There are a couple of quick things I want to pick up on Walker Corp’s statements quoted in this article, about their proposed development at #Toondah: theguardian.com/australia-news…
For starters, the idea that the development won’t impact eastern curlews because there are so few of them left is particularly grim: there aren’t many curlews left *because of habitat destruction*. That means every scrap of remaining habitat is *essential*. 
2nd, migratory shorebirds are highly sensitive to disturbance. They live on a metabolic knife edge: each wingbeat fleeing from a perceived threat is stolen from their next migration. Eastern curlews are the most skittish. How much disturbance will building 3600 apartments create?
I’ve already addressed the nonsense that the birds can just go elsewhere earlier today. It should be enough to say eastern curlews are critically endangered and are notionally protected by federal and international law. That should be enough. Why are we still discussing this?
https://twitter.com/mondaystory/status/1579996108620967936
I’m just gonna keep tagging @tanya_plibersek every time I tweet about the environmentally criminal disgrace of this proposed Toondah Harbour development until she either blocks it or blocks me.
Adding this to the thread:
https://twitter.com/MondayStory/status/1580322708822585344
Another thing to add as it’s often a point of confusion :
The species we’re talking about at Toondah is the eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis), a critically endangered long-distance migrant.
Not the much more common non-migratory bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius).
The species we’re talking about at Toondah is the eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis), a critically endangered long-distance migrant.
Not the much more common non-migratory bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius).
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