Fledgling 0601: the baby cockatoo that rose from the ashes of Australia's bushfires
by Graham Readfearn from on (#56AFA)
Kangaroo Island's glossies were flourishing until the fires. Now the tale of one family's survival has offered fresh hope
Somewhere on Australia's Kangaroo Island, a fledgling glossy black-cockatoo with identity number 0601 is laying down a new chapter in a remarkable survival story.
In early January this year, her panicked parents fled their nest in a gum tree at the edge of Carol and John Stanton's garden to escape the smoke and flames of bushfires that were sweeping across a third of the island.
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