PHOTO: Bilby caught on a motion-sensor camera. (Image: AWC)
by LIZ CUTTS
The Bilby, Australia’s answer to the Easter bunny, is reinvigorating the Pilliga Forest landscape with a digging frenzy.
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), managers of the massive feral predator-free area established in the Pilliga Forest near Narrabri in 2018, say that a recent population census shows that the Bilby population is expanding in their established forest haven.
Following the reintroduction into the Pilliga Forest Conservation Area, the long-eared marsupials . . .
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