A special documentary to mark half a century of counting and protecting Torres Strait Imperial Pigeons on the Brook Islands, north-east of Hinchinbrook Island , North Queensland, especially the work of Margaret and Arthur Thorsborne , has been screened at Cardwell. Margaret Thorsborne AO, naturalist , conservationist and environmentalist, was present at the event which was attended by many people involved in the count over the years .
Decorated with pigeons in flight , this envelope contained a letter from Margaret Thorsborne to Tania Schuett on Magnetic Island , on whose property the birds were raised and studied . A Little Darwin continuing series on the Thorsbornes and their supporters is underway .
