Habitat for Bush Birds 2014 - 2016 Making connections: a birds eye - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Habitat for Bush Birds 2014 - 2016 Making connections: a bird’s eye view 1

Habitat for Bush Birds: helping the feathered five 2014 - 2016 • 2 year project funded through the Victorian Government’s Communities for Nature program. • Aim to manage and improve habitats for five focal species of the threatened Temperate Woodland Bird Community across 300 ha within the Mount Alexander region. • A combination of on-ground works in 11 priority zones and community education/ monitoring throughout the region 2

11 priority habitat zones G. Blue Hills E.Woodford J. Mount Alexander North C. Nuggetty B. Muckleford F. Muckleford Valley East J. Metcalfe A. Sandon I. Glenluce H. Clydesdale D. Strangways

Introducing! The feathered five…… Form into five groups for a class exercise…

Diamond Firetail

Jacky Winter

Hooded Robin

Brown Treecreeper

Painted Button-quail

Mystery circles…

Locations of Habitat for Bush Birds properties

W oodland birds on your property…

Only at Pilchers Bridge …. And Tarrleah Drive 14

S pecies more common at Holy Goat farm and Tamsin’s 15

Species absent at Holy Goat farm 16

Only at Tamsin’s place 17

If you have lots of amazing woodland birds: • Try to keep the structure of your habitat intact: grass tussocks, small shrubs, logs and branches and leaf litter. • Control weeds and rabbits. • Avoid actions that disturb the delicate soil crust and organisms: such as excessive fire clean-up, using goats for weed control and planting non-indigenous plants 20

If you want more amazing woodland birds: • Try to develop the structure of your habitat: grass tussocks, small shrubs, logs and branches and leaf litter. • Plant understory species such as grasses, small shrubs, larger shrubs – heavy emphasis on acacias, tree violets and banksias. • The only way to restore the missing species is to work with your neighbours to create the stepping stones and the patches the birds need in the landscape. Treecreepers – as simple as paddock trees and woody debris? Diamond Firetails – a little more complex… 21