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Bush stone curlew in Five Dock

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Subject: Bush stone curlew in Five Dock
From: L&L Knight <>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:56:57 +1000
I disagree with the proposition that Bush Thick-knees can't survive at sites close to habitation. All the wild Bush Thick-knees [~100 over the years] that I've come across have either been in or adjacent to human settlements. In Brisbane, they are in the parks on the fringes of the CBD, at UQ and there were reports of them at RBH. They are widespread throughout the Moreton Bay Islands [where you often see them roosting in front yards]. They are regulars at the Cairns cemetery and I have seen them running around the streets of Cardwell, in the Tyto wetlands on the fringe of Ingham, in paddocks at Julutten and at the road house at Musgrave Station on CYP.

To be honest, I don't think I have ever seen a Bush Thick-knee in an unmodified habitat - possibly because they are much harder to see in unmodified habitat.

Regards, Laurie.


On 16/02/2008, at 10:58 AM, Greg & Val Clancy wrote:

Hi Paul,

The Bush Stone-Curlew is listed as 'endangered' not 'vulnerable' on Schedule 1 of the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act.

It is a sad indictment of western society that our lives are so self centred that an inoffensive bird such as the Bush Stone-Curlew is not capable of surviving in a site close to habitation.

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