The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 30, 2020 to Sunday, December 6, 2020: Area: SA Location: Adelaide Botanic Garden Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) (1) One or two yellow-tailed black cockatoos (YTBC) had been flying over high up all morning. Suddenly a YTBC flew at tree-top level … Read more

Since playing Powerful Owl calls our resident Koel has not been heard again, 24 hrs later. Hope it’s not coincidence. 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

Dear All,   The topic of birds and anting crops up periodically on Birding-aus, most recently in the last few weeks.  Not the same as earlier discussions, but related, is the relationship between ants and birds in the nest.   The following paper has just been published in the online journal, Scientific Reports, which looks … Read more

Hi Mike (and fellow Birding-Aus people…),   I hope that this note finds you well…   My first migratory swift record for this season was yesterday.   At 1:00pm, approximately 50 x White-throated Needletails were seen over the Kennedy Hwy, 43kms south of Mt Garnet and north of the Forty Mile Scrub NP boundary. They … Read more

It’s the nesting sites Where do they next in our Capital ! Has anyone checked the Parliament Houses for these particular parasites. ? Tree hollows would be limited in Canberra. Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Nov 2020, at 4:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@birding-aus.org > … Read more