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YOU CAN HELP The following steps can improve your woodland’s health and help conserve woodland birds: Fence native vegetation and manage stock grazing Uncontrolled stock access can permanently damage native vegetation, particularly the under-storey. Fence your native vegetation to manage stock access and protect existing habitat for woodland birds. Care for paddock trees Paddock trees are an iconic part of our landscape and provide important shelter for stock… but did you know they are vitally important for many woodland bird species? They provide an important stepping stone across the landscape and many old paddock trees contain numerous nesting hollows. Many old paddock trees are dying and are not being replaced. Consider planting paddock trees or fencing some regenerating seedlings with wire guards to provide paddock trees for future generations. Revegetate some of your property Native vegetation can benefit on-farm productivity and also provide habitat for woodland birds. You could increase the size of an existing bush block, plant a native shelterbelt, fence and plant out a corner of your paddock, or revegetate an unproductive area of your farm. Create a corridor or native shelterbelt Some woodland birds, such as the Southern Emu-wren, have difficulty moving across open landscapes. This can make them vulnerable to wildfires, disease, drought, competition and predation. By reconnecting isolated patches of bushland we can help small birds to move safely across the landscape. WOODLAND BIRDS South East, South Australia Woodlands in South-Eastern Australia are renowned for their rich and varied bird life. Unfortunately one in five woodland birds is threatened or in decline. Although only 13% of native vegetation cover remains, the South East of South Australia provides significant habitat for a diverse range of woodland birds including several threatened species. REMNANT WOODLANDS IN GOOD CONDITION WOODLAND BIRDS South East, South Australia Large hollow IM Barking Owl IM White-winged Chough IM DK Intact mid-storey Painted Button-quail Restless Flycatcher DK Southern Emu-wren DK Brown Treecreeper Perching branches Weed free Leave dead standing and fallen timber Decaying timber provides resources for many native animals. If you must clean up fallen limbs, check to see if any of them contain hollows and consider whether you could put the fallen logs in a tree line, create a nest box with them, or donate them to a conservation organisation who may be able to find a use for them. DK Minimise spray drift Chemicals can damage or kill native plants and insects that woodland birds rely on. Avoid chemical sprays drifting on to paddock trees, shelterbelts and remnant vegetation. Tawny Frogmouth BM South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Fallen timber Diverse groundcover Leaf litter BH DK Peaceful Dove Rufous Whistler IM Hooded Robin WK White-throated Treecreeper Control pest plants and animals Many weeds can choke our bushland and introduced pests like rabbits and deer consume native plants; and foxes and cats eat native birds. By doing your part to control pest plants and animals you can help to improve the condition of habitat for woodland birds. Monitor Noisy Miners Noisy Miners are very teritorial and drive other birds from their patch. If you have Noisy Miners in your patch it is likely that there will be almost no other small bird species there. A control program including habitat modification may need to be implemented to enable other smaller birds to occupy the area (contact Natural Resources South East for advice). Get involved in conservation initiatives There are lots of ways you can help woodland birds. Volunteer at a planting day, join a local Friends Group, Landcare Group or BirdLife South East SA, assist with woodland bird monitoring, adopt some local bushland or plant local native species in your garden. BG Australian Owlet-nightjar DK Blue-winged Parrot IM Black-chinned Honeyeater IM White-eared Honeyeater IM Mistletoebird DI Chestnut-rumped Heathwren DK Striated Pardalote IM Varied Sittella For further information contact: Natural Resources South East 08 8735 1177 Or visit www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/southeast/home BirdLife South East SA [email protected] Or visit http://birdlife.org.au/locations/birdlife-south-east-sa ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Photographs donated by: Bob Green BG, Dan Harley DH, Bryan Haywood BH, Dennis Kuhlmann DK, Wendy Kuhlmann WK, Luke Leddy LL, Bob McPherson BM, Ian Morgan IM, Sarah Thomas ST, Jonathan Tuck JT, Dean Ingwersen DI, Tim Field TF, Claire Gaughwin CG Cover photograph: Eastern Yellow Robin, taken by Jonathan Tuck Content: Natural Resources South East and BirdLife South East SA. Some content adapted from Corowa District Landcare Woodland Birds brochure SOUTH EAST SA DH Government of South Australia Government of South Australia Bush Stone-curlew IM Sacred Kingfisher WK Eastern Spinebill IM Crested Shrike-tit IM Dusky Woodswallow DK White-browed Babbler IM White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike IM Diamond Firetail DEGRADED WOODLANDS IN POOR CONDITION MODIFIED WOODLANDS IN MODERATE CONDITION Regeneration All trees are the same age Scattered paddock trees Modified mid-storey ST Southern Boobook LL Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo DK IM A few hollows Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Rufous Songlark LL Grey Shrike-thrush DK Spotted Pardalote Mid-storey absent BG Australian Magpie Noisy Miner Heavily grazed May be lightly grazed Bare ground Some weed species IM Grey Butcherbird DK Crimson Rosella DK Grey Currawong Grey Fantail TF Brown-headed Honeyeater DK Common Bronzewing DK Little Wattlebird Musk Lorikeet CG Laughing Kookaburra DK DK DK White-browed Scrubwren IM White-naped Honeyeater DK Fan-tailed Cuckoo IM Silvereye LL Eastern Yellow Robin DK Superb Fairy-wren IM Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo JT Red-browed Finch LL Scarlet Robin DK Golden Whistler LL Brown Thornbill DK New-Holland Honeyeater DK Galah IM Yellow-rumped Thornbill No leaf litter Little Raven DK BG Jacky Winter CG Weeds & pasture grasses dominant DK Rainbow Lorikeet DK Sulphur-crested Cockatoo BG Red-rumped Parrot DK Eastern Rosella DK White-plumed Honeyeater DK Red Wattlebird DK Willie Wagtail