{"id":35954,"date":"2022-11-16T19:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T01:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=35954"},"modified":"2025-10-19T22:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:35:02","slug":"gang-gang-cockatoos-benefit-from-the-australian-twitchathon-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/gang-gang-cockatoos-benefit-from-the-australian-twitchathon-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Gang Gang Cockatoos Benefit From The Australian &#8220;Twitchathon&#8221; Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45649\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45649\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/person-use-binoculars-on-tripod-px-2194231-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Person outdoors in coat using binoculars that are on a tripod\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/person-use-binoculars-on-tripod-px-2194231-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/person-use-binoculars-on-tripod-px-2194231-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/person-use-binoculars-on-tripod-px-2194231-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/person-use-binoculars-on-tripod-px-2194231.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/binoculars-bird-watchers-focused-2194231\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skullman\/Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a time of bird counts, organized conservation efforts, and worldwide appreciation of the creatures in our spheres, we find a genuine interest in how we plan to end up in the long term. As a result of that care and interest, there are many ways for us to attempt that care. But care, as we all know, isn\u2019t free. In a world imbued with the concept of exchanges, it takes money to support efforts to help our birds. As their populations decline throughout the world, a science of count and acquisition of monies are often combined in smartly organized efforts. One that takes place is referred to as the Twitchathon. With this, a challenging race to be the one with the most sightings help with a collection of funds and donations to further conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The National Twitchathon is an Australian annual event with a celebrated almost 30-year history. It\u2019s an event where people gather in teams for a main 30-hour race to see and hear as many birds in the Australian bush as possible. In the past, the race was a full 24-hour event but due to &#8220;pushing to the brink&#8221; exhaustion, a recently instituted rule (2017) insists that a 6-hour resting period be implemented. This still provides for a full 24-hour period of bird-hunting for the participant teams in the race.<\/p>\n<h3>A Friendly Competition<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45650\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45650 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gang-gang-cockatoo-px-3922050-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gang-gang cockatoo perched on branch outdoors\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gang-gang-cockatoo-px-3922050-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gang-gang-cockatoo-px-3922050-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gang-gang-cockatoo-px-3922050-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gang-gang-cockatoo-px-3922050.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gang-Gang Cockatoo. Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/bird-gang-gang-australia-red-3922050\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amyjo_Freelance_Artist\/Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Teams are formed and routes are meticulously planned with the hopes of gaining ground on sightings. The categories include Big Weekend (which houses the full 30-hour race), the Champagne Race, which is completed in a 12-hour setting, and a 3-hour Birdathon. For 2022, the highly anticipated race by sporting birders began on October 29<sup>th<\/sup> and concluded on October 30<sup>th<\/sup>. The 30-hour Big Weekend is referred to by one participant as \u201ca mega-twitch for the crazy and dedicated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>There are records to be broken, of course. For the previous 24-hour Big Weekend race, the record is 252 sightings. For the new 30-hour race, a prized increase with 264 species sits in the record books. The intense race involves driving to locations, and on-foot pursuits to probable sweet spots. The results are turned in on the honor system but to qualify for any sighting, more than 50% of a team must agree that a particular bird was actually sighted or heard.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, it is determined which species should get the acquired funding. For 2022, it is the rare Gang Gang cockatoo, which found its population decimated by the 2019\/2020 bushfires. The tragedy of the fire took the beautiful black and red cockatoo from a category of least concern to one that is on the endangered list. The hope for 2022 is to raise $30,000 for the Gang Gang Cockatoo conservation effort.<\/p>\n<p>The main event is preceded by an annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count. Started in 2014, this preceding event helps to fill in gaps in acquired data. Plus, it helps to build the excitement for the upcoming Twitchathon. Prizes are doled out for a variety of achievements that include highest count, and highest fundraising, giving prizes for 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place spots.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your eye out for the 2023 event that occurs in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twitchathon, an annual birding competition in Australia, recently brought together birders from birdwatching groups near and far for a friendly competition broken down into different divisions to see which teams could identify the most birds in the given time. This meant that dedicated birders were pushed to the brink in either 30-hour,  24-hour, or six-hour segments to identify as many birds as possible. The event also determines which endangered bird species will benefit from funds raised. See why this year&#8217;s bird is the gang-gang cockatoo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8046,"featured_media":45650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gang Gang Cockatoos Benefit From The Australian &quot;Twitchathon&quot; Race &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Twitchathon, an annual birding competition in Australia, determines which endangered bird species will benefit from funds raised. 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