Duck hunting season set to start next month
14 Apr, 2021 07:41 AM
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The annual game bird hunting season starts a little more than two weeks and Fish & Game says early preparation is key to getting things right on the big day.
Last year s hunting season was delayed by Covid-19 lockdowns but this season was set to start on May 1.
Fish & Game says hunters should have their location for the season sorted, the maimai tidied up and ready for a final touch-up before the decoys go out the night before.
Nordmann s greenshank lands in Cairns, birdwatchers flock to see threatened migratory bird
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The Nordmann s greenshank feasts on crabs on mudflats in Cairns.
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To the inexperienced eye, it would have meant nothing but to Adrian Walsh the sight of a Nordmann s greenshank standing next to a common greenshank on the Cairns Esplanade was a miracle .
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Recent estimates say up to 2,000 Nordmann s greenshanks exist in the world
The sighting is the first time in recorded history that the Nordmann s greenshank has been sighted on the East Coast of Australia
Experts have verified the bird is young and does not have adult breeding plumage
Bird Strike Causes Pasco Plane to Make Emergency Landing
A Pasco plane made an unexpected landing yesterday after a bird struck the hull.
According to a report from our News Partner, KNDU, the incident scared passengers as the Delta plane circled over the Pasco airport for several minutes.
According to reports, a huge thud was heard from inside the cabin shortly after take-off yesterday at 11:15 AM after the plane was high in the sky.
The bird struck the plane roughly five minutes into the flight and the pilot informed the passengers that the plane was turning around and heading back to Pasco for inspection.