The fight for Woogaroo Forest: new housing could silence some of Queensland’s ‘virtuoso songbirds’
In eucalyptus woodland near Ipswich, where developers see new housing, ecologists see crucial habitat for endangered wildlife such as koalas, frill-necked lizards and increasingly rare birdsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereA piercing whistle sounds from the canopy of a stand of gum trees at the edge of rows of brick houses, newly built upon streets with names such as Pardalote Drive, Rufous Crescent and Thornbill Court.“King parrot,” Hugh Possingham says – referring to the call, not a court or a crescent. Continue reading...
In eucalyptus woodland near Ipswich, where developers see new housing, ecologists see crucial habitat for endangered wildlife such as koalas, frill-necked lizards and increasingly rare birds
A piercing whistle sounds from the canopy of a stand of gum trees at the edge of rows of brick houses, newly built upon streets with names such as Pardalote Drive, Rufous Crescent and Thornbill Court.
“King parrot,” Hugh Possingham says – referring to the call, not a court or a crescent. Continue reading...
