Recordings of the deep growls or booming calls of male Australasian bitterns in wetlands in southern New South Wales have sparked hope for the recovery of the endangered bird. Key points: Monitoring of the bittern calls show near-record numbers The Barmah-Millewa Forest is home to 30 per cent of the remaining bittern population Researchers had to paddle into the forest …
A bittern-friendly rice program in southern New South Wales is covering more hectares of farmland than ever before, with an ecologist attributing it to recent La Niña rain. Key points: Australiasian bitterns are endangered, and make their nests in natural rice fields 2000 hectares of rice crop will be used in southern NSW for bittern breeding Ecologists say La Niña …
A bittern breeding boom in a New South Wales Riverina wetlands is being heralded as a significant step forward for the secretive water bird species. Key points: Endangered Australasian bitterns and near-threatened Australian little bitterns are found breeding in Yanga National Park Environmental water is being heralded as the catalyst for the breeding event Up to 350 gigalitres of environmental …