Hi Peter and Bev,
What an appalling act to witness, especially in a National Park. I hope you
were able to get number plates of the offender's cars and report it to
police/rangers asap. They might even have been able to catch them that
night! I always consider myself a bit of a ranger's assistant when I'm in
places like National Parks, etc. If I see things that need attention,
problems, or people doing the wrong thing I feel its my duty to report it
asap. The limited resources of the rangers and police cannot see everything
going on all over their park, but by the general public, after all it is our
park too, help by bringing problems to their attention they have a better
chance of being corrected, repaired or acted upon.
Your other sightings were certainly lovely experiences. I love Wyperfeld,
but do not get there often enough, unfortunately.
Elizabeth Shaw
Phillip Island
Victoria
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Morgan
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:06 PM
To: birding-aus (E-mail)
Subject: Wyperfeld NP
Last Saturday, we took a drive in the late afternoon from the Casuarina
Campground. We pulled up for a bit of a look around and spent some time
looking at Rufous Fieldwrens.
The whole thing was disturbed when 4 vehicles came towards us, and one
peeled off to start chasing 3 emu across the grassy plain, shooting at them.
Three emu were chased down and shot. At some point, the people in the
vehicles became aware of our presence, and three of them sped up and drove
past us.
The shooter finished off the last emu and that vehicle drove off back the
way it came. It was an act of senseless slaughter, and we can only assume
that each of the vehicles had shooters on board and there would be a lot of
killing that night.
Early on Sunday morning, Bev heard a Gilberts Whistler calling, and I was
able to pick it up when I put the hearing aids in. It kept going and we
decided to look for it. Eventually, about 300m away, we had very good looks
at a male . It was still calling from the same spot when we left at midday.
Monday, Brown-headed Honeyeaters were found near the Wonga Campground. They
are not included on the park list.
Tuesday, Chestnut Quail-thrush also not on the list, was seen on the Dattuck
Track, out from Wonga Campground.
Peter and Bev Morgan
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