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For the first time in many years Wildlife Queensland, along with North Queensland Wildlife Care, hosted a bat-watching evening at the conclusion of a busy year for the Branch in which flying-foxes have been a major focus. The event fulfilled a … Continue reading
When we did this trip in 2012 we had 15 people, this year we doubled it, next time around the Sullivans might need to get a bigger boat! The smiles above indicate our pleasure in a morning spent among old … Continue reading
November field trip this SATURDAY 22 November: bookings are now closed for our end-of-year cruise on Ross River Dam. All those booked have been advised to meet at the Dam car park, between 8-8.15am on Saturday 22nd bringing the correct money … Continue reading
For approximately ten years two of our members have hosted a pair of stone-curlews first on their footpath and then in their Mundingburra backyard. For the first four or five years the birds remained on the footpath, before deciding that … Continue reading
Twelve years ago the urban green space of Lou Litster Park, where we gathered on our October field trip, was little more than a wasteland, with some straggly mangroves along the banks of a neglected stretch of Ross Creek … Continue reading
Undoubtedly the Cromarty wetlands, lying between the Mt Elliott Range and the Haughton River, as it winds its way to the sea, are one of the jewels of our region’s natural heritage. Last month twenty of us made the short … Continue reading
WHAT’S COMING UP? October field trip Sunday 19th October – We will be discovering another urban treasure, this time in the Hermit Park/South Townsville area. Flotilla for the reef- Sunday 19th October 10am-1pm – The Strand. The latest reef action unfortunately … Continue reading
Spring has sprung, the doonas are off the beds, the koels are calling around town, pied imperial-pigeons are starting to arrive and a coucal has been scuffling busily in my front yard. But some birds don’t wait for spring to … Continue reading
As in July and August a slightly edited/abbreviated version of the main monthly update that is sent out by email is being posted here. Hopefully it will provide a more permanent reference for members, non-members and anyone wanting to know … Continue reading
ALGAE Dictyosphaeria sp. Padina sp. – leafy alga. Halimeda sp. Calcareous alga (green) Lithophyllum sp. – calcareous alga (pink) Cystoseira sp. Galaxaura sp. – red alga in Rhodophyta group Colpomenia sp. (puffy green-brown alga) Jania sp. – similar to Galaxaura. CORALS Goniastrea aspera (honeycomb coral) Acropora millepora (bushy staghorn coral) Platygyra sinensis (brain coral) … Continue reading