Disturbance from humans, dogs, and cats - Crushed eggs, dead chicks
People and their dogs destroy threatened fairy tern population
"Threatened fairy tern population devastated by human and animal interaction at Bunbury port
Interaction from dogs, cats, and humans are being blamed for the devastation of a fairy tern colony in Bunbury. Human, dog, and cat footprints were seen in the protected breeding area within the Bunbury port alongside crushed eggs and dead chicks." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-24/bunbury-port-fairy-tern-colony-devastated/104760530
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