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Join the South Coast Gang-gang Gang The Gang-gang Cockatoo is hard to miss. The males wear a bright red feather helmet with a wispy crest. This rela7vely small, stocky and sociable bird was once common but within the last three decades sigh7ngs have declined drama7cally. We don’t know why, and the future of the Gang-gang is under threat. Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018
While Gang-gang numbers have remained steady in Canberra for the last 30 years, other areas in South East Australia have seen declines of up to 70%. We urgently need to beBer understand what’s cri7cal for this Cockatoo so we can take ac7on to ensure its survival. This is a call out to anyone who is interested in helping to beBer understand and protect this iconic cockatoo. We need you to be the eyes and ears, spoPng Gang-gangs and observing their behaviour. SeptemberOctober is a busy 7me for Gang-gangs with couples searching for and preparing nes7ng hollows. The loca7ons of very few nes7ng hollows are known and this project needs your help to find more. We are asking ci7zen scien7sts to take photographs of Gang-gang ac7vity in and around hollows and to note par7cular behaviours. This will help us priori7se a par7cular hollow for checking during the breeding season (October – January). Above: Two male chicks, photo Roy McDowall - and Once known, breeding trees can be beBer Male and female. protected and comparisons can be made of breeding success across the Gang-gang’s range. This will help to beBer understand the environmental factors that may be influencing the decline in numbers. The Gang-gang ci7zen science project has been set up iNaturalist where you can log your sigh7ngs. iNaturalist is a ci7zen science pla\orm for recording all organisms and it’s absolutely free! Please join the project to become a member of the South Coast Gang-gang Gang and start logging your sigh7ngs including photos if possible: hBps://www.inaturalist.org/projects/gang-gang-nests-tree-hollowssearch This is a collabora7ve project between Gang-gang research partners from Canberra and two ci7zen science projects, Budawang Coast Atlas of Life and Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
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