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Dear Birders, Thought you might be interested in this short review of Sue Taylor’s book “Birding Australian Islands”, from a fellow birder. Review: I finally got this book in the mail in Ottawa, Canada. Previously having birded Australia for 2 years while my wife and I were living there, I was intrigued by what could . . . → Read More: Review: Taylor’s “Birding Australia’s Islands” Could you please place the following in your next edition. Thanks, Kate DIARY DATE: ‘Wings on King’ Spring Surveys 7-10th November, 2019
Have you been birding in the beautiful King Island yet? Come and join in gathering spring bird data while enjoying the spring wildflowers adorning the island. Join Mark . . . → Read More: King Island bird surveys – Promotion There were 2 White-headed Petrels off Sydney Heads this afternoon flying into a 40 knot southerly always good to see these birds from shore. Cheers michael. Does anyone have any tips on when where, and how,( ie calling in? ) we can see the Northern Shrike-tit? Is it still a subspp or now a full species. Many Thanks 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 . . . → Read More: Northern Shriketit I've put a proposal to the Queensland Government to convert large areas of hoop pine plantation in south-east Queensland to re-establish subtropical lowland rainforest, a critically endangered habitat. At the end of the post are government email addresses if anyone wants to flick an email to the ministers in support of the idea. http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com/2019/08/imbil-state-forest-plan-to-to-save.html . . . → Read More: Protecting subtropical rainforest I am interested in any (as definite as possible) reports of mating in the wild between Rainbow and Musk Lorikeets. Single hybrids are likely to be regarded as aviary escapes, so of most interest are reports of (a) pairs formed of both species eg inspecting hollows and (b) hybrids being fed by one . . . → Read More: Lorikeet hybridisation Back in 1998 (time flies!) I wrote a little piece on these lists on foot paddling in gulls: I have enclosed a copy here, as few subscribers will be the same after 20 years.
FOOT-MOVEMENTS IN FORAGING BIRDS (Copied from 1998)
Recently there has been . . . → Read More: foot quivering in thrushes Hi all, I will be in South America for a few weeks in January, and wanted to pick up a good field guide for the trip. Anyone have any recommendations for a portable field guide covering Norther Chile, Peru and maybe Bolivia?
Seems to be a few on . . . → Read More: Chile/Peru The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, August 12, 2019 to Sunday, August 18, 2019: Area: SA Location: Aldinga Scrub Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus) (2) Foraging in gum trees. Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) (1) Lots of Mistletoe so lots of Mistletoe birds. Many seeds on the Mistletoe. Australian Ringneck . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest Having watched a season of Peregrine nestcams in the USA (where the birds are migratory), I’ve shifted to the livecam in Orange (NSW) (& hope again to see the Collins St (Melb) nestcam come online soon too). The bird now occupying the ledge /nestbox in Orange appears so far to be the same individual. http://www.csu.edu.au/special/falconcam/Streams/camera-two.htm . . . → Read More: Peregrine info, please |
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