> Then again we could just sit back with our binoculars and watch them quietly
> disappear...these issues may have been at the forefront of ornithology for
> many years - which means extinctions will at least be very well documented.
> Unless however they are at the forefront of the minds of politicians, the
> public and birders in general then how will species loss be mitigated?
>
> Well done BLA for their work, I'm increasingly finding that non birding
> friends
> are becoming very much more aware and concerned about species loss
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrew Bell
Sent from my iPad
> On 7 Dec 2015, at 10:09 pm, Fred Mack <> wrote:
>
> https://support.birdlife.org.au/emailviewonwebpage.aspx?erid=2407986&trid=43b5737e-fb8a-4471-b824-64047318c034
>
> “With numbers down 84%... how long before the Lesser Sand Plover is extinct?
> “This Silent Shorebirds Crisis can’t continue.”
>
> Silent crisis? seriously, it’s been at the forefront of ornithology for 10
> years hasn't it… are BirdLife Australia just realizing this?.. and is this
> actually true? Given these people have recently said in similar marketing 90%
> of Australia’s woodlands have been cleared in the past few decades, we need
> to protect private land for Mallee- Emu-wrens (they never occured on private
> land as far as I know) and Magpies are going extinct, you have to wonder?
>
> I’ve supported this organization in the past to the tune of tens of thousands
> and all I get is constant negative doomsday marketing trying to guilt me into
> things. They must send me a dozen a year. Add to that a massive and
> insultingly invasive, “supporter survey” asking me everything from my income
> to where live!
>
> These people do wonderful actual conservation and research work - I know I
> help with much of it and they are great! but for god’s sake who is running
> this organization these days?
>
> Is anyone else totally sick of them or is it just me?
>
> Frank.
>
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