DRB FEBRUARY 2020 Meeting The first talk of 2020 for the Darling Range Branch was kicked off by an extremely talented family of photographers, Paul and Joshua Irvine. Paul Irvine is a macro-photographer who loves nothing better than to explore the great outdoors on the lookout for species of arachnids ...
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KRM Branch December Field Trip Report A group of 11 members and guests gathered on a beautiful morning to catch the first ferry from Mersey Point to Penguin Island for KRMB’s last field trip of 2019. Arriving at the Penguin Island jetty we got our first sighting of Bridled Terns. ...
Read more →KRM BRANCH November EXCURSION REPORT The November excursion was to AQWA at Hillarys Boat Harbour. We met up at the ticket kiosk at opening time to join a growing line of patrons making their way inside. Once inside we made our way through the exhibits, starting with the stunning Leafy ...
Read more →SECOND EDITION Paperback | May 2019 | $ 45.00ISBN: 9781486307241 | 280 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour plates, Illustrations, Photographs ePDF | May 2019ISBN: 9781486307258Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers The first edition of Kaplan’s book, published in 2004, was based on ten years of her research on Australia’s ...
Read more →SECOND EDITION Paperback | October 2019 | $ 59.99ISBN: 9781486310937 | 224 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour photographs, Colour plates, Maps ePDF | October 2019ISBN: 9781486310944Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers This book contains all the information you ever wanted to know about Southern Australian mistletoes. It is well ...
Read more →DRBNats Georgina Steytler is one of Australia’s top bird photographers and has won many awards. It was clear from the photographs that she showed us why, as they were stunning. She took us beyond the simple reporting of birds to the artistic highlighting of their features and her teaching techniques ...
Read more →With our regular Chairperson away, Colin Prickett chaired the Annual General Meeting of KRMB. The minutes of the 2018 AGM were read and accepted as correct. Treasurer Rosalie Barritt then presented the financial report. With most members of the committee happy to sit for another year there was only one ...
Read more →The Northern Suburbs Branch held its AGM on the 18th December. Prior to the AGM Don Poynton (Branch Chairperson) donned a Santa Claus hat and conducted a short quiz based on the scientific or common names of WA flora and fauna that were in some way related to Christmas. The ...
Read more →Dr Tony Start’s talk was the second of our annual DRB Elders’ talks. These aim to preserve the knowledge of our long-standing members. Tony had especially digitised his photographs and slides using the DRB Nats scanner, (kindly donated by Matthew Hughes, MLA). Tony is a highly regarded natural history expert. ...
Read more →Paperback | October 2019 | $ 29.99ISBN: 9781486308057 | 104 pages | 250 x 215 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour illustrations, Colour photographs ePDF | October 2019ISBN: 9781486308064Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers A Hollow is a Home is a bright and engaging book that teaches children about many aspects of nature and ecology, ...
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