Neighbours Noticing Nature

If you go down to the bush today you’re sure of a big surprise.

There’s been quite a bit of biodiverse action in the bush of late. Whilst out Landcaring the crew spied a tiny Spotted Pardalote and a small quail.

Rod Mackay stated ”I've only ever noticed these (Scaly Breasted Lorikeet) in the Coal Point area in the last six months or so.

We had a flock of Musk Lorikeets a few years back in the tree out the front of the Carey Bay squash courts but haven't seen them since. Must have ‘flown the coop’”!

Another alert local found a headless Squirrel Glider in Threlkeld reserve, the cause of the decapitation became more apparent when resident bird experts Liz & Chris passed on some avian information
“We first heard the Powerful Owl from somewhere around the water tanks near Whitelocke Street and then it moved further southwest along Coal Point so that we heard it again from about the area of the Progress Association Hall.“

Around Laycock Street a Pheasant Coucal has been making a few appearances …the Noisy Miners make sure it doesn’t get to stay very long.

Jenell and Noel Heslop have been building and watching nestboxes...

“About three years ago, Noel constructed a Galah box, as per the internet bird website, and hung it on one of our Sydney Blue Gum trees near the front of the house.  For two years we had Galah’s nesting, last year we had the privilege of watching one of the young Galah’s fly from the box into the wild blue yonder.

This year at nesting time the Galah couple returned, but they began acting strangely, they started to ring bark their tree.

We decided to remove the box, as we didn’t want the tree ringbarked. When the box was on the ground I looked inside and here were two black eyes and a furry striped face looking back at me.  A Squirrel Glider had moved into the bird box.

We quickly located the box to another spot up the back yard, with the glider still inside.

Noel also built a Rosella box, and that has been occupied by a family of Rosella for about four years running. We love watching the native wildlife going about their business.”