Hello all
A brief note re the marihuana plant Max saw.....and thanks, Max, for
telling us about it.
I've been told nature reserves and national parks are popular places for
people to grow marihuana plants (or plantations!) - often well away from
vehicle tracks, etc. I'm just mentioning this because birds like reserves
and national parks too, so when birding we're wise to watch the ground for
more than just pittas and mallee-fowls.....like Max obviously did.
The owners are undoubtedly potentially dangerous - there's money (often a
lot) at stake....
Reporting such sightings - what do others think?
Regards
Jenn
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> Subject: birding-aus Hooded Parrots
> Date: Thursday, 8 July 1999 6:08
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> On a recent trip to Katherine (24 June '99) I visited the Chinaman Creek
> site to look for the Hooded Parrots at the waterhole. Apart from the
> rubbish littered all along the creek, I discovered to my horror a green
> mesh protection around a marihuana plant at the downstream end of the
> drinking hole. I was a little nervous about this and moved away from the
> water in order to see the highway.
> Around 5pm, a 4WD came and parked on the side road and stayed there until
I
> went to my car and then it drove slowly back towards Katherine.
> I was a bit freaked-out as I was by myself and decided to take the safest
> course and get the hell out of there - I have read too many cases of
people
> coming to grief when stumbling on plantations in the forests up here in
FNQ
> to risk my safety even for just one plant!
> Max O'Sullivan
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