birding-aus Digest, Vol 81, Issue 35

Greg can you please explain what leads you to believe that the BNS and APS were victims of an unlicensed take of protected wildlife???

Brendan Cook

Message: 6 Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:50:56 +1000 From: “Greg Roberts” To: Subject: [Birding-Aus] Black-necked Stork, Painted Snipe killed on Sunshine Coast Message-ID: <000301cde189$e2197220$a64c5660$@com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii”

An adult female Black-necked Stork and an Australian Painted Snipe have been found dead along the southern shore of Ewen Maddock Dam on the Sunshine Coast. It is likely that both birds were shot. The two species are rare in south-east Queensland. Unfortunately, in my experience, the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has in the past ignored representations made to it about the welfare of rare birds. I found the dead stork today in the area that it had been frequenting for several weeks.

On a more positive note, today I saw the Black-tailed Native-hen that I found at the dam 6 weeks ago, along with an Australian Little Bittern and two Spotless Crakes.

More here:http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/

Greg Roberts

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On Dec 25, 2012, at 12:00, birding-aus-request@lists.vicnet.net.au wrote:

> Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:50:56 +1000 > From: “Greg Roberts” > To: > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Black-necked Stork, Painted Snipe killed on > Sunshine Coast > Message-ID: <000301cde189$e2197220$a64c5660$@com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” > > An adult female Black-necked Stork and an Australian Painted Snipe have been > found dead along the southern shore of Ewen Maddock Dam on the Sunshine > Coast. It is likely that both birds were shot. The two species are rare in > south-east Queensland. Unfortunately, in my experience, the Queensland > Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has in the past ignored > representations made to it about the welfare of rare birds. I found the dead > stork today in the area that it had been frequenting for several weeks. > > > > On a more positive note, today I saw the Black-tailed Native-hen that I > found at the dam 6 weeks ago, along with an Australian Little Bittern and > two Spotless Crakes. > > > > More here: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ > > > > Greg Roberts > > _____ ===============================

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