Australia Breeding Feral Protection 
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2020
Our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs for this year’s breeding season were laid early and were due to hatch last weekend. This offers a lot more protection than the exposed nest site. Feral cats are also a problem in Broome. This is a sad outcome for the first attempt at breeding this year for Pied Oystercatchers.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2019
It is quite common for several clutches of Pied Oystercatcher eggs to be laid during the breeding season and often within ten days of egg or chick loss. They travel through the dunes where there is shade among the vegetation and some protection from predators.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2015
Since discovering our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in July 2000 we have observed the breeding of these local shorebirds along the coast between Gantheaume Point in the south and Willie Creek in the north, which is a distance of 23 kilometres. Feral cat prints at nest site-eggs gone.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 19, 2011
Australia is a dry continent and as such all bird-life needs to take advantage of any fresh water that is available. This may be a simple dripping tap, but one of the biggest attractions in Australia is the Poo Ponds. Here are some views from the air-thanks to Google Earth-so you can see how easy it is to find a Poo Pond in Australia!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 26, 2014
The elimination of vultures had its own knock on effects, such as the increase in feral dogs (now that there was more meat available for them) and corresponding increase in rabies. Efforts to protect some of the most vulnerable species would be redirected to better protecting the larger swathe of species held in important habitat.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2018
It is not unusual to find a group of trial nest scrapes in a breeding territory and then the female lays the eggs in the nest that she prefers. We do not add debris to protect the nests and the main threat to the nests still appears to be feral cats. “A1” Preparing another nest site.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
Australia is a vast country with a very small human population, which mostly clings to the edge of the continent. Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! Preface,p.xxiv.
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