It was very distressing to read Barney Enders Post re the poisoning of 136 Wedge-tailed Eagles One would like to think that in 2018 after extensive Public education over many years that all rational thinking Human beings would have been educated enough to understand that these birds although capable of attacking live animals eg lambs . . . → Read More: Wedge-tailed Eagles
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Hi all, Credit to Andrew Silcocks and Birdlife: much of promised data transfers have gone through. There is, though, a 15-month gap (30-9-15 – 25-12-16) in my My Data. But good news overall. Thanks all for your thoughtful comments. There’s plenty still to chew on, I feel, particularly with regard to Birdlife’s relevance and responses . . . → Read More: Birdata uploads from eBird hi guys as this years’s world shorebird day come to a close, i’d just like to congratulate all those who participated, on your great effort it’s good to see a decent number of regos in our corner of the globe:- worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/globalshorebirdcounting/2018-global-shorebird-counting-progress-liveish/ Appreciating our shorebird counters we have three little gifts to give away. worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2018/09/04/appreciating-our-shorebird-counters/ checkout . . . → Read More: world shorebird day 2018 – What a week, what an outcome! Madelon, I’m afraid you could be right, we have got a lot of gutless people on the bench nowadays. It is the biggest case of this type ever seen, so I hope the scribes keep the pressure on them. The more publicity this gets the more people may have a say and someone in high . . . → Read More: Wedge-tailed Eagles Hi all, After a couple of trips to Tasmania the Forty-spotted Pardalote has so far eluded me and remains the only Tassie endemic missing from my list. However, I’m fortunate enough to be heading back down to Hobart next week for a conference. I should be able to get away for some limited birding and . . . → Read More: RFI: 40-spotted Pardalote I think from what Andrew said at a BirdLife Melbourne meeting last year, that part of the difficulty was that BirdLife finds the 2ha 20 min. survey most useful, and it wasn’t always apparent from eBird lists just how the person was doing their list i.e. just using Travelling for the type of list, for . . . → Read More: Birdata pickup from eBird surveys A East Gippsland man has been charged to-day with poisoning 136 Wedge-tailed Eagles. The poisoning is thought to have happened over several years when baits were impregnated with poison. He faces a possible 6 months imprisonment and maximin fines of $7928 per eagle and $792 for each additional bird. It is believed he is not . . . → Read More: Wedge-tailed Eagles Hi all, A Eurasian Curlew was photographed at Point Douro near Bunbury yesterday by Don Carlson – I guess it’s likely to be the same bird recorded at the site for a year or so from early 2016. Don provided the following notes about access to the site if anyone is heading down for a . . . → Read More: Eurasian Curlew at Point Douro near Bunbury Tony I had a similar response from Andrew Silcocks last week, so hopefully it is close to happening. Ian Samson —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [ To: Birding-Aus < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Birdata pickup from eBird surveys Message-ID: < CAJ381=-adbao5cZ7sai9zQ-DCJNZMeaog4hwZuFAN9b3=r00iw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”UTF-8″ Hi all, I stopped listing on Birdata (too clunky) long ago. My listings . . . → Read More: Birdata pickup from eBird surveys (Tony Ashton) |
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