2011-05-26
Something to think about..
2011-05-25
Isopod group 2011
The Isopod group at the Australian Museum 2011: From left to right: Luana Lins (PhD student, Brasil, systematics of Chelator [Desmosomatidae], Buz Wilson (USA, principle investigator), Tim Lee (Honours student, Australia, revision and population studies on terrestrial isopods), Torben Riehl (systematics of Macrostylidae). Picture (c) Luana Lins.
Cheers! T.
2011-05-23
A weekend in Kurri Kurri, NSW
If there is something that Australians can do almost as good as Germans then it is a barbecuing. (If there is something, Australians cannot, it is making good sausages.)
Catch ya later!
T.
2011-05-19
When I woke up this morning..
2011-05-16
Moved again
2011-05-15
Back from the Blue Mountains
Redbrowed Finch | Passeridae | Neochmia | temporalis |
Eastern Yellow Robin | Petroicidae | Eopsaltria | australis |
White-browed Scrubwren | Pardalitidae | Sericornis | frontalis |
Australian King Parrot | Psittacidae | Alisterus | scapularis |
Eastern Spinebill | Meliphagidae | Acanthorynchus | tenuirostris |
And here is our bird list for the last 1.5 days Blue Mountains:
Australian Name | Family | Genus | Species |
Australian King Parrot | Psittacidae | Alisterus | scapularis |
Australian Magpie | Australian Magpie | Gymnorhona | tibicen |
Australian Raven | Corvidae | Corvus | coronoides |
Australian White Ibis | Threskiornitidae | Threskiornis | molucca |
Common Myna | Sturnidae | Acridotheres | tristis |
Crested Pigeon | Columbidae | Ocyphaps | lophotes |
Crimson Rosella | Psittacidae | Platycercus | elegans |
Eastern Spinebill | Meliphagidae | Acanthorynchus | tenuirostris |
Eastern Yellow Robin | Petroicidae | Eopsaltria | australis |
Laughing Kookaburra | Halcyonidae | Dacelo | noviguinae |
Magpie Lark | Dicruridae | Grallina | cyanoleuca |
New Holland Honeyeater | Meliphagidae | Phylidonyris | novaehollandiae |
Noisy Miner | Meliphagidae | Manorina | melanocephala |
Peregrine Falcon | Falconidae | Falco | peregrinus |
Pied Currawong | Artamidae | Strepera | graculina |
Red Wattlebird | Meliphagidae | Anthochaera | carunculata |
Redbrowed Finch | Passeridae | Neochmia | temporalis |
Restless Flycatcher | Dicruridae | Myiagra | inquieta |
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatuidae | Cacatua | galerita |
Tree Martin | Hirundinidae | Petrochelidon | nigricans |
White-browed Scrubwren | Pardalitidae | Sericornis | frontalis |
White-necked Heron | Ardeidae | Ardea | pacifica |
Yellow Thornbill | Pardalotidae | Acanthiza | nana |
Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus | chrysops |