00:04On a cold day on Hindmarsh Island, a warm welcome to birds coming for their breeding
00:09seasons.
00:10It's like offering a blessing of a safe nesting season, a safe rearing of the chicks
00:16and we look forward to seeing them flying around strongly and proudly and happily.
00:21Birds like the bar-tailed godwit fly 10,000 kilometres to reach these globally important
00:26wetlands.
00:27And this is where they spend most of their life and they fatten up and they rest and
00:31they get all that energy which determines the journey back but also if they breathe successfully
00:36when they go back.
00:37As birds return to the Kurong from as far away as Russia, bird flu remains a concern for the
00:43Naringeri community and bird lovers.
00:45They're some of the most susceptible to the bird flu and so we're really worried once it
00:50enters this system how much devastation that could cause.
00:54Also of concern, the vulnerable and tiny fairy tern.
00:57Its population has fallen by 80% over the past few decades.
01:02If one of them was to contract the virus it could easily spread throughout that whole colony
01:07so we have, yeah, we're really worried about the fairy terns.
01:11While there's little the Naringeri rangers can do about bird flu, they're focusing on what
01:15they can do, working with bird life to protect vulnerable species from humans and feral animals.
01:21Hooray!
01:23Hooray!
01:23Hooray!
01:28Hooray!
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