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15 Australian Birds (Episode 5)

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According to Wikipedia, the national bird of Australia is the Emu – which I have not seen yet. On the other hand, some websites state that the Laughing Kookaburra is Australia’s national symbol. It was among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia.

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

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You know the captain’s name already: the Ross’s Gull was named after Ross who collected the type specimen in 1823 on Melville Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. Curiously, in 1831, McCormick was appointed a surgeon on HMS Beagle under the command of Captain FitzRoy and he expected to put together a sizeable natural history collection.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Owls live and migrate from Arctic circumpolar to Colorado prairie to South American rainforest to Southeast Asian islands, Galapagos islands, Canary islands–many many islands–to coastal Australia and onward. The chapters on courtship and breeding and roosting and migration are the longest, which isn’t surprising.

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4 Lions are dead: Sad and all, but does it actually matter?

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Plenty of ink was spilt when the giraffe was killed, and those that were interested into why a zoo filled with people who love animals and put up with low wages to help them might do something that seems to go against that have had many chances to do so. Losing a few non-breeding lions in zoos a great deal less.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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We’re looking at an area of Asia southeast of the Malay Peninsula and mainland Southeast Asia, southwest of the Philippines, north and northwest of Australia, west of Papua New Guinea (a boundary called “Lydekker’s Line”), intercut by the equator. The maps on the inside front and back covers help a lot.

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Lake Bindegolly National Park

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We collected information on National Parks and there were several that we had not previously heard of. Apparently they breed to the south and return to feed at Lake Bindegolly. There was evidence of terns breeding at some earlier stage by the remaining carcasses in the bush. Feral pigs.

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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Australia is a vast country with a very small human population, which mostly clings to the edge of the continent. Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! Preface,p.xxiv.

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