Loss of habitat and lack of food huge concern for local bird populations

By Nicholas Brooks
Updated November 26 2019 - 2:27pm, first published November 22 2019 - 7:00pm
The critically endangered regent honeyeater could be severely impacted by the loss of feeding grounds on the Mid North Coast due to bushfires. Photo courtesy of Dean Ingwersen/BirdLife Australia.
The critically endangered regent honeyeater could be severely impacted by the loss of feeding grounds on the Mid North Coast due to bushfires. Photo courtesy of Dean Ingwersen/BirdLife Australia.

The bushfires have had a devastating impact on a lot of native animals on the Mid North Coast, but while the damage to koala populations and other land-based wildlife has been well publicised, less attention has been given to the effects the fires have had on bird species.

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