For thousands of years aboriginal people have been setting fires, to flush,
hunt, barbeque, etc, a range of wildlife or as a means of maintaining
vegetation in a particular manner. As far as I am aware they did not have
any fire fighting methods. We tend to view that in a positive bias now. We
think it was sustainable because it was mostly small scale, in patches and
without the immense scale habitat loss that European settlement has created.
Philip
On Fri, 7 Sep 2018 at 19:00, Tony Ashton <> wrote:
> A sombre Hi all,
>
> A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service burn in Town Common Conservation
> Park yesterday destroyed an active Osprey nest - with, possibly, loss of
> unseen eggs or young (female on and off nest for several months). Dead
nest
> tree fell. Only one of the three resident Ospreys close by today. Probably
> last year's youngster, late and yet to go off on its own, nervily calling
> and being harassed by Black Kites looking for after-burn pickings.
>
>
> Tony Ashton
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