It's been a season to crow about, with volunteers flocking to Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park over the past few weeks to participate in the biggest Great Gariwerd Bird Survey in years.
For the past six years, dozens of volunteers have been quietly building a valuable long-term bird monitoring dataset for Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park.
The Great Gariwerd Bird Survey is a volunteer-powered program that conducts bird surveys at 36 locations across the Grampians twice a year – once in autumn, and once in spring.
Volunteers involved in the program range from experienced birdwatchers to complete beginners learning bird calls and monitoring techniques for the first time.
New volunteers participate in a 40-hour course taught by ecologist Dr Greg Kerr from Nature Glenelg Trust to be properly trained in bird identification, ecology and monitoring skills, before heading out for their first survey to monitor the pre-determined sites across the national park.
