Australian Bird Study Association Scientific Day

The 2005 Australian Bird Study Association AGM and Scientific Day will be held in Sale, Victoria on 15 April.  The 2005 theme is Birds of the Wetlands and Coastal Plains. 

Details of the program and registration forms are available on the ABSA website http://www.asn.au/conference.html
A brief summary of speakers follows:

Dr Clive Minton                Developments and trends in Wader Studies in Australia
Don Ripper                 Banding Studies in the Central Gippsland region
Roz Jessop and Peter Collins        Recent research on the Little Penguin.
Alice Ewing                 An analysis of 25 years of Wader count data from corner inlet
Josephine McHunter         Effect of fragmented habitat of the birds of the Redgum plains
Dr David Hollonds         The Photography of Flight

On Sunday 16 April there will be banding in the Sale Common State Game Refuge with the Central Gippsland bird studies group as well as tours of Sale Common, Dowd and Heart Morass (all RAMSAR listed wetlands).

Further details available from the ABSA website or the secretary of ABSA (e-mail ).

Cheers

David Geering
Regent Honeyeater Recovery Coordinator
Department of Environment & Conservation
P.O. Box 2111
Dubbo  NSW  2830
Ph: 02 6883 5335 or Freecall 1800 621 056
Fax: 02 6884 9382



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