Jeff, I doubt very much if anyone knows the whole situation and what is
known seems to change frequently. For myself I know of several locations
where they have been seen, ie Sampson Rd area in Elizabeth ( Mike Carter
reported up to 12 here although I've never seen that many), Roscommon Rd
in Salisbury Downs still has three or four to my knowledge, there used
to be a pair in the street outside the Port Adelaide Football stadium
but I don't believe they've been reported there for some time - whether
they are still there I don't know. Apart from that there are some other
reports in other suburbs posted by other people ( i.e. David Kowalick
today) , but as I said earlier, I doubt whether anybody has attempted to
collate comprehensive data on them. For instance , has anyone reported
them to Birds Aust for inclusion in the Atlas and might that be starting
point? And if Birds Aust know about them what are they doing about it?
At best they've talked to Birds SA and we already know how excited they
must be about the problem because nothing much has happened. As for
local " authorities", as I said earlier today, they are probably each
expecting someone else to fix it claiming a lack of resources.
BTW, DW's report of them must be additional to Salisbury and Elizabeth
because these are northern, not South Western suburbs.
T.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Davies
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:33 PM
To: 'Tony Russell'; 'David Kowalick'; ;
Subject: Barbary Dove in Adelaide,
Are you able to give us some background on the situation there Tony,
because this has caught a lot of us by surprise. How many birds at how
many locations are there? Postings on birding-aus over the last couple
of years left me thinking it was a small population based on a handful
of birds living across a couple of backyards in one suburb, not that I
was particularly happy about it, now it's obviously something bigger,
how was it allowed to happen.
Jeff.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Russell
Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2009 4:17 PM
To: 'Jeff Davies'; 'David Kowalick'; ;
Subject: Barbary Dove in Adelaide,
I'm pretty sure Birds SA know about it, after all, it's their membership
showing interstate tickers where they are. But as I said before, it's
already going to be a big job to get rid of them and nobody wants to
take it on. I guess DEH say it's a council responsibility and vice
versa. I can understand eradication being successful at The Alice
though because it's a much smaller area to cover. I can just see the
tourism ads now - " come to sunny Arkaroola and feed the beautiful
doves" T -----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Davies
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:17 PM
To: 'Tony Russell'; 'David Kowalick'; ;
Subject: Barbary Dove in Adelaide,
G'day Tony, David and Trevor,
Is Birds SA really on to it?? If they are what is happening? They should
be giving the relevant government department plenty of grief over this
until something is done. Who wants to take bets on how long it takes for
them to reach Arkaroola.
Jeff Davies.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Russell
Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2009 12:14 PM
To: 'Jeff Davies'; 'David Kowalick'; ;
Subject: Barbary Dove in Adelaide,
There are some other small populations in Salisbury and Elizabeth. I'm
sure the authorities know about them but nothing is being done to
eliminate them - I think they are more or less accepted as inevitable.
They've been there for some time now.
Tony.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Jeff Davies
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:35 PM
To: 'David Kowalick'; ;
Subject: Barbary Dove in Adelaide,
These locations should be reported to the relevent authoraties
especially if they are breeding so they can be removed while they are
still domestic stupid and not street smart.
Cheers Jeff Davies.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of David Kowalick
Sent: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 4:24 PM
To: ;
Subject: Barbary Dove in Adelaide,
Hi All,
Re : Barbary Doves in Adelaide I have found three new locations where
there seem to be breeding populations of BDs in the South Western
Suburbs. They are fairly consistently seen in the same locations and all
up number over 20 birds. For anyone looking for an inglorious tick happy
to give directions.
Cheers
Dave K
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