Hey all, Ethical issues are most commonly overlooked in the quest for information and scientifc endevour. The research I have done for the last 7 years here in...
Rather short notice but there'll be some ethno-ornithological interest at a conference entitled Sound and Anthropology: body, environment and human sound...
Hi everyone, I just joined the group, which I saw advertised on one of the other lists that I am on. I would be interested in any information the group might...
Dear all, Further to David's earlier posting I've posted 4 photos that I took in early April this year to a new ERSG photo album. The photos are of an Owl...
Dear Jeremy and all, The Religion, Nature & Culture conference in Gainesville where I found the Owl sculpture mentioned in an earlier post was opened by Bobby...
Dear Robert, Please describe again how I might be able to access your photos of the Owl sculpture? You mention that the photos are "left of the ERSG site"...
Further to the query by John Wembura and Nick Smith's comments I'd like to add a few comments. Dependent on how they conduct their research, most people...
Dear David, Sorry, my mistake and clumsy English - just click on "Photos" on the left-hand side of the ERSG home page. Cheers and I hope you enjoy them - I...
Dear Jeremy and all: Parrots are such engaging and colourful creatures they have attracted the attention of many cultures, both as pets and for their feathers....
Dear all, Just a quick note to advise that I have received three photos from David H. Johnson of the Global Owl Project related to the earlier images of the...
Dear members, Follwoing a couple of queries related to accessing and downloading photos and images to the ERSG site I provide the following advice. All members...
The latest issue of the Indigenous Science Network Bulletin is now accessible at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mmichie/network.html. The Indigenous Science...
Hi All, Here in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey, USA, the Delaware Nation of First Americans was and is the Lenape tribal community. Here are...
Dear All Naturites, New article on Marsh Harrier has been published by Dr.Ashok Verma as follows: Verma A. (2005). Observations on the plumage and moulting of...
Hi all! I am an Ethiopian and love birds. I have worked as a warden of various national parks in Ethiopia for many years in the past. I now work as a...
I attach three e-mails from the South African bird net, which may be of interest to some .... ... From: "Rudi von Staden" <rudivs@...> Sent: Tuesday,...
Hi, Glad to write a line or two to express my concern about birds, indigenous knowledge and conservation. It is my wish that the program start kicking in my...
Dear all. I’m Batdemberel, who is a bird researcher of Hovsgol_GEF project in Northern Mongolia. Mongolia is located in Central Asia. The Hovsgol Project is...
Hi Dembee, Dear all, My thesis is focused on a rare, endangered and non-charistmatic grassland bird species in Central Mexico. I aimed to understand the ...
Why do we study ethnoornithogy? Besides an important intelectual pursuit, it brings us back home to the humanities + curiosity base of science. It can be a...
I did not mean to proseletize in my last post. I guess some see no diff. between spirituality and religion like I do. Sorry. Though religion and spirituality...
Dear All, I am pursuing a PhD in the song of the pied butcherbird. Would anyone be able to point me to documented Aboriginal names for this bird? thanks,...
Dear Hollis I looked up the Pied Butcherbird in my various sources on Aboriginal ethnobiology for northern Australia. Not much information available on this...
Dear Chris, thanks so very much for taking the time to write that. yes, i do have HANZAB, just got it, and have not poured over it yet as it came just as i...
Nahnania tsa, "Wahathuweekah" - Numu Ohnonuh: (My name is "TwoRaven" of the Salt People band of Comanche:) Just wanted to introduce myself and remark on how...
John Ken Terres, the American avian natural historian of the last century, lists in his encyclopedia: the genus LANIUS means "butcher" in Latin, and the Latin...
... thorns. I once sat in an outdoor cafe and shared my fish and chips with a pied butcherbird, first the chips, which it would not have. then i shared the...
And as another aside: both butcherbirds and shrikes are reputedly accomplished mimics of other birds' songs. Does this apply to all members of the genera...
Hi Chris Not sure if this is of interest but I hand-raised a Magpie Shrike (Corvinella melanoleuca) who could mimic my Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus...
I have recordings of the pied butcherbird apparently mimicking the following: noisy pitta, boobook, magpie, peaceful dove, currawong, little friarbird, ...
