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[Birding-Aus] shorebird/wader books

gary.wright.em...@gmail.com (Gary Wright) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:53:15 UT

I have recently read Life on lands edge, about Roebuck Bay, Broome and also
a british based book, wader behaviour, both of which were very informative.
what I am wondering is people can recommend a book(s) that covers
shorebirds in australia in terms of their life here as well as at their
breeding grounds. Natural history prose rather than scientific writing

[Birding-Aus] Portland Vic Pelagic trip report 7th Nov 2009

ro...@wildlifeimages.com.au — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:04:40 UT

Hi All,
Here's a trip report for the pelagic that got out off Portland, western Vic on the weekend. Now that the boat based at Port Fairy has been sold and trips from there have ceased, this was a trial of a potential vessel for more regular use. Chris Lester remains the primary organiser for the Birds Australia VicGroup Pelagics off western Victoria. In due course he will make a post concerning future arrangements.

[Birding-Aus] Painted Button-quail broken wing display?

ingli...@tpg.com.au (Robert Inglis) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:59:13 UT

Hi Tom,
You ask: "Where did you find reference to buttonquails being 'Shorebirds'?"
It's quite simple.
The family "Turnicidae" which contains the button-quail is now included in the order
"Charadriiformes".
Ergo, button-quail are 'shorebirds.......as are skuas, jaegers, noddies, terns and gulls.
Using the same novel way of thinking all Passeriformes can be called 'crows'.

[Birding-Aus] One birder tackles the technology- Twitchathon on Twitter

ldshe...@gmail.com (Luke Shelley) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22:49 UT

I agree Paul. It was great to have a Twitter feed for the Twitchathon.
One could easily setup some twitter hashtags for this and other birding
events. that would allow tweeters to post live sightings, and others could
follow based on the hashtag, not the person themselves. Here is an example
of how this would have worked on the weekend:

Re: [Birding-Aus] Malaysia (Fraser's Hill) guide?

davidt...@gmail.com (Dave Torr) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:16:09 UT

I had a great young Chinese guide (Lee) from
[link] 4 days birding in Malaysia earlier
this year
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Re: [Birding-Aus] Painted Button-quail broken wing display?

avic...@gmail.com (Tom Tarrant) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:04:33 UT

....mmmm, Shorely not Chris!
Where did you find reference to buttonquails being 'Shorebirds'?
Tom
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Chris Sanderson

[Birding-Aus] Barrington birding

gjl...@bigpond.net.au (Gregory Little) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:58:35 UT

Gooday birders

Was birding at the Allan River walk and on the walk behind Barrington
Guesthouse yesterday, 7.11.09, standouts were hearing the Noisy Pitta
(Allan River walk) and seeing a male Regent Bowerbird at its bower
(Barrington Guesthouse walk).

Greg Little

Greg Little - Principal Consultant

RE: [Birding-Aus] RE: Wildiaries versus Flickr

simonmus...@hotmail.com (Simon Mustoe) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:04:59 UT

Aha,
That'll be it.
At the risk of sounding like a Microsoft-hater, which I am not,....ditch IE8 and download Mozilla Firefox.
The release notes for IE8 are here: [link]. Amongst other things, this tells us that "Windows Internet Explorer 8 improves browser interoperability and

Re: [Birding-Aus] Painted Button-quail broken wing display?

chris.sander...@gmail.com (Chris Sanderson) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:27:33 UT

Hi Brian,
I encountered a Painted Button-Quail nest a couple of years ago and the
female flushed off the nest at about 10m distance but didn't make a broken
wing display. That isn't to say they never do (after all, they are
shorebirds!) but my only experience so far is that they haven't. The nest
had eggs (3 from memory, but it was a while ago).

RE: [Birding-Aus] One birder tackles the technology- Twitchathon on Twitter

p...@angrybluecat.com (Paul Dodd) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:14:58 UT

Hi Sean,
Thanks for the tweets during the race! It was fun following your progress,
and even though we never considered ourselves serious competition to the
Turkeys, every time you said things were going slowly for you, I have to
admit that we momentarily thought we might have some hope!
Three of our team were busily tweeting too, throughout the race. It only

[Birding-Aus] Painted Button-quail broken wing display?

brian_tu...@yahoo.com (Brian Hawkins) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:45:13 UT

G'day all,
has anyone ever seen or heard of a Painted Button-quail pretending it has a broken wing to distract an observer from nearby eggs or chicks? I saw one acting this way today (could not see any nest or chicks nearby though) and was wondering whether the bird might actually have had a broken wing - it seemed to.

RE: [Birding-Aus] Malaysia (Fraser's Hill) guide?

p...@angrybluecat.com (Paul Dodd) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:52:24 UT

Charles, you can try Durai - just ask for him at the information centre.
He's very well known and well-regarded - almost the godfather of Fraser's
Hill birding. He tends to be busy, though, so may not be able to devote a
lot of time for you.
Alternatively, if you don't mind paying a guide, I can recommend Cheong Weng

[Birding-Aus] Malaysia (Fraser's Hill) guide?

cc...@yahoo.com.au (Charles Hunter) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:38:25 UT

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a birding guide for Fraser's Hill in Malaysia?

I have a day to explore in a couple of weeks.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Charles
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Re: [Birding-Aus] Rare Bird Alert Website

davidt...@gmail.com (Dave Torr) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:42:50 UT

Birdpedia is another useful resource you should look at - it primarily has a
South Aus focus but does cover other states as well.
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Re: [Birding-Aus] "Birding with a purpose"

davidt...@gmail.com (Dave Torr) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:46:10 UT

Very strange as it shows Aus does not have system! Yet we have several in
place. Even stranger as it is an initiative of Birdlife International and
their Aus partner is BA who run the Atlas/Birdata....
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