Benoit, my friend , a ten month old Crow (Mt Warning Caldera Region) says ".......

This Crow Poem reminds us about our personal responsibility to the beautiful life on this planet, and how we need to reign in our wasteful lifestyles and clean up our waste that we have already left all over the planet.

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2005, 39 (12), pp 4421–4430  Bioaccumulation of Organochlorines in Crows from an Indian Open Waste Dumping Site:  Evidence for Direct Transfer of Dioxin-Like Congeners from the Contaminated Soil

National Toxics Network:

Australia’s National Waste Policy at the Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts . The Draft National Waste Policy Framework – opened for comment on 8 July 2009 & closed on 31 July 2009 with the Department receiving over 60 comments.

The Environment Protection & Heritage Council : The EPHC  addresses “broad national policy issues relating to environmental protection, particularly in regard to air, water, and waste matters“, as well as  natural, Indigenous and historic heritage issues.

National Environment Protection Council : a National outcome of the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment (May 1st, 1992) made between the Australian Local Government Association, the Commonwealth of Australia, the six State Governments, the Northern and Australian Capital Territories. The NEPC was incorporated into the above EPHC in 2001.

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

Boomerang Alliance :

Gyrating Crow at phansythat.blogspot

Crows : info and photos about the Torresian Crow – an Australian native bird.

There is  plenty of info, on the internet for and about CROWS.

If you want to find out more about my friend, BENOIT, have a look at my “Wisdom in the Land” Bluecray blogspot .

I have known Benoit for over nine months now. He is a wild Crow, and his parents and siblings are also all wild.   He chose come to visit me, when he first flew from his nest, in the Crow’s Ash Tree beside my home.  Gradually, over time, he and I have become “friends” and he will now fly onto my arm, and talk with me. He also likes to sit on my head and yell very loudly!!! He is extremely bright, and his parents have their work cut out for them, in raising him, with his two other siblings, Baba (the elder, very brave crow) and Lucy (the youngest, who everyone loves.!)

• What Scat is that? – nature feature article at ABC , showing some Australian marsupial scat images, and explaining why recognising native fauna scat can help us understand how and where our Australian marsupials live.

• Australian Fauna Scat:- “Tracks, Scats and Other Traces A Field guide to Australian Mammals” – book by Barbara Triggs ( ISBN: 9780195550993)

• “Public Enemies” at ABC Landline October 2009. A story by reporter Tim Lee about the spread of RABBITS across Australia and the current issues facing Rabbit Population management today.
• Bats – Flying Foxes – information about Flying Foxes at Wildcare Australia:- includes info on some SE Qld species,  what they may eat, and the threats that they face.

Insects and Spiders

• Field Guide To Dragonflies of South-East Queensland
• Australian Insects
• Quick Field Guide of Dragonflies in Brisbane
• The Find a spider  Guide – Southern Queensland SPIDER GUIDE
• Brisbane Insects and Spiders
• spiders.com.au – to help with Spider ID of Australian Spiders, and information on their toxicity.
• Review Article – The demistification of the toxicity of spiders – Ed Nieuwenhuys
• Life Unseen – Bees Wasps & Sawflies – Nick Monaghan’s Australian Insect photography
• Insects and spiders – photos at steadyhands.com (including bee photos)
• CSIRO Entomology
• Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO
• Save our Waterways – INSECTS
• The Life and Works of Dr Trevor J Hawkswood : calodema.com  and 1990′s Butterfly list compiled/unpublished checklist inc. Mt Warning Butterfly Study  in:   Calodema vol 6 2006
• Bees, Honey and all things Yummie – bluecray.org article

Wildlife Rescue and Advocacy

• Wildcare Australia -Native Animal Emergencies Hotline SE QLD
• Legislation Links for Wildlife Carers & Rehabilitators (Wildcare Australia Carer Resources)
• New South Wales Wildlife Information Rescue & Education Service (WIRES)
• WIRES – Northern Rivers NWS, Australia -includes  Emergency Hoteline
• Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers – Wildlife Information and HOTLINE
• RSPCA – Animal Advocacy, Education, Campaigns - Resources for caring for Animals
  
• Friends of the Koala, Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia
• New South Wales Wildlife Council
• Injuries in Wildlife : treatments, care, causes –  always seek advice, or take the injured/sick animal to a vet or qualified carer. Keep injured and sick animals away from people, other animals, and in the quietest area you can. Stress can be a big factor in survival rate for a sick animal, so stay calm, and try not to bother the animal while you wait to take it to the vet or carer, unless there is some urgent treatment that needs to be done.
• Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia – Schools Projects
• Wildlife on Farms – How to Conserve Native Animals in the Australian Landscape when you are a farmer.
• Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales : LINKS and PUBLICATIONS
• activism for Australian Kangaroo SURVIVAL at http://www.stopkangarookilling.org/ : information about Kangaroos
• beautiful WILDLIFE artwork and photography by Steve Morrell Nature Artist

• 2008 Year of the Frog & the Mt Warning Caldera Region – bluecray.org article

• Rufous Bettong links:

  at Bluecray blog  Balance of Faeries

  at Bluecray blog  Journey for Wisdom in the Land

  bluecray.org story : Rufous Bettong

Bluecrays, Crayfish, Blue Crayfish Links

• Australian Freshwater Crayfish Project
• Freshwater Ecoregions of the World – 807 Eastern Coastal Australia
• Crayfish – Australian Museum on line Factsheet
• Crayfish of Australia
• Crayfish of Queensland
• Crayfish Taxon Browser – Browse by Continent or Species
• photography-on-the-net.com – Lamington Spiny Crayfish by Greg Carlill(2008)
• Flickr : Mountain Cray by Mark Jekabsons, taken at Terania Creek, NE NSW, Australia
• Flickr : Blue Crayfish by Sandy Carroll, taken at Lamington National Park, SE QLD, Australia
• Flickr : Lamington Spiny Crayfish by Williscreek, taken at Lamington National Park

Snakes

• Snake ID at wildlifeqld.com.au – photos, ID, info for many common snakes in SE Qld, Australia. This site also has a LIZARDS page
• Identifying Snakes at Queensland Museum – DANGEROUS Land Snakes – Queensland, Australia
• Aussie Pythons and Snakes – Forum, Photos, Galleries – ID help and Pet Snakes info
• snakes SEARCH results at Bluecray Environmental Advocacy Search Engines
• Snakes, Lizards, Frogs – Evan Pickett’s photos at Flickr

Birds

• Bird Links at bluecray

Wildlife Sanctuary Links

• CWS – Welcome to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary