For the interest of list members: Stephanie Corsetti, an ABC journalist now
based in Mildura, attended the Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group's
reporting back weekend in Ouyen last Saturday, and interviewed our President
Peter Stokie and ecologist Dr Joe Benshemesh. Joe took the opportunity to
make a point about the potential impact of the Victorian government policy
on controlled burning, arising out of the Black Saturday Bushfires Royal
Commission.
The story ran on The World Today on Monday, which was brilliant. You can
hear / read it here:
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/twt/201303/20130325-twt11-malleefowl.mp3
| http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2013/s3723120.htm
The interest in malleefowl in the Ouyen area is huge because of the birds on
the roadside along the Ouyen-Patchewollock Road. We had a lot of people turn
up to our community forum in the morning and to our afternoon meeting, and I
even gave a talk at the local aged care hostel, because people who have
lived in the area all their lives have never seen anything like it.
I also got to drive the road where that (now-famous) photo was taken. I only
(only!) got to see 4 birds - 2 pairs, including these 2:
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n590/rmacfarl/Facebook/Malleefowl/DSCF3014_zps1f5b1bdb.jpg
The local council has done its bit to protect the birds on the road:
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n590/rmacfarl/Facebook/Malleefowl/DSCF3011_zps041e397e.jpg
... and so have the locals:
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n590/rmacfarl/Facebook/Malleefowl/DSCF3009_zps9c03ea91.jpg
The phenomenon of the malleefowl on the roadside has become a local tourist
attraction. Every night cars are driving up and down the road with a running
competition for the most that can be seen. The record I've heard is 88 -
that was back in January, but 35 were still seen over the weekend.
These photos (and a lot more) were taken when the aged care hostel ran 2
buses down the road a few weeks ago (they counted 55):
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n590/rmacfarl/Facebook/Malleefowl/DSC_1247_zps24ed6069.jpg
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n590/rmacfarl/Facebook/Malleefowl/DSC_1160_zpse219b7cd.jpg
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