Maureen didn’t win, but I know we did win, as we both got to talk about the Gang Gangs. She drew an amazing portrait of me and entered the portrait in the local ‘Archies’ exhibition. During this time Maureen took my photo while I was counting the gang gangs for ‘Birdata’. Maureen would sit quietly waiting for them to arrive. Maureen Harley, a friend and a talented photographer and artist, was also smitten with these funny little birds. I told my friends and they came to experience what I had been so lucky to see. Yes, ‘Gang Gang this’ and ‘Gang Gang that’. Pretty soon that’s all I could talk about. With the trademark ‘creaky door’ greeting ,I was overwhelmed by their presence. Up until August a small flock of 15-20 Gang Gangs would arrive in my back yard every evening between 4-5 pm.
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I immediately enrolled.įrom the first sighting of the Gang Gang in April ,I fell in love.
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I wasn’t ready for that! I also noted that Bird Australia had a ‘Gang Gang Cockatoo Recovery e-learning Course’ to help us learn about how we can help these little birds to survive. After the fires, a further 10% decline in numbers was expected. Gang Gang Cockatoos have had a 69% decline in their population over a 30-year period prior to the 2019 -2020 bushfires.
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I visited the Bird Australia website to read more about these funny little birds. I also knew that they had recently been listed as a threatened species, but I really didn’t know that much more about this little bird. I also knew that they were more an inland bird, up in the foothills. I had heard of people seeing this little fellow but more as an infrequent visitor along these coastal plains. I have lived here all my life and I can never remember seeing this little bird, but I instantly recognised the Gang Gang Cockatoo. Back on the 24th April 2022, I looked out my kitchen window and saw this little bird.