Introduction << BACK TO CONTENTS Baby birds benefit from watering when it’s wet appreciated the water for the environment that was delivered Waterbirds certainly on the back of the largest flood in Barmah Forest since 1993. This water helped maintain shallow water around the waterbirds’ nests in the wetlands until February, which meant the baby birds could grow their feathers ready for flight. Without water for the environment on the back of the flood, adult ibis and spoonbills would have abandoned their nests in response to the dropping water levels, before their young could fly. For the full story, see page 79. 13 | Victorian Environmental Water Holder A royal spoonbill with its chicks, by Keith Ward, Goulburn Broken CMA
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