I have just returned from 5 days in the south west. One of the best birding
spots is a small nature reserve called Waychinicup about 40km east of
Albany. The Noisy Scrubbird has been relocated there and Western
Bristlebird is common. Western Whipbird is a chance.
If you ask the CALM rangers at Two People's Bay for the best place to see
the NSB, they recommend Waychinicup. I have some information on my web pages.
So it was with great dismay to find that when I visited the site last
Tuesday, I found a 30 metre wide firebreak dozed straight through the best
place to see the NSB! It is sheer vandalism. It is simply unbelievable to
see what has been done to the site. A 30 metre wide strip wiping out some
low heath where a pair of bristlebirds were, 30 metres of prime dense
habitat along the gully which was the best place to see the NSB, and a large
area of hakea heath on the other side where Western Whipbirds could
regularly be heard. All gone!
CALM (WA Dept of Conservation & Land Management) gets away with permitting
the logging of old growth, the mass frequent burning of the jarrah / marri
forest. And now this. Enough is enough. If anyone else did this they
would be put away for 5 years. I look forward to the imminent splitting of
this department so that the excellent conservationists get more say over the
foresters and fire freaks.
I have some photos, but it will be a few weeks before I get them developed.
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Frank O'Connor
8C Hardy Road
Nedlands WA 6009
Phone : +61 8 9386 5694
ICQ : 14655047
Email :
Birding WA http://www.iinet.net.au/~foconnor
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