Thanks for the update Russell. Spent 4 hours this afternoon at the site with
some other enthusiastic observers and was eventually rewarded with presumably
the same 4 birds flying in, circling about then heading off. A special
experience particularly for those seeing this near-mythical species for the
first time.Is not birdwatchers that's threatening the survival of the OBP but a
combination of climate, habitat loss and dwindling genetic stocks that are of
most concern. Proper management of remaining sites should and mostly still does
allow birds to utilise the environment and for people to enjoy and study them
from a vantage point that hopefully does not impede their movement or damage
habitat.Am not convinced that suppressing information on species such
Orange-bellied Parrot (and Night Parrot) actually improves their chances of
survival. Perhaps more creative management and education strategies could
include, enthuse and more successfully raise the profile and support for th
ese critically endangered creatures.
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