G'day all I have just finished participating as a volunteer for 5 days with a group doing some mammal surveying at 2 sites along Coonowrin Creek in the...
Gavin Goodyear
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Jul 8, 2003 8:09 am
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Hi all, hope you don't mind a feral posting. While talking to my barber yesterday, he mentioned that he has seen three road killed ferrets near his place...
... Not at all Duncan - given the general lack of chat here, all mammal related stuff is welcome. ... It's interesting you should raise this, because I've...
Hi all, I suspect the main reason ferrets have been established in NZ but not in Australia is the fact that large numbers were deliberately released in the NZ...
Rohan Clarke
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Jul 25, 2003 12:49 am
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Many years ago ,15 any way , I used to go ferreting around Bacchus marsh an hours drive west of melb ,and we would occasionally loose one , I would block the...
Ian Clark
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Jul 25, 2003 3:10 am
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I am working on a project to increase the numbers of bush stone curlews in the NSW Murray. It is an endangered population primarily because of fox predation. I...
G'day Leanne, While this message is not about using fences to control fox predation, the WA Nat Parks (forget what it is called over there), have very...
Chris Coleborn
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Jul 25, 2003 6:41 am
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... 1080 works well in WA because the native mammals and reptiles have developed a tolerance to it. I didn't think that this applied in the Eastern States....
Frank O'Connor
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Jul 26, 2003 11:50 am
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Good to hear from you again Frank. I am still learning about mammals - though I have had a lifelong interest in them. I thought, (incorrectly ?), that our...
Chris Coleborn
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Jul 28, 2003 12:45 am
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Chris, many (perhaps all) Eastern mammals and birds are much less tolerant of 1080 than their Western cousins. Foresters use 1080 in Tasmania to control ...
Jon Hall
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Jul 28, 2003 2:43 am
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Hello Chris Native species in SW WA are much more tolerant of fluoracetate than the same or similar species in eastern Australia, which is why CALM and CSIRO...
Thanks Jon and John for your information and comments on 1080, foxes and mammals in eastern Australia. I appreciated them. I have been seeking some further...
Chris Coleborn
coleborn@...
Aug 1, 2003 11:28 pm
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G'day all, I trust to spend most of Sept-Oct on a trip from Nth Vic to NW NSW, NE SA, & SW QLD, (Tibooburra, Innamincka, Birdsville) going onto Mt Isa and the...
Chris Coleborn
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Aug 1, 2003 11:40 pm
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I've started an outline of just such a book Chris. But I'm having problems finding any time to get on with it. I can give you a reliable sight for Purple Neck...
Jon Hall
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Aug 2, 2003 7:49 am
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I received this (and other administrivia) from Yahoo! on the weekend. Take note if sending (or wishing to retain) attachments to Mammals-Aus. Note though that...
I would appreciate the pointers on the sites for Purple Neck Rock and Spectacled Hare Wallabies John. Any information on Bilbys? I hope you can find all...
Chris Coleborn
coleborn@...
Aug 5, 2003 9:38 am
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Hi, I'm forwarding on an email from Euan Ritchie whose looking for info on Antilopine Wallaroos in Far Western Qld. If anyone can help him could they contact...
Jon Hall
jon.hall@...
Aug 6, 2003 5:21 am
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Hi all, I will be in Newcastle over the weekend and was wondering if anyone knows of a place where I might see a brush-tailed rock wallaby. Given I'll have one...
Rohan Clarke
r.clarke@...
Aug 13, 2003 10:43 am
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Hi Rohan If you get any details of sites for Brush-tailed Rockwallaby in NSW, could you please let me know. I need that on my life list. Thanks Edwin ... From:...
Edwin Vella
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Aug 15, 2003 8:39 am
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G'day all, "Tasmanian devil faces extinction in virus riddle," is the headline for an article in the London Telegraph: ...
Chris Coleborn
coleborn@...
Aug 16, 2003 6:28 am
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There was an segment on ABC tv this week, about it. Certainly a horrifying cancerous disease, killing up to 90% of once thriving populations. A search on the...
Thanks for the feed back Duncan. Chris Coleborn ... From: "Duncan Fraser" <dcfraser@...> To: <mammals-aus@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August...
Chris Coleborn
coleborn@...
Aug 17, 2003 9:59 pm
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Hi Chris, for your infomation the best person to speak to regarding the devastating Devil desease is either Mick Mooney from the Department of Primary...
Aaron Organ
aorgan@...
Aug 17, 2003 11:37 pm
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Sorry that was Nick Monney, he can most likely be contacted at DPIWE in Hobart. Cheers ... From: Chris Coleborn [mailto:coleborn@...] Sent:...
Aaron Organ
aorgan@...
Aug 17, 2003 11:39 pm
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Third time lucky, a bit Dyslexic this morning. Last l heard Nick Mooney is dealing with this. Cheers Aaron ... From: Aaron Organ Sent: Monday, 18 August 2003...
Aaron Organ
aorgan@...
Aug 17, 2003 11:44 pm
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G'day all, thought I would share this with you; I'm involved with the restoration of a little bit of riverfront land, Bellbird Corner, between Maffra and...
I have just been on a Landscope expedition to the Gibson Desert in central Western Australia. They are studying the control of feral cats, and we were...
Frank O'Connor
foconnor@...
Aug 25, 2003 4:54 pm
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Duncan How nice to have these lovely rats still present at Bellbird Corner. They are quite remarkable in their capacity to hang in there in such situations -...
Thanks for your interesting response John, I must spend a bit of time along the river at dawn and dusk to see if I can spot Platypus and Water Rat, which I...
Had a day out in the boat yesterday, fishing for bream and mullet in McLennan's Strait, which runs for 9 km between Lakes Wellington and Victoria in the...
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