Hi everyone The explosion of Short-tailed Shearwaters continues down the east and south-east coasts. I’ve been observing STSW over Corio Bay during the last two days – every time I’ve looked there have been birds visible. I wasn’t here over the weekend so I’m not sure when they arrived here. Yesterday I could only find … Read more
It is a Wood Sandpiper. _________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au =============================== 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 ===============================
The concerns over Waratah Coal’s China First mine on Bimblebox Nature Refuge are summarised in Kathleen Noonan’s article. http://goo.gl/5GV30Z Bimblebox Nature Refuge is known to provide important habitat for the EPBC-listed sp. Black-throated Finch (southern) and Squatter Pigeon (southern) as well as at least another 150 bird species which have been found there on various … Read more
Hi all, Des Moran has reported a Franklin’s Gull at Burswood Park, about 200m downstream from the water ski club. The bird was present with Silver Gulls yesterday evening but not seen this morning – worth looking for if you’re around Perth Cheers, John =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe … Read more
Some of you might be interested to read about this rat eradication project in the UK, described as “the largest community-based island restoration project attempted in the world to date”. I imagine with residents on the islands, and therefore regular boat visits, that preventing reintroduction will be as difficult as the initial eradication. Peter Shute … Read more