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Hi Tom, We have been residents of Beecroft backing onto the bushland of Byles Creek for 25 years and have taken a keen interest in the local colony of Gang-gang Cockatoos over that time. Initially there was a colony of 12 Gang-gangs which we often saw, mix of males and females but always more males . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE Hi Tom, I live in Epping & I walk in the Lane Cove Valley often. I last saw a Gang-Gang Cockatoo [in fact a pair] near Day Rd in Cheltenham on the 14th March 2014. It was my first sighting for years & I did report it. At the time I was told that there . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE VALLEY, SYDNEY – SINCE DECEMBER 2016 Hi Martin (& others who have responded) it’s not my local patch so although I visit, I am not a daily observer. However, my understanding is that the population in Lane Cove Valley was only ever small (Alan Morris – if you read this you might know more?). I agree that no reports in 8 . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE VALLEY, SYDNEY – SINCE DECEMBER 2016 Tom Surely an 8 month period is far too short to start thinking about “extinction” ? That isn’t even a breeding season. Perhaps they’ve found better feed somewhere else and will be back in a little while? Martin Martin Butterfield franmart.blogspot.com.au/ On 6 August 2017 at 15:24, Tom Wilson < wilsonsinoz@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hi All . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE VALLEY, SYDNEY – SINCE DECEMBER 2016 Hi All Through a referral from Kurtis Lindsay as an eBird and Birdline moderator, I was recently approached by a conservation officer from Ku-Ring-Gai Council with disturbing news that the last reported sighting of a Gang-gang Cockatoo in the Lane Cove Valley (northern Sydney) was in December 2016. It has been surmised that they are . . . → Read More: LOOKING FOR GANG-GANG COCKATOOS IN LANE COVE VALLEY, SYDNEY – SINCE DECEMBER 2016 |
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