Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 43, Issue 13

[Peter Shute <>]

Not sure what you mean by south of the Qld/NT border, Michael. It runs 
north-south.

Peter Shute

Sent from my iPad

> On 14 May 2017, at 10:24 am, Michael Hunter <> wrote:
>
> Hi Laurie,
>                To be pedantic, Southern States are those South of the Qld/ NT 
> border in this context, NSW and Victoria in particular, but any contemporary 
> Australia Bustard sightings in SA, or in WA South of Meekatharra would be 
> interesting.
>
>                 They were plenty around Broome, in the NT and Qld  25 years 
> plus ago when we lived or travelled there, but like Roseate Terns, (almost 
> wiped out in Aus waters by egg collecting in the name of traditional food) , 
> Bustards then were under hunting pressure there. Best seen today around 
> Mareeba as noted in another post.
>

<HR>
<BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
<BR> 
<BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
<BR> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
</HR>