Hi Jill,
At the risk of sounding insensitive, what on earth do you mean that
"people are unhappy about the tides"? Surely birds have learnt to deal
with the rising tide over the past few years. Darwin's theory should
sort out any birds caught out by the tides, which occur at this time
every year. Blaming Climate Change won't help either, as so far I
think sea level has only risen by a couple of centimetres.
EB
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Jill Dening <> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been contacted by a few people in the past 24 hrs unhappy about what's
> happening to shorebirds with these high tides, which we will have for the
> rest of the week. Nest failures, aerial roosting, not good for birds.
>
> However, there is a positive side to this. The very high tides serve the
> birds very well in keeping the roosts free of terrestrial, salt-intolerant
> vegetation, so that there can be shorebird roosts.
>
> Now off to Noosa to spend the day with the shorebirds and terns.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jill
>
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