Birders can do several things about the horrific slaughter that is duck shooting: Write to the premier: ted.baillieu@parliament.vic.gov.au Give a donation to the Coalition Against Duck Shooting: http://www.duck.org.au/ View a video about the 2011 season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n0mC-FK1vhI And most importantly, consider attending next season’s opening morning at a location yet to be announced. While shooting groups … Read more
Anyone know any particularly good spotlighting locations at Wilsons Prom? Cheers, Simon. =============================== 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 ===============================
Happy holidays to all and once again sorry for the crossposting. It is now time to vote in the semifinals of this exciting December fun. Harpy Eagle vs Marvelous Spatuletail Spoon-billed Sandpiper vs Philippine Eagle. birdingblogs.com/2011/Gunnar/semifinals-bird-world-cup Both games are extremely even, so your votes will weigh a lot. Join the fun! Happy New Year. Gunnar
Hi all, Taking the family to Forbes for a couple of nights on Sunday before a visit to friends in Orange and i have been given leave for a couple of dawn birding/photography outings at Gum Swamp. Does anyone know if you are allowed to access the swamp in an inflatable boat? I have only … Read more
Following the terrible fires which left the area looking as though a nuclear bomb had hit – I explored around the parking lot at the rivermouth and was delighted to find a small part of 6 Emu Wrens behind the “new” toilet block – am not sure but tail feathers looked a bit spare on … Read more