I would usually try to help with visiting WTP but discovered last week when I glanced at my permit when I was checking something else, that it had expired in 2013!!!!! Melbourne Water used to send a letter when renewals were due, but obviously don’t now, and haven’t for some time. They now email, and … Read more
The last sentence sums it up “And that is why many of us feed animals — not merely because it’s satisfying to feel we have helped them, but because it surrounds us with creatures that know us, are able to forge bonds with us, have come to regard us as part of their world.” See … Read more
At work here in Melton (far western fringe of Melbourne, Victoria), planted Mugga Ironbark (*Eucalyptus sideroxylon*) flowered heavily from September through to end of December 2015, and was noisily utilised by Musk and Purple-crowned Lorikeets and Red Wattlebirds (plus resident New Holland & White-plumed Honeyeaters). As the ironbarks tapered off in late December, Spotted Gum … Read more
Wonderful Tim….loved going to some of those spots! Thanks Peter —– Original Message —– From: “Timothy Dolby” < dolby.timothy@gmail.com> To: < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 6:19 PM Subject: [Birding-Aus] Gregory NP & Nitmiluk NP Trip Report > Hi all, > > With all this discussion about missing trip reports, I thought I post … Read more
Begin forwarded message: > From: “Philip Veerman” < pveerman@pcug.org.au> > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Malheur Wildlife Refuge > Date: 10 January 2016 9:29:10 am ACST > To: “‘Denise Goodfellow’” < goodfellow@bigpond.com.au> > > Well that is a very wordy piece. I wonder how serious the actual problem is > and what they actually can do about … Read more