The Strzelecki Track and beyond

Gidday everyone. I have just come back from a trip up the Strzelecki, thru to Cameron Corner, Tibooburra and down to Broken Hill. I have downloaded most of the birds that I have photographed to this link and will finish off the smugmug link in a few days http://barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup http://barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0 &cat=0 Regards Geoff Jones Barraimaging … Read more

RFI Baillon’s Crake image

Another request for wetland bird photographers. I need an image of a Baillon’s Crake for a talk I am presenting on Wednesday .. Would those who have any be kind enough to send one and include advice on appropriate acknowledgment? My talk is about birds of French Island (Western Port, Victoria) cheers, Martin Martin O’Brien … Read more

Environmental funding cut

G’day, Don’t for one minute think that you southerners have exclusive rights to governments that pander to the moronic right. Our delightful Queensland Government cut funding, without notice, to the Environmental Defender’s Office on June 30th, this being the only organisation that assists people and environmental groups to use the law in order to defend … Read more

Hunters in NSW National Parks to be unsupervised

Dear All, The NSW Shooters and Fishers party now claims that hunters will be shooting in National Parks unsupervised and that parks will not be closed while hunting is taking place. See http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-09/fears-of-unsupervised-nsw-national-parks-hunting/4118214 I wonder how many non-hunters being accidentally shot it will take, before this excellent bit of policy is reversed. I suppose that … Read more

Terns on the Brisbane River

Hi Jim, Common Terns have migrated north by this time and are not commonly seen on the river. The black-billed terns you are seeing are the (much larger) Gull-billed Terns. The red-billed birds are certainly Caspians, and Crested Terns (with yellow bills) are also often seen. Cheers Andrew =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, … Read more