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Seabird Islands: No. 22/1 – Boondelhah Island, New South Wales
Posted: 03/06/2021NUMBERS OF NON-BURROWING BREEDING SEABIRDS OF THE HOUTMAN ABROLHOS: 1991-1993 AND 1999
Posted: 03/06/2021Counts of non-burrowing seabirds were conducted on 146 islands, islets and rocks in the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia over 14 days in early summer 1999, using a jet boat. Comparisons with similar counts made in 1991-1993 showed that numbers of breeding pairs increased from 450 000 to 701 000. This difference was due largely to […]
Read MoreDIET OF THE BARN OWL Tyto alba NEAR TAMWORTH, NEW SOUTH WALES
Posted: 03/06/2021A SURVEY OF ROAD-KILLED OWLS IN NORTH-EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES
Posted: 03/06/2021All owls found dead along roads were noted as part of a larger survey of road-killed vertebrate fauna in north-eastern New South Wales between February 1978 and December 1999. 197 owls of five species, comprising two hawk owls, genus Ninox, and three masked owls, genus Tyto, were recorded. An average of 9.1 owls/yr was recorded. […]
Read MoreRecovery Round-up: Volume 28 – Issue 3
Posted: 03/06/2021OBSERVATIONS ON A GREAT EGRET Ardea alba AND NANKEEN NIGHT HERON Nycticorax caledonicus COLONY AT THE PERTH ZOO, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Posted: 03/06/2021A colony of Great Egrets Ardea alba and Nankeen Night Herons Nycticorax caledonicus has existed at the Perth Zoo, Western Australia for over 25 years. The colony of egrets is one of very few in the region and hence is significant for the conservation and management of Great Egrets in Western Australia. From 1996 to […]
Read MoreDIET OF THE EASTERN BRISTLEBIRD Dasyornis brachypterus IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Posted: 03/06/2021The diet of the Eastern Bristlebird Oasyomis brachypterus in New South Wales was determined from observations and an analysis of faeces, stomach and gut contents of 18 birds caught in or obtained from Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay and Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, New South Wales. The study showed these birds largely take mobile terrestrial […]
Read MoreEXTENSION OF THE KNOWN BREEDING RANGE OF THE SUPERB PARROT
Posted: 03/06/2021Targeted surveys were undertaken in the area between Cowra and Dubbo in the spring of 2001 and 2002 in an attempt to determine the breeding season movement patterns and the northern most limit of the breeding range of the Superb Parrot, Polytelis swainsonii. This study found that the Superb Parrot was nesting in at least […]
Read MoreFOOD SOURCES OF THE RAINBOW LORIKEET Trichoglossus haematodus DURING THE EARLY WET SEASON ON THE URBAN FRINGE OF DARWIN, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Posted: 03/06/2021The food sources of the Rainbow Lorikeet Trichogossus haematodus were studied from October to January in a mixed environment of urban, semi-urban and remnant native vegetation on the coastal fringe of Darwin in the Northern Territory. The study coincided with a period of low nectar availability in the tropical savannas, but abundant flowering and fruiting […]
Read MoreSEASONAL PATTERNS IN ABUNDANCE OF WATERFOWL (ANATIDAE) AT A WASTE STABILIZATION POND IN VICTORIA
Posted: 03/06/2021The seasonal abundance of waterfowl on a waste stabilization pond at the Western Treatment Plant, Victoria, Australia, was studied over two years. The abundances of species that are considered to be highly dispersive, such as the Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus and Grey Teal Anas gracilis, were erratic and inconsistent across the two years. For other […]
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