- Penelope Diane Olsen
Dr Penelope Diane Olsen is an
Australia nornithologist andauthor . She has worked withCSIRO as an experimental officer and an Honorary Research Associate as well as being an ARC Postdoctoral Fellow at theAustralian National University . She is also internationally recognised as an expert on raptors and was involved in the conservation work onNorfolk Island for theNorfolk Island Boobook . She was President of theAustralasian Raptor Association 1984-1989. In1997 she was awarded theRoyal Australasian Ornithologists Union 'sD.L. Serventy Medal for excellence in published work on birds in theAustralasia n region.Since 2003 she has been editor of Birds Australia's magazine "Wingspan". As well as numerous scientific papers and reports, her published books include:
* Olsen, Penny D. (Ed). (1993). "Australian Raptor Studies". ARA, RAOU: Melbourne.
* Olsen, Penny. (1995). "Australian Birds of Prey. The biology and ecology of raptors". NSW University Press: Sydney.
* Olsen, Penny. (2001). "Feather and Brush. Two centuries of Australian bird art". CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
* Olsen, Penny. (2005). "Wedge-tailed Eagle". Australian Natural History Series. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.References
*Anon. (1997). D.L. Serventy Medal 1997: Citation. Penelope Diane Olsen. "Emu" 97: 262.
*Robin, Libby. (2001). "The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001". Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3
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