Dear all I have been away for the last two days camping out and looking for the Princess Parrots again where Ian, Pat, Geoff and I saw them south of Mt Liebig. It is only 60-70km from home. Fortunately being a resident at this community I am able to explore the area. Now just having … Read more

Hi All. I’m getting a bit concerned about the unfolding situation around the newly leaked Princess Parrot site west of Alice. The land where the birds are is aboriginal land- permits are required to access the area. I know most people will say they want to do the right thing but will that extend to a … Read more

Bob Cooke wrote “> A bit off topic for this forum???” No. The recently approved massive UGB expansion of Melbourne to supply (money for developers &) housing for our rapidly growing population into previously designated ‘Green Wedge’ areas is destroying massive areas of grassland and other habitat and migratory routes of many birds and other … Read more

Wendy wrote, “He (and others) have skilfully managed to divert the debate from the unsavoury and unhelpful xenophobic path it has sometimes taken in the past.” Hear hear and long may it stay that way. Regards, Alan =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with … Read more

I bow to the moderators’ views of course, but I would have thought that anything that potentially has an impact on birds – and environmental degradation, whether caused by global warming or population pressures, certainly will have an impact – is a suitable topic to raise on BA. I would hope that all BA readers … Read more