National Biodiversity Policy – Consultation Draft

My apologies if this has been mentioned previously. This policy is available for comment until 21 October. Essentially it’s broad brush stuff until one gets to the bit about how “The conservation estate [national parks, reserves etc] is the backbone of our efforts. For many bird (and bat) species, the conservation estate simply isn’t going … Read more

Dove Pub Response

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Brown Falcons with yellow cere and bare facial parts

G’day Paul, I must admit I am not personally sold on the idea of a different age structure for brown Falcons of the Central Australian region but I am still keen to listen to all ideas on this. I have now collected a lot of images from Central Australia of pale and rufous type adults … Read more

Pelagics from Port MacDonnell SA update

The trip on 25 September was great with Soft-plumaged and White-headed Petrel in addition to the usual selection of Albatross, Shearwaters and Storm Petrels. A notable sighting was a pod of Orca. Next trip is planned for 23 October and there are several spots still available. Of the remaining trips only November 13 and December … Read more

Something Different

Hi Everyone I have posted some images of Reptiles and Marsupials from some of my trips that I have been on this year, The one that was most surprising was a Feather-tailed Glider that virtually landed at our feet whilst Lloyd Nielson and I were camped up at Musgrave in May and it quickly scampered … Read more