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what did you gain from the exhibition??? (Suhaib)

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what did you gain from the exhibition??? (Suhaib)

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FEAR!!!

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i felt pretty proud of myslef

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what went well during the exhibition??? (Suhaib)

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what went well during the exhibition??? (Suhaib)

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nothing (other than working with my best friends)

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i felt pretty comfortable when i was presenting during the exhibition

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What could you have improved on?'
Add more videos
What went well?
We gave it a try
What did you gain from doing exhibition?
Not afraid

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I can improve on being a personal thinker and giving the idea to my team (not all of them though).

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I felt very nervous before the exhibition because I was sweating.

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https://www.zoo.org.au/media/3072/helmeted-honeyeater.pdf

Creating a poster to promote the importance of visiting the  Healesville Sanctuary, Melbourne Zoo or Werribee Open Range Zoo

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Upload your Interviews (Completed in ART) in this Google Drive folder:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pzqJPkEhLKyb37aJiQCtq6CXmTI5H7D0?usp=sharing

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حَافِطوا على البِيئة و اِنقِذوا طيور آكلي العَسل

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Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said “A good deed done to an animal is like a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is as bad as cruelty to a human being.”

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Teacher notes- What are the threat to Helmeted Honey Eater 

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Teacher notes- What are the threat to Helmeted Honey Eater 

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Nael, Jude, Munir and Suhaib, I will give you some hints but can all please explore this matter.

As numbers of Helmeted Honeyeaters decline, the loss of genetic diversity is emerging as one of the greatest threats. Alongside this, the small remnant patches of habitat they inhabit within Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve are continuing to suffer a decline in quality.2 Mar 2020

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In this section, please add your video diaries and any other reflections of presentations you may have.

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Is there any other birds species that are affected like the Helmeted Honey Eater?

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I think that when i wrote the hadeeth and holiday homework i felt like a balanced person when doing my homework and free time

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Hadith and Rights of Animals Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) exhorted Muslims to show kindness and compassion towards animals and birds, and repeatedly forbade cruelty towards animals. “Whoever is merciful even to a sparrow, Allah will be merciful to him on the Day of Judgment.”

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One Hadith quotes Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as saying: “A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is as bad as an act of cruelty to a human being.

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Have they not looked to the birds above them spreading their wings, and (at times) they fold (them) in? No one holds them up except the RaHmān (the All-Merciful Allah). Surely He is watchful of every thing

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Have they not seen the birds above them, spreading and folding their wings? None holds them up except the Most Compassionate. Indeed, He is All-Seeing of everything.

Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.

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This will be great in a bar chart form. Can this be used in your data section? Please work on this for future goal.

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We want the audience to read about how the helmeted honeyeater is going to be extinct

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i used flourish.studio to make it
the info came from helmetedhoneyeater.org.au

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i was a communicator by talking listening to my friends me ideas and listening to what they want to and have to say

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Munir: Create a timeline to show the number of birds is in the wild. Highlight 10 important times.
Include pictures. Use the above link and any software to present your findings. Upload your work to Padlet.

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Scientific name
Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
What is a honeyeater?

Honeyeaters are unique to Australasia with around 170 species recorded. Most honeyeaters are nectar feeding birds with long, brush-tipped tongues which function in the same way as a paintbrush, soaking up fluids by capillary action. Most honeyeaters can protrude their tongues well beyond the tips of their beaks, enabling nectar collection from the base of long tubular flowers, honeydew extraction from deep, narrow cracks in bark and collection of manna from damaged tree trunks and branches. They lap up these fluids at rates of 10 or more licks per second and can empty a flower in less than one second. Honeyeater beaks are thin, curved and sharply pointed, reflecting to some extent the sorts of flowers they frequent. Honeyeaters are not totally dependent on nectar. For some, such as the Helmeted Honeyeater, nectar only forms around 25% of their diet.

Why is the Helmeted Honeyeater unique?

In 1971, the Helmeted Honeyeater was chosen as Victoria's bird emblem.

What does the Helmeted Honeyeater look like?

They are black, yellow and olive-brown in colour with a bright yellow crest or helmet which distinguishes them from all other honeyeaters. The outer tail feathers are tipped white. There is no colour difference between male and female birds. The Helmeted Honeyeater is approximately 20cm from bill to tail tip.

A newborn bird is about the size of a jelly bean and weighs approximately 5 grams. An adult weighs approximately 30-35 grams. To get an idea of how little an adult weighs, a fruit tingle packet weighs 35 grams. Generally males are slightly larger than females but it is very difficult, if not impossible, to determine this by sight alone. Genetic studies are needed to positively determine the sex of individual birds. There is one exception to this rule. See 'What are the breeding habits of the Helmeted Honeyeater? '

What is the status of the Helmeted Honeyeater?

Helmeted Honeyeaters are critically endangered. Numbers declined from a counted 167 birds in 1967 to a low of 50 birds in 1990. As with any species, the population rises and falls with the seasons. In March 2018 there were estimated to be about 200 birds left in the world.

Helmeted Honeyeater's are listed as:

How long do Helmeted Honeyeater's live in the wild?

The oldest bird on record is a male hatched and banded at Cockatoo Swamp at Yellingbo in mid-November 1994 and still being seen in June 2011, making him over 16 years old. Helmeted Honeyeaters born in the wild at Yellingbo usually have a shorter life span however. Females have an average life expectancy of around 4.44 years and males approximately 5.73 years.

What is the Helmeted Honeyeater's Taxonomy?

The Helmeted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix used to be considered a separate species. Today it is considered to be the largest and most colourful of the four subspecies of the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops.

I saw a Helmeted Honeyeater in my garden... or was it another subspecies of the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater?

There are four subspecies of the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater:

Helmeted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix

Gippsland Yellow-tufted Honeyeater L. m. gippslandicus

Inland Yellow-tufted Honeyeater L. m. meltoni

Sydney Yellow-tufted Honeyeater L. m. melanops

Individuals of the gippslandicus subspecies can have a helmet; though, usually smaller than that of cassidix (Helmeted Honeyeaters). There is overlap in overall body size between small cassidix and large gippslandicus individuals. The meltoni and the melanops subspecies are smaller and duller in plumage.

A 2013 genetic study (yet to be published) suggests that L.m.cassidix is genetically distinct from L.m.gippslandicus and L.m.gippslandicus is genetically distinct from L.melanops. Healesville Sanctuary has a captive breeding program for the Helmeted Honeyeater.

There are currently three small semi-wild populations established in remnant streamside swamp forest to the east of Melbourne. Between 2001 and 2012 reintroduction sites were established in Bunyip State Park and in 2006 a reintroduction site was established in Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve. Young birds produced in captivity during the previous breeding season are released into reintroduction sites each year.

The map (right) shows the past known distribution of the Helmeted Honeyeater in the mid 1800's (extensive documented surveys provide evidence of this range), the only remaining wild population (in red) and the failed reintroduction site (in green).

What is the natural habitat?

The Helmeted Honeyeater prefers riparian and swamp forests dominated by Manna Gum ( Eucalyptus viminalis), Swamp Gum ( Eucalyptus ovata) and Mountain Swamp Gum ( Eucalyptus camphora). Understorey shrubs, such as Broom Tea-tree ( Leptospermum scoparium), Scented Paperbark ( Melaleuca squarrosa), Prickly Currant-bush ( Coprosma quadrifida) and Woolly Tea-tree ( Leptospermum lanigerum) provide nest sites for the Helmeted Honeyeater. Streamside forests are now rarely more than 200m in width in agricultural areas such as Yellingbo.

What does the Helmeted Honeyeater eat?

Approximately 25% of the Helmeted Honeyeater's diet is nectar and 75% comes from other sources, including lerps that are often found on the leaves of Eucalypts.

What is the social behaviour of the Helmeted Honeyeater?

Each breeding pair has a territory of its own which it defends vigorously as an exclusive feeding area, around half a hectare in size. Breeding territories are usually clustered into overlapping neighbourhoods. If an intruder enters one of the territories within a neighbourhood, Helmeted Honeyeaters from nearby territories will come to help drive out the intruder. Commonly, the female offspring will be forced to disperse whilst male offspring are accommodated within a territory until they either find a territory of their own or disperse looking for a partner.

"Both sexes of Helmeted Honeyeaters were found to undertake exploratory movements amongst the population, often prior to permanent natal dispersal. Females consistently explored and dispersed further than males... Fidelity to breeding partners and territories was found, however both were shown to be variable and dependent on geographic neighbourhoods in which birds lived. In many cases both were lifelong, but neither was obligatory and changes of partners and territories occurred routinely."
Smales, I.J. (2004).Population ecology of the Helmeted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix: long-term investigations of a threatened bird. Honours thesis, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Victoria.

What are the breeding habits of the Helmeted Honeyeater?

The breeding season can run from early August through to early March. Birds are sexually mature at one year of age but most do not breed until they are two years or older.

Helmeted Honeyeaters construct a suspended cup shaped nest, often located in prickly shrubs. Nests are made of strips of bark, grasses, dried leaves and are bound loosely with cobwebs. Spider egg sacs are used for decoration. Nests can range from as low as 1 metre from the ground to as high as 4-8 metres in dense shrubs. Occasionally, nests are over 20 meters high in eucalypts.

Usually two eggs are laid, very occasionally three, with three or four clutches per season. The female sits on the eggs for 2 weeks before the young hatch. This is the only time that a positive identification of a female bird can be made through observation alone. Helmeted Honeyeaters are cooperative breeders. The young are fed in the nest for a further 2 weeks by both parents and sometimes related males. The young remain with their parents after leaving the nest for several months. At 40 days they are considered independent.

" Survivorship of juveniles was high and similar to that of adults. Dependent fledglings experience quite high survivorship, whilst it was low and equivalent in eggs and chicks. High survival rates of fledglings, juveniles and adults permitted the population to maintain itself despite very low survivorship of eggs and chicks. Identification of survivorship rates of the different life history phases, in particular the very low rates of eggs and nestlings, and high rates for all other stages, including fledglings... is an important outcome. It provides an opportunity to focus recovery actions for the population in a manner that offers potential to significantly and efficiently increase the population..."
Smales, I.J. (2004). Population ecology of the Helmeted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix: long-term investigations of a threatened bird. Honours thesis, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Victoria.

Question: What does 14 plus 2 plus 1 (sometimes 2) plus 15 plus 13-14 equal?

Answer: The Helmeted Honeyeater nest building, egg laying, incubation and fledgling time frame.

14 = the minimum number of days that an experienced female Helmeted Honeyeater takes to build a nest.

2 = the number of days that go by before the first egg is laid. This egg is not incubated, meaning that the Helmeted Honeyeater does not sit on the egg.

1 (sometimes 2) = another egg is laid, usually the following day, then occasionally a 3rd egg is laid the day after. Only after the last egg is laid does the female Helmeted Honeyeater start to sit on the nest. This process delays development of the first egg so that chicks hatch around the same time.

15 = the number of days that the eggs are incubated. Only the female Helmeted Honeyeater does this. On day 14 the young birds start to hatch from the eggs. They are called nestlings at this stage of their development.

13-14 = the number of days that the nestlings remain in the nest and are reared by both of their parents. Sometimes another related Helmeted Honeyeater will help feed or protect the nestlings. This is called cooperative breeding.

Around day 14, the nestlings leave the nest. They are now called fledglings. Their parents will continue to feed them for a while whilst they learn to fend for themselves. At 40 days they are considered to be well on their way to feeding independence.

Each pair of Helmeted Honeyeaters may do this 4 times over the course of a breeding season - August to March.

Wow. We think young people today grow up fast and that parenting is in the fast lane! What an incredible journey from birth to adulthood for our native species.

Helmeted Honeyeaters at Healesville Sanctuary

The captive breeding program for Helmeted Honeyeaters at Healesville Sanctuary began in 1989. Today the Sanctuary holds 13 pair of Helmeted Honeyeaters in purpose built aviaries, each aviary housing a single pair of birds. Closely related Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters are also held for use as foster parents. Each year the majority of Helmeted Honeyeaters bred at the Sanctuary are released between the reintroduction sites at Yellingbo and Bunyip State Park. Usually some birds are retained at the Sanctuary for use as breeders in the captive population. Fledgling birds from the previous breeding season are released around the start of the next breeding season (around September) after spending three days in acclimatisation aviaries at the release sites. Throughout the breeding season, eggs and nestlings are also moved between the Sanctuary and wild nests as required. This happens for a number of reasons:

1. If a wild nest is abandoned the eggs/nestlings can be fostered into a captive nest or placed into an incubator and hand raised or fostered after hatching

2. If the age of a captive and wild nest are within a few days age of each other, eggs/nestlings can be fostered from captive to wild nests. This is a preferable form of 'release to the wild' of captive birds as they are then raised and socialised in a wild situation.

Reference: Karina Cartwright. Wildlife Supervisor, Threatened Species Unit, Healesville Sanctuary

A bird in time

1866
The first Helmeted Honeyeater and Leadbeater's Possum specimens were taken from the Bass River area near Westernport Bay.

1867
The bird was described as Ptilotus leadbeateri by Frederick McCoy, then director of the Victorian Museum on 1st December from specimens from "Bass River, South Gippsland." In London, the name Ptilotis cassidix was apparently assigned by zoologist Sir William Jardine to specimens collected at "Western Port Bay, near Port Phillip Heads", and published by John Gould on 1st December. Gould is recognised as the author of the species. Read more about Frederick McCoy & John Gould's Helmeted Honeyeater discoveries & see images of the birds they collected here

1880's
Clearing of Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp begins and continues for another 80 years.

1923
Ptilotis cassidix is reclassified as Lophoptilotus cassidix.

1926
L. cassidix reclassified as Meliphaga cassidix.

1933
Helmeted Honeyeater first found at Woori Yallock Creek 'about two miles south of Yellingbo', by the son of ornithologist A. G. Campbell. November edition of Victorian Naturalist is devoted to the Helmeted Honeyeater.

1947
Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) survey at Cardinia Creek area suggests around 100 birds exist there.

1952
Survey Cassidix commenced by Bird Observation and Conservation Australia (known then as the Bird Observers' Club) at Yellingbo and investigates the bird for 10 years.

1965
First portion of Yellingbo State Fauna Reserve is established specifically for a Helmeted Honeyeater sanctuary.

1967
Yellingbo State Faunal Reserve officially proclaimed. Around 200 Helmeted Honeyeaters counted in the wild.

1971
The Helmeted Honeyeater is proclaimed as one of Victoria's State Faunal Emblems on 10th March.

1973
The Helmeted Honeyeater is reclassified as a sub-species of the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Meliphaga melanops cassidix.

1975
The Yellow-tufted Honeyeater is included into a redefined Honeyeater genus, Lichenostomus. The Helmeted Honeyeater is thus Lichenostomus melanops cassidix.

1978
The Fisheries and Wildlife Division commences staffing and active management of the Yellingbo State Faunal Reserve. The State and Commonwealth Governments contribute funding to a land purchase program of adding substantial further land to the reserve.

1983
Ash Wednesday fires destroy the habitat of colonies of Helmeted Honeyeaters at Cockatoo and Upper Beaconsfield. Subsequently the birds become locally extinct leaving the Yellingbo population as the sole remaining group.

1983
Long-term monitoring of the Yellingbo Helmeted Honeyeater population commences.

1986
Leadbeater's Possum is discovered at Yellingbo.

1989
A public meeting is called and The Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater is formed on 23rd May. The Helmeted Honeyeater Recovery Team is officially formed. A captive breeding program is commenced at Healesville Sanctuary.

1990/91
Only 15-16 pairs of breeding birds and a population of approximately 60 birds remain in the wild

1991
The Friends establish an indigenous plant nursery at Healesville Sanctuary.

1992/93
The Friends indigenous plant nursery commences operation at Yellingbo.

1995
First reintroduction of captive bred birds back into the wild occurs at Yellingbo. It was unsuccessful but much was learnt.

1996
After a fight to save it from demolition, the former Ranger's House at Yellingbo becomes the Friends headquarters.

1999
Helmeted Honeyeaters go on display at the Healesville Sanctuary. The wild population increases to 90-100 birds with 15 potential breeding pairs in the captive group at Healesville Sanctuary.

2001
The first reintroduction of captive bred birds into former habitat occurs at Tonimbuk within Bunyip State Park.

2003
A plan is proposed to link the renamed Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve (YNCR) with Bunyip State Park along a revegetated Shepherd Creek.

2004
Bushfires come within 300 metres of the release sites at Tonimbuk. Fortunately no birds are lost. The wild population decreases to around 70-80 birds at Yellingbo. The Friends investigate the possible purchase of land adjoining the Reserve.

2005
A forum is called to bring together all relevant parties to draw up a future habitat plan for the Yellingbo area. A 20ha property on the Woori Yallock Creek containing significant streamside habitat is purchased by the Judith Eardley Save Wildlife Association for a future extension to YNCR.

2006
A further reintroduction program begins at Yellingbo with the release of seven Helmeted Honeyeaters. More releases follow at Yellingbo and Tonimbuk. Former Premier Joan Kirner launches the Woori Yallock Creek Local Area Plan which is designed to seek local landholders cooperation to protect and improve the natural habitat.

2009
A record number of 28 birds are released into the wild for one season.

2010
A third reintroduction site is established at Gembrook. A new release strategy is employed, using portable aviaries.

2011
The Friends campaign hard, together with like-minded local environmental groups, to bring public land in the Woori Yallock Creek sub-catchment under the one banner of Yellingbo State Emblems Park. This Park would further protect and provide greater coordinated management of public land. Bi-partisan political support is gained and the proposal is referred to Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) for consideration. The proposal is accepted and the Yellingbo Investigation begins with the first round of community consultation!

Radio tracking of release birds is re-established.

2012
The Gembrook release site was unsuccessful. Helmeted Honeyeaters were found to be moving between Tonimbuk and a 2009 fire affected area at Labertouche North. A new release site is established in Labertouche North. Three monitoring systems are employed: visual monitoring, radio tracking and, new in 2012, microchip sensors at supplementary feeding stations.

2013
A new reintroduction site is established at Yellingbo, with twelve birds released in October. Microchip sensors augment the daily monitoring undertaken by volunteers. 65 regular volunteers are now part of the supplementary feeding program which operates 365 days p/year. On average, these volunteers contribute 575 hours every month to this program.
The Final Report of the VEAC Yellingbo Investigation is released. The State Government is expected to report on the recommendations in early 2014.

2014
Across Yellingbo NCR, 36 fledglings were produced in the 2013/14 breeding season.
In March, the State Government hands down its response to VEAC's Yellingbo Investigation. There is overwhelming support for the recommendations. A Yellingbo Conservation Area Coordinating Committee is to be formed this year to oversee and coordinate land management for nature conservation and biodiversity programs.
At 1/12/14, there are more Helmeted Honeyeaters at Yellingbo (at least 130) than at any time in the Helmeted Honeyeater Recovery Programs history (25 years).

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Lichenostomus melanops cassidix Honeyeaters are unique to Australasia with around 170 species recorded. Most honeyeaters are nectar feeding birds with long, brush-tipped tongues which function in the same way as a paintbrush, soaking up fluids by capillary action.

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JUDE (Creator of poster) Nael (assistant) : Create an advertisement poster on where people to donate money to "Friends of the Helmeted honeyeaters" webpage.

Include:
Strong words to convince people to donate
Why its important
Cute picture of the bird
Website address

Jude- Post the poster here so it can be checked
Jude- How will donations help the Helmeted Honey Eater
Nael- Why is the helmeted honeyeater important bird in the environment

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The Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater formed in May 1989 when the population of the Helmeted Honeyeater's reached a critically low level of 50 birds. We share a concern for the future of our critically endangered Victorian bird emblem and want to contribute to the conservation of Australia's unique flora and fauna.

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We are going to promote this organisation.

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The Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater formed in May 1989 when the population of the Helmeted Honeyeater's reached a critically low level of 50 birds. We share a concern for the future of our critically endangered Victorian bird emblem and want to contribute to the conservation of Australia's unique flora and fauna.

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Snip - Tailor Brands - Instant Logo Maker & Online Logo Design - Google Chrome

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I think that when i was doing my essential questions i was being a communicator :)

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I was a communicator by talking to my group about the content and others and my essential question

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I was a communicator by discussing my essential questions.

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I think not a lot of countries know about the Helmeted Honeyeater problem because there are only 240 of them left and they are only in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Other threats are predators including raptors, feral cats and foxes, while rivalry between Helmeted Honeyeaters and Bell Miners over territory is believed to impact breeding success. The friends’ group helps support hehos in many ways including with extensive planting to improve and expand their dwindling habitat.

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The helmeted honeyeater is the largest and most brightly coloured of the yellow-tufted honeyeater subspecies. It has a distinctive black mask between the yellow throat, pointed yellow ear-tufts and the fixed “helmet” of golden plushlike feathers on the forehead, with a dull golden crown and nape demarcated from the dark olive-brown back and wings.

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The helmeted honeyeater  is a  bird in the honeyeater family. It is a critically endangered subspecies of the yellow-tufted honeyeater, that exists in the wild only as a tiny population in the Australian state of Victoria,  It is Victoria's only native bird, and was adopted as one of the state's official symbols.

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Their diet is mainly nectar and invertebrates, sometimes also eating flowers, fruit and seeds. Sometimes feed in mixed groups with other honeyeaters.

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I learnt that the helmeted honeyeaters are critically endangered animals.(birds)

And there are only 240 of them left in the wild.(Or the world)

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The following critical next steps will enable Zoos
Victoria, along with our partners to move forward
knowing that we are doing everything we can to
prevent the extinction of this species:
Maintaining Zoos Victoria’s
captive breeding program with
a focus on gene-pool mixing.
$1,400,000
Translocations to support the
wild population and establish
at least one new population.

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The following critical next steps will enable Zoos Victoria, along with our partners to move forward knowing that we are doing everything we can to prevent the extinction of this species: Maintaining Zoos Victoria’s captive breeding program with a focus on gene-pool mixing. $1,400,000 Translocations to support the wild population and establish at least one new population. Helmeted Honeyeaters rely on dense shrubs for nesting and food, and are threatened by vegetation dieback in sections of their habitat and a lack of natural regeneration.

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Distribution and habitat Historically, helmeted honeyeaters were patchily distributed in the mid- Yarra and Western Port catchments of central southern Victoria, in the South Eastern Highlands IBRA bioregion.Feeding. The honeyeaters eat invertebrates, nectar, lerps, honeydew, and eucalypt or other plant sap (manna). They spend much time gleaning lerps from foliage, invertebrates from behind decorticating bark, and making repeated visits to places where manna is weeping from damaged eucalypt and melaleuca branches.

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Do what you can to create community awareness and support for the Helmeted Honeyeater.

By visiting Healesville Sanctuary, Melbourne Zoo or Werribee Open Range Zoo, you will be supporting our work to fight extinction.

Donate if you can, because every little bit helps. As we are a not-for-profit organisation, all donations go toward our important conservation efforts.

Discover more about local conservation events and join the growing number of wild activists taking action for local wildlife.

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The Helmeted Honeyeater, the bird emblem for Victoria, is critically endangered.

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The Helmeted Honeyeater, the bird emblem for Victoria, is critically endangered.

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Currently, there are only three small, semi-wild populations established in streamside swamp forest to the east of Melbourne. The birds can be identified by the distinctive yellow tufts on either side of their heads.

It is Critically Endangered and there is fewer than 200 left in the wild. Loss of habitat is the primary threat to the Helmeted Honeyeater. They need to live close to water, so drought, bushfire, and competition from other birds also endanger their existence.

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Timeline of Helmeted Honey Eater Population

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Timeline of Helmeted Honey Eater Population

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Loss of habitat is the primary threat to the Helmeted Honeyeater. They need to live close to water, so drought, bushfire, and competition from other birds also endanger their existence.