Glossy Guardian Workshop

Meet other citizen scientists, brush up on Glossy Black-Cockatoo ID ahead of Australia's third Great Glossy Count

This free community workshop is part of the City of Moreton Bay funded Glossy Guardian Series and will cover the following topics:

• Glossy ID - Identification of Glossy Black-Cockatoos by sight and sound, how to differnentiate females, males and juveniles, Glossy Black-Cockatoo ecology and behaviour, and identifying and recording feed trees
• Flossy Photography - Learn how to capture the perfect photograph to successfuly ID a female Glossy (Flossy) in the wild
• Habitat Mapping - how citizen science is used to inform decision makers. What the new maps look like and how you can use them within your community

Speaker overview

Mike Barth – Mike is one of our resident ecologists at the Conservancy. Mike studied Ecology and Wildlife Biology in California where he grew up and has always had a passion for nature, especially birds. His specialty is threatened bird conservation and his career spans over 30 years working with birds on two continents. Most recently he worked on Kangaroo Island on the South Australian Glossy Black Cockatoo Recovery Program for twelve years.

Who Should Come
This event is open to everyone — nature lovers, volunteers, birdwatchers, bushwalkers, photographers and anyone curious about the conservation of a vulnerably listed species.