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Extinction Week on 10,000 Birds

10,000 Birds

Broad-billed Parrot. They all went extinct since 1500 and they are only eight of the nearly two hundred species that have blinked out since then. Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Amsterdam Duck. The eight species above still exist.

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Lake Bindegolly National Park

10,000 Birds

There was evidence of the mussels that would be a source of food for many species in the receding water line. The Silver Gulls, Caspian, Gull-billed and Whiskered Terns were further away and the variety of ducks was incredible. Feral pigs. There were also Australian Pratincoles on the dry scrub around the middle of the day.

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