abc.net.au/news/lee-point-housing-gouldian-finches-calls-for-more-surveys/101821468Behind Darwin's sweeping Lee Point beach is a patch of diverse bushland where Ian Redmond has his binoculars out, scanning the long native grasses for gouldian finches.
Today there aren't any gouldians, but flocks of masked and double barred finches busily collect grass seed a few metres from where we stand.Defence Housing Austalia is planning to build 780 houses at Lee Point in Darwin. Its Defence Housing Australia company has started clearing the land for 778 houses for Defence personnel and to sell to the public.Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek halted the work in September after being alerted by the birdwatchers that they had spotted endangered gouldians at Lee Point, and thousands of visitors had come from all over Australia and the world to see them.
We have an extinction crisis. All developments must avoid ALL habitats of ALL threatened, vulnerable and endangered native species. SaveLeePoint
Fight to save them AdamBandt 🤣
“Austalia”? Fix your spelling.