Carnaby's cockatoos take up shelter on Tambellup man's rooftop as he tries to save endangered birds

When a Western Australian man dragged a hollow log on to the roof of his farmhouse and strapped it to the chimney with old fencing wire, he hoped endangered cockatoos would come home to roost.

Five years later, the unusual decision is improving the survival odds of the native Carnaby's cockatoo which faces extinction.

Read the full story at ABC Online.

 and   @birdsinbackyards
                 Subscribe to me on YouTube