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

Liz Gould – Liz, one of the Conservancy’s resident ecologists, has worked in natural resource management for over 30 years, managing multi-disciplinary teams to deliver large and small-scale collaborative projects, primarily focused on biodiversity conservation, including threatened species and ecosystems, wetlands and connectivity conservation. Liz has been involved with the Glossy Black Conservancy for nearly 20 years, and has recently finalised the 2025 GBC Habitat Mapping update for SEQ.

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.