February 1, 2010 – 8:08 pm
We get into incredibly remote and exciting places like the Torres Strait – very few people have been to a place where they can look across to New Guinea while standing in Australia. So they are bonuses but doing the research and making new discoveries, and learning new things about natural history and ornithology and management – all sorts of things…
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Bird of the Week, Birds and people, Fun stuff, Some places I've been
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Tagged Adrian Boyle, Boigu Island, Common Paradise Kingfisher, Dave watson, Dr John Ewen, Institute of Zoology, Laura Sissins, Lesser Paradise Kingfisher, London, Monash University, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Rohan Clarke, Saibai Island, Torres Strait, Varied Honeyeater
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January 29, 2010 – 2:58 pm
As usual, the locals have the last laugh – and the best eyes for a bird. Just before I left Saibai I had a yarn with Saul Aniba about this most beautiful bird. He told me that he had seen one a few months before – also dead – not far from where we found this latest specimen.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Bird of the Week, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Roadkill, Some places I've been
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Tagged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bird knowledge, Anoraks to Zitting Cisticola, Boigu Island, Cairns, Common Paradise Kingfisher, Darnley island, Dr Rohan Clarke, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Mia Kusa River, Monash University, New Guinea, Saibai Island, Saul Aniba, Sean Dooley, Tanysiptera galatea, Torres Strait
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December 27, 2009 – 10:59 am
The chopper pilot and I were coming in at 2,000 feet off the mountain. We came right up behind a Wedgetailed Eagle (Aquila audax) and the chopper pilot said “Look at this – I’ve never seen this in my life!” We were no more than 60 feet behind him and this magnificent Wedge-tailed Eagle was turning his head to check us out in the chopper behind him. An unbelievable and absolutely memorable experience that will stay with me forever.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Birds and people, Cycling, Fun stuff, Some places I've been
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Tagged Kruger National Park, Pat Liggett, Pat Tipper, Phil Liggett, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the RSPB, Tour de France, Tour Down Under, Western Treatment Works
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December 24, 2009 – 12:41 pm
While it is easy to have a knee-jerk reaction to the fact that thousands of birds are kept in appalling conditions purely for human exploitation, profit and enjoyment, it is important to note that, as with most of the relationships between people and birds, things are a bit more complex than that.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Bird of the Week, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology
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Tagged Ambarawa, Australasian Ornithological Conference, Bali, Bandar Lampung, Bekasi, Bengkulu, Bird-keeping in Indonesia: conservation impacts and the potential for substitution-based conservation responses, Bratang bird market, Cambridge University Press, Central Java, East Java, Ethnoornithology, Hardi Baktiantoro, Indonesia, Jakarta, Karimata bird market, Lampung, North Sumatra, Oryx, Papua, Pasar Burung Bird Market, Pasar Burung Satria Bird Market, Paul Jepson, Profauna, Richard J. Ladle, Semarang, Solo, South Sulawesi, State University of Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Surya Purnama, The Jakarta Post, Things to do in Bali, Ujung Karawang Natural Preserve, West Java, West Kalimantan, West Sumatra, Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta Bird Market
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December 22, 2009 – 6:43 pm
Like many other aspects of life in Aboriginal communities the dogs there are far more visible in Aboriginal communities where there are few fences and the dogs can all be seen in public, whereas in the suburbs of Palmerston and Darwin the dogs are all behind fences and locked inside houses and you just don’t see them.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Art, Dogs, NT local government, Some places I've been, Yuendumu
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Tagged AMRRIC, Animal Management in Rural & Remote Indigenous Communities, central desert shire, East Arnhem, Elcho Island, Katherine, Maningrida, Rev. Harold Shepherdson, Stephen Cutter, Tanami Desert, Tanami Track, Tennant Creek, The Ark Animal Hospital, Tiwi Islands, Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu
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December 16, 2009 – 10:04 pm
I long ago gave up going to conferences where I’m not presenting a paper and my presentation was in the first session of the first day…
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Some places I've been
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Tagged Alex Anderson, Alyawarr, Andrew McIntyre, Anmatyerr, Armidale Ex-Serviceman's Club, Arrernte, Australasian Ornithological Conference, Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, Charles Darwin University, Charles Sturt University, Climate Change and Water, Dave watson, Dr Myf Turpin, Griffith University, James Cook University, Kaytetye, KULLA Trust, New South Wales Department of Environment, Professor Stephen Garnett, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, State University of Yogyakarta, Surya Purnama, West Java
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December 15, 2009 – 8:37 am
Sunday morning music? My current favourite is from a band called The Drones and the song is called “Shark Fin Blues” – it has lyrics that Bob Dylan would be proud of and music that is a bit like early Rolling Stones crossed with Neil Young crossed with…well…name any good eighties punk band. “Shark Fin Blues” – it might just change your world-view!
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Indigenous land management, Some places I've been
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Tagged ABC TV, Australasian Ornithological Conference, Charles Sturt University, Corvus corax, David Freudenberger, Dr Dave Watson, eutrophication, Greening Australia, Mexico, Ornithology, Rage, the Northern Raven
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December 3, 2009 – 6:00 am
Chukar is the national bird of Pakistan and the name is derived from Chakhoor in Urdu. In Indian mythology, the bird is said to be in love with the moon and to look at it constantly.
October 26, 2009 – 7:23 am
This is a disaster of not only local, but regional and international proportions. The impending arrival of the seasonal monsoonal cycle in the coming months will substantially change the nature and location of the impact of this massive spill.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Northern development, Uncategorized
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Tagged Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Fairfax Press, Jakarta Post, Kolbano, Pasir Island, PTTEP Australasia, Rote Island, Rote Ndao regency, Senator Bob Brown, South Central Timor, Timor Sea, Toni O'Loughlin, West Atlas, West Timor Care Foundation, World Wildlife Fund Australia, WWF
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