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Cravens Peak Scientific Study Report
Geography Monograph Series No. 13 Cravens Peak Scientific Study Report The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. Brisbane, 2009 The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. is a non-profit organization that promotes the study of Geography within educational, scientific, professional, commercial and broader general communities. Since its establishment in 1885, the Society has taken the lead in geo- graphical education, exploration and research in Queensland. Published by: The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. 237 Milton Road, Milton QLD 4064, Australia Phone: (07) 3368 2066; Fax: (07) 33671011 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rgsq.org.au ISBN 978 0 949286 16 8 ISSN 1037 7158 © 2009 Desktop Publishing: Kevin Long, Page People Pty Ltd (www.pagepeople.com.au) Printing: Snap Printing Milton (www.milton.snapprinting.com.au) Cover: Pemberton Design (www.pembertondesign.com.au) Cover photo: Cravens Peak. Photographer: Nick Rains 2007 State map and Topographic Map provided by: Richard MacNeill, Spatial Information Coordinator, Bush Heritage Australia (www.bushheritage.org.au) Other Titles in the Geography Monograph Series: No 1. Technology Education and Geography in Australia Higher Education No 2. Geography in Society: a Case for Geography in Australian Society No 3. Cape York Peninsula Scientific Study Report No 4. Musselbrook Reserve Scientific Study Report No 5. A Continent for a Nation; and, Dividing Societies No 6. Herald Cays Scientific Study Report No 7. Braving the Bull of Heaven; and, Societal Benefits from Seasonal Climate Forecasting No 8. Antarctica: a Conducted Tour from Ancient to Modern; and, Undara: the Longest Known Young Lava Flow No 9. White Mountains Scientific Study Report No 10. -
Disaggregation of Bird Families Listed on Cms Appendix Ii
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 2nd Meeting of the Sessional Committee of the CMS Scientific Council (ScC-SC2) Bonn, Germany, 10 – 14 July 2017 UNEP/CMS/ScC-SC2/Inf.3 DISAGGREGATION OF BIRD FAMILIES LISTED ON CMS APPENDIX II (Prepared by the Appointed Councillors for Birds) Summary: The first meeting of the Sessional Committee of the Scientific Council identified the adoption of a new standard reference for avian taxonomy as an opportunity to disaggregate the higher-level taxa listed on Appendix II and to identify those that are considered to be migratory species and that have an unfavourable conservation status. The current paper presents an initial analysis of the higher-level disaggregation using the Handbook of the Birds of the World/BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World Volumes 1 and 2 taxonomy, and identifies the challenges in completing the analysis to identify all of the migratory species and the corresponding Range States. The document has been prepared by the COP Appointed Scientific Councilors for Birds. This is a supplementary paper to COP document UNEP/CMS/COP12/Doc.25.3 on Taxonomy and Nomenclature UNEP/CMS/ScC-Sc2/Inf.3 DISAGGREGATION OF BIRD FAMILIES LISTED ON CMS APPENDIX II 1. Through Resolution 11.19, the Conference of Parties adopted as the standard reference for bird taxonomy and nomenclature for Non-Passerine species the Handbook of the Birds of the World/BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 1: Non-Passerines, by Josep del Hoyo and Nigel J. Collar (2014); 2. -
Sericornis, Acanthizidae)
GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND PHYLOGENY IN THE AUSTRALO-PAPUAN SCRUBWRENS (SERICORNIS, ACANTHIZIDAE) LESLIE CHRISTIDIS,1'2 RICHARD $CHODDE,l AND PETER R. BAVERSTOCK 3 •Divisionof Wildlifeand Ecology, CSIRO, P.O. Box84, Lyneham,Australian Capital Territory 2605, Australia, 2Departmentof EvolutionaryBiology, Research School of BiologicalSciences, AustralianNational University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia, and 3EvolutionaryBiology Unit, SouthAustralian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia ASS•CRACr.--Theinterrelationships of 13 of the 14 speciescurrently recognized in the Australo-Papuan oscinine scrubwrens, Sericornis,were assessedby protein electrophoresis, screening44 presumptivelo.ci. Consensus among analysesindicated that Sericorniscomprises two primary lineagesof hithertounassociated species: S. beccarii with S.magnirostris, S.nouhuysi and the S. perspicillatusgroup; and S. papuensisand S. keriwith S. spiloderaand the S. frontalis group. Both lineages are shared by Australia and New Guinea. Patternsof latitudinal and altitudinal allopatry and sequencesof introgressiveintergradation are concordantwith these groupings,but many featuresof external morphologyare not. Apparent homologiesin face, wing and tail markings, used formerly as the principal criteria for grouping species,are particularly at variance and are interpreted either as coinherited ancestraltraits or homo- plasies. Distribution patternssuggest that both primary lineageswere first split vicariantly between -
Gtr Pnw343.Pdf
Abstract Marcot, Bruce G. 1995. Owls of old forests of the world. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW- GTR-343. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 64 p. A review of literature on habitat associations of owls of the world revealed that about 83 species of owls among 18 genera are known or suspected to be closely asso- ciated with old forests. Old forest is defined as old-growth or undisturbed forests, typically with dense canopies. The 83 owl species include 70 tropical and 13 tem- perate forms. Specific habitat associations have been studied for only 12 species (7 tropical and 5 temperate), whereas about 71 species (63 tropical and 8 temperate) remain mostly unstudied. Some 26 species (31 percent of all owls known or sus- pected to be associated with old forests in the tropics) are entirely or mostly restricted to tropical islands. Threats to old-forest owls, particularly the island forms, include conversion of old upland forests, use of pesticides, loss of riparian gallery forests, and loss of trees with cavities for nests or roosts. Conservation of old-forest owls should include (1) studies and inventories of habitat associations, particularly for little-studied tropical and insular species; (2) protection of specific, existing temperate and tropical old-forest tracts; and (3) studies to determine if reforestation and vege- tation manipulation can restore or maintain habitat conditions. An appendix describes vocalizations of all species of Strix and the related genus Ciccaba. Keywords: Owls, old growth, old-growth forest, late-successional forests, spotted owl, owl calls, owl conservation, tropical forests, literature review. -
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Field Guides Tour Report Australia Part 2 2019 Oct 22, 2019 to Nov 11, 2019 John Coons & Doug Gochfeld For our tour description, itinerary, past triplists, dates, fees, and more, please VISIT OUR TOUR PAGE. Water is a precious resource in the Australian deserts, so watering holes like this one near Georgetown are incredible places for concentrating wildlife. Two of our most bird diverse excursions were on our mornings in this region. Photo by guide Doug Gochfeld. Australia. A voyage to the land of Oz is guaranteed to be filled with novelty and wonder, regardless of whether we’ve been to the country previously. This was true for our group this year, with everyone coming away awed and excited by any number of a litany of great experiences, whether they had already been in the country for three weeks or were beginning their Aussie journey in Darwin. Given the far-flung locales we visit, this itinerary often provides the full spectrum of weather, and this year that was true to the extreme. The drought which had gripped much of Australia for months on end was still in full effect upon our arrival at Darwin in the steamy Top End, and Georgetown was equally hot, though about as dry as Darwin was humid. The warmth persisted along the Queensland coast in Cairns, while weather on the Atherton Tablelands and at Lamington National Park was mild and quite pleasant, a prelude to the pendulum swinging the other way. During our final hours below O’Reilly’s, a system came through bringing with it strong winds (and a brush fire warning that unfortunately turned out all too prescient). -
Captive Breeding of Australian Raptors
ICBP Technical Publication No. 5, 1985 CAPTIVE BREEDING OF AUSTRALIAN RAPTORS JERRY & PENNY OLSEN R.M.B. 1705, Read Road, Sutton, N.S.W. 2620, Australia ABSTRACT Records are given of ten diurnal raptor species bred in captivity in Australia. SUMMARY OF BREEDING SPECIES Captive breeding of raptors has seldom been attempted in Australia, and progeny of those species bred are not used to replenish endangered species as they are in North America (e.g. Cade et al. 1977). The progeny are sometimes used for research (Olsen & Olsen 1980a, 1980b; Fleay 1968) but most are not. Ten have produced young or fertile eggs in captivity (Table 1). At Willmot, N.S.W., a permanently injured female Little Eagle (Hieraeetus morphnoides) was allowed to roam free in a large open-fenced area and was visited by a wild male. They built a nest and successfully fledged young in 1981 (J. Stopford , pers. comm.). Some other species have produced eggs of unknown viability in captivity. With the exception of the Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus), and Grey Falcon Table 1: Australian raptors bred in captivity. Species Breeder Location Pacific Baza ( A viceda subcristata ) D. Fleay Brisbane, Qld. Whistling Kite (Halias tursphenurus) D. Fleay Brisbane, Old. Taronga Park Zoo Sydney, N.S.W. Brahminy Kite (Haliasturindus) x WhistlingKite D. Fleay Brisbane, Qld. Australian Goshawk (Accipiterfasciatus) P.&J. Olsen Sutton, N.S.W. Grey Goshawk (Accipiternovaehollandiae) D. Fleay Brisbane, Qld. Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) D. Fleay Brisbane, Qld. Taronga Park Zoo Sydney, N.S.W. Sir Colin McKenzie Fauna Park Healesville, Vic. Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans) Taronga Park Zoo Sydney,N.S.W. -
Australia: from the Wet Tropics to the Outback Custom Tour Trip Report
AUSTRALIA: FROM THE WET TROPICS TO THE OUTBACK CUSTOM TOUR TRIP REPORT 4 – 20 OCTOBER 2018 By Andy Walker We enjoyed excellent views of Little Kingfisher during the tour. www.birdingecotours.com [email protected] 2 | TRIP REPORT Australia: From the Wet Tropics to the Outback, October 2018 Overview This 17-day customized Australia group tour commenced in Cairns, Queensland, on the 4th of October 2018 and concluded in Melbourne, Victoria, on the 20th of October 2018. The tour included a circuit around the Atherton Tablelands and surroundings from Cairns, a boat trip along the Daintree River, and a boat trip to the Great Barrier Reef (with snorkeling), a visit to the world- famous O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat in southern Queensland after a short flight to Brisbane, and rounded off with a circuit from Melbourne around the southern state of Victoria (and a brief but rewarding venture into southern New South Wales). The tour connected with many exciting birds and yielded a long list of eastern Australian birding specialties. Highlights of our time in Far North Queensland on the Cairns circuit included Southern Cassowary (a close male with chick in perfect light), hundreds of Magpie Geese, Raja Shelduck with young, Green and Cotton Pygmy Geese, Australian Brushturkey, Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Brown Quail, Squatter Pigeon, Wompoo, Superb, and perfect prolonged dawn- light views of stunning Rose-crowned Fruit Doves, displaying Australian Bustard, two nesting Papuan Frogmouths, White-browed Crake, Bush and Beach Stone-curlews (the latter -
TTT-Trails-Collation-Low-Res.Pdf
A Step Back in Time Pioneering History www.athertontablelands.com.au A Step Back in Time: Pioneering History Mossman Farmers, miners, explorers and Port Douglas soldiers all played significant roles in settling and shaping the Atherton Julatten Tablelands into the diverse region that Cpt Cook Hwy Mount Molloy it is today. Jump in the car and back in Palm Cove Mulligan Hwy time to discover the rich and colourful Kuranda history of the area. Cairns The Mareeba Heritage Museum and Visitor Kennedy HwyBarron Gorge CHILLAGOE SMELTERS National Park Information Centre is the ideal place to begin your Freshwater Creek State exploration of the region’s past. The Museum Mareeba Forest MAREEBA HERITAGE CENTRE showcases the Aboriginal history and early Kennedy Hwy Gordonvale settlement of the Atherton Tablelands, through to influx of soldiers during WW1 and the industries Chillagoe Bruce Hwy Dimbulah that shaped the area. Learn more about the places Bourke Developmental Rd YUNGABURRA VILLAGE Lappa ROCKY CREEK MEMORIAL PARK Tinaroo you’ll visit during your self drive adventure. Kairi Petford Tolga A drive to the township of Chillagoe will reward Yungaburra Lake Barrine Atherton those interested in the mining history of the Lake Eacham ATHERTON/HERBERTON RAILWAY State Forest Kennedy Hwy Atherton Tablelands. The Chillagoe smelters are HOU WANG TEMPLE Babinda heritage listed and offer a wonderful step back in Malanda Herberton - Petford Rd Herberton Wooroonooran National Park time for this once flourishing mining town. HERBERTON MINING MUSUEM Irvinbank Tarzali Lappa - Mt Garnet Rd The Chinese were considered pioneers of MALANDA DAIRY CENTRE agriculture in North Queensland and come 1909 HISTORIC VILLAGE HERBERTON Millaa Millaa Innisfailwere responsible for 80% of the crop production on Mungalli the Atherton Tablelands. -
Australia East Coast 21St September to 10Th October 2018 (21 Days) Tasmania 10Th to 14Th October 2018 (5 Days) Trip Report
Australia East Coast 21st September to 10th October 2018 (21 days) Tasmania 10th to 14th October 2018 (5 days) Trip Report The beautiful Spotted Pardalote by Erik Forsyth Trip Report compiled by Tour Leader: Erik Forsyth Rockjumper Birding Tours View more tours to Australia Trip Report – RBL Australia - East Coast & Tasmania Extension 2018 2 Top 10 birds as voted by participants for Eastern Australia: 1) Southern Cassowary 6) Pink Robin 2) Tawny Frogmouth 7) Glossy Black Cockatoo 3) Spotted Pardalote 8) Australian Brush Turkey 4) Australian Owlet-Nightjar 9) Red-backed Fairywren 5) Golden Bowerbird 10) Spotted Catbird ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Tour in Detail: The northern tropical city of Cairns is situated almost at the north-east tip of Queensland, huddled along the shoreline of the Coral Sea. For those that arrived the day before, we birded along the Cairns Esplanade, where the incoming tide allowed us to scan the mudflats, which produced a host of eastern migrant waders, including Black-tailed Godwit, Great Knot, Grey-tailed Tattler, Red-necked Stint, Terek and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, Whimbrel, Red-capped Plover, Greater and Lesser Sand Plovers and Far Eastern Curlew. Best of all was a Beach (Thick- knee) Stone-curlew, a rare resident. Southern Cassowary by Andrew Sutherland The following morning, after meeting our local guide, Jonathan Munroe, we began birding in earnest by driving to Etty Beach, an area of Coastal Forest and farmlands. Our prime reason for visiting the Etty Beach area was to look for Southern Cassowary, a scarce and highly desired species for all birders visiting this incredible country. -
Atherton Tablelands
The Department of Employment, Economic Development & Innovation Queensland Primary Industries & Fisheries’ north region An analysis from the top May 2009 First printed February 2008 Updated April 2008, May 2009 Compiled by Ken Cotterill and Greg Mason Design and layout by Melissa Frazer Map on front cover courtesy of the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM). On 26 March 2009, the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries was amalgamated with other government departments to form the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI). The Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation seeks to maximise the economic potential of Queensland’s primary industries on a sustainable basis. © The State of Queensland, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, 2009. Except as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part of the work may in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or any other means be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or be broadcast or transmitted without the prior written permission of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The copyright owner shall not be liable for technical or other errors or omissions contained herein. The reader/user accepts all risks and responsibility for losses, damages, costs and other consequences resulting directly or indirectly from using this information. Enquiries about reproduction, including -
Gear for a Big Year
APPENDIX 1 GEAR FOR A BIG YEAR 40-liter REI Vagabond Tour 40 Two passports Travel Pack Wallet Tumi luggage tag Two notebooks Leica 10x42 Ultravid HD-Plus Two Sharpie pens binoculars Oakley sunglasses Leica 65 mm Televid spotting scope with tripod Fossil watch Leica V-Lux camera Asics GEL-Enduro 7 trail running shoes GoPro Hero3 video camera with selfie stick Four Mountain Hardwear Wicked Lite short-sleeved T-shirts 11” MacBook Air laptop Columbia Sportswear rain shell iPhone 6 (and iPhone 4) with an international phone plan Marmot down jacket iPod nano and headphones Two pairs of ExOfficio field pants SureFire Fury LED flashlight Three pairs of ExOfficio Give- with rechargeable batteries N-Go boxer underwear Green laser pointer Two long-sleeved ExOfficio BugsAway insect-repelling Yalumi LED headlamp shirts with sun protection Sea to Summit silk sleeping bag Two pairs of SmartWool socks liner Two pairs of cotton Balega socks Set of adapter plugs for the world Birding Without Borders_F.indd 264 7/14/17 10:49 AM Gear for a Big Year • 265 Wildy Adventure anti-leech Antimalarial pills socks First-aid kit Two bandanas Assorted toiletries (comb, Plain black baseball cap lip balm, eye drops, toenail clippers, tweezers, toothbrush, REI Campware spoon toothpaste, floss, aspirin, Israeli water-purification tablets Imodium, sunscreen) Birding Without Borders_F.indd 265 7/14/17 10:49 AM APPENDIX 2 BIG YEAR SNAPSHOT New Unique per per % % Country Days Total New Unique Day Day New Unique Antarctica / Falklands 8 54 54 30 7 4 100% 56% Argentina 12 435 -
Eastern Australia: October-November 2016
Tropical Birding Trip Report Eastern Australia: October-November 2016 A Tropical Birding SET DEPARTURE tour EASTERN AUSTRALIA: From Top to Bottom 23rd October – 11th November 2016 The bird of the trip, the very impressive POWERFUL OWL Tour Leader: Laurie Ross All photos in this report were taken by Laurie Ross/Tropical Birding. 1 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page Tropical Birding Trip Report Eastern Australia: October-November 2016 INTRODUCTION The Eastern Australia Set Departure Tour introduces a huge amount of new birds and families to the majority of the group. We started the tour in Cairns in Far North Queensland, where we found ourselves surrounded by multiple habitats from the tidal mudflats of the Cairns Esplanade, the Great Barrier Reef and its sandy cays, lush lowland and highland rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands, and we even made it to the edge of the Outback near Mount Carbine; the next leg of the tour took us south to Southeast Queensland where we spent time in temperate rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests within Lamington National Park. The third, and my favorite leg, of the tour took us down to New South Wales, where we birded a huge variety of new habitats from coastal heathland to rocky shorelines and temperate rainforests in Royal National Park, to the mallee and brigalow of Inland New South Wales. The fourth and final leg of the tour saw us on the beautiful island state of Tasmania, where we found all 13 “Tassie” endemics. We had a huge list of highlights, from finding a roosting Lesser Sooty Owl in Malanda; to finding two roosting Powerful Owls near Brisbane; to having an Albert’s Lyrebird walk out in front of us at O Reilly’s; to seeing the rare and endangered Regent Honeyeaters in the Capertee Valley, and finding the endangered Swift Parrot on Bruny Island, in Tasmania.