Helmeted honeyeaters return to Cardinia in Victoria for first time since 1983’s Ash Wednesday bushfires | Victoria

For the first time in 42 years, the river banks threatened with extinction returned to the disaster in the southeast VictoriaAs it was found to ash on Wednesday, forest fires in 1983.

Honey It is charismatic, vital and curious, according to Dr. Kim Miller, director of threatened species at Sanctury Healesville.

Although birds can be completely regional, they will meet socially and will shake their golden and black feathers in “a really beautiful greeting to each other.”

Twenty -one birds were launched in the prisoner on the campus in the forests in the country of Bonorong, where the researchers will watch them to see if they are taking over and could establish themselves as a new number of wild population.

“The site in Carnena has some good habitat features required by the Hungarian river,” said Miller, who has worked with species a decade ago.

“It has the right vegetation structure and some of the nutritional plants they need. It is difficult to get this mixture.”

Less than 250 advanced honey path is less than a helmet in the world. Miller said that 99 % of the habitats of species have been eliminated through their extent and that the genetic variety was a problem because the remaining wild birds were incredibly isolated.

One of the wild wild can be found in the Nellingbo Nature in the Yara Alawi Valley. A second population was found in the Yarra Ranges National Park, where scientists who work with a decades -time conservation program began to launch birds in 2021.

The program has launched birds every year since 1995, most of them to enhance the numbers in Ylango. Two of the residents who were presented on other locations did not succeed.

“Launching species in new locations, there is no guarantee of success,” Miller said. “The recovery team has been working hard for more than a decade in finding suitable sites that could support a group of elaborate helmet honey.”

Miller said that researchers intend to launch more birds at the disaster site over the next few years to try to increase their numbers and genetic diversity.

A radio transmitter has been attached to each bird for temporary tracking. Miller said he would fall after a few weeks, after which each bird will be monitored in the long run through the unique legs that were equipped with it.

There is a field officer in Victoria in Victoria, at the site to feed and monitor birds during the first few weeks.

He said: “To see them fly and wander with each other, as they had been doing it for more than 40 years, it seems to be the right thing.”

“This is only the beginning. We will continue to build here. We hope we can create more population throughout East Victoria through its previous range, so our bird logo can flourish for years to come.”