"Now that we’ve experienced the autumnal equinox, the summer has ended, the days are shrinking in time, and the fall planting season has arrived," writes Tom Karwin.
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Few but the most dedicated ornithologist will know anything about Australiaâs Paradise parrot.
That is because it has the dubious distinction of being the only mainland Australian bird marked âextinctâ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Its premature vanishment almost a century ago, meanwhile, remains prescient today when it comes to how best to protect other threatened Australian avian species.
That the Paradise parrot â
Psephotellus pulcherimus â was already on the verge of extinction by 1900 in its habitat on the Darling Downs in the Queensland colony speaks volumes about the dramatic environmental impact of colonisation on native grassy woodlands.
Anthony (Tony) Edwin Ashby passed away February 4, 2021. Tony was born August 23, 1965 in Clare Michigan to Albert and Norah Ashby. He was preceded in death by his