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[Birding-Aus] Short-tailed Shearwaters in Antarctica

calid...@bigpond.com (Grant Penrhyn) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:26:13 UT

Hi Greg,
Australian breeding STSh have two alternate feeding strategies. One is to do
short trips to nearby waters and feed their chicks relatively fresh food, no
doubt with plenty of roughage. The other is to make a longer trip, lasting
more than a week, almost to the Antarctic continent. They then return with

[Birding-Aus] Short-tailed Shearwaters in Antarctic waters

diomed...@bigpond.com (Neil Cheshire) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:19:45 UT

Re. Greg Roberts observations of Short-tailed Shearwaters in Antarctica
Short-tailed Shearwaters forage a surprisingly long way to the west in Antarctic waters. Approaching from the west I encountered the first Short-tailed Shearwaters at 60S 82E on 15th March 2007. This longitude is about the 'centreline' of the Indian Ocean and bisects Sri Lanka. I saw several hundreds each day until 20th March, 64S 105E before heading north. There were a few Sooty Shearwaters in the same area and many icebergs.

Re: [Birding-Aus] WA Sightings

davidt...@gmail.com (Dave Torr) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:48:31 UT

Thanks for the summary Frank - I have an interest as webmaster of BOCA and
we will soon launch an updated site (development site at boca.net.au - this
will not be the final URL) which will include many of the birdline feeds.
I would add two things to your summary - firstly that if birders are going

Re: [Birding-Aus] SA News

davidt...@gmail.com (Dave Torr) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:25:17 UT

Whilst that is true it seems the last time I looked that the majority of
sightings were from SA - there were very few Vic records for example
compared to Eremaea. I think both sites have their good and not so good
features, but it seems few people outside SA are convinced enough to use
Birdpedia. Eremaea of course also allows sightings to be sent to the Atlas -

[Birding-Aus] WA Sightings

focon...@iinet.net.au (Frank O'Connor) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:22:29 UT

It would be good in some ways to see the current list of WA sightings on
Eremea. The mega sightings are already posted. I was approached to
moderate it, but I don't have time. I have often fallen behind on the
current list. There are a few reasons for not simply switching to Eremea.
Birds Australia WA prints a quarterly newsletter WA Bird Notes. This

Re: [Birding-Aus] SA News

birdos...@bigpond.com (Trevor Cowie) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:21:22 UT

Hi Paul.
You are correct Paul Bird SA web site is mainly an information web site
with a lot of links for birders to follow up on including birdpedia which is
doing a good job for the needs of SA birders.
I should add that Birdpedia handles ALL Australia's States, Territories and
major Islands (including Christmas Island and Cocos as

[Birding-Aus] Long-toed Stint and Others

gjo48...@bigpond.net.au (Geoffrey Jones) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:32:12 UT

Good Evening Everyone
It was brought to my attention
by Jeff Davies and John Barkla that my Long-toed Stint photos were actually
female Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and in light of this I have removed them from
my site and posted a shot from Taylors Lagoon near Broome from November and

[Birding-Aus] marc gardener

pratinc...@esc.net.au (Tony Russell) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:12:21 UT

Does anyone have an email address for the above birder? Please advise.

Tony

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RE: [Birding-Aus] SA News

p...@angrybluecat.com (Paul Dodd) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:10:37 UT

Hi Jen,
See my response to David Kowalick on this subject. I actually can't see a
location on the Birds SA web site where rare and unusual sightings are
listed - you can take a look yourself, if you would like:
[link]
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
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RE: [Birding-Aus] SA News

p...@angrybluecat.com (Paul Dodd) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:06:19 UT

Hi David,
Birdline is an initiative of the various regional groups of Birds Australia
and is implemented by Richard and Margaret Alcorn of Eremaea. Unfortunately
Birds SA is not a regional group of Birds Australia, rather, they are an
independent group or association. See the following web sites - the first is

Re: [Birding-Aus] SA News

birdos...@bigpond.com (Trevor Cowie) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:31:15 UT

In SA [link] covers this gap.
Subscribers can tick boxes to get notified automatically of "Rarities" and
the general sightings put in by subscribers.
It also has a letter box area where any report of say Hooded Plover would be
advised straight to the group looking at that species,
It can also be use by students to collect all sighting for birds there

Re: [Birding-Aus] SA News

malurus.je...@gmail.com (jenny spry) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:43:24 UT

Hi all,
I spent some time re-organising my bookmarks today and SA is the only place
I can't monitor for vagrant birds and special sightings. As I am close
enough to do a weekend trip I would love to know what is happening over the
border. If anyone knows a "Birdline" style site I would love to know about

[Birding-Aus] Regent Honeyeater - Nurragingy Reserve, Doonside NSW

alistair.mckeo...@gmail.com (Alistair McKeough) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:04:16 UT

The Regent Honeyeater sited by Edwin Vella and subsequently by varoius
people over the past couple of weeks was seen by several birders at
Nurragingy Reserve this morning at about 9am.
The easiest way to the area it's been seen is to enter the reserve, park at
"Kookaburra" and follow the educational walking path to the northern

[Birding-Aus] SA News

david.kowal...@fishgate.org.au (David Kowalick) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:15:57 UT

Happy new year to all birders for 2010,
I can't help but notice that Eremea birdline does not include any info
from South Oz. Can that be remedied somehow? In any case SA has been
firing lately with some great birds not far from Adelaide including
regular sightings of Lewin's Rail and Goolwa where there is also a Ruff,

[Birding-Aus] Werribee 19 Janurary

alast...@homemail.com.au (Alastair Smith) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:25:34 UT

I am visiting Melbourne from Canberra on 18-19 January and would love to
visit the much talked about Werribee treatment works. As I won't have a
permit or key I have to now put myself at the mercy of any kind Melbourne
birders with access to the site who would allow me to tag along on the 19
January. Is there anyone who can help me? I will happily reciprocate with a