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Hi I have seen Silver Gulls and many of the herons/egrets puddling with their feet in the sand/mud to expose food but yesterday was the first time I had seen Hooded Plovers doing this. The pair on the NSW South Coast were following the waves out, puddling and pecking at what ever they had exposed . . . → Read More: Hooded Plovers puddling Maybe I am a little out of touch but I struggle with linking words like ‘good’ or ‘responsible’ in the same sentence as sporting (oxymoron?) shooters. I am no shrinking violet and in the course of work here and overseas I have killed countless animals in any manner from crushing roo skulls with rocks to . . . → Read More: Responsible duck shooting. Subject: FW: [Birding-Aus] Freckled Ducks and friends. On the subject of Bustards I was fortunate enough to be staying at ” Bustard Downs ” on the Atherton Tablelands last Spring when the cock birds started displaying. I was at Mareeba when I rang and asked had they started displaying yet and was told they had, . . . → Read More: FW: Freckled Ducks and friends. Subject: FW: [Birding-Aus] Freckled Ducks and friends. On the subject of Bustards I was fortunate enough to be staying at ” Bustard Downs ” on the Atherton Tablelands last Spring when the cock birds started displaying. I was at Mareeba when I rang and asked had they started displaying yet and was told they had, . . . → Read More: FW: Freckled Ducks and friends. Hi All. Bustards were once widespread including the Southern States, and are a Protected Species. Exceptions include shooting in Self Defence, and the Indigenous hunting for traditional food. Hand(s) up if you have seen an unstuffed Bustard south of the border. Sad Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings . . . → Read More: Freckled Ducks and friends. Yes Bill that is the thinking of some of them, the older generation seem to be more tuned to doing the right thing. Most Freckled Ducks shot aren’t identified till they go to pick them up, that is why the later starting time was brought in to try and stop the shooting in the half . . . → Read More: The demise of the Freckled Duck. After the heavy fine handed out in March 2013 to a shooter for shooting a Freckled Duck ( $1000 fine with $5000 costs ) The Field and Game applied in 2014 to the D P I to allow shooters to shoot one Freckled Duck. Their argument was that Freckled Ducks were too hard to identify . . . → Read More: Demise of the Freckled duck. Further to my post on the Freckled Duck present at Lake Cooper, it is a concern that the “Powers That Be” are again risking the destruction of them in Victoria. By allowing each shooter to shoot one Freckled Duck they have taken the fear of being fined away from the shooters. Although some shooters are . . . → Read More: The demise of the Freckled Duck. Interesting to see Victorian duck shooting season referred to as ‘Duck Opening’. We are still shocked by what we saw there. Cheers Cliff Dent Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org I spent a couple of days last week checking out the swamps and lakes around Stanhope, Rushworth and Corop Vic. taking photos and spent Tuesday afternoon on the West side of Lake Cooper to have the sun behind me and arrived back before sunrise Wed. to do the East side. Although nowhere near the birdlife . . . → Read More: Lake Cooper |
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