While looking for something else, I came across the following list from 25 years ago. It was a trip for the legendary Phoebe Snetsinger, the first person to record 8000 bird species. What caught my eye was the record of a Buff-breasted Button-quail, in there with the 8000. www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/australia/australia/austral.htm Geoffrey Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To … Read more

Hi all… I’m ready to buy a Spotting scope for shorebird watching etc… Which are the best brands for optics and that I could attach my phone too maybe to take a pic of what I see distantly? Thanks heaps Kirri 😊 Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe … Read more

    From: Wim Vader <wjm.vader@gmail.com&gt; Sent: lørdag 6. august 2022 16:09 To: Willem Jan Marinus Vader <wim.vader@uit.no&gt; Subject: Gull stories from Tromsø   Some gull stories from Tromsø   The most common gull species here in Tromsø (70*N in N. Norway) is the appropriately named Common Gull Larus canus.  They are everywhere and nest … Read more

    From: Wim Vader <wjm.vader@gmail.com&gt; Sent: fredag 29. juli 2022 17:38 To: Willem Jan Marinus Vader <wim.vader@uit.no&gt; Subject: A sunny sommerdag in Tromsø   A sunny summerday in Tromsø   I have kept silent since the spring rush here at 70* N, as I promised. The summer has brought extremes: for the first time … Read more

Hi all,  A last-minute vacancy for 1 person, or 2 people sharing a room, has arisen on our 8-day "Savannah to Tropics birding tour", commencing  on 20 August 2022. We will look for sought-after birds such as Purple-crowned Fairy-wren, Buff-sided Robin, up to 10 species of finch including Black-throated Finch; Great-billed Heron, White-breasted Whistler, Red-headed … Read more