In the realm of the eagle

In the distant lands
Once there were trees
One dawn with the South east winds blowing
With it the appearance of man
A stranger and nosy creature
Twitters, chips, hoots and cooing were heard in the forests
Annoucing the arrival of the new being
Little did they know
The creature would be their doom
Years passed, populations dwindled as man killed
Cleared and built
Gone was peace and stillness
Their return to the lands unknown

Ciao
ngheagle

King bird of paradise

A king in the land of green
A lurker in the dark
Silhouttes are what we see

A mere glimpse is all we get
The king appears and is gone
His subjects chitter and twitter
Announcing the dawn of a new day


Ciao
ngheagle
Thanks Chris for this

Glossy swiftlet stretch

The left wing of this swiftlet was ripped off by a slingshot. The hunter a male no more than 16 years of age. Hunting in PNG is widespread and is rapidly changing the biota of many tropical rainforest environments in PNG (http://rspas.anu.edu.au/papers/rmap/Wpapers/rmap_wp61.pdf). What happens next when all wildlife is gone is a question that we need to seriously look into. Wildlife costs nothing to maintain except having intact forests and managing our hunting practises. The choice is ours to make....

Hi

In the untouched tropical rainforests of New Guinea one would expect to come across this bird. However this is not so for many areas that have pretty decent large tracts of rainforests still standing. This reminds me of something I read a while ago that goes like this"forests remain standing but are devoid of any wildlife". I cannot recall what the statement was referring to but the plight of this bird reminds one of the lack of wildlife in areas that have been touched by the hand of man and seen the presence of hunters.

This blog gets its name from this bird. While there are many issues that I will cover in this blog, the main emphasis will be on this bird.

Look forward to issues on conservation, wildlife research, education and papua new guinea.

ngheagle