Hi,
I am looking forward to going up. Like Tim perhaps, I want to see the country
for myself. It'll be beautiful and amazing whatever happens.
It could be a long shot ... maybe I am mistaken ... but something tells me ...
we've a better chance of seeing them by going there and looking than we have
sitting in front of computers speculating ... and the weather will be better
than bloody freezing Melbourne!!
FOR THE LOVE OF BIRDING - "It is better to looked and dipped than to have
never looked at all".
Simon.
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> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Princess Parrot in the News
> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:18:29 +1000
> CC:
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> Tim,
> I am surprised that you are considering still going to Alice Springs given
> what the Age (accurately) reported. As far as I am aware, you cannot enter
> any of the aboriginal lands where the parrots have been reported. I spoke
> to a ranger in the Watarrka National Park yesterday, and asked if there had
> been any sightings in the northwest of the park, the only northern area
> accessible by road. He said no, and that he himself had been there last week
> and had not seen any Princess Parrots
>
> Dr John Penhallurick
> 86 Bingley Cres
> Fraser A.C.T. 2615
> Australia
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Tim Dolby
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:08 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Princess Parrot in the News
>
> Hi all,
>
> Also FYI see
> http://www.theage.com.au/national/council-bars-birdwatchers-20100817-128jx.h
> tml
>
> I'm heading to Alice Springs on the weekend of August 28.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim Dolby
>
>
> Council Bars Birdwatchers
> Lindsay Murdoch
> The Age, August 18, 2010
>
> BIRDWATCHERS have been prevented from travelling into the desert west of
> Alice Springs to see a freak explosion of the princess parrot, one of
> Australia's rarest, most enigmatic and elegant birds.
>
> The Central Land Council, which represents Aboriginal groups, has refused to
> issue travel permits to dozens of birdwatchers who travelled to Alice
> Springs after the birds were discovered near Mount Winter in the eastern
> Gibson Desert late last month.
>
> About eight other groups of birdwatchers, known as ''twitchers'', are
> believed to have gone to the area without permits and face possible
> convictions and fines of up to $1000 for illegally entering Aboriginal land.
>
> After a bumper season in central Australia, the population of the parrots
> exploded in what birdwatchers say is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
>
> The nomadic parrots, expected to mysteriously disappear as they arrived,
> were commonly seen around Alice Springs 50 years ago but their numbers have
> declined dramatically, possibly as a result of collection for the pet trade
> and the increased numbers of fires.
>
> The long, slender birds with mostly green plumage, pink throat, bluish crown
> and bright green shoulders are classified as vulnerable because they are at
> risk of extinction in the wild.
>
> Tasmanian couple Ian and Pat May discovered the parrots in an isolated area
> several hundred kilometres west of Alice Springs. Their announcement excited
> birdwatching enthusiasts across the country.
>
> The Central Land Council, pointing to the fragility of the area's
> environment, warned that ''visitors blindly walking around sacred sites and
> possibly accidentally damaging them can cause great offence and hurt to
> traditional owners''.
>
> The council said it was open to discussing a ''manageable process'' for
> birdwatchers to enter the area but no talks had taken place.
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