At least we will be ready for the next Canada Goose invasion of our National Parks . Or will our fearless little Nimrods have to wait until duck season.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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On 15/06/2012, at 14:02, Chris Gregory
> Good news if you live in NSW, as I do, from July 1st you get an 18% > increase in your electricity bill and as a trade off you get to keep 10 > metres from a bloke (must be over 12 years of age) with a gun in your > favourite NP. A win win all round really – unless you are a Topknot Pigeon. > Here is a link to the Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill 2009 and > below it a listing of birds and animals included in the bill. > > http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/1d4800a7a88cc2abca256e9800121f01/6dce0470707e4f4bca2575b4001bd3f1/$FILE/b2009-031-d10-House.pdf > > Native game animals (licence required to hunt on public or private land) > > Ducks > > Australian Shelduck (or Mountain Duck) (Tadorna tadornoides) > Australian Wood Duck (or Maned Duck) (Chenonetta jubata) > Black Duck (or Pacific Black Duck) (Anas superciliosa) > Blue-winged Shoveler (or Australasian Shoveler) (Anas rhynchotis) > Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) > Grass Duck (or Plumed Whistling Duck) (Dendrocygna eytoni) > Grey Teal (Anas gibberifrons) > Hardhead Duck (or White-eyed Duck) (Aythya australia) > Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) > Water Whistling Duck (or Wandering Whistling Duck, Whistling or > Wandering Tree Duck) (Dendrocygna arcuata) > > Quails > Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) > Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis) > > Other birds > Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) > Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) > Common Bronzewing Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera) > Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) > Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea) > Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) > Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) > Straw Necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) > Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) > Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) > > Kangaroos > Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) > Euro (Macropus robustus) > Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) > Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) > > Part 3 Non-indigenous animals (licence required to hunt on public land only) > Note. A game hunting licence is not required for hunting the animals listed > in this Part > on private land, and accordingly is only required if the animals are living > in the wild on > public land > > Amphibians > Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) > > Birds > Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) > Common Pigeon (Columba livia) > Domestic Goose (Anser anser domesticus and Anser cygnoides domesticus) > European Blackbird (Turdus merula) > European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) > European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) > House Crow (vagrant) (Corvus splendens) > House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) > Hungarian Partridge (Perdix perdix) > Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis) > Indian Ringneck (vagrant) (Psittacula krameri) > Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschate) > Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) > Rock Dove (or Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia) > Skylark (Alauda arvensis) > Song Thrush (Turdus philomelus) > Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) > Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) > > Other animals living in the wild > Cat > Dog (other than dingo) > Goat > Fox > Hare > Rabbit > Pig > > Cheers > Chris Gregory (this name is my sign off and not part of the above list!) > > On 15 June 2012 11:24, Carl Clifford
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