A bird colony has gone missing from an island off the south coast of Western Australia. Rangers say cultural burning could prevent such losses in the future.
abc.net.au/news/cultural-burn-burning-fire-islands-birds-shearwaters-wa/101676426The vegetation has sprung back since her last visit to Figure of Eight Island, a two hour boat ride west of Esperance off Western Australia's south coast, and she would hate to surprise a hidden death adder or tiger snake.
While barely visible from the outside, the burrows can extend metres into the sandy surface; a protected nook to lay eggs and raise chicks.Disappointed, she turns to leave when she spots a hopeful clue.She plucks it from the ground and puts it in her pocket.Figure of Eight Island was once home to Australia's western-most breeding population of short-tailed shearwaters.after a lightning strike sparked a fire that quietly ravaged the island in 2019.
But she had no idea what became of the adults, given the migratory birds tended to return to the one burrow their entire life.
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