What’s happening on Three Hummock Island? In early April, a group of eight people descended on beautiful Three Hummock Island. Some were there to work on CCA’s Creating a Hooded Plover Stronghold project, some to sample sediment, and some to work on planning cultural burns and check out the island’s yula (mutton bird, or Short-tailed Shearwater) population.
Our Hooded Plover Stronghold project is progressing well, with an array of wildlife cameras now monitoring cat activity over the shearwater fledging season. We’re all set for the next stages of the project: feral cat The field trip team with the island managers (Left to right: Simon, Colin, Jarrod, Iona, Matt, Jesse, Ray, Roy and Taylor)
control and Sea Spurge removal, planned for this winter.
East Telegraph Beach
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