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Nest search Waychinicup 2001 (part 1)
This survey will be covered in some detail in a series of numbered entries.
A nest search at Waychinicup, east of Albany on the south coast of Western Australia was undertaken in September and October, 2001. The unpublished report of the exercise entitled "Western Ground Parrot nest search at Waychinicup September and October 2001: a pilot project", was intended to inform the South Coast Threatened Birds Recovery Team. The whole project was designed and operated on a voluntary basis.
The goals were to find out more about Western Ground Parrot (WGP) ecology and especially information on breeding. In 2001, the WGP was known to be present in only two disparate locations - Waychinicup National Park (WNP), and Fitzgerald River National Park where it was probably declining due to widespread fires. At that time, no WGPs had been located in Cape Arid National Park since 1989.
The first part of the plan was to locate WGPs in two separate areas within WNP and to determine where they were roosting. Thereafter, time was to be spent searching for a nest.
Locating birds was done by listening for them in the calling periods pre dawn and post sunset.
The map below shows the coverage (listening points). The positive sites are those from which one or more WGP calls was heard, and the negative sites are those from which no call was heard.
The small settlement of Cheyne Beach can be seen at the base of the bay.
A nest search at Waychinicup, east of Albany on the south coast of Western Australia was undertaken in September and October, 2001. The unpublished report of the exercise entitled "Western Ground Parrot nest search at Waychinicup September and October 2001: a pilot project", was intended to inform the South Coast Threatened Birds Recovery Team. The whole project was designed and operated on a voluntary basis.
The goals were to find out more about Western Ground Parrot (WGP) ecology and especially information on breeding. In 2001, the WGP was known to be present in only two disparate locations - Waychinicup National Park (WNP), and Fitzgerald River National Park where it was probably declining due to widespread fires. At that time, no WGPs had been located in Cape Arid National Park since 1989.
The first part of the plan was to locate WGPs in two separate areas within WNP and to determine where they were roosting. Thereafter, time was to be spent searching for a nest.
Locating birds was done by listening for them in the calling periods pre dawn and post sunset.
The map below shows the coverage (listening points). The positive sites are those from which one or more WGP calls was heard, and the negative sites are those from which no call was heard.
The small settlement of Cheyne Beach can be seen at the base of the bay.
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