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INTERESTING BREEDING RECORD OF SOOTY OWL Tyto tenebricosa
Posted: 22/07/2021WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATERS ON MUDJIMBA ISLAND, QUEENSLAND: NUMBERS AND BREEDING SUCCESS
Posted: 22/07/2021Mudjimba Island has recently been included in the Maroochy River Conservation Park. One of the factors influencing the decision was that the island’s Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus colony may be the only viable colony remaining in south-east Queensland and one of only two colonies that inhabit mainland islands in Queensland. The colony was first described […]
Read MoreA LONG-TERM BANDING STUDY OF BIRDS IN A SPOTTED GUM FOREST NEAR CAMPBELLTOWN, NEW SOUTH WALES
Posted: 22/07/2021Data on recapture and seasonal and annual variation in capture rates, obtained during a 21-year banding project in Spotted Gum forest 50 kilometres south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, are given for a range of frequently captured species. Six species are shown to be resident, whilst a further five species were probably resident. Four species […]
Read MoreBook Review: Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds
Posted: 22/07/2021DIET AND BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE Aquila audax AT THREE NESTS IN NORTH-EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES
Posted: 22/07/2021The diet and breeding biology of the Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax were studied by observation and collection of prey remains and pellets at three active nests in the Richmond Valley in north-eastern New South Wales, during July to November 1997. The nests successfully fledged one young each after estimated incubation ar.d nestling periods of 40-47 […]
Read MoreRecovery Round-up: Volume 25 – Issue 4
Posted: 21/07/2021A VARIATION ON THE ‘NOOSED FISH’ METHOD AND ITS SUITABILITY FOR TRAPPING THE WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE Haliaeetus leucogaster
Posted: 21/07/2021We present a modification of the noosed fish method for trapping the White-Bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster. This technique provides a safe and inexpensive trapping method that may be applied in a water or land setting remote from the nest site. This versatility has great relevance where investigator disturbance may be an issue. Field evidence suggests […]
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