Did you know that it takes around 300 years to create a home for an owl? In urban and agricultural areas throughout Australia, hollow-bearing trees are in decline. Hollow-creation is a slow process that relies on fungus to work on a tree. In NSW, species that rely on tree hollows for shelter and nesting include at least 46 mammals, 81 birds, 31 reptiles and 16 frogs. Forty of these species are listed as threatened with extinction in NSW and the loss of hollows has been listed as a key threatening process.
Educating the next generation will ensure tree hollows, which take generations to develop, are available for Australian fauna.