Tracking Bunyip Birds - Crowd funding update

The globally endangered Australasian Bittern is one of the country's most poorly known birds, but recently a breeding population using rice crops has been found to occur in very significant numbers, yet nobody knows where they go after the rice has been harvested. This project aims to raise the money for satellite tracking devices to uncover the secret life of this unusual bird.

The Bitterns in Rice Project is a collaboration between Birdlife Australia, the Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia (RGA), the Riverina Local Land Services, Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc and range of other organisations. It is aiming to raise $50,000 to satellite track at least seven bitterns, providing valuable ecological data and enabling people to follow the bird s' movements online.

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