Monday, September 7, 2015

SAVE THE IMPERIAL PIGEONS SCREENING AT CARDWELL

A special documentary to  mark  half a century of counting and protecting  Torres Strait Imperial Pigeons on the Brook Islands, north-east of Hinchinbrook Island , North Queensland, especially  the work of  Margaret and  Arthur  Thorsborne , has  been screened  at  Cardwell. Margaret Thorsborne AO, naturalist , conservationist and environmentalist, was  present  at  the event  which was attended  by many people   involved in the  count  over  the  years . 
 Decorated  with  pigeons in flight  , this  envelope contained  a letter from  Margaret Thorsborne  to Tania Schuett on Magnetic Island , on whose property  the  birds were raised and  studied . A  Little Darwin  continuing series  on  the  Thorsbornes  and   their supporters  is  underway .