James Klarevas-Irby - Long distance migratory and nomadic movements of large honeyeaters
Daniel Gowland - Beyond Survival: Recovery Breeding, Rewilding and Threatened Species Conservation

Temporary change of meeting venue for Canberra Birds

The Canberra Birds committee has decided to change the venue for our monthly members’ meetings, at least until renovations of the Canberra Girls Grammar School’s Multi-media Theatre are complete, expected in August/September 2026.

The new venue is the Bugang Room at the Denman Village Community Centre, located at 5 Felstead Vista, adjacent to the Denman Prospect shops (see Google Maps link https://maps.app.goo.gl/NqW3XrN5iJf8dzRe9)

This is a light, spacious, modern event venue with a kitchen.  There is plentiful parking, under lights, close to the door and with several disabled parking spots outside the door.  The room is on the first floor, accessed by two flights of stairs or by a lift.

To help guide you once there the Canberra Birds Sandwich Boards will be outside the front door and at the top of the stairs/lift.

For people attending the meeting by public transport, the R10 bus provides a very good service around every 15 minutes from the ANU through Civic to the Denman Prospect shops with the bus stop opposite the venue.  For example, a bus runs to there from 6:57 to 7:23 pm and return buses at 9:05 or 9:35 pm arriving at the ANU at 9:31 and 10:01 pm, respectively.

The short presentation will be by James Klarevas-Irby, a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Research School of Biology at the ANU, on “Long distance migratory and nomadic movements of large honeyeaters“

James will present some of the first tracking data they have been getting from a few dozen Noisy Friarbirds and Red Wattlebirds that the Farine Group has tracked out of the ACT.

The main presentation will be by Daniel Gowland on “Beyond Survival: Recovery Breeding, Rewilding and Threatened Species Conservation”.

Daniel will give a presentation exploring the work of the Priam Psittaculture Centre and the National Threatened Species Institute in the conservation breeding and recovery of some of Australia’s rarest and most elusive fauna.  The talk focuses on the Eastern Ground Parrot, Orange-bellied Parrot, Smoky Mouse, and other threatened species, examining the development of insurance populations, behavioural and reproductive research, and the practical realities of managing species on the brink.

The presentation examines how advanced aviculture, field ecology, genetics, behavioural research, and private–government collaboration are being integrated to support species persistence, ecosystem recovery, and future rewilding efforts.