You've heard the tale of Robin Hood, the famed thief who takes from the rich and gives to the poor, but now it's time to learn about his feathered friend the Hooded Robin, a threatened species in NSW that desperately needs your help.
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BirdLife Australia's Central NSW Woodland Birds Coordinator, Jayden Gunn, is seeking the community's help in locating populations of this declining species throughout the Central West and Central Tablelands regions.
He is also asking for the community to keep their eyes peeled for the Brown Treecreeper and Turquoise Parrot as well.
"All woodland bird species matter but these ones are either newly listed or have been listed as threatened for quite a while and are continuing to decline," he said.
"The environment, the plants and animals that live in it, are like a brick wall and if one species disappears, the species around it lack the support they had.
"The environment that supports them is the grout around the bricks, if that falls then all the species fall with it.
"All three species are in the area but the Hooded Robin is the main species we have a gap in locating.
"Much of the remaining population of this species within this area resides on private property so we need to collaborate with local landholders in locating and assisting the species in recovery.
"We have quite a good population of Turquois Parrots around Conimbla National Park and Nangar National Park.
"And while Tree Creepers are more abundant they are still threatened, you often see them throughout the region because they use large paddock trees and dead standing trees to nest and feed from.
"You often see them circling up and down trees, we have some up on Bellview Hill in Canowindra."
As such Mr Gunn is currently looking for landholders to partake in the 'Birds on Farms' monitoring program to gain critical data on the species.
"The Birds on Farms project aims to improve, extent, conditioning and connectivity of those species throughout the Central West and Central Tablelands regions of NSW.
"Improving the habitat and distribution of all woodland bird species not just those three.
"A landscape scale project with Birdlife Australia completing works that benefit those species, like infill plantings of understory in fragmented landscapes on properties, that improves the habitat already existing.
"Re-ageing them, adding all the components an old age woodland forest would have to an existing fragmented area of landscape.
"Nesting hollows and course woody debris, the stuff you see used for firewood.
"And it's not just landholders that can take part, anyone with a mobile phone device can download the bird data app, which allows them to record survey and enter data about the bird species where ever they are."
He said it was important to monitor and deliver on-ground works to support the Hooded Robin into the future given the impact on their numbers from drought, climate change, bush fire and predation.
"Groups of Hooded Robin generally consist of two to six birds and enjoy country with a relatively open environment that possesses a large amount of dead standing timber and course woody debris.
"The kind that is often collected for firewood, which is one of the main threats causing this species to decline.
"Pest animals like feral cats are another, there is quite a large population of feral cats around Cowra, and they move along the waterways which can have a massive impact on the species.
"As well feral foxes, they have a large impact on the species like the Hooded Robins, so we try to encourage land holders to manager their pest animals."
If you have seen any Hooded Robin's or would like to partake in the monitoring program then please contact Jayden Gunn on 0474 128 928 or email him at jayden.gunn@birdlife.org.au.