A single Baillon’s Crake, 4 Australian Spotted Crake and 13 Glossy Ibis were clearly visible in a grassy inlet between reed-beds on the east side of Lake Claremont in the Perth suburb of Claremont this morning. The ibis unfortunately flew and could not be relocated but the crakes, including the Baillon’s, gave every indication of … Read more
An ID test is all well and good but what happens in practice? I recall seeing a report from a person who went to a duck shooting spot as part of the protest action. Basically they reported that lots of things are shot and only the legal bag limit is kept, that is once they … Read more
Does a pass of 75% show the applicant as being not much better than an official half WIT? Warren Thompson =============================== 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 ===============================
The section on the Mallard on the website says that it is not protected in any state, so therefore you could shoot it with impunity any way, unless I am missing something. Also, the test only requires a 75% success rate to pass, that means that when you are on the water, as long as … Read more
Dear all, There have been several questions regarding the Victorian Waterfowl Identification Test-WIT on the list. Here are some extracts from the DPI web site. The WIT “consists of 22 multiple-choice questions. The test is viewed on a TV screen and the exact procedure is explained by an example prior to the actual test. A … Read more