10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

If you need some shade for yourself in an area where there is little in the way of trees you turn to the “rest areas”, which are maintained by the “Main Roads” in Western Australia. They offer shade, picnic tables and composting toilets, but no water. View from Ngumban Cliffs. Grey-fronted Honeyeater having a drink.

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Australia Investigation Shelters Birds 155

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APRIL 17, 2016

Over the past week in Australia there has been a lot of talk in the media about coral bleaching and most of the conversation has been about the Great Barrier Reef off the eastern coast of Australia. Sooty Oystercatchers breed on offshore islands rather than the mainland in this part of Western Australia.

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Australia Breeding Investigation Shelters 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2012

This cyclone has been named Cyclone Iggy and is a dominant circle on our satellite image of Western Australia. We have been aware of large flocks of the smaller species using Cable Beach during the day and night on very high tides to roost for some years and decided to risk the weather and investigate.

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Taiwan China Australia Investigation 161

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MAY 28, 2017

The sky had been blue when we had left Wiluna a few hours earlier and there was no indication of what was likely to happen to the weather later in the day, but we had pulled in at a rest area about 55kms/34 miles south of the town to investigate the facilities. There were a few rubbish bins and a shelter with a picnic table and benches.

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Shelters Investigation Falcons Birds 100