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Backyard Solutions To Support Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos

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Do you live in Dumbleyung, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace or surrounding Shires and want to play a part in helping Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos?

Carnaby’s are one of the few endangered species that people across many areas of the Wheatbelt – whether on farms or in towns – can support by planting food or habitat plants around their gardens or on their farm.

Home Is Where The Food Is

While nesting sites are a significant limiting factor for successful breeding of Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos, putting a nesting box up anywhere in the landscape probably won’t be helpful, unless Carnaby’s are already successfully nesting nearby.

Planting food and habitat plants in your garden, however, may provide teaching grounds for newly fledged chicks. It can also be a stop off point on the long journey some Carnaby’s take from their forest or coastal homes to breeding grounds in the Wheatbelt. These, and accessible drink points, will help ensure Carnaby’s have the potential to move throughout the Avon River Basin.   

Know Your Carnaby’s Food And Habitat

Keep scrolling for a list of plant species that provide food or habitat for Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos in Dumbleyung, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace and surrounding Shires. It’s likely that only a small selection of these species can be found at your local native seedling nursery. A good mix of these species, together with other locally native species, may provide a valuable stopping point for your local Carnaby’s population in a few years’ time. If the Carnaby’s don’t happen to find your planting, many other native species will still appreciate it!

This project is supported by funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.

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25th January 2022