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Originally Posted by Craig Butt and Justin McManus, Sydney Morning Herald 7 Jan 2020

Following the fires that have torn through the region, bird carcasses – perhaps in their thousands – have washed up on Mallacoota's once-pristine beaches.

Mr Semmens, 87, has counted 100 dead birds from 25 species on a half-kilometre stretch of Tip Beach, just outside Mallacoota, half-buried in blackened piles of leaves. “It’s a sorry sight,” he said.

Story, pictures here :-
https://www.smh.com.au/national/vict...07-p53plm.html