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Short Talk
Richard Noske – Move over Miners, Blueys have arrived!
Despite being very common in Brisbane’s suburbs, the Blue-faced Honeyeater has never been studied in any detail. Richard has been watching “Blueys” near his home in The Gap since 2024. They live in groups of 5-10 birds and when breeding, some groups have two nests in the same tree at the same time, with all the adults feeding the chicks at both nests. Richard will explain why it takes 24 days for chicks to fledge and 2 years to acquire a blue face.
Nick Leseberg – 10 years researching the Night Parrot
Nick has been researching the species for 10 years. When he started, only a
handful of birds were known from one location in western Queensland. The
species is now known from more than a dozen locations across Queensland and
Western Australia, with more birds being found each year. However, while we
are having success finding more birds, there are still a lot of knowledge gaps
around the species’ ecology, population trajectory, and its future. In this
presentation Nick will outline what we have learnt about the species, how it is
being managed, and also what knowledge gaps exist and how we’re trying to fill
them.
