Driving back from lunch in Milawa, there were White-throated Needletails just above the tree canopy over the Hume Highway. Five birds were seen between the northern edge of the Chiltern Forest and the Barnawatha Forest, but I suspect they were part of a larger flock within the area. Cheers, Peter Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To … Read more
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, March 2, 2015 to Sunday, March 8, 2015: Area: SA Location: Hindmarsh Island Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) (2) Terek Sandpiper 2 birds were on the rocks forming a breakwater in front of the shacks and close to the Jetties to the … Read more
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.12469 A continental-scale analysis of feral cat diet in AustraliaTim S. Doherty1,*, Robert A. Davis1, Eddie J. B. van Etten1, Dave Algar2, Neil Collier3, Chris R. Dickman4, Glenn Edwards5, Pip Masters6, Russell Palmer2 andSue Robinson7 Article first published online: 2 FEB 2015 AbstractAimReducing the impacts of feral cats (Felis catus) is a priority for conservation … Read more
Although research groups would like more money, various groups are tackling cat issues….. “”How many are there? The use and misuse of continental-scale wildlife abundance estimates” http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR14059.htm Jim Hone A C and Tony Buckmaster A B A Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. B Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, University … Read more