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Morcombe & Linnaeus

At the Botanic Gardens in Perth, Michael Morcombe’s Australian field guide came into my life [...]

IOC Turns to IOU

The IOC has done the ultimate by renaming itself to the International Ornithological Union. [...]

Tree of Life

For three and a half billion years species popped up like crazy, like a tree sprouting branches, and twigs and leaves. [...]

Convergent Evolution

200 million years ago heavy volcanic eruptions may have caused the mass extinction that defines the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods. [...]

Wheatears

For most folk the first visible sign of spring will be the first wheatears returning from their African winter home. [...]

Hawaii to Malaysia Corrections

Birdstack is highlighting errors I made in my sightings: errors and modern usage… [...]

IOC Splits in Birdstack

Great tit split into Japanese and cinereous in the middle of 2008, nuthatch spawning Siberian at the same time. [...]

White-naped Honeyeater

A brief but memorable stop in Cania Gorge, Queensland furnished my only sighting of this Melithreptus species. [...]

One Taxonomy to Rule Them All

My latest ChatterBirds Blog post prompts a couple of comments even. Readers of this blog will know that taxonomy is a topic dear to my heart. Tweet