From 2004-2011, volunteers from Birds Australia WA Inc. have provided local school students with the opportunity to survey birds at Baldivis Children's Forest and have compiled a register of bird sightings. Birds Australia has led small groups of students in bird watching activities each year. They teach children to use binoculars, identify birds and record sightings. Birds Australia, in partnership with students, has kept a register of birds sighted during these excursions. A total of 63 species have been sighted at the forest since 2004.

The list of birds observed at Baldivis Children's Forest gives managers an indication of the health of the bushland, and shows changes with time. The forest has both insectivorous and nectar feeding birds, some of which are sensitive species which require at least a 2km radius of bushland in which to live. This shows us that the forest is in a healthy condition.

At the forest small birds shelter in the bushy Acacia shrubs and feed on the insects and lizards living in the long grasses and shrubs. Large tuart trees provide nesting hollows for parrots, galahs, cockatoos and kookaburras. Tuart, jarrah, flooded gum and banksia trees provide nectar for honeyeaters when flowering.

Link to BCF Bird Survey

White bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) Photo Ron Dibbens	Juvenile sea eagle, Baldivis February 2010. Photo – Annette Liley	Red-tailed black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso)

 

You are listening to the call of the Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)

 

Useful links
 

	Saving Carnaby's Black Cockatoo
	Plants for Carnaby's