Australian endangered species: Orange-bellied Parrot

Nice article by Stephen Garnett re: OB Parrot on “The Conversation” http://theconversation.com/australian-endangered-species-orange-bellied-parrot-20777 First bits… “If you had to ask an average Australian the name of a threatened bird in this country, many would nominate the Orange-bellied Parrot. Critically endangered, and with fewer than 50 left in the wild, it is justifiably one of Australia’s most well-known endangered species. Poor little creature. Every year the last birds remaining in the wild leave their breeding grounds at Melaleuca in the remote south-west wilderness of Tasmania to fly to the saltmarshes along the coastline of Victoria and South Australia. And each year hundreds of volunteers go out to count the birds and see how they are faring. Yet somehow the poor Orange-bellied Parrot is always getting into trouble.” =============================== 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 ===============================