Grasswren Survey 2023
Sat, 29 Apr
|Carlton Hills near Mount Isa
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Join us for the 2023 Grasswren Survey – one of the best opportunities for citizen science, travel and bucket list birding all year.
Time and location
29 Apr 2023, 9:00 am AEST – 12 May 2023, 5:00 pm AEST
Carlton Hills near Mount Isa, Mount Isa QLD 4825, Australia
About the event
Carpentarian and Kalkadoon Grasswren Surveys
Since 2008 BirdLife Northern Queensland has been monitoring Carpentarian and Kalkadoon Grasswrens across northwestern Queensland and eastern Northern Territory. We have now formed a partnership with Southern Gulf NRM to assist them in assessing the impact of their regional fire management plan on the populations of these grasswrens within the Carpentarian Corridor, which includes the key biodiversity areas of Boodjamulla National Park and the Buckley River. Each year we conduct systematic surveys in their core distribution areas, to establish a set of long-term monitoring sites to assess how well the species can cope with threats to their habitats.
As a volunteer, you will:
work alongside other volunteers to conduct surveys using methods developed for monitoring grasswrens, over a 2-week period in early May
navigate to specific sites and locations using GPS hand-held devices
detect and identify grasswren species including numbers, sex and age, when possible