What is the allure to bird-watching?
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It gets one out into nature, but it could also help save two critically endangered species.
Hosted by Birdlife Australia, a survey over the weekend of August 6-7 will track swift parrots and regent honeyeaters in the North East.
The environmental group needs volunteers to help collect valuable long-term data on the two birds.
A big group of 50 swift parrots was recently sighted in the Warby-Ovens National Park, feeding on flowering ironbark and grey box eucalyptus.
Meanwhile, Birdlife Australia confirmed re-sightings of captive release regent honeyeaters in Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park and even just west of Albury, demonstrating they could mix with a pre-existing wild population.
To get involved in the survey, visit birdlife.org.au/project/woodland-birds-for-biodiversity.
To register to be a regional co-ordinator, email woodlandbirds@birdlife.org.au.