Sorry for the late notice, but there are a few spots now available for the SOSSA trip this Sunday. We leave Wollongong Harbour at 7am and return around 4pm. If anyone is interested in coming along, please contact SOSSA at sossa@tpg.com.au or on 02 4272 4626 SOSSA is a not-for-profit organisation. You can get further … Read more
Hi all, Further to my earlier email have a look at this website from Macquarie Island: http://www.antarctica.gov.au/living-and-working/stations/macquarie-island/this-week-at-macquarie-island/page?id=48615&st=Macquarie&dt=MjAxMS0wOS0wMg== Mention is made on the site of the King Penguins at Lusitania Bay. Up until about 1919 the birds were predated by men and fed into boilers (technically known as “digesters”) to be rendered into oil. This was … Read more
I watched today as a Brolga ate an adult cane toad near Toorbul, north of Brisbane. It seems that any number of birds can eat toads with impunity, while they are so deadly to mammals and reptiles. Also today I had 10 Red-necked Avocets at the junction of Toombul Road and the Gateway Motorway in … Read more
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/2000-birds-die-as-feral-cull-backfires-20111018-1lwg0.html =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================