Hi there birders, This topic has been raised in recent postings here on Birding-Aus. Does anyone have any hard evidence or data of the extent of bird poaching, egg collecting and the illegal trade of wild Australian birds and eggs? My search of the internet has been somewhat fruitless with very few actual cases reported … Read more
Terry Pacey was an active birder in South-east Queensland, the Darling Downs and the Solomon Islands. He was an active participant on Birding Aus a few years ago – some birding aussers may recall that he found a Painted Snipe lurking in a wetland fed by a leaking water pipe on the Gold Coast around … Read more
Alistair is spot on. The business of we birders informing egg collectors about nests is somewhat ridiculous. I started my birding in the late 1950s in country Queensland after I left school and the only birding people close to me in those days and within a few hours driving distance were two egg collectors and … Read more
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Hi Alistair You make a very good point about some photographers. We (three others and I) have seen one photographer use calls on Regent Honeyeaters at Castlereagh NR last year when they were present for a month or so. The person did this blatantly with total disregard to others’ objections – actually this person didn’t … Read more