BirdLife Victoria Public Talk – Melbourne: Animal migration and Global disease

The talk by Alice Risely is on

‘Why we shouldn’t be too quick to blame migratory animals for global disease’.

Migratory animals are often assumed to spread pathogens around the globe, for example avian influenzas in birds and ebola viruses in bats. However, there is remarkably few demonstrated dispersal events, which has cast doubt on . . . → Read More: BirdLife Victoria Public Talk – Melbourne: Animal migration and Global disease

WTNT – Brisbane

Hi

At 10 am today, I saw 20 WTNT over Yeronga railway station, Brisbane. Weather overcast and wet.

Regards

Andrew

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pie chart ‘Aust Bird Guide’ – WAS: why is it so?

Yes, Martin, the pie-chart idea’s certainly clever & useful. Also, I’m guessing, serves as a proxy for species Status – though the pie chart can really only work for when you’re standing in suitable habitat, surely. For example, I know a place to go to, where I might see a Peregrine. But if I just . . . → Read More: pie chart ‘Aust Bird Guide’ – WAS: why is it so?

Help for identification?

Aleutian Terns at Old Bar on 18-02-18

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 52, Issue 21

Hi Barney, I greatly enjoyed reading your historical account of DDT. Thank you, Patrick Scully

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Needletails

8.30 am, 22Feb, Coffs Harbour. Heavy cloud, poor viewing conditions. Eight WTNT went over. 15 minutes later, still coming through, count now 42.

Peter and Bev Morgan

The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.

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Capertee Valley

Does anyone know good birding sites in the Capertee Valley? My brother is going this week. Interested in Turquoise Parrots and Regent Honeyeaters, but any birds really. Thanks, Stephen

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Re the Peregrine Falcon.

Just catching up on a few post re. the Peregrine Falcons demise during the late 1950-60s.

I had a phone call back in those days from the head of the Fisheries and Wildlife in Shepparton ( As they were called in those days) the late Jim Crozier an ex-Military Policeman feared by many a poacher . . . → Read More: Re the Peregrine Falcon.

Canberra’s Little Eagles – in the eye of a coming storm

Hi folks, Bill the moderator here.

I’ve received this message from Geoffrey Dabb (gdabb@iinet.net.au), who has been having trouble posting.

Replies to him directly please.

A large housing development on Canberra’s outskirts has caused a dispute about buffers and corridors for a small number of Little Eagles. The ACT government has launched a major research . . . → Read More: Canberra’s Little Eagles – in the eye of a coming storm