CANCELLED - Michael Mulvaney and Chris Davey ‘Gang Gang nesting ecology’

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Thursday, 30 September 2021 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Chris Davey and Michael Mulvaney will reveal how citizen science research by hundreds of Canberrans has contributed to the scientific and wider understanding of Gang Gang and how this research is to be continued with a focus on trying to answer why the Gang-Gang numbers have been stable but declined in other places.

Abstract

Arguably the residents of Canberra have contributed the most to the scientific and wider understanding of Gang Gang nesting requirements, nest predator and hollow competitor interactions, and breeding timelines and success rate. Chris Davey and Michael Mulvaney will detail the results of this citizen science research, by hundreds of Canberrans and reveal how this research is to be continued with a focus on trying to answer the question why Gang Gang numbers in the Canberra area have been stable over the last 30 years where in most other places they have suffered significant declines.

Biographies

Michael Mulvaney is a former Government ecologist. Red Hill is the centre of Michael’s universe and he became involved in Gang Gang citizen research when a nest site was discovered on Red Hill and he wanted to know how important this nesting site may be.

Chris Davey, a former CSIRO Research Officer of vertebrate pest and conservation issues, has been overseeing citizen science research into the Gang gang since this parrot was chosen as the focus of activity during the Canberra Ornithological Groups 50 year celebration in 2015.