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My Loo List

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Mark Carter is an independent professional birding guide and wildlife surveyor living in Alice Springs, Central Australia. Originally from Scotland, Mark has lived and worked in continental Europe and North Africa before settling in Australia’s “Red Centre&# to work for the Northern Territory Parks Service.

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Petrel Paradise

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We soon were close to the Mokohinau Islands , one of the many islands in the area that serve as wildlife refuges. One birder from Australia even got his lifer Red-crowned Parakeet ! Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Shark Bay and Monkey Mia

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Shark Bay is one of the most famous tourist destinations in West Australia, and until recently was therefore not a place I was particularly interested in visiting. The site is famous for a place called Monkey Mia, where dolphins have learnt to come up to the beach a few times a day to get snacks. And anyone that likes birds too!

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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9 beats, birded 9 countries this month; Belize , Guatamala , Costa Rica, UK, Iran, USA, Greece, Australia and Mexico. Monkey Mia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Monkey Mia. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Western Australia. Western Australia. 28 Mar 2017.

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Collaborative List – April 2017

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9 countries/territories/special administrative areas/principalities/kingdoms were represented in April’s statistics; Costa Rica, Australia, Mexico, United States, Serbia, Hong Kong, Panama, Kuwait and UK. Monkey Mia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Monkey Mia. Western Australia.

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Tiritiri Matangi Island

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Hes previously poked albatrosses with sticks in Hawaii, provided target practice for gulls in California, chased monkeys up and down hills Uganda, wrestled sharks in the Bahamas and played God with grasshopper genetics in Namibia. Clare and Grant-Broome Western Australia Mar 9th, 2011 at 7:18 pm Great post! The proposal from U.S.