Month: April 2012

That being because birdwatchers resemble wild dogs?

Philip

Some time ago I asked if members who were guiding or interested in guiding would like to learn about the Guiding Organisiation of Australia¹s efforts to reduce public liability insurance premiums.

Rod Hughes, a rep of OAMPS, the firm working with GOA, will be present at the Wildlife Tourism Australia workshop to talk about this issue and to answer questions. Dr. Ronda Green, the chair of WTA, has asked me to forward the following.

Thanks Denise L Goodfellow Vice-chair, WTA

To help Rod prepare some ideas and possibilities, please email Rod with your answers (Rod Hughes ) to the following (totally confidential and no obligation) * Would you be interested in participating in a group public liability insurance program that provides insurance protection to individual members and their businesses for their Wildlife Tourism activities? * How would you describe your Wildlife Tourism activities? (the more detail the better) * Do you currently have Public Liability insurance protection for your Wildlife Tourism activities? * Do you have other business activities in addition to Wildlife Tourism activities? * If yes, what are those activities? (the more detail the better) Even if you are not able to attend the workshop, or this particular discussion, you can email Rod (as above) as all information will aid the discussion (you will not be named at all – we just want to find out how many could be interested in particular opportunities) Ronda Green, BSc(Hons) PhD Araucaria Ecotours http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com http://learnaboutwildlife.com platypuscorner@bigpond.com ph 61 7 5544 1283 Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AraucariaEcotours Araucaria Blog: http://araucariaecotours.com.au

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Yesterday was the Fogg Dam Reserve Open Day.

Fogg Dam, for the uninitiated, is an artificial wetlands some 70 kms from Darwin. Juxtaposed by grassland, monsoon and paperbark forest it¹s an excellent spot for wildlife including birds. Several organisations participated including the Top End Native Plants Soc., the NT Field Naturalists, and Frog Watch.

A group of about forty came on a bird walk through the monsoon forest. Many more wanted to come but seeing the size of the group decided against it (originally there were to be two bird walks but the other two volunteers were apparently unable to come).

We didn¹t just look for birds but also at habitat and food sources. The path was too wet and muddy for us to get to the boardwalk but I think a good time was had by all.

Someone posted a trip report to Bedgerebong west of Forbes, NSW, about a week or so ago. Some of the content was. Love to talk to them. Regards Pete Constable

We camped over the w/e on the Lachlan River west of Budgerabong which is west of Forbes.

Today we drove south through ‘Kakadu’. I’ve never seen so much water in this area before. Large trees are standing in water and there’s literally thousands upon thousands of waterbirds! Nankeen Night Herons fly out of roadside trees which are normally standing on dry ground. As far as the eye can see white ‘posts’ stand poised; they turn out to be hundreds of White-necked Herons. Spoonbills are in massive flocks swishing their bills through the waters, Ibis are in their thousands, literally. A lone Glossy Ibis descended before us as we were surveying a wet paddock. . As we drove up to ‘Kakadu’ the birds rose in their hundreds, leaving hundreds upon hundreds still in the shallow waters. Lake Cowal is another spectacle at present. I’ve visited this Lake many times over 30+ years and have never seen it with so much water, which is up to the road in places, and has even been over the road. It’s glorious with lots of skulky birds on the foreshore. If you’re a photographer it’s especially appealing at present, with large old gum trees standing reflected in still water.

None of the the birds we saw (over 70 species) were unusual for the area, but the amount of them is overwhelming. Swans are nesting, and ducks have little bubs. It’s all happening in ‘Kakadu’!

Any idea of who it was. Love to talk to them Regards Pete Constable ===============================

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Hello Luke,

Another good resource for Darwin birding is our email group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ntbirds/ anyone is welcome to join.

Regards,

Mike Jarvis

http://www.experiencethewild.com.au/ www.experiencethewild.com.au

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G’day all,

Just putting the word out for anyone heading to Alice Springs in the next few weeks, Power & Water have again closed the sewage treatment ponds to birding access due to more reports of wild dogs in the area.

They will have a shooter at the facility, and until further notice the facility will be off limits for birdwatchers.

I’ll let you know as soon as I hear that they are re-opening.

Cheers,

Hi all,

I will be visiting Darwin for a few days in mid-May and I have Friday the 18th of May free to do some birding.

Can anybody recommend a good birdwatching tour guide in Darwin? I’m from Melbourne and the only interstate tour I have done before was with Dell Richards around the Port Douglas area.

I have been looking at Experience the Wild 1/2 day or full day tours.

Thanks, Luke. ===============================

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Hi all,

could Edwin Vella please contact me off-line? Or would someone please be so kind to pass on this message to Edwin?

Thank you for your help. Cheers, Jonny

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Thanks Philip. My copy is fine too. As the final proofreader of HANZAB I would have been more than a little disconcerted to have found I missed 15 pages – but all seems okay. I’d take it back to Andrew and ask for a replacement if I had that many pages missing Phil!

On 29/04/2012 3:27 PM, Philip Veerman wrote: > Mine is not missing those pages. I’m not going to retype text, as I’m not > quite sure what you want. I will send you a scan of the relevant page. > > Philip > > —–Original Message—– > From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au > [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Phil& Sue > Gregory > Sent: Sunday, 29 April 2012 2:22 PM > To: Birding Aus > Subject: [Birding-Aus] HANZAB Vol 7& Black-winged Monarch > > > Well, there I was researching Black-winged Monarch and wanting to check if > there are actually any migrant records of M. f. canescens from Torres Strait > as there seem to be none in PNG, so I haul out the trusty HANZAB, see the > plate with the requisite monarchs, then find my copy is missing pp 41-56 > which naturally includes the Black-winged Monarch data! Was this a common > fault or I have I just got an odd duff copy? I know there were errata with > plate captions but I sure don’t recall a major fault like this one emerging > at the time? I’ll get back to Andrew Isles and see if we can rectify the > problem. Meantime, can some kind soul let me know (off list) what HANZAB has > to say about Black-winged Monarchs from Torres Strait islands? Thanks Phil > Gregory > > www.cassowary-house.com.au > > > =============================== > > 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 > =============================== >

I recently found another pair of Marbled Frogmouths in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, bringing to 11 the number of territories being held by pairs in the Blackall Range. I’ve put together some notes on this bird here:

http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/

The good news is that the habitat in which the birds resides has been permanently protected with the recently declared Mapleton National Park.

Greg Roberts

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