Rare, eerie bird returns to Bendigo bushland

Joseph Hinchliffe
Updated August 5 2016 - 11:55am, first published 11:54am
BACK TO OLD HAUNTS: Four 11-month-old bush stone curlew chicks which are recent arrivals to the Bendigo-based breeding program. Pictures: DARREN HOWE
BACK TO OLD HAUNTS: Four 11-month-old bush stone curlew chicks which are recent arrivals to the Bendigo-based breeding program. Pictures: DARREN HOWE

It’s call has been likened to the wailing of children and screams for help – but the eerie night-time cry of the curlew has disappeared from the bush surrounding Bendigo.

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Joseph Hinchliffe

Joseph Hinchliffe

Council & environment reporter

Council and environment reporter at the Bendigo Advertiser.

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