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see www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-28/researchers-study-poo-to-find-answers-on-tasmanian-emu/11886884 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 Quite “remarkable”: ‘Remarkable’ behaviour: Experts stunned by photo of lyrebirds uniting under bushfire threat ‘Remarkable’ behaviour: Experts stunned by photo of lyrebirds uniting un… A photograph of a flock of lyrebirds converging on waterhole as a bushfire approaches reveals something remarkable. . . . → Read More: Lyrebirds Tony, You have to call out BS when you see it . Common names should not obscure or obfuscate or even be cryptic, unlike Scientific names. Otherwise how are you travelling? Grab what reality is left in this new age. Best Wishes Michael Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings . . . → Read More: Name calling Ah , so “Cryptic” is not so much descriptive of the bird itself, as say is “White-plumed Honeyeater” ?? Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Jan 2020, at 4:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@birding-aus.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 75, Issue 23 see www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/science/albatross-ocean-radar.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 In reply to Greg Roberts’ email of 21 Jan “Death by barbed wire”:
“This subject was addressed in Andrew Ley’s paper “Bird casualties in fences in Diamantina National Park, Queensland, 1996-2008” published in Australian Field Ornithology in 2008.”
Shirley Cook Mitchell Plateau charter for Black Grasswren 24 May 2020 As per previous years, Australian Ornithological Services will run a one-day charter to the Mitchell Plateau at the end of our 2020 Top End tour. It involves fixed-wing to the Mitchell Plateau airstrip and then helicopters to the . . . → Read More: Advertisement Mitchell Plateau charter for Black Grasswren 24 May 2020 Phil, That “imitatress” could even be considered as a common name for any bird outside the Roman or Greek Republics indicates how out of touch with common birders committees can occasionally be. With any due respect, these committees sometimes seem to confuse themselves with Academia, and must secretly lust for Scientific standing. I . . . → Read More: Imitatress ” Cryptic” is a sexy name, (with Herpetological overtones), but is the bird actually or unusually that much more camouflaged or difficult to see than other Honeyeaters? Is it generally so different to look at or listen to that a new name is really necessary ? (With apologies to armchair twitchers, of which I am . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 75, Issue 20 Hello and Happy New Year! I will be heading North from Cessnock tomorrow and will have some time available for bird watching along the way. Due to recent fire activity, I assume the New England Highway would be a better option than Thunderbolt’s Way. I’m close to Werakata NationalPark, but the combination of dirt . . . → Read More: Cessnock Northwards |
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