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In Riverina rice fields, farmers and scientists join forces to save a mysterious waterbird
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Rice farmers and ecologists in south-west New South Wales are weaving new partnerships between agriculture and wildlife conservation in efforts to rescue a little-known waterbird with a mysterious story. But pressure ...
Counting birds from the air in the 2021 eastern Australia waterbird survey – video
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In October each year, waterbirds in eastern Australia are counted from the air. Now in its 39th year, the Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey is one of the world’s longest continuous bird counts. It is also among the ...
The eastern Australian waterbird survey is a white-knuckle flight of avian accounting
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“Two-hundred pelicans breeding, 20 whiskered terns, 100 grey teal, 30 black swans, one little pied cormorant …” Richard Kingsford, a veteran ecologist, is rattling off the waterbirds he’s spotting below. He clutches h...