Hello all,             Latest news from Australia’s isolated rock in the Northern Indian Ocean is that the first of the avian migrants have landed.  A few YELLOW WAGTAILS have been sighted at various locations around the island and two GREY WAGTAILS were recently seen on the road to The Dales.   Hopefully a good omen … Read more

All I met Harry Butler today at an Environmental Conference (APPEA – Sunshine Coast) He told me that there is or has been a Moluccan (I assume this is Ivory-breasted) Pitta on Barrow Island. Has anyone else heard about this? This is not a joke or wind-up. cheers Rob Morris Brisbane, Australia ============================== To unsubscribe … Read more

Hi folks, does anyone have current contact details for Richard Hill? He did work on population, diet and vocalisations of the Christmas Island Hawk-owl around 1998. Many thanks, Deane P. Lewis =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org … Read more

Totally agree on all points Andrew. As someone who was part of the initial rush of applicants and also alot of communication between a number of the parties who were intending to go (and did go), i don’t know anyone who went onto traditional lands. And if Ian etc didn’t go we would all be … Read more

David and others, I haven’t actually heard definitively of even one group of birders since Ian and Pat May’s report who have gone onto traditional lands without permission. The birdwatching community is small and it’s hard to keep secrets for long. If anyone wants to inform me otherwise, I would be very interested to hear … Read more