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As the CSIRO investigation found, not a single report of Wedgies killing lambs was first hand, all quoted. Like the report of attacks on Fallow Deer. Birding reports of rare species these days usually need photographic evidence to be accepted. Video, not stills, would be the only real proof that Wedgies kill lambs, Michael Sent . . . → Read More: Wedgies Great to hear that the jail penalty for killing Wedge-tail Eagles was widely publicised in Victoria at least. Was Sylvester actually jailed? Do Wedgies really kill healthy lambs? Years ago the CSIRO comprehensively investigated and could not find a single first hand report of a Wedgie killing a healthy lamb, possibly they attacked sick . . . → Read More: Wedgies At around 10.00 yesterday morning (Monday 24th September – the public holiday) I found a Manfrotto monopod at Lake Claremont in the Perth suburb of Claremont. After some consideration I decided it might be wiser to put it in a safe place, rather than leave it where it was (I was concerned that a passer-by . . . → Read More: Found at Lake Claremont (Perth) – a Manfrotto monopod The Sale magistrate is to be very highly commended for jailing Murray James Silvester for slaughtering Wedge-tailed Eagles. It is unlikely that Silvester will kill native birds again. As a criminal could he now be deported? How much publicity did the magistrates decision attract ? Apart from Birding-aus I neither saw nor heard anything about . . . → Read More: wedgetail jail and fine Any ideas on best 2 or 3 Birding locations with easy access by train? I’m looking @ Periyar NP but being a large area would need best locations there for endemics with accomodation & guide services close by. Also, ready available guides @ any other locations. I have birded @ Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary so don’t . . . → Read More: South India Birding Murray James Silvester was today sentenced to 14 days jail and fined $2.500 in the Sale Magistrates Court when he pleaded guilty to killing 420 Wedge-tailed Eagles and other protected birds on a Tubbut property and surrounding properties. It is understood to be the first custodial sentence for the destruction of protected wildlife handed out . . . → Read More: Wedge-tailed Eagles Last year i asked a number of bird forums if they have noticed that the Azure Kingfishers deliberately hides the two white spots on the back of its head during court ship ? The neck feathers are ruffled and the head held in a way that these spots are hidden . I have photos and . . . → Read More: Re Azure Kingfisher Hi Folks Just back from a couple of weeks in Peru. The first week was Lima and work, but the second was at a couple of lodges on the Amazonian watershed: Wayqecha (at 2700 meters, in cloud forest) and Villa Carmen, at 500 meters; not quite lowland, but noticeably much warmer and lusher than Wayqecha. . . . → Read More: Peru —–Original Message—– From: Philip Veerman . . . → Read More: Vindictive Grey Butcherbird |
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