It's all about the birds
Hi all, I always assumed Ravens (and other stick-builders) just used twigs/branches they found lying around. This morning I watched an Australian Raven making repeated trips to a jacaranda and breaking off twigs/small branches for use in it’s nest in a nearby gum tree. It also visited a dead cheesetree for more material. From the … Read more
Hi Everyone, Seven long months after it was released in the USA and UK, the Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists and Ecologists is now available in Australia. I am now working with a bunch of people around the world to make one for each continent. Phil Gregory and I are working … Read more
Hi all, Even though it's still a couple of months away, a last-minute vacancy for 1 person, or 2 people sharing a room, has arisen on our 7-day "Best of Top End birding tour", commencing in Darwin on 28 August 2022. We will be looking for the sought-after Gouldian finch, the rare Hooded Parrot, the … Read more
From: Wim Vader <wjm.vader@gmail.com> Sent: tirsdag 7. juni 2022 13:10 To: Willem Jan Marinus Vader <wim.vader@uit.no> Subject: Spring has sprung! Spring has sprung in Tromsø When my daughter Marit and I returned from our long weekend on Svalbard last Tuesday, Tromsø looked completely changed: the sun shone from a cloud free … Read more
There are four categories of bird found in Australia (mainland and Tas): 1. Vagrants; these are birds from outside the region and are found in ones and twos or small numbers and not regularly, they do not breed. 2. Winter visitors from northern hemisphere, mainly waders; these come here in our summer during the northern … Read more