Thesis

My thesis is now available electronically from the library at the University of Western Australia. Happy reading.

Short films

Whilst undertaking field work for my PhD I took videos of the cockatoos whenever an opportunity arose to record interesting behaviours. I mostly tried to capture my study birds doing 'normal' cockatoo behaviours or wild birds doing unusual things. I have put together two short films from the videos. I hope you enjoy watching them.

Unusual Behaviours of Carnaby's Cockatoos

In the Wild: Rehabilitated Carnaby's Cockatoos

This film was too big for me to upload here but is available on Vimeo.

Talks

Now that my PhD is completed the next task is to share what I have found. That's what science is all about: building and sharing knowledge.

I will be giving two talks on the results of my PhD in the coming months.

The first is at Birdlife Western Australia's monthly meeting titled "Carnaby's cockatoo in the urban landscape: how they use the landscape and how we can help ensure they keep visiting". It will be at the Bold Park Eco Centre, Perry Lake Dr, Floreat at 7.30pm on the 26th October.

The second will be at the Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference that is being held in Perth in November. The talk is titled "Working towards conserving a threatened species in an increasingly urbanised environment".

Graduation

Back on the 17th September I finally got to wear the gown and 'mortar board' complete with tassel to officially graduate. The evening was a fitting finale for my PhD journey.

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I handed in my thesis back in January for examination, waited patiently for the examiners reports to come back, and finally on the 8th July I submitted the corrected version of my thesis. Yippee!

In UWA tradition I am also now the proud owner of a famous red mug.