Callocephalon fimbriatum
Gang-gang Cockatoo at Cook, ACT
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| Zanda funerea | CarbonAI | 6 Dec 2024 |
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After being away for two weeks, I was hoping to find evidence of chicks hatching at Baldy's new hollow. However, there has been no sign of GGs at the hollow at all. On Tuesday, in the rain, I heard GGs and found Baldy looking into his old hollow. After a few minutes, he flew off in the direction of the new hollow, but landed in a tree beyond it and started calling loudly. Eventually he flew off again to the north, and was followed shortly after by another bird. Today I found four wood ducks flying around from tree to tree in the area and then saw one go right into Baldy's new hollow where he stayed for about 4 minutes before emerging again. It looks like this season's chick/s have been lost, but I don't know when or why it happened. So sad!
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10 Dec 2024
@CarbonAI @MichaelMulvaney This is not a Zanda funerea, but a very wet Gang Gang, namely Baldy (100% certainty). He does not appear to have returned to this year's hollow since this sighting.
10 Dec 2024
It's a pleasure doing this job @CathB. If you don't agree with any of my suggestions, please help me improve by verifying the correct species.
10 Dec 2024
Thanks Cath - when Stacey inspected Baldy's hollow of this year it was occupied by a Brush Tail Possum - AR5 has also suffered the death of a chick - only one nest in the Aranda area is still going
10 Dec 2024
Not sure on the exact date but the email I got from Stacey reporting her finding was on 30 November 2024 and she referred to the results from her "climbing this week"
Location information
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- Places Cook, ACT
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Species information
- Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 5980m Recorded at altitude
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Callocephalon fimbriatum
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