How you can help tree loving wildlife
Sign up for Sunshine Coast Council's new nest box monitoring program
Are you interested in wildlife conservation?
Sunshine Coast Council is calling for help to investigate nest boxes in Council reserves and parks.
Are you interested?
You will receive hands-on experience with wildlife monitoring techniques and data collection.
What is involved?
Where - At least 15 sites in council reserves and parks.
When - Survey events occur in October and November 2024.
How long - up to 2 hours.
Who - Maximum of 8 people per survey plus 1 Sunshine Coast staff member.
What - Collect data on nest boxes, record tree features and check for animal by using a camera on a pole.
Why nest boxes?
Nest boxes provide artificial habitat and supplement tree hollows, which take a long time to form naturally (generally more than 80 years).
Different designs of nest boxes targeting a wide range of species have been installed throughout council’s reserves and parks for the past 30 years.
However, there has been limited monitoring efforts and we are missing essential information.
Join in at one or more of the nest box monitoring events
- Thursday, October 31, 2-3.30pm: Yinneburra Environment Reserve, Yaroomba
- Saturday, November 2, 8-10am: Alex Forest Conservation Area, Alexandra Headland
- Saturday, November 9, 9-10.30am: Kawana Forest Bushland Reserve, Meridan Plains
- Wednesday, November 13, 8-12am: Frank McIvor bushland Park, Currimundi.
Registrations essential via Better Impact.