OBP fundraising

As most readers know, the Orange-bellied Parrot is in a great deal of strife. It’s down to fewer than 50 birds in the wild and looking down the barrel of extinction. What’s more, Commonwealth funding – which would have helped pay for field work in the Tasmanian breeding grounds – was turned down. There’s a limit to what the OBP Recovery Team can do with limited funding, so a new group is being formed to help. The idea is to rustle up funds, and hopefully have a reasonably fun time doing it. Marathons, art shows, sausage sizzles, whatever. People are invited to attend a meeting in Melbourne on October 14 at 6 pm. It will be at Journal Cafe, 253 Flinders Lane between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets near Degraves Street. Coffee and meals available. RSVP orangebellied.parrot@gmail.com. =============================== 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 ===============================