Pilbara Sunrise

Good morning from the Pilbara; The rains from Cyclone Peta; not the Queensland cyclone have turned the country green. I got up early to watch the sunrise and sit on a pleasant hill overlooking the Nickol River estuary and watching the birds. Fortunately you don’t have to experience those almost invisible little mangrove midges that … Read more

Danny Katz on Hooded Plovers

From today’s Age: Let’s draw a line in the sand over these bossy beach bums THEY’RE juveniles, they’re white, they wear black hoodies, they hang round in packs, and they’re taking over our beaches, hiding in the dunes all day and getting off their faces on fermented mollusc juice. AllI wanted to do was find … Read more

Norfolk Island Trip

Norfolk Island January 26-29 2013 Phil & Sue Gregory Two hours and one minute flight from Brisbane on Air New Zealand Boeing 777, (their “Lord of the Rings” themed safety video is a classic, Air Middle Earth indeed!) We stayed at Cumberland Resort and Spa in Burnt Pine just 5 min from the airport, with … Read more

A 50% reduction in avian mortality Altamont Pass windgenerators

If reduced population size was a contributing factor to mortality reduction then mortality rates would have been falling before they changed their processes. On 02/02/2013, at 3:30 PM, Greg and Val Clancy wrote: > I wonder how much of the reduction was due to the smaller population > each year due to the mortalities at … Read more