Drier conditions have led to waterbird numbers in eastern Australia plummeting by 50% compared with 2023, one of the country’s largest wildlife surveys has found.
Conducted annually since 1983, the eastern Australian waterbird aerial survey is one of the world’s longest continuous bird counts as well as one of the largest by geographical distance covered.
We had a few hot days the other day, and i said in conversation to a friend that i’s putting extra water bowls out in the garden.
She looks at me dead in face, “don’t you think the birds have adapted to survive?”
Animals have a limit to this stuff. I couldn’t believe my ears.