Denmark Bird Group

Denmark was privileged to welcome to the Butter Factory, a National collection of shorebird prints, known as the Overwintering Project, comprising 335 prints by 250 artists. The ”Miracle of Shorebird Migration” exhibition was opened on 17th February with the curator Kate Gorringe-Smith addressing the audience via “Zoom”. The exhibition highlights the plight of our threatened …

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60 People attended the latest Bird Talks Event, part of the Festival of Birds and Biodiversity, run by Green Skills. Four dynamic young women spoke on Backyard Birds, Black Cockatoos, Fairy Terns and the Western Ground Parrot. Dr Rochelle Steven of Murdoch University inspired the audience to transform their backyards into avian havens and to …

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We had a great day at Morley Beach, celebrating World Wetland Day as part of the Green Skills Festival of Birds and Biodiversity. About 40 people attended to hear talks by Shaun Ossinger, Mark Parre and Andrew Dickinson. Andrew Dickinson gave the acknowledgement of country and reflected on the importance of the area to the …

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The DBG had a stall alongside the Denmark Environment Centre at the Arts Market, raising $155. A photograph of a Red-winged Fairy-wren was raffled and Elspeth W purchased the winning ticket. Again, thanks to Kirsty for her organisation and to DEC for allowing us to share their booth.

It is with much sadness that we advise that John has died after battling cancer in recent months. Our committee will miss him, his quiet disposition, always providing us with thoughtful and measured advice and encouragement. We have sent our condolences to John’s wife Rosemary and sons Miles and Nick. A funeral service will be …

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Thanks to the Denmark Environmental Centre for allowing us to share a stall at the Arts Market on Saturday 11 December. A total of $200 was raised through donations for pamphlets and a raffle of a White-breasted Robin Photograph. Many thanks to Kirsty for organising the stall and to the volunteers for setting-up and manning …

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Twenty-two took part in an outing to Kambellup Nature Reserve and the Stirling Range National Park with many over-nighting at the Stirling Range Retreat. Thirty-six species were seen at Kambellup and forty at the Stirling Range. The retreat was much quieter than usual for this time of year, perhaps because of the bush fire in …

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Whilst we were installing the temporary fence on Friday (15 October), we saw four Red-necked Stints, the first we’ve seen this year at Ocean Beach. Perhaps even more exciting was a group of about 50 Fairy Terns, roosting and feeding along with the Crested Terns. They were also landing on Fairy Tern Island, just north …

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Kirsty and I saw our first migratory shorebirds of Summer (well Spring really); 2 beautiful Common Sandpipers on the Wilson Inlet at Spring Bay, one roosting on a log and one feeding on the shoreline. They have a characteristically bobbing motion when feeding and are generally found on the shoreline, quite often at the Prawn …

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Thank you to those who attended our AGM on a rather wintry afternoon but the meeting went well, we had a very enjoyable sundowner after the meeting and said a special thank you to Brad Kneebone who stepped down from his amazing 6 year tenure as Convenor leading our group from humble beginnings to a …

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