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WHY DO FLAME ROBINS Petroica phoenicea MIGRATE? A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SOCIAL AND FEEDING ECOLOGIES OF THE FLAME ROBIN AND SCARLET ROBIN P. multicolor


Author(s): DOUG ROBINSON

Comparisons between the ecology of Flame and Scarlet Robins at a sympatric breeding site suggested that Flame Robins migrated during the winter months because of a decline in the availability of their major prey. During the nine months that Flame Robins were present at the breeding site, they foraged for flying insects twice as often […]

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The Seas Around Us: No. 3 – CORAL SEA CURRENTS


Author(s): DEREK M. BURRAGE

The South Equatorial Current brings tropical water westward into the Coral Sea between the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia, then branches near the Queensland Plateau. The East Australian Current branch flows southward along the Great Barrier Reef to enter the Tasman Sea, while the northward-flowing branch forms a clockwise coastal current and partially-closed gyre 1n […]

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Obituary: TERRISS (TERRY) ADRIAN WALKER (1950-1992)


Author(s): Peter Ogilvie and Kees Hulsman

Ornithological studies of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered two major losses in the last two years. The death of Brian King, to whom we dedicated Corella 17(3), and then within six months the loss of Terry Walker. We were all aware tha1 Terry Walker had collected and assembled an immense amount of information on […]

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