Two bird waterers will provide fresh water for bathing and drinking through the warmer months in support of the State’s endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo populations.
The bird waterers were installed in conjunction with Murdoch University’s Keep Carnaby’s Flying - Ngoolarks Forever Project, funded by Lotterywest, which included mature banksia plantings earlier in the year as food sources for Carnaby’s.
The City of Kwinana was selected to participate in the project for the second round between 2023 and 2024, as it was identified as an important foraging and roosting area in the metropolitan area.
Mayor Peter Feasey said these two 3m-tall additions complemented the existing bird waterer on Council Green out the front of the City’s Administration Building, installed in 2021.
“As water sources dry up across the City in the warmer months, it is now crucial to have these elevated water sources that are likely to be used by Carnaby’s black cockatoos and other species to sustain our State’s endangered populations.
“The plumbing will be turned on to pump water up to the troughs in summer and our City officers also place out portable water sources at ground level when the weather warms up to sustain smaller ground animals like Kwenda, and Western Brush Wallaby or black-gloved wallaby, which have been recently sighted in Wellard monitoring cameras.
“These wallabies are rarely seen as they tend to stay in secluded areas but the City monitors feral animal activity to further support local native populations and ensure our local biodiversity continues to flourish,” he said.