The front line begins behind the lines.

There are “good” and “bad” people in most groups. The 4WD club I most recently was a member of, has included activities such as removal of burned out and damaged wrecks of cars from bushland, as a community service and contributions towards maintaining historic bush huts. I have been a member, mainly to learn about … Read more

Hunting in NSW National Parks

Having originally come from a research background in animal ecophysiology, I am also concerned about the increased physiological stress that hunting would have on the native wildlife in our national parks. I realise that habitat degradation, predation by feral animals and current feral animal control programs would cause a degree of physiological stress already, but … Read more

Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Vacancy – June 24th

Hi All Due to some cancellations, there is currently a spot available on the pelagic departing from Eaglehawk neck, Tasmania on Sunday 24th of June. The boat being used for this trip is *The Big Pig* which has a maximum capacity of 5 people – the price is $180 per person. This is an excellent … Read more

Visitors to Newhaven

Has anyone caught up with Trevor and Hazel Cowie who recently headed to Newhaven to look for the parrots ? Tony =============================== 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 ===============================

C&B vs IOC taxonomy

Hi Paul, Yes, as I said, the OZ-list is a dynamic list as well and it is meant to follow the latest IOC decisions (currently 3.1). But this doesn’t only mean that it will be frequently updated with the latest IOC decisions but also with additions to the OZ list such as the recent sightings … Read more