Cockatoo survival plan up in the air

Red-tailed black cockatoos will benefit from this habitat restoration. Image by Jim Bendon ONE thousand native tree seedlings have been planted by volunteers from Conservation Volunteers Australia at Wedge Tailed Eagle Retreat, on the Blackwood River, to create an extensive habitat for the black cockatoo.
All three species are being used in research; Baudin’s black cockatoos, Forest Red-Tailed black cockatoos and (pictured) Carnaby’s black cockatoos. Image: Ron & BethWESTERN Australian research groups and conservationists are continuing to work together in the fight to conserve the Carnaby’s black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) which has long been recognised as the Swan Coastal Plain’s most iconic bird, once blackening Perth skies with countless flock sizes – now seriously endangered.