Birding Target Groups

There are a few groups of birds that I haven't been very successful in seeing (and identifying).  The more obvious groups (parrots, finches, honey-eaters etc) are well covered in my list but the following are not:

• Cuckoos (I have only seen two species);
• Waders (especially migratory);
• Penguins (a trip to Penguin Island was a failure);
• Quail (and other small ground-based birds);
• Some of the more difficult water birds (Crakes, Rails etc).

A pelagic trip earlier this year helped me out in the seabird category, now all I have to do is organise some excursions to see some of these.  Looking at the Birds WA Sightings page, now seems to be a good time for the cuckoos...

Ordering from the Australian Apple Store rocks!

I ordered a copy of iLife 08 (Family Pack) from the Australian Apple Store late on Wednesday and it arrived early on Friday morning. Maybe I am new to the whole web ordering thing but I think that is sensational service.

We will be using iLife primarily for iPhoto - not much else will run happily on our G4 and earlier Macs.

Updating the Macs

Migrated Kylie from her Sage iMac (450MHz G3) to her "new" eMac (1.25GHz G4) last night. All I need to do is install iLife (which should arrive tomorrow from Apple). The big advantage is the USB2.0 ports on the eMac - allowing her to read camera memory cards and use her iPod a little more effectively.

As a result of the upgrade I moved the RAM (a single 512MB stick) from the iMac to my dual-G4 500MHz PowerMac, giving it a total of 1GB of RAM! This is my first home computer to reach the magical 1GB mark :)

I will be keeping the iMac - it is too nice a machine to get rid of.

Edit: Yes, this means that Kylie's Mac is the fastest in the household and the only one running Mac OS 10.5. And I am OK with that...