Further to this discussion, I was in Daintree for a few days last week and a CBC was squawking its head off there one afternoon. Being mid-year, I couldn’t work out if it was very early or very late in either arriving or departing. Daintree, of course, is far closer to their usual wintering grounds … Read more
Hello Birding-Aus people, The question of so called “conservation hunting” has been well addressed by the Invasive Species Council of Australia. A paper by Dr Carol Booth of the Invasive Species Council researches the matter well. See:http://www.invasives.org.au/documents/file/reports/Critique_IsHuntingConservation.pdf We taxpayers through the NSW Government subsidise the Shooters via the NSW Game Council to the tune of … Read more
Hello Birding-Aus people, The prospect of people with guns being allowed to shoot in NSW National Parks continues to be a big worry. The Shooters appear to have convinced the NSW Government that recreational hunting can be useful in feral animal control. This argument is well refuted in an article in The Conversation today by … Read more
Good afternoon everyone Over the last week I have decided to make some significant changes to my website so as to make it easier for people to look at each species that occurs in Australia, either for research or just for looking at a specific species. Also I have added a couple of new photos … Read more
Mid morning I saw an adult Channel-billed Cuckoo in my neighbour’s eucalypt tree. It was being mobbed by a pair of Australian Magpies with some assistance from Noisy Miners. Pied Currawongs raised a Channel-billed Cuckoo in that same tree last summer (reported on Birding-aus). I think the magpies will be nesting soon, but this is … Read more