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Pied Oystercatcher breeding season is here again!

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The eggs hatched out around 20th June after 28 days of incubation and the Pied Oystercatcher family were soon on the move. This moves the family closer to a reef that gets exposed on low tides and better feeding opportunities. Usually the first thing we look for when we visit Pied Oystercatcher families is look for footprints.

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The first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020

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The eggs usually hatch out quite close together and then the family can all move away from the nest site. There are dangers around the nest site and the sooner they could move the family away from the exposed nest site the better. Feral cats are also a problem in Broome. The remaining egg still needed to be incubated.

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Pied Oystercatchers and Sand Goannas

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We have to understand, though, that this was a natural predator and not one of our introduced feral cats or foxes. Over the next few days we expect the Pied Oystercatcher family to make the trek two kilometres down the beach to Gantheaume Point. The moist Pied Oystercatcher nest site after the thieving.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)

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Honeyeaters are a large bird family (190 species) with a strong presence in Australia. In a nationwide survey in 2005, the Australian public rated the common myna as the most significant pest, beating contenders such as the cane toad, the European rabbit, and feral cat ( source ). ” (HBW).

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Pied Oystercatcher chicks two weeks on….

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Over the two weeks since I first introduced you to this family of Pied Oystercatchers there has been a lot of walking. This family of Pied Oystercatchers have not only walked in and out with the tides, which are big in Broome, but also moved about two kilometres north. Pied Oystercatcher family.

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White-backed Vultures are Proper Birds

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Thanks to a relatively feral childhood I have been left immune to the power of poetry, so I shall dismiss the poetry (a form of art comparable at best to interpretive dance) with a simple dismissive wave of the hand. They are birds at their most composed, soaring effortlessly on thermals across the sky, and birds at their most feral.

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Baby Mute Swans – “immutabilis” morph

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Contradicting this relentless shooting were efforts to establish feral populations in many regions of Europe, both within and outside its natural range. It is very likely that the white morph was directly promoted in captive breeding and favoured in releases to establish feral populations. So much for the blessings of beauty.

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