In Australia’s Cape York, conservationists installed 29 artificial tree hollows to help endangered palm cockatoos breed; a pair occupied one within a month, and the project recorded its first fledged chick
Conservationists in Australia’s Cape York Peninsula have recorded a rare breakthrough for an endangered bird after a palm cockatoo chick hatched and fledged from an artificial tree hollow, according to ABC News. The achievement followed the installation of 29 artificial nesting hollows across northern Cape York, where a shortage of suitable old-growth trees has made…
