Day: January 30, 2013

New laws in Victoria restrict public access to wetlands during the duck-hunting season. http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/public-access-to-wetlands-restricted-20130127-2dev8.html Will this make a difference to birders? Campaigners against duck shooting are interested in your response! =============================== 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 ===============================

To add to the picture of inland strays consequent upon Tropical Cyclone Oswald – At least four Sooty Terns have been handed in to a wildlife carer in the Lockyer Valley over the last few days, with four more seen flying seemingly healthily and happily over a dam at Helidon. As previously mentioned, a Wedge-tailed … Read more

Just a quick note in response to many enquiries to let people know that Abberton escaped relatively unscathed by the recent rains and associated flooding. At our place, the flooding was a lot less severe than in 2010, and I think a significant factor could be that having lost some of our former creekbank two … Read more

G’day all, Just thought I’d drop a quick note about the many extraordinary seabird/shorebird records appearing on birdlines up and down the east coast as a result of Oswald. A lot of people have been expressing their amazement at Sooty Terns being found in suburbs and towns many kilometres from the coast. Back in February … Read more

Danny Rogers and I agree that it is a Common Tern as labelled. Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136