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Recovery Round-up: Volume 12 – Issue 1
Posted: 14/09/2021Bird in the Hand: RUFOUS SONGLARK Cinclorhamphus mathewsi
Posted: 14/09/2021SOME NOTES ON A BEACH THICK-KNEE RUNNER
Posted: 14/09/2021THE USE OF MIST NETS AND RADIOTELEMETRY IN THE STUDY OF THE GROUND PARROT Pezoporus wallicus IN BARREN GROUNDS NATURE RESERVE, NEW SOUTH WALES
Posted: 14/09/2021Methods for trapping and radio-tracking Ground Parrots were examined at Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, Jamberoo, NSW. Two methods, involving mist nets, were successful in capturing the parrots. A technique for attaching radio transmitters to the birds is described, and the operating lives of two battery types are compared.
Read MoreSEX AND AGE CHARACTERS OF THE RUFOUS SONGLARK
Posted: 14/09/2021Most recent texts make reference to the difference between the sexes of the Rufous Songlark Cinclorhamphus mathewsi, mostly on the basis of body length as a field characteristic. While the size difference can be a useful field mark, as can be the distinctive display flight of the male in breeding season (McGill 1970), there are […]
Read MoreTHE BIOLOGY OF THE PLAINS-WANDERER Pedionomus torquatus ON THE RIVERINE PLAIN OF NEW SOUTH WALES DURING AND AFTER DROUGHT
Posted: 14/09/2021One hundred and sixteen male and 66 female Plains-wanderers Pedionomus torquatus were captured between April 1981 and February 1985. Body measurements are presented. Twenty-six chicks and immature birds were caught, some several times. These birds, and the discovery ot nests, indicate that breeding started in late August in the two years following the 1982 drought, […]
Read MoreSOME RESULTS FROM A LONG-TERM BIRD-BANDING PROJECT IN THE BRINDABELLA RANGE, A.C.T.
Posted: 14/09/2021During a 19-year study of birds in the Brindabella Range, ACT, about 35 000 banding records. comprising both captures and recaptures. were obtained for 52 species. Individuals from 16 species were never recaptured but more than 1 000 capture and recapture records were obtained for four species. About 12 species appear to be seasonal altitudinal […]
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