The eastern Australian waterbird survey is a white-knuckle flight of avian accounting – The Guardian

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 hes spotting below. He clutches his voice recorder closely to overcome the…

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