Day: September 3, 2013

I was just given a link to this booklet designed for commercial fishers produced by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA). Published some time this year. An excellent standard of design. It has the old break up of species, but I don’t think that it an issue for the target audience. http://www.afma.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Seabird-ID-Guide-2013.pdf _________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor … Read more

A few days ago I observed a Mistletoebird (male) fly from a tree ad perch on a barbed wire fence. It then flew to the ground and spent the next ten minutes foraging. The ground as bare earth with scattered clumps of grass grazed very low. it was picking things up, but even with binoculars … Read more

Hi Debbie My concern is not threatened species but transformer weeds such as Gamba Grass (Andropogon gayanus) that threaten to add greatly to the number of threatened species. Gamba grass, a 4 m. giant is fast turning woodland and other habitats to monocultural grassland from Darwin to Katherine and in to Kakadu. It’s already occupying … Read more

For what it’s worth, I would ask people to read the letter on this blog (address below) and send it to their local candidates, and to the Minister for the Environment and to the Shadow Minister for the Environment. It asks the recipient to state what their party will do to ensure threatened species aren’t … Read more