To Laurie's post, I would add the following details for anyone interested in
donating to help save the species in the wild.
Difficult Birds Research Group is a group of scientists and researchers from
ANU. Their 'Operation OBP' project commenced last summer and continues summer
2017/18. Specifics and a Donate Now link can be found
here<http://www.difficultbirds.com/donation>:
Donation<http://www.difficultbirds.com/donation>
www.difficultbirds.com
You can help us to protect these 'difficult birds' by donating DONATE NOW
Another deserving group is Friends of the OBP, a Tasmania-based volunteer crew
which provides crucial OBP monitoring work done at Melaleuca breeding grounds
from September 2017 to April 2018. Pairs spend two weeks each in the remote
outpost, observing birds, providing supplementary feed and promoting
biosecurity:
https://wildcaretas.org.au/product/obpfund/ Note: at checkout, please write a
note that you wish your donation to go to Friends of the OBP.
[https://wildcaretas.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/donation_obp2.jpg]<https://wildcaretas.org.au/product/obpfund/>
Wildcare | WILDCARE Save the Orange-bellied parrot
Fund<https://wildcaretas.org.au/product/obpfund/>
wildcaretas.org.au
The Orange-bellied parrot is a critically endangered bird species that migrates
from mainland Australia to the wild and remote southwest Tasmania each summer.
Other worthy recipients of your money are Zoos
Victoria<https://donate.zoo.org.au/>, Adelaide
Zoo<https://www.zoossa.com.au/regular-giving/>, Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife
Conservation Park<http://www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au/sponsor.aspx> and Priam
Australia<http://www.parrotbreeding.com.au/>. All breed OBPs for the insurance
population.
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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:33:22 +1000
From: Laurie Knight <>
To: Birding Aus <>
Subject: Last Chance to See <OBPs in the wild>?
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If you haven?t already seen it, there is a write-up in the Fairfax media of the
rear guard campaign to keep the OBPs going in the wild. see
http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/can-a-lastditch-intervention-save-the-orangebellied-parrot-20170817-gxycg2.html
? "Can a last-ditch intervention save the orange-bellied parrot"?
[http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/y/c/r/x/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gxycg2.png/1503119133869.jpg]<http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/can-a-lastditch-intervention-save-the-orangebellied-parrot-20170817-gxycg2.html>
Will a last-ditch intervention save Australia's most endangered
bird?<http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/can-a-lastditch-intervention-save-the-orangebellied-parrot-20170817-gxycg2.html>
www.smh.com.au
Despite decades of conservation, Australia’s most endangered bird is edging
closer to extinction in the wild. But conservationists are not giving up.
Part of the problem is caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa a bacterium infecting
the seed prepared at the Hobart Breeding Facility that is resistant to the
disinfectant used to sterilise the seed.
If you haven?t already seen OPB?s in the wild, you should seriously consider
popping down to Melaleuca this summer. I combined OBP time with a bushwalk to
SW Cape [which involved Hooded Plovers and Ground Parrots and nice beach
walking and camping]. I enjoyed watching the OBPs coming in to the feeder at
the Deny King Museum [and logging their arrivals in the daily obs sheet]. Even
better, I got to photograph an unbanded adult [which keeps the twitching
purists happy].
There may be a time when OBPs only survive as aviary birds [a fate preferable
to extinction], but if you want to see them in the Wild, the best option is to
fly to Melaleuca. Par Avion has daily flights from Hobart [Cambridge airport]
in summer. You can either do a day trip [take warm clothing and extra food as
weather may delay the flights] or spend a couple of days in the SW - there are
two bushwalkers huts at Melaleuca ?
If you haven?t already seen OBPs, it may be your last chance to see them ...
Regards, Laurie.
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