Birds on the brink: 13% of species face extinction

Senior threatened species officer Rainer Rehwinkel helps plant Drooping Sheoak seedlings at a Googong property in the hope of bolstering food supplies for the Glossy Black-Cockatoo. Photo: Kim Pham.HUNDREDS of Drooping Sheoak seedlings are being planted around the region in an effort to make meal times a little easier for the Glossy Black-Cockatoo.
Glossies are very specialist feeders, feeding only on the tiny seeds within a She-oak cone, and in the Tweed they feed almost entirely on the seeds of the Forest Oak, the Black She-oak and the Horse-tail She-oak. Image by Cris Muggeridge THERE is an entire day dedicated to spotting the rare glossy black cockatoo in the Tweed.