BLACK COCKATOOS | Correlating with Perths urban sprawl, black - TopicsExpress



          

BLACK COCKATOOS | Correlating with Perths urban sprawl, black cockatoos have declined and are under serious threat: Longer term, prospects for the bird were grim as encroaching urban development and a drying climate pushed the species out of its habitat. By 2029 . . . the population will have collapsed to the brink of extinction, Birdlife spokeswoman Jessica Lee said. Community group Friends of Underwood Avenue, which is fighting to preserve bushland in Floreat used as a roosting site by the birds, said the results of the count were unequivocal. Unless there are major changes to protect and increase the habitat of Carnabys cockatoos, these iconic birds of Perth will be extinct within our lifetime, spokeswoman Margaret Owen said. More humans = less wildlife.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:26:54 +0000

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