Tag: Birds
Eagle returns for wild time
A wedge tailed eagle has successfully been rehabilitated and released at a site in Tasmania's Southern Midlands.[MORE]
Birdwatchers banned from Aboriginal land
Traditional owners have banned parrot-chasing birdwatchers from entering Aboriginal land in central Australia.[MORE]
Water release revives Lowbidgee wetlands
After more than a decade of drought one of the Murray-Darling Basin's most important waterbird breeding sites is now in full flood.[MORE]
Seagull cull angers animal activists
Authorities are culling seagulls on Hobart's waterfront amid concerns for public safety, health and the environment.[MORE]
Birds seized at airport
The Department of Agriculture says birds seized at the Perth airport could have harmed WA wildlife.[MORE]
Cheating reaps big benefits for finches
Lying and cheating on your partner pays dividends if you are a Gouldian finch, according to Australian researchers.[MORE]
Coast move to save endangered birds
A wildlife expert is working to establish a new conservation centre for endangered woodland birds on the New South Wales far south coast.[MORE]
$60m sought to save cassowary
A group formed to help save the endangered cassowary is lobbying the Federal Government for $60 million to help preserve the big bird's habitat in far north Queensland.[MORE]
Macaw home and starting from scratch
Safely back in the aviary at Adelaide Zoo, Tambo the macaw has recovered well from his day of freedom.[MORE]
Caught: media chases pollie of a different kind
Zookeepers and the media chase an escaped macaw around Adelaide, finally getting him back in a cage.[MORE]
Media pack chases escaped zoo macaw
Zookeepers are hoping hunger will help them catch an escaped macaw in Adelaide.[MORE]
Conservationists track salt-loving species
Conservationists from the Coorong region have trekked across South Australia to Lake Torrens in the outback to track a vulnerable bird species.[MORE]
Human activity harming bird migration patterns
Humans are causing a decline in the numbers of birds migrating to Saint Vincent Gulf in South Australia each summer, the Natural Resources Management Board says. [MORE]
Galah lovers defy ban
Angry bird lovers at in north west Tasmania say they will continue feeding the towns galahs, against the orders of the local council.[MORE]
Duck hunters commended for sticking to limits
Authorities say no offences have been detected during this year's duck hunting season in South Australia, which ends this weekend.[MORE]
Endangered cockatoo numbers down by half
Sightings of the endangered red-tailed black cockatoo have dropped by more than half in SA and Victoria.[MORE]
Lake Eyre brims with life
Seldom do flooding rains reach Lake Eyre in the arid heart, but it has now happened two years in a row.[MORE]
Dead albatrosses wash up on beach
Conservationists say as many as nine dead albatrosses have been found on the beach at Goolwa, south of Adelaide.[MORE]
Council says parrot a factor in land application
A sighting of a rare orange-bellied parrot in the south-east of South Australia is being investigated by authorities.[MORE]
Outback waters encourage a rare breed
Thousands of banded stilts are breeding in the Lake Eyre region of outback South Australia for the first time in a decade.[MORE]
Megafauna cave painting could be 40,000 years old
Scientists say an Aboriginal rock art depiction of a giant, extinct bird could be Australia's oldest painting.[MORE]
Government chips in for twitchers' mecca
The Federal Government has contributed to the purchase of an internationally recognised birdwatching site.[MORE]
Endangered cockatoo making comeback after bushfires
Hopes have risen for a critically-endangered cockatoo species in a bushfire-affected part of SA.[MORE]
Fears climate change may wipe out threatened species
A James Cook University (JCU) researcher says longer heatwaves and pollution could contribute to the extinction of a variety of endangered species in north Queensland.[MORE]
Honeyeaters return to the wild
A group of critically endangered Regent Honeyeater birds will be released into the wild in North East Victoria, as part of a national program to help the species.[MORE]
