I don’t have full details, but there is mention on the ABC radio news today that 20 WGPs died in a fire that burnt down their enclosure. I assume these are the birds that have been captured over the past two seasons for captive breeding. Don’t know if it was a general wildfire, or a fire in the establishment.
DEC hasn’t had a good result for WGPs in the past few years. A controlled burn early last year got out of control in Cape Arid NP and burnt out a large part of the WGP habitat that the controlled burn was meant to help protect.
_________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au
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Terrible news Frank – what is the population estimate for the bird – are they as scarce as OBPs?
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