Be still, my beating wings: hunters kill migrating birds on their 10,000km journey to Australia
- Written by Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland

It is low tide at the end of the wet season in Broome, Western Australia. Shorebirds feeding voraciously on worms and clams suddenly get restless.
Chattering loudly they take flight, circling up over Roebuck Bay then heading off for their northern breeding grounds more than 10,000 km...