The 77th Gould League Bird Study Camp will be held at Inverary Homestead, Dthinna Dthinnawan National Park, near Yetman NSW from September 26 to October 5 2017. There are still a few spaces available for people wanting to camp either in a tent or a van or camper. If anyone is interested could they please . . . → Read More: Gould League Bird Study Camp
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Hi Tom, There’s been a fair bit of residential subdivision and apartment building in the Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai Shires, over the last few years. While significant tracts of bushland still remain, human dwellings (houses and large apartment blocks) are built right up against them. It’s usually existing residential lots being carved up into smaller allotments . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE VALLEY, SYDNEY – SINCE DECEMBER 2016 Hi Tom, We have been residents of Beecroft backing onto the bushland of Byles Creek for 25 years and have taken a keen interest in the local colony of Gang-gang Cockatoos over that time. Initially there was a colony of 12 Gang-gangs which we often saw, mix of males and females but always more males . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE Hi Tom, I live in Epping & I walk in the Lane Cove Valley often. I last saw a Gang-Gang Cockatoo [in fact a pair] near Day Rd in Cheltenham on the 14th March 2014. It was my first sighting for years & I did report it. At the time I was told that there . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE VALLEY, SYDNEY – SINCE DECEMBER 2016 Hi Martin (& others who have responded) it’s not my local patch so although I visit, I am not a daily observer. However, my understanding is that the population in Lane Cove Valley was only ever small (Alan Morris – if you read this you might know more?). I agree that no reports in 8 . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE VALLEY, SYDNEY – SINCE DECEMBER 2016 Tom Surely an 8 month period is far too short to start thinking about “extinction” ? That isn’t even a breeding season. Perhaps they’ve found better feed somewhere else and will be back in a little while? Martin Martin Butterfield franmart.blogspot.com.au/ On 6 August 2017 at 15:24, Tom Wilson < wilsonsinoz@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hi All . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE VALLEY, SYDNEY – SINCE DECEMBER 2016 Hi All Through a referral from Kurtis Lindsay as an eBird and Birdline moderator, I was recently approached by a conservation officer from Ku-Ring-Gai Council with disturbing news that the last reported sighting of a Gang-gang Cockatoo in the Lane Cove Valley (northern Sydney) was in December 2016. It has been surmised that they are . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE VALLEY, SYDNEY – SINCE DECEMBER 2016 My thanks to all the folks who responded with photos for the above project, I am now very well endowed with Western Bowerbird pix and got quite a few other items that may be of use. Still missing a good male Paradise Riflebird, and some gaps remain for New Guinea, but my appeal got some . . . → Read More: Photos for BoP’s and Bowerbirds Some raptor conservation news for the list. The Black Falcon has recently been formally assessed by the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) for addition to the Threatened List under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. The assessment document (recommendation report) is now open for public comments and can be found at the following link. www.environment.vic.gov.au/conserving-threatened-species/flora-and-fauna-guarantee-act-1988/scientific-advisory-committee . . . → Read More: For info: Black Falcon recommended for listing (VIC) Hi everyone, Many years ago I remember having a printed card which opened out concertina style, and was a bird checklist for Australia. I wonder if anyone knows of such a thing being still available ? Alternatively are there any other printed checklists for Australia available perhaps in a booklet style. Thanks for any help . . . → Read More: Australian Checklist |
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