Main Club August Excursion On Friday 17th August, a group of 12 naturalists from three of our branches arrived at Mt Gibson Sanctuary around midday, planning to go on our first excursion at 2pm. We decided to walk up to the quartz-stone ridge not far from our camp site, which has ...
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NSB August Meeting Report Radio-tracking is used for real-time survivorship and movement monitoring of translocated animals. Photo: Saul Cowen Kelly Rayner, who spoke to us in August, is a member of the Department of Biodiversity Conservation & Attraction (DBCA) translocation team working towards reintroducing native mammals to Dirk Hartog Island, ...
Read more →DARLING RANGE BRANCH JULY MEETING REPORT. Our speaker was Andrew Moore, drone pilot and scientist. As a child, Andrew was obsessed with seeing things from an aerial perspective and was also fascinated with nature. His passion for drones has stemmed from these childhood interests, combined with his father’s involvement with ...
Read more →DARLING RANGE BRANCH JULY EXCURSION REPORT. It was a record turnout for the DRB in the Glen Forrest Superblock on 29 July when seventy-nine (yes 79!) attended, including people of all ages and backgrounds. We visited the north-facing slope of the Nyaania Creek which was in full flow on its ...
Read more →August 2018 Meeting Darling Range Branch What an amazing night this was! No fewer than 107 people—a record for the DRB—turned up to hear Yvonne Sitko of the Western Australian Birds of Prey Centre give a presentation on raptors. This was no ordinary show. We put the data projector away and ...
Read more →Main Branch August Meeting Report. We welcomed back to the Club, Robert Powell, who is well-known to many of us and who’s back in Perth for a few weeks, having been living in England since 2010. Robert is known for his excellent books Leaf and Branch and Growing Locals. He ...
Read more →MAIN BRANCH JULY MEETING REPORT. Our speaker was Renae Boyd, who is the Community Organiser with Partnership for the Outback. Renae has a BSc (Hons) in Conservation Biology from UWA and is currently completing a Masters in Environmental Management through Charles Darwin University. About twenty years ago, the West Australian ...
Read more →NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH JULY MEETING REPORT. The term “snake charmer” took on a new meaning when long-time Club member, Gane Doyle Jnr. entertained his audience with stories and slithering exhibits at our July meeting. Gane and his father, Gane Snr. have had a long association with the Club and were ...
Read more →July KRM Branch Report. The speaker for our July meeting was Bob Goodale, who presented a slideshow of flora and fauna encountered on a Coates Wildlife Tour of Costa Rica in late 2017. Bob commenced by explaining that he has had a long-time fascination with tropical birds. He showed us ...
Read more →Northen Suburbs Branch, July 2018 It was very pleasing to have four new faces on our walk, including two who saw the event on Meetup. Due to the possibility of a storm in the late morning/early afternoon we adjusted the walk to include an option of a one-way, downhill excursion ...
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