This pronunciation question seems to have been a contentious subject for Australian birders since the common name of the several species in the genus Gerygone was changed from fly-eater and/or warbler to the genus name, as recommended by the RAOU (Recommended English Names, RAOU 1978).   Some years ago, seeking to address my own ignorance, … Read more

G’day folks I was staying at a cottage on a land for wildlife property close to Stanthorpe (on the Granite Belt) just north of the NSW border on the weekend. At around 9 pm on one evening I heard a rather different call which had a good match in the Masked Owl recordings on the … Read more

Dear Fellow Birders, Has anyone seen this book yet? www.lynxeds.com/product/all-the-birds-of-the-world/ It contains beautiful illustrations of every bird in the world including known extinct ones. I am not affiliated with this publisher or get anything from mentioning it, I just think this book looks so amazingly cool. It is only 65 euros… I already preordered my … Read more

More news from Inner South Canberra.  Yesterday Sandra Henderson reported Silver Gulls nesting  in the open forecourt space in front of the national parliament.  This was the scene early this morning (about 0730) with about a hundred of them in the plantings of prostrate grevillea,  egg-sitting, site-selecting, squabbling and copulating.  In recent years large numbers … Read more

3 tail pix ATTACHED: – dorsal – notch (ventral),  & showing blue wash – spread = 12 rectrices ———- Forwarded message ———From: Judith L-A <jlukin01@postoffice.csu.edu.au> Subject: Fwd: which hawk ?To: Judith L-A <jlukin01@postoffice.csu.edu.au> Thanks, guys. As you see, the various measurements fall between the 2 species, & I remain uncertain. The bird is in the … Read more