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…totally at odds with Government responsibilities to protect wildlife.” A recent dry period across eastern Australia has reduced the number of suitable wetlands available to waterbirds this season, resulting in fewer suitable habitat areas available as refuge for threatened birds. Adding to BirdLife Australia’s concerns this year is the potential…Read more

…in the bird’s left foot, while it was slowly and meticulously dismembered to extract the winged seeds hidden within, before being dropped earthwards. The rustle made by the discarded cones plunging through the foliage was the loudest sound they made, but if you listened carefully, you could hear the birds…Read more

…of Eastern Rosella: Jane Rusden Volunteer Monitoring for Swift Parrots and Other Woodland Birds By Chris Timewell and Beau Meney, BirdLife Australia (woodlandbirds@birdlife.org.au) Due to a range of threats, the migratory Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) is now on the brink of extinction in the wild. Although the major challenges and…Read more

…a loop near the top of Ridge Track along a steep and possibly slippery track – so wear your good hiking shoes! Possible birds include Shining-bronze Cuckoo, Golden Whistler, Yellow-rumped and Buff-rumped Thornbills, various Honeyeaters and maybe even Blue-winged Parrot! Note there are no toilets available at the site. Where:…Read more

2024 World Seabird Day Today we are celebrating World Seabird Day. Seabirds are one of the world’s most threatened groups of birds, with over half of all species experiencing populati 2024 World Seabird Day Today we are celebrating World Seabird Day, a date that marks the last known sighting of…Read more

…of threatened and near-threatened species trends. In the same way as a stock market index reports on the health of our economy, the TSX reports on how our imperilled species are faring. The index contains trends for threatened and near-threatened birds, mammals, and plants. The new index for birds was…Read more

…real information in it about our local birds. It will be a beautiful book to flick through enjoying the photos of birds, or curl up on the couch and enjoy a good read. Around the Birding Community: I was asked to write an article on Nature Journaling for the Cape…Read more

…walks if that happens. Hattah-Kulkyne NP is approx. a four-hour drive from Castlemaine. The camping facilities are excellent and the park has a diverse range of birds and other flora and fauna. Possible birding highlights are Apostlebirds, Regent Parrot, Mallee Emu-wren, Striated Grass-wren, Chestnut Quail-thrush and if we are very…Read more

…implemented without recovery plans. “If we don’t have something like a recovery plan to guide us, we’re just wandering around in the dark, grasping at solutions willy-nilly,” he said. There have been suggestions that the bird’s population may have stabilised in recent years, and that the birds mostly occur in…Read more