Hi Birders,
Congratulations are in order for
Birds Australia member and a member of Birding NSW, well known Parkes area birdo
Neville Schrader now a Member of the Order of Australia (General Division).
Neville received his OAM for "for service to conservation and the environment,
particularly as a field naturalist and an ornithologist". Neville is th
author of a book on the birds of Parkes Shire and has organised numerous camps
for birdos in western NSW. Famous in birding circles for the birds he has
seen as a train driver when operating between Parkes and Broken Hill, and when
shunting and loading wheat wagons at country silos!
Good work Neville!
Alan Morris
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