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In 2006 I spent 2 weeks on a family holiday in Australia. The whole trip was fantastic, filled with long distance 4 x 4 driving, incredible scenery and some of the best birds to be seen anywhere in...
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New birdfinding guide I got this article Simon Mustoe of Bird-O.com about the new birdfinding guide for Australia by Richard Thomas and Sarah Thomas, with help of David Andrews and Alan McBride. I...
View ArticleJournal Club: Gouldian Finches’ fascinating mating system
Gouldian Finch females chose the sex of their offspring. Gouldian Finches occur in two morphs. Red heads or Black heads. Red-headed females prefer red-headed males – and black prefer blacks. In the...
View ArticleWestern Australia – Part 1 of 4
Bibra Lake – a fantastic bird-photo introduction to WA & Dryandra Woodlands – a great site that deserves more time! My first bird-photo trip to the amazing Australia, was to the Western Part and in...
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Pemberton, a beautiful town with beautiful people and many beautiful birds & Lake Monger + Erick Street Beachfront, cool birds in the middle of the City After all that fantastic birding and...
View ArticleWestern Australia – Part 4 of 4
Penguin Island: a small patch of land with some very special birds + Herdsman’s Lake: lots of waterfowl in the big -City- Park and Lake We decided to take one morning and sleep late (I know… lazy as...
View ArticleJournal Club: Sing for your supper: fairy-wren chicks must sing vocal...
SUMMARY: Female fairy-wrens teach their chicks a vocal password before they hatch to distinguish them from brood parasitic bronze-cuckoo chicks How do parents recognize their offspring when the cost of...
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