Species Spotlight – Australian Pelican
A wonderful bird is the pelican, for its bill can hold more than its belly can.’ That pouched bill is the pelican’s distinctive feature, holding up to 13 litres of water.
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Introducing … Dr Carla Dove
Program Manager, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Feather Identification Lab
Exercise Northern Overrun a safety success
Cairns Airport carried out its biggest-ever full-field emergency exercise in June 2023: ‘Northern Overrun’.
Introducing… James Binkhorst
James Binkhorst is a wildlife biologist and Victorian wildlife team leader based in Avisure’s southern office.
In memory of… Luit Buurma
Barely a month after his 75th birthday, Dutch aviation ornithologist of world standing, Luit (pronounced Lute) Buurma died as a result of a massive heart attack.
Introducing … Andrew Walters
Andrew Walters started his latest role at Melbourne Airport in May 2021 somewhat inauspiciously. Quarantined in a Sydney hotel at the height of COVID, he spent his first couple of weeks as the airport’s manager, airfield operations, managing via Teams meetings, with his wife still living in Dubai and 4 months pregnant.
Introducing … Dionysios Ntampakis
Dionysios Ntampakis has been Wildlife Hazard Manager with Fraport Greece since January 2017, returning to Greece that year after spending several years in Berlin.
Species Spotlight – Southern Black-backed Gull
The southern black-backed gull is found throughout the southern hemisphere (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and sub-Antarctic islands), and, particularly in New Zealand, is a widespread and super-abundant bird species.
