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Australian Raptor Studies II
(BIRDS Australia Monograph No. 3)

The proceedings of the 1996 Currumbin conference is available for purchase for $A25 each. Edited by Gregory Czechura and Stephen Debus, this 125 page volume includes the following papers:

Home-range, movements, habitats and diet of the Sooty Owl near Royal National Park, Sydney (R.P. Kavanagh and R. Jackson).
Aspects of the biology of captive-bred, hack-released Masked Owls (S.J.S Debus).
Habitat and seasonality of nesting Masked Owls in Tasmania (N. Mooney).
A review of accounts of luminosity in Barn Owls (F. Silcock)
The Grass Owl in north-eastern New South Wales (S.E. Maciejewski)
Vocal behaviour of the Southern Boobook and other nocturnal birds (S.J.S. Debus)
Home range of a Southern Boobook near Canberra, ACT (P. Olsen and R. Bartos)
Egg weight loss during incubation, and growth and development of captive-bred Southern Boobooks (P. Olsen).
Conservation of Wedge-tailed Eagles in Tasmania: the blunderbuss approach (N. Mooney)
Preliminary results of a long-term study of the Nankeen Kestrel: population density and turnover (B. Baker, P. Olsen, R. McCulloch and B. Dettmann)
Chicken-hawks and Chihuahuas: some thoughts on the education of children about raptors (R. Ashdown).
Raptor rehabilitation in Australia: arguments for and against (S.C.Wilson).

At present the Australian Raptor Studies 2 is out of print.  If you are interested in purchasing a copy please

send an email to Victor Hurley president@ausraptor.org.au

 

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