Baudin's Breed in Boxes!

It was a sheer THRILL today to confirm the first known record of the Critically Endangered Ngolak / Baudin's Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) breeding successfully in an artificial tree-hollow! And it was even more of a delight to know these precious birds chose one of our our nest-boxes, made from recycled materials and based on a design that is over 20 years old! You can read more about this and see a video celebrating the discovery on our Instagram page.

Ngolyenok Nestcam!

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 We've been THRILLED to successfully record the behaviour of a pair of Ngolyenok / Carnaby's Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) using one of our nest-boxes in the Perth Hills recently. Check out the above video of the adult male feeding then preening his adorable nestling! More videos are available on our Instagram feed :)

ABC TV - How to build a nest-box

THANKS to ABCTV and Wild Pacific Media's recent (and truly amazing!) wildlife documentary Australia's Wild Odyssey, we were privileged to be able to appear in this 'how to' video!

Hollowed Out? book - launched!

Hi folks, Simon here!

After nearly 10 months of late nights assembling such a huge jigsaw puzzle that is a 300+ page book with over 500 colour photographs, it was an AMAZING feeling today to launch 'Hollowed Out?' today! One of the highlights was having such a warm group of friends, family and mentors attend today's official launch ceremony hosted by the Shire of Mundaring Libraries at the Mundaring Arena. I am super grateful to all those people who attended, the Shire staff who worked so hard to make this event happen, the event sponsors MBC Trees and of course all of YOU who supported the original pre-sale campaign that brought the final hard-copy books to fruition!

So, where to now? Feel free to read more about the book launch below, or the subsequent author talk, or visit our new 'The Book' tab to order your copy online now!

 

"Hollowed Out?" book - Coming Soon!!

We're THRILLed to announce that after many, many years in the making, Simon's Nest-box/Tree-hollow book is very close to completion! "Hollowed Out?" is a story about the journey hollow-dependent fauna living in south-west Western Australia have endured, and how nest-boxes not only help these important animals survive, but foster custodianship for them into the future. It contains a wealth of information about habitat trees, the hollows they form, how human activities have impacted and continue to impact these precious natural resources, and, most importantly, the most up-to-date designs for a range of wildlife nest-boxes you can build in your backyard!

Click here to order your copy now!

We had hoped to time the launch of this book with Simon's appearance on the ABC TV programme Gardening Australia, which aired on Friday 22nd October as part of National Bird Week (you can watch this story, named 'Bird Box', by clicking here). But as often happens with creative projects, a few delays emerged! But now the book is available for purchase via the PRE-SALE crowdfund!.

After the initial launch of a paperback book, "Hollowed Out?" will be launched as an e-Book, to allow a fast, green way of getting it out there.

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