Hi All
Had a great time watching the Little Terns feeding their chicks at
Penrhyn Rd, Banksmeadow/Port Botany on Friday afternoon.
Amazing seeing a little fluffy ball gulp down a fish in one go!!
NPWS has indeed erected fencing but unfortunately it is pretty
inadequate. It is only on one side of the spit and ends well short of
3 nests. Well meaning people & dogs are walking to the end of the
fence and then walking across the sand spit right through the colony.
While i was there i was able to educate a couple of dog walkers and
show them where the nests were and help them to understand the
somewhat confusing fencing. One person thought the fence was to stop
people going into the bush on the other side of the Terns!
Graham Buchan was down there as well and was hoping to talk to NPWS
to get the fence extended into more of an enclosure rather than one
line.
I know we all get frustrated by people and dogs for disturbing the
birds but can i urge everyone to be patient and encouraging when we
speak to people who walk through the nesting area (here and wherever
this occurs).
Let's face it people all enjoy the outdoors in different ways and
just because they don't share our concern doesn't mean that they are
all rude idiots.
Let's educate and encourage rather than reprimand and judge.
Cheers
Dave Stowe
PS - missed the Fairy Tern unfortunately but it was blowing a gale
and i wasn't able to stay too long. Graham had seen it in the morning.
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