http://www.flickr.com/photos/94330342@N04/ This flickr link is some photos of a recent weekend’s haul of – largely – protected birds shot by duck shooters. They include the most un-duck like bird found shot this year – a Yellow-billed Spoonbill. Rescuers also witnessed shooters firing from cars at a wetlands near Rushworth. 4 Red-necked Avocets 1 Black-winged Stilt … Read more
Further to the post on the Notes from Nature project I cross-posted earlier today, a forthcoming project is the digitising of the Ornithological collection of the Natural History Museum, Tring, UK. That could be interesting. Carl Clifford =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with … Read more
I have just seen a group of 8 Rainbow Lorikeets on the ground, in the lane-way behind our house. They were heartily demolishing 2 mini-pizzas, which had fallen out of the waste skip of the bakers that back onto the lane. Either there mustn’t be much blossom or fruit around the area, or their tastes … Read more
Apologies for the cross post, but there may be some on the list who will find it of interest. Carl Clifford Begin forwarded message: > From: Zooniverse Team > Date: 24 April 2013 3:41:35 AEST > To: ZOONIVERSE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Announcing our latest project – Notes from Nature > Reply-To: Zooniverse Team > > Hello … Read more
Hi all, I have a memory of their being a group set up to work on Painted snipe, whether it was managing a database or campaigning for conservation, or whatever, I can’t remember. Does anyone know if this is true, and if so could they provide contact details off line please? Regards, Eric Vanderduys Technical … Read more