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Powerful Owl in the Royal Botanical Gardens-Sydney

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The Royal Botanical Gardens are a huge area to explore and easily accessed by public transport. Powerful Owls are the largest nocturnal bird in Australia and the largest of the owl species. There is a Powerful Owl Project being run to learn more about how they are living in the cities in Australia.

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De Grey River rest area

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The De Grey River rest area is a good place to take a break if you are travelling the long journey between the two towns of Broome and Port Hedland in Western Australia. It does not completely solve the problem, because animals transport the burrs, but it will hopefully slow the spread. The rest area was reopened in April 2019.

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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Orange Is the New Beak, and a Dead Parrot (No Joke!)

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Also in Australia, Bell Miner Birds may be damaging forests. The first bird feathers may have been for showiness more than transportation. Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif., officials are considering bird-friendly building regulations. Female Zebra Finches are one-male birds in the wild, but not so in captivity.

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Parrot, Parrot, Parrakeet, Hummingbird

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In Australia, ornithologists have finally gotten their hands on a Night Parrot , the first such capture in more than 100 years. Twenty-five Puerto Rican Parrots are being groomed to be pioneers: The Critcally Endangered birds have been transported from existing colonies to the Maricao State Forest.

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Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan

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On the first trip in 2012 we used public transport to get there and the train conveniently gets you to Macarthur Square shopping centre and you can then get a bus that drops you right at the entrance to the park. The park is the largest botanic garden in Australia and access is free. Wanderer Butterfly.

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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

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They would care about land-use decisions involving urban sprawl, agriculture, transportation, waste disposal, pollution, deforestation, desertification, invasive species, climate change, and even population control. and from Australia. They would know the local streams, lakes, and marshes. I got about 50 email responses.

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Bathing at the Poo Ponds

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It is challenging when you rely on a bicycle for transport for most of the week, but I have learnt to read the sky over the years and storms are isolated and often further away than you think. Birding Australia Broome Common Sandpiper dotterels lapwings' I have been caught out, but it is only water and it is not cold!