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A survey of waterbirds on the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute demonstration site, Menangle, New South Wales

Posted: 25/10/2018
Author(s): Matthew Mo

The management of wetlands in Australia has environmental and socio-economic implications, especially with respect to their status as foraging and breeding sites for waterbirds. A broad range of waterbirds have increasingly adjusted to modified and artificial wetlands as natural wetlands decline, including wetlands on agricultural land. This paper reports on a three-year study of waterbird […]

Breeding productivity of the Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia in 2017

Posted: 25/10/2018
Author(s): E. L. Rowe and R. F. Brinsley

Obtaining data on the reproductive rates of raptors is helpful in assessing the status of raptor populations and the factors that influence it. Breeding productivity of the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax on the Fleurieu Peninsula was studied in 2017 and the results were compared with data recorded in 2005. We visited all 44 active territories […]

Movement of Short-tailed Shearwaters Ardenna tenuirostris banded at Phillip Island, Victoria from 1956 to 2010

Posted: 25/10/2018
Author(s): D. B. Boyle, B. K. Goyen, D. G. Cameron and R. G. Cameron

Between February 1956 and April 2010, 36 127 adult and nestling Short-tailed Shearwaters, Ardenna tenuirostris were banded at Phillip Island, Victoria, 90.6% at the Cape Woolamai breeding colony. From 1956 to 1974, mostly nestlings were banded (83% of 22 976 individuals), whilst from 1979 to 2010 more bands were applied to adults (59.5% of 13 […]

Radio-tracking Grey Grasswrens Amytornis barbatus barbatus in north-western New South Wales: a pilot study

Posted: 25/10/2018
Author(s): John Farrell, Jeff Hardy, Rudy Jacobs, Rebecca Jacobs, Genevieve Kyi, Darryl McKay and Sabrina J. Muns

A pilot study to radio-track the movements of Grey Grasswrens Amytornis barbatus barbatus in north-western New South Wales was conducted during September, 2017. Four birds were tracked for 5–7 days using small radio-transmitters attached to the interscapular area. Minimum foraging areas varied from approximately 18 to 53 ha and encompassed a variety of plant associations […]

Recoveries of Little Penguins Eudyptula minor banded on Gabo Island, Victoria

Posted: 25/10/2018
Author(s): F.I. Norman, P. Dann, S. Unthank and D. Sutherland

Between 1972 and 1987, 4902 Little Penguins Eudyptula minor were banded on Gabo Island, off the eastern Victorian coast; 2261 were adults and 2641 chicks. The 70 reported recoveries of dead banded birds (50 banded as chicks, 20 as adults) found away from Gabo Island are examined here. Most recoveries were of birds reported as […]

Book Review: Birds in their Habitats

Posted: 09/07/2018
Author(s): John Farrell

Banding Project Report: No.6 – Scheyville National Park, New South Wales

Posted: 09/07/2018
Author(s): Farrell J. R., Hardy J.W., McKay D., Gover K.

This site is one of six (Agnes Banks Nature Reserve (Farrell et al. 2012), Nurragingy Reserve (Farrell et al. 2015), Prospect Nature Reserve (Mowat et al. 2017), Windsor Downs Nature Reserve and Wianamatta Nature Reserve), in an ongoing monitoring study of the avian fauna in the north-west sector of the Cumberland Plain. Our studies are […]

Doing what comes naturally: are Australian Wood Ducks Chenonetta jubata pre-adapted for feeding in cities?

Posted: 30/04/2018
Author(s): Vincent Marsicovetere, Alan Lill

Some birds are pre-adapted for urban feeding without needing to substantially exploit the abundant novel food sources occurring in cities. This is apparently so because many cities contain the same or similar food resources to those that these birds exploit in nonurban environments, which they can therefore exploit in familiar ways, and for access to […]

Book Review – Shorebirds in Action: An introduction to Waders and their Behaviour

Posted: 16/04/2018
Author(s): Clare H. Weston, Bridget H. Weston and Michael A. Weston

Urban corvids on the move: habitat use and movement ecology of the Little Raven Corvus mellori at a peri-urban wetland

Posted: 16/04/2018
Author(s): Kasun B. Ekanayake, Desley A. Whisson, Thomas A. Schlacher and Michael A. Weston

Corvids can prey intensely on threatened birds, such that this process is difficult to manage and represents a significant conservation challenge. Fundamental to developing any management intervention is the need to understand habitat use and movement of the target species. Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices were fitted to Little Ravens Corvus mellori in a […]

Book Review: Australasian Eagles and Eagle-like Birds

Posted: 16/04/2018
Author(s): Greg Czechura

Diets of breeding Brown Goshawks Accipiter fasciatus and Collared Sparrowhawks A. cirrocephalus near Canberra, Australia and comparisons with other regions and raptors

Posted: 16/04/2018
Author(s): Jerry Olsen, David Judge, Susan Trost, A. B. Rose (deceased) and S. J. S. Debus

We examined 80 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus and 27 Collared Sparrowhawk A. cirrocephalus collections of prey remains and pellets. They were obtained from 2002 to 2010 within 30 km of Canberra (ACT) from 36 Goshawk and nine Sparrowhawk breeding events in 24 and six territories, respectively. For Brown Goshawks, 412 prey individuals and six species […]