G'day birdos & guanophiles
When i started studying Fijian swiftlets in the mid 70's one of the
caves I visited in the Wainimbuka Valley had been used by early
British Colonists (probably Sugar Cane growers) for mining Guano.
There was little guano left in this cave compared to others I worked
in and I presume they also took microbat guano as well as swiftlet
guano.
One of the problems that ensued was that although the chief was happy
for me to visit the caves with my students some of his villagers
ganged up on him and demanded money from me. As it cost a fortune in
fuel to get my students there I went to nearer caves where it was
cheaper in both ways to continue the research. I tried the swiftlet
guano in my garden and it certainly worked as well as fowl manure.
Of by the way the guaophiles seen in Fiji were more diverse than i
have seen in Australian caves and included, moths, flies, crabs and
cockroaches.
Cheers & happy gardening
Mike
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Michael Tarburton
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On 07/10/2010, at 8:47 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:
My Grand father tried mining bat guano, from caves near Ashford, NSW.
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