2012 Eggs Hunting Rabbits 
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2014
European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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