It is gratifying to see the positive reaction to John’s Night Parrot find. I have had the pleasure and privilege of viewing many of the photographs and video of the parrot. I have also been privileged along the way to the details of John’s ongoing search for the Night Parrot which started about 10 years … Read more
Australian Geographic has just posted an article on the Night Parrot discovery at http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/night-parrot-seen-alive-again-after-30-years.htm I have a feeling that there might be an article in a forthcoming AG issue. Car Clifford =============================== 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 … Read more
G’day Birder At the Sewage Ponds, Tanunda (Barossa Valley) this morning there were 3 x Australasian Shovellers; 60+ Pink Eared Ducks; 6 x Chestnut Teal; 20+ Grey Teal; 10+ Hoary-headed Grebe; 2x Blue-billed Duck and myriad Coot. John Mc =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the … Read more
I’ve just received a message from Bill Rutherford saying that he and his team caught and banded a Striated Heron at Herdsman Lake yesterday evening. These are rare south of about Shark Bay and most reports south of that turn out to be young night heron, but as it was caught and banded this one … Read more
Hi All, John Young definitely deserves some congratulations. This latest achievement looks like it will bring him well out of the ‘blue’ (remember the Blue-fronted Fig Parrot saga??) and into the light of the ‘night’. Excuse the corny ‘tabloidesque’ puns… After all that talk of using trained sniffer dogs, trail cameras etc. All it took … Read more