Here is another extraordinary and Endangered (VIC, NSW) Australian bird - the Bush Stone-curlew! Did you know that curlews are actually nocturnal? They spend their time at night hunting and foraging anything from insects, molluscs, small lizards, seeds and even occasionally small mammals! If you live in an area where these curlews call home, you might hear their very unique, and slightly terrifying contact call. They exhibit an eerie, high pitched wailing at night with many other curlews joining

It’s #WorldCurlewDay! 💕🐦 Australia is lucky to be home to one of the world’s most magnificent curlews – the Far Eastern Curlew. With a bill so long it can touch its tail when turned, this remarkable migratory bird is one of nature’s greatest athletes – flying across land and sea to China and Russia, then all the way back home to Australia each year. 💔 But habitat destruction and human disturbance are threatening this Critically Endangered bird, chipping away at the vital places it needs to re