I don’t normally bother to read Birdlife.org, but some of the news this time is interesting.
http://birdlife.org.au/media/
From Aussie Backyard Bird Count. Rainbow Lorikeet is still the most often seen bird in Australia. The number of Bin Chickens (Threskiornis moluccus) is on the rise. Springvale Cemetery is my favourite spot for bin chickens, many hundreds roost there. In WA, the top population is New Holland Honeyeater, that’s nice, I wouldn’t have expected that. Full results for all species are not yet available, only summary results.
More details at https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/2019-results/
Big drops in populations in threatened Australian migratory shorebirds, more than 60% over the past 30 years. :-( Not all doom and gloom, the populations of threatened land-based birds have been relatively stable since 2010.
http://birdlife.org.au/media/bird-population-drops-revealed/
The population of wild orange bellied parrots is increasing, partly due to releases from the captive breeding program. Numbers are still shockingly low.
http://birdlife.org.au/media/obps-return-to-breeding-ground/
How to cope with birds injured in the bushfires, and helping wild bird populations recover.
http://birdlife.org.au/media/after-the-fire/
A $25,000 fine, a good-behaviour bond and a Community Corrections Order was the punishment meted out to an East Gippsland man responsible for the deaths of up to 420 Wedge-tailed Eagle in a concerted poisoning program that spanned 2017 and 2018. (Shit, anyone want to join a vigilante group with me).
http://birdlife.org.au/media/guilty/
Good news for extremely endangered King Island thornbill. http://birdlife.org.au/media/new-site-for-king-island-thornbill/
World’s oldest known pied oystercatcher, 33 years old, has been found dead at Inverloch of natural causes. The second oldest was 32 years old at last sighting so may be even older.