[Birding-Aus] Birding for Conservation - Twitchathon 09
Hi everyone,A quick note to say that it's time to start organising your team,chasing that sponsorship, and working out your route for 2009Twitchathon. In Victoria we have two competitions, a 24 hr race and an 8 hr race. Therace is scheduled for the 7th-8th November - although it is worth notingthat we will allow racing on an earlier weekend if these dates areimpossible for your team to participate. Importantly it's really worthremembering that all money raised from Twitchathon sponsorship isdonated to bird research and education, and that regionally this eventis one of our most significant conservation revenue streams. So please don't hes

Re: [Birding-Aus] Slater v 2
Hi Jeff,Yes, Frilled Monarch is in C&B but what Phil said was that Frilled-necked Monarch was not in C&B and he is right. Those two taxons were split as species by Schodde and both included by him in the Directory of Australian Birds 1999 following a report of the New Guinea form on Boigu in Carter et al. 1997, a paper in the Australian Bird Watcher. Schodde called the NG bird Frilled Monarch and its Australian relative Frill-necked Monarch. The split was to be followed by HANZAB but was dropped just prior to publication. So if I followed Slater, I'd have another Australian tick! And that wouldn't be the only one!Trindade Petrel may be t

[Birding-Aus] Albatrosses follow Killer Whales in search of food
Hi All at Birding-Aus, Thought this article may be of interest. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/revealed-the-albatrosss-unlikely-dinner-date-1798724.html Fantastic research with quite a fascinating outcome. Cheers, Inger Inger Vandyke Natural History Writer and Photographer Publicity Officer - Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association (SOSSA) Mob: 0402 286 437 www.ingervandyke.com _____________________________

[Birding-Aus] Terrick Terrick track conditions
Hi everyone,Could somebody please tell me what the track conditions are currently likearound Terrick Terrick?I only have a soft-roader, and when those tracks get wet I cannot get veryfar!Regards,Luke Shelley===============================www.birding-aus.orgbirding-aus.blogspot.comTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message:unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au===============================

RE: [Birding-Aus] Slater v 2
G'day Phil,Frilled Monarch is on the C and B list. Trindade is the correct title, named after the island in the west IndianOcean.Cheers Jeff.-----Original Message-----From: birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au[mailto:birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Phil GregorySent: Tuesday, 6 October 2009 11:26 PMTo: birding-aus@vicnet.net.auSubject: [Birding-Aus] Slater v 2Slater Revised EditionI have always admired Peter Slater's paintings and the size of the book is eminently p