tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post6557602975938186582..comments2023-11-03T01:24:34.068+11:00Comments on Paying Ready Attention: Long Distance TravelStewart Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622420206244603688noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-30806406553413701892013-02-28T23:27:46.501+11:002013-02-28T23:27:46.501+11:00Thank you for sending me over here. Totally amazi... Thank you for sending me over here. Totally amazing stuff! When I first started reading, I immmediately wondered why anyone would try and catch birds. It didn't dawn on me about banding them. Question...how do you (birders) come to the conclusion that there is no stopping on the way back to Australia? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-10896094650894472112011-06-12T21:00:32.392+10:002011-06-12T21:00:32.392+10:00Stewart, thanks for visiting my blog and giving me...Stewart, thanks for visiting my blog and giving me the link to your post. What a story! It's beautifully written, inspiring and spell-binding! You are reminding us of an unspoiled world that has been in existence for millenia untouched by human transgressions.Hilke Brederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357741278362930033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-83400834467374472462011-03-08T23:31:02.335+11:002011-03-08T23:31:02.335+11:00I'm overwhelemed - what a great, informative p...I'm overwhelemed - what a great, informative post! I've seen small land birds banded, but never the waterfowl or any birds as large as this. I think that the wonder and joy of holding a wild thing for a moment must be much the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-28941171140847433522011-03-05T02:19:23.055+11:002011-03-05T02:19:23.055+11:00What wonderful pictures of the beach - and all tho...What wonderful pictures of the beach - and all those birds!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-22583315418262025412011-03-04T07:57:50.555+11:002011-03-04T07:57:50.555+11:00Very interesting post!Very interesting post!Birgittahttp://birgittasfoto.blogg.se/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-56006168993938464922011-03-02T20:53:27.575+11:002011-03-02T20:53:27.575+11:00Hi Stewart.
Thanks for dropping by my Blog, and in...Hi Stewart.<br />Thanks for dropping by my Blog, and introducing yourself. Nice to hear from you.<br />I grew up banding birds with my father, Steve Wilson, in Canberra. Mick and I often swap notes too.<br />You might be interested to note my post about <a href="http://peonyden.blogspot.com/2011/01/flagged-pied-oystercatcher-traced.html" rel="nofollow">Flagged Oystercatcher traced</a>. Yellow flag, #35<br />It came from Corner Inlet, so maybe we have been linked metaphorically already.<br />I would like to add your blog to my list of "Aussie Nature Bloggers" in my Blog side-bar.<br />Cheers<br />Denis WilsonDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-23161520152148547842011-03-02T18:35:30.141+11:002011-03-02T18:35:30.141+11:00Hi Stewart, this is a very interesting post. I ju...Hi Stewart, this is a very interesting post. I just wish I could see and maybe participate sometime in the flagging of birds. I was involved - in an unusual way - with the first godwits satellite tagged in NZ. A number of them lost their satellite transmitters (or whatever you call them!) and dropped out of sight. A few days later we found one of these birds right around here and photographed it as well. This was the first anyone knew of what had happened to it. It had lost everything except the leg flag but this clearly ID'd it. Later that year it was sighted again in NZ where it had been caught and tagged. Of course since then I have been very interested in finding any other flagged birds.mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-1262766353450588032011-02-28T12:20:24.860+11:002011-02-28T12:20:24.860+11:00Fascinating stuff, Stewart. Here was an outsider ...Fascinating stuff, Stewart. Here was an outsider like me just thinking that you bird watchers only needed a small seat and a pair of binoculars. I had no idea that there was so much frenzied activity involved. The comparisons were good - easily as impressive as you wanted them to be - it's a pretty remarkable effort for something so small. As always, your photo sets are superb. The photo I liked best was the centre one in the second last set. It got me thinking about its beak - you wrote briefly about its length, but I'm guessing there's probably a whole lot of science behind the way its beak has evolved and how its used. Perhaps that's one for another day. I used to think you should publish your stories in a book or magazine, but I have to agree with RBenz above - maybe you should have your own nature TV series. Cheers, GarryGarrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-21614187876216422432011-02-27T16:02:00.500+11:002011-02-27T16:02:00.500+11:00Amazing distances to cover - incredible that they ...Amazing distances to cover - incredible that they evolved to do so, to keep chasing summer and food. Another wonder of the world - thanks Stew.muzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-27041351484371092252011-02-27T02:15:30.170+11:002011-02-27T02:15:30.170+11:00Not since watching "Winged Migration," (...Not since watching "Winged Migration," (or as it was known in Australia where we saw it first--"The Travelling Birds: An adventure in flight,") have I been as awed by the endurance and perseverance of nature. You put a face on the migration even better than the film. Thanks. Rich B.RBenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081146638781076956noreply@blogger.com