Carnaby’s Cockatoo Project

November 17, 2009 at 1:53 pm, Category: General

Hello,

I’m working on a project to help Carnaby’s cockatoo that I’d appreciate any input from RIAWA members and/or attendees of the recent RIAWA symposium. I am developing a planting guide to help connect species that benefit Carnaby’s (i.e. species used for feeding, roosting or nesting) with site planting requirements (e.g. proximity to power lines or sewers, aesthetics, maintenance requirements, ease of establishment etc etc). 

Many attendees of the RIAWA symposium and RIAWA members are potential users of the guide. I would like to make it as user friendly and tailored to their needs as possible. Whether the task is to revegetate an area as a requirement of development approval, or to undertaking plantings of street verges, parks etc or a home garden it is hoped that guide that I am compiling will provide helpful advice. 

To help compile a list of species used by Carnaby’s I’d also appreciate any observations of Carnaby’s feeding, roosting or nesting. Feeding observations, where the plant species can be confidently identified, are particularly useful. 

If anyone would like to contribute observation or ideas, or would like to be kept informed on the progress or outcomes of the project, please contact me. 

Thanks, 

Christine Groom (nee Freegard)

Project Officer (Carnaby’s Cockatoo Recovery)

Species and Communities Branch

Department of Environment and Conservation

Ph: (08) 9334 0579

Fax: (08) 9334 0278

Groom (nee Freegard), Christine [Christine.Groom@dec.wa.gov.au]