Last Chance to See

G’day

The weekend news regarding Orange-bellied Parrots is not encouraging – none of the ten OBPs that had arrived at Melaleuca were female – see www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/has-the-orangebellied-parrot-lurched-closer-towards-extinction-20171014-gz0yhh.html

If the species doesn’t “turn the corner” it is quite possible that it won’t be too many years before OBPs are extinct in the wild and the only surviving . . . → Read More: Last Chance to See

Ravens in the Rubbish

After years of intense study I found no evolutionary link between Australian Ravens (beyond Corvus coronoides closest relative being itself) and Australian Politicians, the jockstrap values as simply too large/small. However there are clear theological links and these were well traced by Q&A host Edgar Allan Poe when he put it to the Turnbutt, Shortening, . . . → Read More: Ravens in the Rubbish

bushfires near Darwin

Good morning all.

I’ve previously written on the danger of bush/grass fires in the Top End. This year gamba grass-fuelled fires haven’t been the only problem. Temperatures have been up to nearly five degrees above the long term maximum and forest without this weed are going up in flames.

Gamba-fuelled fires move fast. There . . . → Read More: bushfires near Darwin