Ella Bay Cassowary... A Surprise Meeting on the Beach!

A welcome surprise at that!
Ella Bay's endangered southern cassowaries cross the Ella Bay Road to access seaside food plants on the eastern/coastal side of this road. Cassowary food plants such as Sea Lettuce Tree (Scaevola taccada), Beach Almond (Terminalia catappa) and White Apple (Syzygium forte) all grow on the eastern side of the Ella bay Road.
Property Developer Ella Bay Pty Ltd wishes to fence this 3 kilometre road thereby restricting the access to coastal food resources that these endangered birds need to survive. Cassowaries such as this Ella Bay bird will be facing the fragmentation of essential foraging habitat.
4 more info visit http://ellabayforever.blogspot.com/ Ella Bay is home to rare coastal Indo-pacific humpback dolphins and Australian snubfin dolphins. It is also home to green and flatback turtles,endangered frogs and the endangered southern cassowary. It is an area under threat as property developer Ella Bay Pty Ltd propose to build a massive urban development and multiple resorts. A population of 5000 people has been proposed for this beautiful and fragile place.

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[RajaJayasinghe]

Wow so beautiful. U are amazing my friend. Thank you for explaining and clarifing all those myths. I dont like them and believe too that Cassowauwies are sweet dinosaurs.

[ellabayforever]

@RajaJayasinghe They are amazing animals and each and every one of them is different and magnificent. I am fortunate to have seen so many of them in the wild!

[julia393n]

So close and yet the cassowary didn't go after you. Lucky indeed.

[ellabayforever]

@julia393n Hi Julia, cassowaries get a bad reputation because dummies and heroes want to make them look savage. I have encountered many wild cassowaries and have never been attacked or felt threatened. Give them respect, give them their space and they will usually work their way around you. This is exactly what this bird did. This track was less than a car width wide and I was standing between this Cassowary and a food tree it was walking to. Rather than harass me it simply went around me,

[RajaJayasinghe]

@ellabayforever its almost as a prehistoric dinasour . its so beautiful.