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The Birth of BirdLife Australia

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Read about how a new, stronger bird conservation organisation for Australia is being formed called BirdLife Australia...

A call to action for Australian birds

Sunday, October 2, 2011

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The Action Plan for Australian Birds describes the populations of species at greatest risk and outlines ways they can be turned around.

Aussie eyrie internet hit

Thursday, September 15, 2011

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Birds Australia’s nest monitoring camera of a family of White-bellied Sea-Eagles has been an online hit since its launch in August.

Dial M for Merger

Friday, September 2, 2011

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Members of Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner) and Bird Observation & Conservation Australia (BOCA) recently voted for their merger to create 'BirdLife Australia'.

The eagles have landed (online)

Friday, July 29, 2011

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Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner) have launched EagleCAM - a live 24-hour remote video feed brought to you from the Discovery Centre in Sydney...

Offshore islands yield a seabird surprise

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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Offshore islands yield a seabird surprise

Australasian Seabird Group visit to the Broughton Islands uncovers new treasures.

Seabirds and rodents on Australia’s outlying islands

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

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Birds Australia has identified Macquarie Island as an IBA. Measures to reduce the number of introduced mammals on the island are crucial for seabird conservation...

Community conservation project wins award in Oz

Monday, May 9, 2011

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Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner) has won the 'Natural Environment' category of the Victorian Coastal Awards for its Beach Nesting Birds project, which has recruited local communities and land managers to improve the breeding success of the Near Threatened Hooded Plover.

Ruddy marvellous! turnstone flies 27,000 km – twice!!

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Ruddy marvellous! turnstone flies 27,000 km – twice!!

Researchers from the Victorian Wader Study Group - a special interest group of Birds Australia [BirdLife Partner] - have just recaptured a Ruddy Turnstone which has completed a 27,000 km round trip migration for the second time.

Australia’s biodiversity arks

Monday, December 6, 2010

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Today Australia’s leading national bird conservation organisation, Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner), has launched its annual State of Australia’s Birds report. This year’s theme, Islands and Birds, provides just a snapshot as more than 8,300 islands occur within Australia’s jurisdiction...

Hope for Tasmania’s forests

Thursday, November 4, 2010

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Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner) have just reported that there is a ray of hope for Tasmania’s beleaguered forests and the birds and other creatures that call them home.

Australian Painted Snipe Surveys

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

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Birds Australia's (BirdLife Partner) Threatened Bird Network has announced that it’s time once again to start looking for Australia’s most rare and cryptic wetland species; the Australian Painted Snipe (APS).

Regent Honeyeaters at home in the wild

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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Thirty-six of the 44 captive-bred Regent Honeyeaters released in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park two weeks ago have been confirmed at home in the wild.

Art and conservation create invisible connections

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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Atop a step ladder in Melbourne’s City Square (Australia) today internationally acclaimed artist, John Wolseley, will launch Invisible Connections, a book that depicts the dramatic journeys of migratory shorebirds, while putting the finishing touches on his mural, Australia’s largest waterbird scene.