Snipers, recorders – and secrets: Saving the Aussie parrot called ‘birdwatching’s Holy Grail’
Sydney Morning Herald, Other, 08/02/2025, Nick O’Malley
The drive from Longreach to Pullen Pullen Reserve in the far west of Queensland takes about five hours, and as the sun sets the dirt road becomes hairy. […] University of Queensland ecologist Dr Steve Murphy, who knew Young and who’d been called on to help verify his night parrot material, was dispatched by the director of the CSIRO’s Australian National Wildlife Collection, Dr Leo Joseph, to begin foundational ecological work on the night parrot with Young.