Black cockatoos are iconic WA bird species and for a long time the attention has been on their summer habitat on the Swan Coastal Plain.
But now important habitat in the Wheatbelt will be the focus as Wheatbelt NRM works with the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, Birdlife Australia and other Regional NRM groups to support successful breeding of Carnabys Cockatoos in a brand new project.
The project will work in partnership with Birdlife who are recognised as community leaders in black cockatoo conservation.
The project will also work with 4 other regional NRM groups so that activity covers the entire agricultural region of WA.
Partnering with farmers to identify breeding sites and look after and protect important habitat including woodlands with breeding hollows and sites with food species.
Feed sources, erecting artificial nesting structures and providing drinking points as well as controlling pest animals will be the focus.
Though most cockatoos have left for the coast we are still getting reports from the community. Keep them coming as knowing where the birds are is our biggest challenge. Up until now survey effort in the Wheatbelt has been limited to some dedicated volunteers so we have huge black holes in the data. We know our community will be able to fill those gaps.
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This Wheatbelt NRM project is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.