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Bird banding and one man's 30-year duty tracking diversity
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Alan Leishman has spent 30 years catching and recording birds in the Australian Botanic Garden, and has not only honed his talent for mimicking their chirps, but has witnessed the effects of climate change and industrial development.
Topics: animal-science, birds, environment, environmental-impact, lifestyle-and-leisure, people, human-interest, sydney-2000
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Race to save orange-bellied parrot in wild as numbers drop to just 14
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The race is on to save the critically endangered native Australian orange-bellied parrot as its population reaches the lowest levels ever seen.
Topics: birds, conservation, animal-science, adelaide-5000
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Sewage deal helps secure the preservation of 'significant' wetlands
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A deal over sewage disposal was the key to protecting a significant wetland on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Topics: environmental-impact, environment, environmental-management, environmental-policy, birds, human-interest, wetlands, government-and-politics, community-and-society, yandina-4561
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Scientists use fire to save endangered bird species
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Ecologists once protected a bird habitat from fire, but have discovered the species can thrive in recently-burnt vegetation.
Topics: birds, bushfire, animal-science, environmental-management, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Great knot image
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Topics: environment, conservation, birds, research, albany-6330
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Fred Bondin birdwatching image
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Shorebirds Albany image
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Albany WA shorebird count higher than usual
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The annual national shorebird count records the highest number of shorebirds in six years in Albany, WA.
Topics: environment, conservation, research, birds, albany-6330
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The last drop image
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Glossy ibis fly over the lake image
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Royal Spoonbills at the flooded Lake Cowal image
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Magpie geese migrating south image
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Straw-necked ibis nests in no-exposed lignum image
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Flooded Lake Cowal attracts first Top End bird breeding in decades
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Northern Australian magpie geese are breeding at Lake Cowal for the first time in more than two decades as floodwater fills the largest inland lake in NSW.
Topics: birds, wetlands, environment, floods, west-wyalong-2671
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Freedom dash by plucky rooster 'Bear Grylls' ended by animal rescuers
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An abandoned rooster dubbed 'Bear Grylls' has been giving Gold Coast animal rescue staff a run for their money.
Topics: animal-welfare, offbeat, birds, community-and-society, charities, coombabah-4216
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Dead friar bird image
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Topics: conservation, birds, library-museum-and-gallery, offbeat, townsville-4810
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Children at museum image
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Topics: conservation, birds, library-museum-and-gallery, offbeat, townsville-4810
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Beth Snewin taxidermist image
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Topics: conservation, birds, library-museum-and-gallery, offbeat, townsville-4810
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Taxidermy: the dying art giving new life Video
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Taxidermy: the dying art giving new life
Topics: birds, townsville-4810
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Topics: conservation, birds, library-museum-and-gallery, offbeat, townsville-4810
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The dying art that gives new life
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Taxidermist Beth Snewin explains how the ancient practice of taxidermy is giving a second life to Australia's native birds.
Topics: conservation, birds, library-museum-and-gallery, offbeat, townsville-4810
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How did seagulls get to Canberra? Video
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Canberran Rik Sutherland was exercising around Lake Burley Griffin when he became curious about the seagulls he noticed nearby.
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