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Glossy Black Cockatoos have been seen at Fred Caterson Reserve (former Pony Club) recently.
'Once numbering in the tens of thousands, fewer than 8,000 remain in the wild across the country, according to BirdLife Australia.
The birds' numbers are in decline because its natural habitat is disappearing.
Dr Watson said this habitat destruction had put the glossy black-cockatoo, and other bird species, on a path towards extinction.
"Extinction isn't just some distant idea that might happen in the far, far future that their grandkids might need to worry about. It is happening now."'
More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-04-20/fight-to-save-endangered-glossy-black-cockatoo/102236952?fbclid=IwAR2wDXvOoU9MxYs4wrqvVSmcJ9sis3f7kReYhKH2WAChs7pUM18e05yfYeM

How farmers are trying to save a $500,000 black market bird from extinction Fewer than 8,000 glossy black-cockatoos remain in the wild across Australia. In response, a group of farmers are planting trees in their thousands to bring back the species' habitat.

Platypus eDNA was detected recently at a Landcare site in Fred Caterson Reserve, Castle Hill, so we already know they use the area, but here is another good news story from the Royal National Park, where platypus have been re-introduced this week.

NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe releases a platypus on the banks of the Hacking River. Photo: Richard Freeman/UNSW Sydney
https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/long-journey-home-return-platypus-royal-national-park