US Defence force – Protecting birds
By Birding-Aus, on August 16th, 2013
The Beecroft weapons range on the northern peninsula of Jervis Bay (NSW/ACT) protects large areas of heath for Eastern Ground Parrots and Eastern Bristlebirds, among many other species. Nigel Jackett =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
I wonder what could be found thriving on the Woomera Testing Range? Looks like that covers quite a bit of SA…about 127,000 sq km according to wikipedia. Cheers Tom Wilson —–Original Message—– From: Angus McNab Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 2:32 PM To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au Subject: [Birding-Aus] US Defence force – Protecting Birds Hello all,I’ve just come across this article, on inadvertent protection of wildlife by the US defense force, http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/462997/endangered-species-thrive-on-us-military-ranges I wondered if anyone knows if the Australian defense force has lands that contain many threatened native species? I’m not sure of how much land the defense force has or where it is located but I’m sure things are being inadvertently protected to some degree within these lands. Townsville defense land (which has similar signs to that in the story regarding lasers and unexploded devices) has a Vulnerable lizard – stripe-tailed Delma (Delma labialis) on it. I can only assume there are similar examples of birds? Cheers Gus =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
I remember reading Jared Diamond in “Collapse” saying some of the finest habitat he’s seen in New Guinea is a mine. The best seabird colony on Oahu is located on Kaneohe Marine Base. Access is very restricted, partly because of all of the unexploded ordinance. …which reminds me to mention that the (very recent) Laysan Albatross colony at Kaena Point is not on military land and has (very, very recently) had a “possom-proof fence” installed with help from New Zealand team. (I haven’t seen it yet.) Introduced dogs, cats, and mongoose made the colony unviable up until this point and hopefully the fence will keep them all out. Anyone who ever has a chance to check this site out should consider it. It’s a bit of a drive, and the number of birds is small, but they are just lovely. Albatross are mostly Southern Hemisphere in distribution but Laysans breed in very small numbers in the main Hawaiian islands and in large numbers on Midway and even more hard-to-reach islands. It’s remarkable to be able to walk around with good views of any sort of Albatross without being on a very hard to reach island. Oahu is many things, but hard to reach it is not….The seabird colony at the lighthouse on Kauai (Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge) is also pretty outstanding for deep seabird fanciers. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
I remember reading somewhere that Bush Stone-curlews are now breeding well at Puckapunyal army base near Seymour, Victoria, because the army are actively hunting foxes on the base as a control measure. Regards, Tania Tania Ireton Melbourne, Victoria =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Belgium’s only substantial population of adders is on military land. Regards, Alan Alan’s Wildlife Tours 2 Mather Road Yungaburra 4884 Phone 07 4095 3784 Mobile 0408 953 786 http://www.alanswildlifetours.com.au/ —–Original Message—– Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 2:32 PM Hello all,I’ve just come across this article, on inadvertent protection of wildlife by the US defense force, http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/462997/endangered-species-thrive-on-us-military-ranges I wondered if anyone knows if the Australian defense force has lands that contain many threatened native species? I’m not sure of how much land the defense force has or where it is located but I’m sure things are being inadvertently protected to some degree within these lands. Townsville defense land (which has similar signs to that in the story regarding lasers and unexploded devices) has a Vulnerable lizard – stripe-tailed Delma (Delma labialis) on it. I can only assume there are similar examples of birds? Cheers Gus =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================