Hi all, I was at the Mataranka site in 2010 and was concerned by the behaviour
of some of the birders/ photographers/ twitchers. Most were respectful and
waited on the roadside for the 3pm arrival -kind of reminded me of the penguin
parade. The birds did arrive and were very obliging. I confronted a couple of
photographers who had jumped the fence and had positioned themselves between
the female and the nest, although the birds did not appear particularly
bothered i imagine this kind of attention on a daily basis could be a problem.
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> 1. Barn Swallows on Cocos (Mike Carter)
> 2. Re: Barn Swallows on Cocos (Steve Clark)
> 3. RFI Mallee Fowl in WA (David and Margaret Merrall)
> 4. Any Birding-AUS member in Mudgee, NSW? (Glen Taylor)
> 5. Re: RFI Mallee Fowl in WA (John Tongue)
> 6. The Australia Birding List (Robert Inglis)
> 7. Re: The Australia Birding List (Peter Shute)
> 8. Re: RFI Mallee Fowl in WA (Charles Hunter)
> 9. Quick trip to Java (Tom and Mandy Wilson)
> 10. Quick trip to Java (Frank O'Connor)
> 11. Cunnamulla (ronald jansen)
> 12. Red Goshawk harrassment (Denise Goodfellow)
> 13. Southport Pelagics. (Paul Walbridge)
> 14. Re: Red Goshawk harrassment (Peter Shute)
> 15. Re: Red Goshawk harrassment (John Tongue)
> 16. Re: Red Goshawk harrassment (Peter Shute)
> 17. Re: Gouldian Finch and Peaceful Dove preening (Carol Probets)
> 18. Fw: Fw: Red Goshawk harrassment (Shirley Cook)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:09:22 +1000
> From: "Mike Carter" <>
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Barn Swallows on Cocos
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> A report from Pam Jones of 2 Barn Swallows on Cocos on 21 July has raised the
> question of whether these are early spring arrivals (as I think) or
> over-wintering birds. Does anyone know of any records of Barn Swallows
> overwintering in Australia or the southern hemisphere for that matter? HANZAB
> has none.
>
> Mike Carter
> 30 Canadian Bay Road
> Mount Eliza VIC 3930
> Tel (03) 9787 7136
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:04:10 +1000
> From: Steve Clark <>
> To: Mike Carter <>, Birding Aus
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Barn Swallows on Cocos
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> G'day Mike
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> Barn Swallows occasionally overwinter in southern Africa (Sinclair et
> al. Birds of Southern Africa).
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Mike Carter <> wrote:
> > A report from Pam Jones of 2 Barn Swallows on Cocos on 21 July has raised
> > the question of whether these are early spring arrivals (as I think) or
> > over-wintering birds. Does anyone know of any records of Barn Swallows
> > overwintering in Australia or the southern hemisphere for that matter?
> > HANZAB has none.
> >
> > Mike Carter
> > 30 Canadian Bay Road
> > Mount Eliza VIC 3930
> > Tel (03) 9787 7136
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:39:30 +1000
> From: "David and Margaret Merrall" <>
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] RFI Mallee Fowl in WA
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> We are planning a trip to south west Western Australia in October and are
> would like to see Mallee Fowl. We understand there were some active mounds
> near Jerramungup but we don?t want to go that far east unless there is a good
> chance of seeing one. Can anyone give us an update?
>
> Regards
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> David Merrall
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:36:33 +1000
> From: "Glen Taylor" <>
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Any Birding-AUS member in Mudgee, NSW?
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> I have just rejoined Birding-AUS. Would like the following posted please
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> I will be in Mudgee 8/9 to 16/9/2012 and would like to make contact with a
> Birding-AUS member. Email is
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> Glen Taylor
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:31:31 +1000
> From: John Tongue <>
> To: "David and Margaret Merrall" <>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] RFI Mallee Fowl in WA
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> Hi Margaret,
> We searched all over the place. There are warning signs all over the South
> West, urging people not to turn them into road-kill.
>
> We kept being referred to the Malleefowl Centre at Ongerup - which we did go
> to - but we also wanted to see one in the wild. We'd had earlier reports
> about the Fitzgerald River B&B having them roaming around their sheds.....
> but that B&B no longer operates!!
>
> Others suggested we try around the Camping area by the Pallingup River, which
> we also checked, but couldn't afford the time to camp there, so didn't get
> onto any there.
>
> We were directed to an active mound near Ravensthorpe - which we also saw -
> but it was the wrong time of year for birds to be working.
>
> Eventually, we fluked onto one crossing the road as we drove back from
> Fitzgerald River NP towards Ravensthorpe!! I reckon you've just got to be at
> the right place at the right time - lots of "luck" involved in it....
>
> All the best with the search.....
>
> John Tongue
> Ulverstone, Tas.
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>
> On 16/08/2012, at 2:39 PM, David and Margaret Merrall wrote:
>
> > We are planning a trip to south west Western Australia in October and are
> > would like to see Mallee Fowl. We understand there were some active mounds
> > near Jerramungup but we don?t want to go that far east unless there is a
> > good chance of seeing one. Can anyone give us an update?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David Merrall
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:56:42 +1000
> From: "Robert Inglis" <>
> To: "Birding-Aus" <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] The Australia Birding List
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> I subscribe to Birding-Aus but have elected not to automatically receive
> emails in order to avoid receiving emails which have little or no interest to
> me.
> To read the latest Birding-Aus postings I connect to The Australia Birding
> List ( http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/AUSB.html ) rather than checking
> the Birding-Aus archives as The Australia Birding List, being part of the
> Birding On The Net network, is usually more up to date than the archives. I
> don?t mean to be critical of the Birding-Aus moderators as I realise they
> have their own lives to live and it can be somewhat of an onerous job being a
> moderator on any on-line forum these days. It is just the way internet works
> and I am making what I think is the best choice for me without unnecessarily
> causing any one else any inconvenience.
>
> At least that is what I was doing until today.
>
> Today I tried to log onto The Australia Birding List and was almost
> immediately re-directed to The American Birding Associations ?Birding News?
> web page.
> There seems to be no way I can get to and stay on The Australia Birding List
> site.
>
> Is there anyone else out there who also has been using The Australian Birding
> List facility and who is also having the same experience that I am having?
> Does anyone know what the the problem could be?
>
> Bob Inglis
> Sandstone Point
> Qld
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:39:39 +1000
> From: Peter Shute <>
> To: "" <>,
> "" <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] The Australia Birding List
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> I just tried that URL and got the same thing. First it displayed recent list
> messages, then it redirected to their main page.
>
> From that page I selected the Australia link and that took me to a different
> view of recent list messages on the ABA site. Maybe they've just changed
> their site around, although it's a funny to do it.
>
> The page I ended up at is at:
> http://birding.aba.org/maillist/AU
>
> I'd contact birdingonthe net to get it resolved or explained.
>
> The "official" list archives contain all the messages, but there's a delay, I
> forget how long. Nothing to do with the moderators, it's maintained
> separately.
>
> Peter Shute
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