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, ...
... From: "Grant Stevenson" <buteogs_surnia@...> To: <Ethnoornithology@...> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:10 AM Subject:...
Umberto Chalvien
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Jul 12, 2006 9:45 am
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Further to my last comments on the Schach Shrike _Lanius schach_ (note spelling -- I got it wrong in my earlier posting!), the following passage is taken from...
Dear all: Postings on the mimicry of bird calls by butcherbirds and shrikes (and the enchanting example of mutual mimicry by shrike and canary posted by Claire...
Dear all - Sorry for the late notice but the following note relates to the upcoming Ethnoornithology Roundtable to be held at the International Ornithological...
Hi to All. I manage the Ground Hornbill Working Group of the Endangered Wildlife Trust, a NGO, in South Africa. We are specifically looking at the conservation...
Hi, I thought some of you might be interested in a project that I have been working on the last week or so. I have been conducting a short survey about nature...
The following information could be of certain interest: Euroceros bulgaricus g. n., sp. n. from Hadzhidimovo (SW Bulgaria) (Late Miocene) - the first European...
Zlatozar Boev
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Jul 18, 2006 10:21 am
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Hi everyone, First of all, I wanted to say thanks to those of you who have shown interest in my Earth Survey so far, I appreciate it! Also, I wanted to make ...
Dear all, I'm sending on this message from Leonardo of McGill University concerning a symposium proposal for the Neotropical Ornithological Congress to be held...
Dear Learned Companions, Since I haven't heard from you for awhile, figuring you had scholarly and academic priorities, or were on vacation, I'd thought I'd...
Thank you for your message. Please note that since 7th August till 17th August I am on vacations on Solovki. I will have access to e-mails for urgent things -...
Dear all, Please accept my apologies for my (relative) silence these past few weeks. I've been travelling across the wide brown land of Australia and have...
Teratornis, not Tetratornis. ZB ... From: Grant Stevenson To: Ethno ornithology Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: [Ethnoornithology] The...
Zlatozar Boev
boev@...
Aug 29, 2006 11:39 am
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Thank yooou!! Grant Zlatozar Boev <boev@...> wrote: Teratornis, not Tetratornis. ZB ... From: Grant Stevenson To: Ethno...
Hi, We are conducting a survey on amnesty for illegal immigrants in the UK for the next 6 months at http://www.skillipedia.com . We want to hear opinions...
HELLO MY DEAR ALL MEMBERS! WISH ALL OF U AND YOUR FAMILY "HAPPY DIWALI & HAPPY NEW YEAR". AAP SABKO "SONI PARIVAR" KI TARAF SE "NAYE SAAL KI BAHOT BAHOT SHUBH...
Dear all, Following a few months of (southern) winter torpor I have relocated to the Northern Territory in Australia's tropical north. I'm posting this update...
A recent presentation by Rob Fergisat the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers 2006 Annual Conference October 13-14, Rutgers...
Dear all, I was unable to make it to the 4th NOAC and am curious as to whether any ERSG members did and would be able to provide members with a brief report on...
