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BIRDING ADVENTURES TV NEWS Greetings!
We're staying with Australia this week because this island continent just has so much to offer. Our recent trip to Australia produced three action-packed shows on some pretty mind-blowing birds! Be sure to catch the first Australia show when it airs this week on Fox Sports Net (see below for more details).
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Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Congratulations to the winner of our last quizz, Suzy Deese from Blookingdale, Illinois! And be sure to enter this week's quizz. Stay tuned for another Birding Adventure! 
THE TV SHOW WHERE BIRDS OF A FEATHER ADVENTURE TOGETHER
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KANGAROO ISLAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA! With significant National Park and Conservation reserves (one third of the entire island) and very few introduced plants and animals, biologists refer to Kangaroo Island as "the closest to what temperate Australia was like at the time of European settlement." The Island's diverse landscapes provide habitat for sealions, fur seals, endemic kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, echidnas, platypus, goannas, 255 bird species (many rare or endangered), possums, bandicoots and even whales. Except for whales, which pass through in winter, these are present all year-round.
With significant National Park and Conservation reserves (one third of the entire island) and very few introduced plants and animals, biologists refer to Kangaroo Island as "the closest to what temperate Australia was like at the time of European settlement." The Island's diverse landscapes provide habitat for sealions, fur seals, endemic kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, echidnas, platypus, goannas, 255 bird species (many rare or endangered), possums, bandicoots and even whales. Except for whales, which pass through in winter, these are present all year-round.
Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island If you want to experience authentic Australia in a limited amount of time, Kangaroo Island is your must-see destination. A Kangaroo Island vacation has it all. Known as Australia's Galapagos, the island retains a rich diversity of wildlife. Travel there by air (30 minutes from Adelaide) or ferry. Kangaroo Island is ideal for walking, wildlife and nature, history, photography, outdoor pursuits, food and wine, fresh air and relaxation. The birdlife is nothing short of spectacular with birding highlights being Little Penguins, Glossy Black Cockatoos, Hooded Dotterel and Rock Parrots. 
Filming Australian Sea Lions on Kangaroo Island |
GLOSSY BLACK COCKATOOS! The Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), also known as the Casuarina Black Cockatoo after one of their preferred food items, is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae found in Australia. Adult Glossy Black Cockatoos may reach 50 cm (20 in) in length and are sexually dimorphic. Males are completely black in colour, excepting their prominent red tail bands; the females are dark brownish with some yellow spotting on the face. Three subspecies are recognised. Like most species of parrots, the Glossy Black Cockatoo is protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora with its placement on the Appendix II list of vulnerable species, which makes the import, export, and trade of listed wild-caught animals illegal.
Glossy Black-cockatoos generally are not listed as threatened on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, however the Kangaroo Island race, C.lathami halmaturinis was added to the list as endangered. This week we tracked down this endemic and highly threatened race on beautiful Kangaroo Island.
Catch the quest for this unique  Glossy Black Cockatoos by Mike Freiberg |
 BATV WEEKLY QUIZZCorrectly identify the mystery bird in the photo at left and win a comprehensive Nikon lens cleaning kit. Email answers to info@BirdingAdventures.com and title your email "Quizz". Clue: the adults are much brighter! The winner (first correct entry drawn) will be announced in next week's newsletter. Congratulations to our last winner, Suzy Deese of Blookingdale, Illinois who correctly identified our last mystery bird as a Western Bowerbird! Suzy won a Nikon lens cleaning kit. |
TV SCHEDULE We will be airing the following new shows this week on Fox Sports Net. Our upcoming immediate schedule is as follows: Week of April 8 Glossy Black Cockatoos - South Australia Week of April 15 Western Bowerbird - Northern Territory Australia Week of April 22 Rainbow Pitta - Northern Territory Australia 
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Happy Birding,
The Birding Adventures Team 
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