Hello David,
Very droll!
On 1080. I came across an article that I found interesting the other day on
the effect of 1080 on Kiwis.They exposed 35 radio-tagged kiwis to 1080 for
three months and had absolutely no deaths caused by the 1080. They were
planning on using the 1080 on Brushtail Possums. Obviously kiwis would not
have had access to sodium fluoroacetate in plants such as SW WA fauna have
had. Even so they were very resistant. This suggests that birds are
naturally resistant, assuming of course that kiwis are representative of
birds in general. Possibly thats a bit of a stretch!
The article was Robertson et al (1999) Survival of brown
kiwi........WILDLIFE RESEARCH 26, 209-214.
Just as an aside, Damon Oliver told me today that you had had a resight of
a Regent Honeyeater from the Capertee, NSW at Chiltern, VIC.
Congratulations on a hell of a movement! You didn't catch the bird from
Capertee and drive it down to Chiltern did you?
Only kidding!
Cheers,
Mick Todd
Griffith, NSW
At 09:35 AM 7/08/01 +1000, wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that the 1080 thread seemed to abruptly stop once
the Bustard and fox thread started? This was very timely, the benefits of
a well coordinated 1080 fox baiting program can't be overestimated. It's
a real shame that such programs aren't more widespread.
Cheers
David
David Geering
Regent Honeyeater Recovery Coordinator
NSW NPWS
P.O. Box 2111
Dubbo NSW 2830
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