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Banded stilts are not the only birds being
adversely effected by silver gulls, but perhaps the seriousness of their plight
can help us face up to the need for a management program.
Perhaps the Atlas project could be used to get
comprehensive info on where silver gulls breed, and in what numbers.(perhaps
this information is already available?)
Or a CoastCare grant (altho' a
tentative approach from me to our local CoastCare co-ordinator some weeks
ago suggested that such a project would not fit their guidelines).
I noted with interest that Ralph Hahnheuser,
Animal Liberation, in condemning the proposed cull at Lake Eyre in May, seemed
to give support to egg pricking.
I for one would be quite happy to help with a
control program in my district.
Maureen
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