6500 cockys counted

ABOUT 6500 Carnaby’s black cockatoos were spotted around Perth during the Great Cocky Count 2010 early last month.

The Department of Environment and Conservation said these numbers were consistent with previous estimates that found between 8000 and 10,000 birds across the greater Perth area and 10,000 to 15,000 birds across the Swan Coastal Plain from Lancelin to Dunsborough.

With 250 volunteers visiting nearly 200 sites, the count helps ecologists map the habitat used by the species and protect key sites for the birds that are under threat from habitat loss.
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