quills were intact, sharp and all neatly facing the same way. I did not examine the scats in detail to determine if there was any blood. This ability of the canine bowel was also demonstrated in a photograph of an X-ray (I think it was in a Veterinary Surgery text) showing 23 (?) thumb . . . → Read More: Echidna quills Re Geoff Ryan’s obs of Echidna quills in Dingo scars being aligned. Were they sharp end backward? Were they complete or broken up? Was there any blood in the scats ? TIA Michael Sent from my iPhone On 12 Jun 2020, at 2:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: >> >> >> Birding-Aus mailing list . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 80, Issue 9 Many years ago, at Nadgee Nature Reserve, I saw several dingo faeces composed mainly of Echidna quills. The quills, by necessity, were all carefully aligned. The canine bowel is a clever organ, perhaps the Acccipritiformes gullet has the same abilities. Geoff FOR SALE I have the following items for sale in excellent condition that have seen little use over the past couple of years. PayPal payment is available for your protection. Pick-up Emerald VIC or postage Australia-wide available at cost. Drop-off also available in Greater Melbourne at . . . → Read More: Photography Items for sale Peter, Being a callow youth at the time I can only guess (others on list may have a view) but at least in Sydney, meetings were held under the joint auspices of the Royal Zoological Society and Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union – i.e. they did operate under Royal patronage and membership was valued. I . . . → Read More: Brush Turkey – and RAOU Membership We found on our property at Barkers Vale NSW what appeared to be a raptor casting. On examination of contents it contained 100% echidna bits, all spines and one toe/claw. Having handled many of these, it is a somewhat daunting prospect as a prey item for a raptor, but I understand is recorded in . . . → Read More: casting |
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