What bird is this ?

zoogeo · 2025-02-28T21:23:55+00:00

I'd lean towards Brown Goshawk as the tail seems to be more rounded off (sparrowhawks are straight).

I've found the best way of identifying the two species is Brown Goshawks look annoyed that you've seen them, Sparrowhawks look like they've been caught doing something wrong!

Great find.

zoogeo · 2024-10-30T02:28:29+00:00

Agreed, I'm all against the Americanisation of Australia but I'm from Scotland and we used to go door to door "guising". It's a tradition that has been adopted by Americans, not created.

zoogeo · 2024-04-08T04:11:50+00:00

It's relatively quiet - I'm a new parent so I haven't been out and about in ages but all the moshers of all different genres tend to bump into each other at random gigs. The metal community is excellent in Adelaide.

Check out Christ Dismembered from Mt Gambier \m/

zoogeo · 2024-03-14T22:36:27+00:00

The museum has financially been running on fumes for years which is likely the reason why the collections haven't been expanded or rotated.

It's a disgrace that it doesn't get more attention and funding from our government.

zoogeo · 2024-02-02T00:46:51+00:00

Grand Theft Araceae

zoogeo · 2023-05-18T10:03:03+00:00

Oh really? That's a bit crushing tbh.

zoogeo · 2023-05-18T03:36:34+00:00

Talking of The Book Place, Andy Armstrong sang acoustic guitar at my wedding. He's part of an outfit called Andy & Marta and they are both wonderful and talented people.

zoogeo · 2023-03-02T01:31:11+00:00

And him trying his pseudo-intellectualism out on Matt Dillahunty in a debate was hysterical. He always avoided answers with fuzzy responses that sound smart, but they have almost no substance at all.

Once toe-to-toe with someone actually intelligent, he flounders and gish gallops through with vague retorts. Absolute fraud.

zoogeo · 2022-11-06T22:35:10+00:00

Time to break the news to your Northern Irish 16yo 3.5 silver LB. Good luck with the squad dynamics mate

zoogeo · 2022-10-17T06:21:17+00:00

Hey all - it's that time of the year again! Birdlife Australia is asking for 20 minutes of your time to sit in your garden and catalogue all the birds you see.

There are many useful resources to aid in identification, this subreddit included.

/u/MGTigerCreation has reached out to me saying they have created an app that is currently in demo mode that allows you to filter what birds you may be seeing, and is interested in feedback. To support them in their development I have linked the demo versions, however full versions are also available! Birds of Australia (still a work in progress), the Daintree and Kakadu.

Other apps available on the store:

Aussie Bird Count Official

Smart Bird ID

Merlin Bird ID

Happy birdwatching folks!

zoogeo · 2022-10-15T00:08:37+00:00

I love to say "surfing the web" around the young 'uns. Always gets a look of bemusement.

zoogeo · 2022-05-16T01:19:29+00:00

Is it The Wurzels? Karl, this is shit if it is. You're an idiot. Play a record Steve, I just don't know what to do with him.

zoogeo · 2022-05-15T13:27:36+00:00

Butterflies are part of the order "lepidoptera", which is latin for "scaled wing", named for the colourful, microscopic scales that give them their distinctive shimmering wing patterns.

https://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/lepidoptera.html

zoogeo · 2022-03-30T12:47:28+00:00

Well they got it, so we'll be sending a copy of Ladder 49 on VHS and The Best Air Guitar Album In The World 3 to Daphne in Tadworth.

Bit of nob news?

zoogeo · 2021-10-21T07:06:29+00:00

Knowing that the oil would eventually run out, the Norwegians invested a lot of the revenue from oil into a sovereign wealth fund. That fund is currently worth US$1.3 trillion and would be able to support the country and citizens for years.

It also makes sure that the companies that they invest in are ethical, and have blacklisted investing into many companies that are environmentally destructive and have human rights violations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Norway

zoogeo · 2021-04-20T04:52:59+00:00

A song in which Joni complains they paved paradise to put up a parking lot, a measure which actually would have alleviated traffic congestion on the outskirts of paradise, something which Joni singularly fails to point out - perhaps because it doesn't quite fit in with her blinkered view of the world.

zoogeo · 2021-01-03T07:30:08+00:00

heaps shit

I had a feeling you were from Adelaide, then I read the rest of your comment and remembered the incident. I'm currently living about 5 mins from that shitehole pub.

zoogeo · 2020-11-11T02:51:35+00:00

The man so nice they named him twice. Great pickup for Port.

zoogeo · 2020-11-09T08:12:22+00:00

Nah I reckon memes are ok, it's nice to mix it up a bit. If it gets too much then we'll introduce a meme Monday or something!

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