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Bush Stone-curlew Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/14/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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You'll be in the area with the Bush Stone-Curlew (Burhinus grallarius) as you search for this cache.  Keep an eye out.
 
Birdlife Australia
Bush Stone-Curlew

Feeding:
Curlews prefer to feed on insects, molluscs, small lizards, seeds and occasionally small mammals.

Breeding: 
Eggs are laid in a shallow scrape in the ground and both adults share the incubation and care for the young.
 
Regarding calls; "... eerie, high-pitched wailing at night. This ghost-like call is their contact call, and may be given by several birds in a chorus...".  (I wonder if the neighbours are pleased with "nighlty eerie choruses"...)

Average size: 55cm
Conservation Status : Least Concern

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