Hi, I was wondering what people think / feel / know about recreational shooting of NSW waterbirds? When I say recreational shooting, that’s what it of course is. But it is being politically disguised under the “pest management” banner by the O’Farrell government. They’re calling it a cull! Yet they have now added the pink-eared … Read more
G’day all The Morepork that I first found in my garden (‘roasting’ in a dense tree as the birdlife Australia-Hamilton newsletter put it) on 2 June was still there yesterday. It wasn’t seen today but has disappeared for a few days before – before coming back to one of two regular trees. It’s been a … Read more
Hi All Due to the forecast conditions this week, the east coast low further south and the number of prions seen heading north from Ballina over the weekend, Paul Walbridge has organised an extra pelagic out of Southport this weekend on Sunday. There are still a number of places left. Please contact Paul on his … Read more
Last month I posted about an overwintering Noisy Pitta in a rainforest gully down below my house. On Sunday, Marion Roper brought some visiting birders over to see if they could find White-eared Monarch (good views) and I asked if they wanted to give the Pitta a go. We pushed our way through the lantana … Read more
I maintain the digital image library for BirdLife Western Australia. I need some software to do the following : 1. Convert TIFF and PNG files to JPG. 2. Save a file at a smaller size. e.g. 12MB down to say 4MB. 3. Crop a file. What is the best shareware available on the web? Thanks … Read more