10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2021

This year the first clutch was laid at the end of May and this is the first time we have had eggs laid in May along Cable Beach since 2000. We have observed Pied Oystercatcher parents chase of White-bellied Sea-Eagles and unfortunately there are feral cats and feral foxes have become more prevalent too.

Breeding 264

Breeding Feral Cats Eggs Feral 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2016

Traditionally since 2000 we have encountered our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs in the first week of July, but this year one pair have decided to start laying eggs early! Last year we had some hope at the end of the breeding season , but sadly the Pied Oystercatcher chick was predated and did not fledge. Pied Oystercatcher nest.

Breeding 100

Breeding Feral Cats Eggs 2000 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2015

Since discovering our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in July 2000 we have observed the breeding of these local shorebirds along the coast between Gantheaume Point in the south and Willie Creek in the north, which is a distance of 23 kilometres. Feral cat prints at nest site-eggs gone.

Feral Cats 168

Feral Cats Eggs Feral Cats 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2018

We have been busy walking the beach and keeping an eye on our local Pied Oystercatchers and the two pairs that laid their eggs earliest for the 2018 breeding season and successfully hatched out their chicks have now lost their chicks to predation. Pied Oystercatcher nest in the rocky sandstone. Animal prints leading to and from a raided nest.

Eggs 171

Eggs Feral Cats Feral 2018 171

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

” California Condors are thriving now, mostly, but Osborn’s experiences in the early 2000’s were years of triumph and heartbreak. I ended up looking for photographs of Peregrine hack sites, captive breeding aviaries, Hawaii tropical forest, and the California Condors of the Grand Canyon on the Internet.

California Condor 187

California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 187