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While we were certainly heartened to find birds surviving in unburnt vegetation amid the fire scar, monitoring and research is required to understand how long birds are able to persist in these (often small) patches of habitat, and how long until they can use regrown vegetation for food, breeding, and shelter. As fires and other types of habitat destruction continue to force wildlife into ever-smaller pockets of wilderness, this research will be crucial to supporting bird survival into the future.
In the months since those initial surveys, our efforts have been focused on investing in our conservation capacity and developing an island-wide community bird monitoring program. Last November, Caroline Paterson joined BirdLife Australia as our Kangaroo Island Bushfire Recovery Project Officer. As long-time resident with an expert knowledge of the island’s wildlife, Caroline has done a fantastic job of bringing the Kangaroo Island co