Michael and Tracey will share their findings and invite you to join in a wider scale project. Much valuable information has been gathered and will inform conservation and nest-tube design. A citizen science project started in 2017 to find out more about Gang-gang nesting hollows as at that time, only two active hollows were known in the ACT. The Gang-gang has recently been nominated as a nationally endangered species with an average 69% decline in reporting rates over the last three decades. GANG-GANG COCKATOOS RECENT RESEARCH ON HOLLOW AND NESTING BEHAVIOUR AND GLOSSIES IN THE MIST - STORIES AND RESEARCH FINDINGS FROM THIS SUCCESSFUL PROJECT She’s a passionate believer in the value of data collection by citizen scientists. Lauren enthusiastically manages a suite of diverse threatened flora and fauna in the Illawarra and Southern Highlands.Įrna Llenore is a member of Birdlife Australia Southern Highlands and a volunteer with the Glossies in the Mist project. Lauren Hook is an ecologist and Saving our Species, Threatened Species Officer working with the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. A flossy named Sunset was photographed in Buxton two days before the fire swept through and again a week later.Įngaging citizen scientists to run the Flossy project has extended the reach of GITM, increasing our species knowledge whilst engaging the community in GBC research and habitat conservation. The Flossy identification project provided interesting post fire data. The launch of flossy profile look books amplified awareness and community monitoring. GITM built a mobile collector form providing an easy way for the community to submit sightings of GBCs and active habitat. The female glossy (flossy) identification project has delivered the most accurate population count with 184 individual females recorded and reached over 455 community members. Traditional methods for estimating GBC populations including dam counts and transects were unsuitable in this landscape. The Great Western Wildlife Corridor spans the Southern Highlands linking large wilderness areas and falls predominantly on private land. This data examines species dynamics and distribution whilst providing an interesting way for the broader community to get involved with GBC conservation. Glossies in the Mist (GITM) teamed up with community champions to co-create a photo identification project focusing on cataloguing individual female GBCs using their plumage patterns. Presenters Lauren Hook and Erna Llenore To raise the conservation profile of threatened Glossy black- cockatoos (GBC), the Saving our Species, Glossies in the Mist project provided identification training to the Southern Highlands community and invited citizen scientists to submit sightings of GBCs.
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