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
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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 Trying this again… ———- Forwarded message ———-From: Jla <jlukin01@gmail.com> Subject: "bold tassel hawk—" UK peregrinesTo: "birding-aus (E-mail)" <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> 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 . . . → Read More: Fwd: “bold tassel hawk—” UK A single Pacific Baza seen on Mayfair Drive ( Mulgpa NSW ) yesterday, sending local Ravens crazy. Would twitching it would be an essential activity in the days of C19 ?Walking solo or in a pair up the hill would be Exercise, which is OK, Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org . . . → Read More: Baza On another tangent, I do kinda miss the old days of moderating the insane conversations on Birding-Aus between Unca Tones And John Gamblin… On 29 Mar 2020, at 10:20 am, Tony Russell <pratincole08@gmail.com> wrote: This may be an interesting curiosity but in the present circumstances I find it nothing to get too excited about. OK . . . → Read More: Fwd: IMG_4886.jpg This may be an interesting curiosity but in the present circumstances I find it nothing to get too excited about. OK as a temporary mental distraction I suppose, nothing more. On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 18:14, Penny Brockman <penny@pennydb.org> wrote: Are there any jackdaws in Australia? ——————– Penny Brockman On Sat, 28 . . . → Read More: Fwd: IMG_4886.jpg I think that Euan Moore has hit the nail on the head with his suggestion of Common Myna. The bill is too short to be a Magpie, the whole bird is the wrong shape to be a Blackbird and it is too small to be a Magpie or a Raven. It even has the bare . . . → Read More: Fwd: IMG_4886.jpg As Philip has noted, the white bird near Manyana is not a Bali Starling. Which has unmistakable blue around its eyes and a crest, Michael 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 |
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