A group of volunteers heads into the bush to track malleefowl at Eurarady Reserve
"On the right track" by Charlotte Francis
Get Up and Go Magazine, 1st January 2009
"We are looking for footprints; not any old footprints, but those of the malleefowl. This large ground-dwelling bird belongs to the megapode family -as in big feet- and the trick is to find the tell-tale three toes pointing forward and back."
Read Charlotte Francis' survey experience as part of the National Recovery Plan to monitor malleefowl populations at Bush Heritage's Eurardy Reserve in Western Australia.
Read the PDF version of her story below.
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