Karak

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Owner:: malikaal Message this owner
Released:: Monday, August 9, 2010
Origin:: Victoria, Australia
Recently Spotted:: In Meeting At The Mall - Flash Mob Event II

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Current Goal

Nesting in hollows, crunching on seeds, keep me on the move.

About This Item

Karak is one of five travellers (others are: Bilby Ninu, Koolah Koala, Screeching Sammy, and Wandering Wally) aiming to see the world. Karak is a South Eastern red tailed black cockatoo, and was the official mascot of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. The name “Karak” is derived from the sound a Black cockatoo makes. Karak is a threatened Australian bird that is found in south western Victoria and south eastern South Australia. This cockatoo is a highly specialised feeder, eating the seeds of only three tree species, being the Brown Stringybark and Desert Stringybark, supplemented with seeds of Buloke. The red tailed cockatoo regularly travels and roosts in flocks. For nesting, the cockatoos require large hollows in old living or dead eucalypts. They mate for life, with the breeding pair usually only nesting once per year. Population size is limited due to ongoing reduction in Buloke which grows on soils that were amongst the first to be converted to farmland; fires which reduce seed availability; loss of large eucalypt trees with hollows; and the brush tail possum being a natural predator.

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Tracking History (2697.9mi) View Map

2/26/2011	Hanseeka discovered it		Visit Log
Seen in the hands of 379Jonti379 and at the Flash Mob Event
2/26/2011	379Jonti379 placed it in Meeting At The Mall - Flash Mob Event II	Victoria, Australia - 142 miles	Visit Log

12/17/2010	379Jonti379 retrieved it from Lookout for Lions	Victoria, Australia	Visit Log
Cool TB, will move along shortly.
10/10/2010	malikaal placed it in Lookout for Lions	Victoria, Australia - 1,219.54 miles	Visit Log

9/6/2010	malikaal took it to Wooden Work 26 The Magpie	Victoria, Australia - 1,227.44 miles	Visit Log

8/14/2010	malikaal retrieved it from Top Red Centre	Northern Territory, Australia	Visit Log
Going to fly back to Victoria.
8/14/2010	malikaal placed it in Top Red Centre	Northern Territory, Australia - 1,260.45 miles	Visit Log

8/9/2010	malikaal retrieved it from Grand Ridge of old	Victoria, Australia	Visit Log
Beginning a journey, heading to central Australia for a quick trip.
8/9/2010	malikaal placed it in Grand Ridge of old	Victoria, Australia	Visit Log

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