‘Ridiculous’: Government sits on forestry report as logging resumes
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The state government is refusing to release a report into how logging operations should change in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires even as felling begins in a sensitive South Coast region hit hard by the blazes.
Planning Minister Rob Stokes asked the Natural Resources Commission to examine forestry operations after the Environment Protection Authority and Forestry Corp, the state-owned logging body, clashed over so-called site specific conditions that limited the amount of native trees that could be felled in state forests.
A rare New Zealand bird has taken off on a Trans-tasman flight after being spotted for the first time in Australia.
Hunter Bird Observers Club member Michael Kearns discovered the endangered black-fronted tern flying in the skies over Newcastle in late June.
During wild weather Michael had set about on a bird watching trip to Fort Scratchley with the hopes of spotting seabirds like albatross, when he unexpectedly came across the threatened species.
The rare black-fronted tern endemic to New Zealand has been spotted for the first time in Australia
The unusual sighting of the endangered bird endemic to New Zealand has sparked excitement within the NSW birdwatching community.
Black-fronted tern on the Ashley Rakahuri River
Photo: Ashley Rakahuri Rivercare Group
Birdwatchers are still marvelling at the unexpected sighting of a black-fronted tern, which was seen in late June in Newcastle, in the New South Wales Hunter region.
The NSW Woodland Bird Program manager at Birdlife Australia, Mick Roderick, said it was an incredible discovery because the tern was endemic to New Zealand. It s a mind-blowing sighting that we re still trying to make sense of, he said. I ve also been in touch with New Zealand researchers, and they re all very excited about it too. This is a bird nobody expected to see in Australia. It s a New Zealand breeding endemic. It has taken everyone by surprise.
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Regent honeyeater: Rare Australian bird has forgotten its song
17 Mar 202117 March 2021
Last updated at 09:50
Listen to the sound of the regent honeyeaters song
A rare bird in Australia has become so threatened that some young ones are failing to learn how to sing their own song.
Scientists say the regent honeyeater, which once had a large population, is now critically endangered with only 300 left in the wild. They don t get the chance to hang around with other honeyeaters and learn what they re supposed to sound like, explained Dr Ross Crates, a member of the Difficult Bird Research Group at the Australian National University.