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Extinction Week on 10,000 Birds

10,000 Birds

Broad-billed Parrot. What do the eight birds above have in common? Eight more birds. Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Most people oppose large-scale, indiscriminate, hunting of birds but it still happens all over the world.

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Lake Bindegolly National Park

10,000 Birds

Most people have heard of Lake Eyre , which is well-known for the variety of bird life on years that it floods. It appeared that Lake Bindegolly National Park could also offer us the same birding opportunities if there was water present. We carried ample water and spent 4 hours walking and birding. Feral pigs. miles long.

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Lake Eacham, Mt Hypipamee and Mount Molloy

10,000 Birds

It is these forests, and not the wetlands I have spoken of before , that hold the many endemics that make the Atherton Tableland such a rewarding place to go birding. Mt Hypipamee A beautiful forest part in the southern part of the Tableland, it is perhaps one of the most rewarding places to bird in the area.

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