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Last Friday evening Tony Keene, Ed Williams and myself set out from Melbourne on a trip to Gluepot, mainly to catch the Scarlet-chested Parrots while we could. Not much to report from the Friday: a late start meant the best we could manage was a number of Barn Owls spotted along the road between Bendigo … Read more

Hi Keith / all A good year indeed! I’ve been helping on a project going back through historic records of APS sightings recently, and it is noticeable that this scarce species has always had intermittent good years following seasons of good rainfall, after which it largely disappears again. Decades ago the good years occasionally saw … Read more

I’m getting as irritated by the ‘please tell me where it is’ messages as some people are by the lack details! If you have the internet it takes as long to type the name into googlemaps or something similar as it does to send a message complaining to birding-aus. With the added bonus of getting … Read more

Nope, the article was no doubt courtesy of a good old Coalition beat up, promoted by Sen Abetz himself. http://abetz.com.au/news/macquarie-island-debacle-senate-estimates- exposes-labors-deadly-waste and on the party website…. http://www.liberal.org.au/Latest-News/2011/10/18/Macquarie-Island- Debacle.aspx A serious (positive) conservation story spun negatively for no other purpose than to advance party political propaganda. And the press swallowed it hook, line and 1080 pellet…… … Read more

Worth noting that this data has subsequently been pulled from the Birding NZ forum, suggest we do the same here if possible: Re: MV Rena by Brent Stephenson » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:25 am Hi all, I was asked to remove Colin’s post due to the data having not been released through the appropriate … Read more