Birds, Gippsland fires and solar eclipses

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Hi Martin and all,

You raise the issue of eclipse and bird behaviour. See my article: Veerman, 
P.A. (1982) 'A record of avian and other responses to the total solar eclipse - 
23 October 1976', Australian Bird Watcher: 179-209. (This is still the world's 
biggest analysis of animal behaviour to a solar eclipse.)

Actually I have been invited to speak to a solar eclipse conference in USA next 
year, about this event and am in stage of arranging the method of doing so. (I 
will have more to contribute to B-A about this, after the sponsorship is worked 
out).

Philip