A pretty amazing day off Southport today which Paul Walbridge will tell you about on Monday. In the meantime Steve Murray and I have put photos up of the pale phase Polynesian and New Zealand (type) Storm Petrels. There were lots of other good birds too……. Rob Morris Brisbane, Australia =============================== To unsubscribe from this … Read more
A friend was at Halls Creek last week and saw two parrots that he thinks were probably Princess Parrots. While not a confirmed record, I thought I should pass the report on in case anyone else is in the area. It was at a spot called the China Wall (turnoff is about 6km out of … Read more
I (like probably most contributors to this line) agree with you both. However how can we define and justify one attitude’s idea (i.e. ours) of what constitutes “necessarily right”? We need a better strategy. In political terms “necessarily right” may be that which gets the most votes or greatest support from more people, which is … Read more
I quite agree that there seems to be no end to this annual slaughter. If their figures are correct then it is certainly a much bigger lobby group than birders – I don’t know how many birders belong to BirdLife and other organisations across Australia, but it would be many fewer than the number of … Read more
Hi all, There is an article in today’s The Age newspaper with commentary on the upcoming duck shooting season in Victoria: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/call-for-cruel-duck-shooters-to-be-prosecu ted-20130118-2cy7l.html The season was announced by Victoria’s Agriculture and Food Security Minister, Peter Walsh, and is for twelve weeks from March 16. Somewhat ominously, the following quotes from the minister appear in the … Read more