Tag Archives: Aboriginal bird knowledge

Birds that tell people things – 4 posters of central Australian bird knowledge

April 13, 2009 – 9:23 pm

This series of posters features birds that indicate ecological and social events in four Central Australian Aboriginal languages: Arrernte, Anmatyerr, Alyawarr and Kaytetye.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Animals, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Some places I've been, Yuendumu | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Birds of the week – two freed Wedge-tailed Eagles

November 22, 2008 – 12:17 pm

I first saw the Wedge-tails free-flying at the Alice Springs Desert Park years ago and have been aware of the often violent interactions between the two captive birds and a pair of wild local Wedge-tails. Now the captive birds have been released.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

The Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) – a lesson in indigenous bird hunting and conservation

November 19, 2008 – 2:40 pm

For too long, western scientists have either willfully ignored indigenous knowledge of Australia’s birds or damned it as ‘unscientific’. How we access and record what people know of and how they use birds, and the value of indigenous bird knowledge are important tools for species and landscape management.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Indigenous land management, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , | Comments (1)