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Swift ParrotArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlABC OnlineThe Greens say the swift parrot has been reported in the Bermagui forest, which is set to be logged in coming weeks. The rare blossom-feeding birds are Rare swift parrot sightings south of Narooma - Jul 15, 2009 Narooma NewsLOCAL birdwatchers have reported the arrival of up to 30 per cent of the total population of the highly endangered Swift Parrot in forests on the Far South Birdwatchers get glimpse of rare parrot - Jul 12, 2009 ABC OnlineThe Swift Parrot usually migrates between Tasmania and the west of the Great Dividing Range but the drought has brought them to the far south coast and Endangered bird on display - Jul 30, 2009 ABC OnlineThe endangered Swift Parrot goes on show in a Tasmanian zoo today for the first time. A Hobart breeder gave 15 parrots to Tasmania Zoo near Launceston to Birds in the News 178: Helsinki Edition - Jul 13, 2009 ScienceBlogsThe Swift Parrot usually migrates between Tasmania and the west of the Great Dividing Range in Australia but the drought has brought them to the far south New guidelines help meet national environmental laws - Jul 23, 2009 PressZoom (press release)More policy statements are under preparation, including striped legless lizard, water mouse, Murray cod, Macquarie perch, northern quoll, and swift parrot. Bleak outlook for swift parrot - Mar 10, 2009 Tasmania MercuryPRIMARY Industries and Water Minister David Llewellyn has suggested the endangered swift parrot is virtually doomed. Mr Llewellyn told State Parliament this IS BARTLETT GOVERNMENT SELLING OFF CRITICAL BREEDING HABITAT ... - Mar 19, 2009 Tasmanian GreensMs O’Connor also said there is a very big difference between Swift Parrot foraging habitat, and Swift Parrot breeding habitat, and the Premier’s recent MINISTER TO EXPLAIN WHY FORESTRY IS IGNORING HIS OWN DEPARTMENT’S ... - Mar 23, 2009 Tasmanian Greens...“The Swift Parrot has been pushed to the brink under the watch of Minister David Llewellyn, and we now know one reason why this is so – Forestry Tasmania SWIFT PARROT IN DANGER – WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH WIELANGTA COUPE 19D? - Mar 3, 2009 Tasmanian GreensReleasing the latest Green Institute update on the Swift Parrot, Greens’ Environment spokesperson, Cassy O’Connor MP, said the Parrots are now leaving their The BirdChannel Newswire - March 18, 2009 - Mar 19, 2009 BirdChannel.comRead More>> The Tasmanian government reports that the future of the swift parrot doesn’t look promising, but conservation efforts are underway, Claims wildlife lost in conflict - Mar 9, 2009 Tasmania MercuryAmong examples were the logging of swift parrot habitats, the rejection of concerns about a forestry road affecting Tasmanian devils and the rejection of Little care for species' plight - Mar 12, 2009 Tasmania MercuryThe 674 threatened species - listed under the categories endangered, vulnerable and rare - include the Tasmanian devil, swift parrot, wedge-tailed eagle and BARTLETT’S STATE OF THE STATE FAILS TO PRESENT COHESIVE VISION - Mar 2, 2009 Tasmanian GreensMr McKim also accused Mr Bartlett of kidding himself if he thinks that a five year tree planting program will help the endangered Swift Parrot in any Bay of Fires National Park - Mar 2, 2009 Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release)Mr Bartlett also acknowledged Tasmania as a haven for a diverse range of fauna and flora and the need to support endangered species such as the swift parrot Unrepresentative swill and the things that matter - Mar 19, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldBob Brown addressed the protection of the swift parrot. The Greens senator Rachel Siewert, from Western Australia, had something to say about "the alleged FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE ON FORESTRY TASMANIA TARKINE ROAD - Mar 19, 2009 Tasmanian GreensPeter Garrett, will stand up for the range of endangered species, such as the Wedge-tailed Eagle, the Swift Parrot, the Green and Golden Bell Frog, New Signals for South Arm Highway - Mar 6, 2009 Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release)...restoring and protecting the habitat of the endangered swift parrot through a combination of environmental weed control and replanting of Eucalyptus ovata. Save an Aussie Battler this Australia Day - Jan 22, 2009 WWF International,Swift parrot – this spirited Australian has the longest migration journey of any parrot in the world, travelling from southern Queensland to Tasmania each Birds in the News 149 - Oct 27, 2008 ScienceBlogsOne of Australia's rarest and fastest birds, the swift parrot, seems to be plummeting in number, and logging has been blamed. Sightings of the flashy red Tree divides council - Oct 28, 2008 Great Lakes Advocate,The grey ironbark is a browse tree for the swift parrot during its irregular winter visits to the area. A final vote saw Crs Tuffy, Roberts, Stephens, Where the wild things are - Sep 8, 2008 The Age,Birds Australia's Chris Tzaros, who chairs the swift parrot recovery team, explains that with just 2500 of these colourful birds remaining nationally, City goes wild as natives struggle on in strangest of places - Sep 1, 2008 Sydney Morning Herald,..."The swift parrot is sometimes recorded foraging in flowering screetscape and parkland trees" and some species of bats roost "in a variety of artificial Help save native species Under threat - Sep 9, 2008 South Western Rural Advertiser,...are under threat in Chipping Norton, Hammondville and Casula while the regent honeyeater, swift parrot and koala are at risk throughout the areas. Call to save Parramatta's threatened species - Sep 1, 2008 Parramatta Sun,Landcare Week as a new study shows that wildlife species like the Koala, the Grey-headed Flying-fox and the Swift Parrot are under threat in the area. Eyes needed to sight parrot - Aug 10, 2008 The Mercury,BUDDING environmentalists and birdwatchers are being urged to report sightings of the endangered swift parrot this breeding season. Scottsdale helps to reverse climate change - Jul 30, 2008 Cooma Monaro Express,And at Tarcutta Hills Reserve in NSW, there were positive recordings of the swift parrot, a nationally endangered bird that favours grassy white box Wielangta and the forest wars - Jul 19, 2008 Green Left Weekly,...(RFA) was damaging to the natural habitat of the swift parrot, the Wielangta stag beatle and the Tasmanian wedgetail eagle — all endangered species. Political neglect will lead to parrot's swift demise - Nov 18, 2007 The Canberra Times,Pity the swift parrot: it has the misfortune to tilt against a pulp mill, rather than a windmill, like its orange-bellied cousin famously did. Brown's logging ban bid fails - Nov 29, 2007 The Mercury,...impact" on three endangered species that live in the forest -- the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle, the broad-toothed stag beetle and the swift parrot. Tamar Valley pulp mill: Full conditions - Oct 3, 2007 Daily Telegraph,At least another 34 hectares must be reserved by Gunns Limited as foraging habitat for the Swift Parrot. A further 20 hectares may also need to be reserved Toxic fears for seal pups and penguins - Oct 4, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,These include the disruption of nesting wedge-tailed eagles, loss of habitat for the swift parrot and the spreading of an amphibian fungus that can cause Tas pulp mill may get federal nod 'soon' - 20 Aug 2007 Brisbane Times,...of land that will become new habitat for the Tasmanian devil, spot-tailed quoll, eastern barred bandicoot, swift parrot and the southern bell frog. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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