DUNCAN-KEMP, A. M. Our Channel Country, A&R, 1961. Duncan-Kemp published a number of books in the early and mid twentieth century recounting her experiences...
Dear all, It's been a while since I've sent an update on my recent posts so I've got lots of new and slightly older posts to talk about. I'm in Baton Rouge in...
Dear all, I've been traveling and working over the past few months so haven't sent out a note about my recent posts to the Northern Myth. A few are related to...
See the Questions and Answers section in savanna.cdu.edu.au/downloads/tropical78.pdf My question is whether any birds in the world purposefully start fires to...
Re kites as "firebirds" - I can see a number of references to this on the internet, e.g. in an article on the domestication of fire in the journal *Human...
In the early 1990s I was lucky to work with a number of bright young research assistants who recorded ethnoornithological information for me in exercise books....
Dear Martin and all, Thanks for giving access to what appears to be a great tool that will provide a useful boost for current and prospective research on birds...
Dear Mark & Martin, Apologies for not replying earlier to this interesting point - and though I know that I mentioned this while I was recently with you in ...
Dear all, I've been a bit quiet for the past couple of months working on my book of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bird knowledge but would...
I saw a ref online to Birds of My Kalem Country, where the kite was linked to fire not only because it swooped around active burns, but also the way it moved...
Mark, I'm away from home but will be back there on about the 21st or 22nd of this month - so if I don't remember please feel free to remind me then! Bob ... ...
Mark, I can't see any statement like that in Birds of my Kalam Country. Here's the paragraph about Black Kites (square brackets in the original; the /n/ of...
OK, I must have confused it with another reference -- possibly to an Australian group. I'll have another look. thx Dr. Mark Bonta Associate Professor of...
Does anyone have quick access to this article? It apparently references Milvus: http://www.jstor.org/pss/673006 * A Remarkable Case of Tool-Using in a Bird *...
Well, here's the latest from me. Audubon is letting me go, tomorrow will be my last day here. So I'll have more time to work on my book on urban birds as well...
A Remarkable Case of Tool-Using in a Bird Author(s): Ashley Montagu Source: American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 72, No. 3 (Jun., 1970), p. 610 Published...
Dear Rob:Sorry to hear about Audubon's loss. Wishing you the very best. I am keen to learn more about your "Eagles in Mesoamerican Cultures" paper. Do keep...
Thanks!! As I said before, if this kind of behavior were -- I hate to say 'confirmed' because we get into some sticky language -- but at least acceptable to...
Mrk et al, I have a copy of the Lockwood book with the reference that Montagu uses - but it is 1,000km away at home. I'll be in Adelaide in a week or so and...
Dear Rob, Audubon's loss may be a gain for the rest of us...I suppose it supports the idea that you should never go on holiday.. Seriously though, it is always...
Dear Bob and others, I am sorry too to think of you leaving Audubon - I love the EO being talked about all over the place. In the meantime, I am so glad of...
Thanks LoraKim. I'll be doing more on birds and the ancient Maya over the next year. Not a lot pulled together in a meaningful way yet, but lots scattered...
Hi all, I'm part of a project looking at language change in hunter-gatherer communities and as part of that we're looking into flora and fauna terminology....
Here's a counterpoint to the Black Kite as "firebird" -- ostriches as "fire extinguishers"!! The following passage is from notes written by Silas Kibwece in...
To the Kiadel (spelling?) of Bentick Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria the Black-shouldered Kite was the Fire Hawk. One of my students would always have one in...
Dear all, Somehow, and it appears via the WildbirdsSingapore group, our discussion made it to the BirdingAus Australian birds webgroup - a few contributions...
getting warmer... Dr. Mark Bonta Associate Professor of Geography Division of Social Sciences Kethley 226, PO Box 3264 Delta State University Cleveland, MS...
Dear all, Fascinating informations about Black kite and the fire.....I do not know about the Black Kites spreading the fire....but i do know of the Storks...
