Posts tagged: Carnaby’s black cockatoo

Female Carnaby's black cockatoo © Simon Cherriman

On a Wing and a Prayer

The Carnaby’s black cockatoo is in danger. One of Australia’s much loved and critically endangered birds, this beautiful cockatoo was once regarded as a pest, and so it had a bounty put on its head. In just over a decade … Continue reading →

March 13, 2012
Posted by WWF Australia

Calling all Citizen Scientists and cockatoo enthusiasts

The University of WA has just launched a brand new Carnaby Tracker project. Dr Nicola Mitchell has put a call out to the general public to encourage them to use the new website as a way of alerting the University … Continue reading →

May 28, 2010
Posted by WWF Western Australia

Dr Denis Saunders holds a female Carnaby's black cockatoo chick © Katherine Howard / WWF-Aus

Dr Denis Saunders returns to Coomallo Creek

On a baking hot November day WWF-Australia President Dr Denis Saunders returned to Coomallo Creek, Western Australia, where more than 30 years ago he first started investigating the dramatic decline of Carnaby’s black cockatoos.

January 15, 2010
Posted by WWF Western Australia

Rob Carroll with Carnaby's chick. Coomallo trip Nov 2009 © Kath Howard / WWF-Aus

New chicks for Carnaby’s cockatoos

Entry by Kath Howard WWF-Australia President Denis Saunders has been studying Carnaby’s Cockatoos since 1969. In September he returned to Coomallo Creek – the first place he ever went to study the cockatoos – to survey the population. This letter … Continue reading →

November 09, 2009
Posted by WWF Western Australia

Carnaby’s black cockatoos exhibit unusual behaviour

Louise – a keen amateur environmentalist from York, WA – sent us a letter in early October concerning the raucous Carnaby’s black cockatoos that were making themselves heard in the wheatbelt town. Aside from making a lot of noise, the … Continue reading →

November 09, 2009
Posted by WWF Western Australia