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Field trip to Mount Elliot – September 2012

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

There was certainly a feel of approaching summer on our September field trip to Mount Elliot’s Cockatoo Creek. As we followed the track through the open woodland, upstream from the look-out, it was hot and still, with little shade. Recent … Continue reading →

Targeting Flying Foxes: a double-barrelled assault

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

News that shooting of flying foxes by fruit-growers was once again to be permitted in Queensland came, with tragic irony, on September 7th, National Threatened Species Day – a day set aside to raise community awareness and involvement in preventing … Continue reading →

Field trip to Upper Ross – August 2012

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

Even though it has been in existence for quite a number of years the Booroona walking trail seems to be a well-kept secret, as few of the 15 adults who turned up for the walk knew of it or had … Continue reading →

Vale Dave Green 1952-2012

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

Dave Green, National Parks ranger, par excellence, and long-time co-ordinator of the famous Pied Imperial-Pigeon monitoring surveys on North Brook Island, died peacefully at home on July 26th. A funeral service and celebration of his life of devotion to family, … Continue reading →

WQ awards for JCU researchers

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

Congratulations to three James Cook University PhD candidates who each received one of the $1000 student research grants awarded each year by Wildlife Queensland. The grants are administered by the Society’s Endangered Species Trust and support research projects which investigate methods of … Continue reading →

What’s happening on the Town Common?

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

On our recent walk on the Town Common Marty McLaughlin, Operations Manager with the Dept of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing, spoke to us about works being done on the Common – see separate write-up on this blog. Marty … Continue reading →

Field Trip to Town Common – July 2012

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

How lucky we have been with the weather for each of our four field trips this year! We could not have had a more perfect morning for our Town Common walk on 22 July, despite the cold, wet, grey days … Continue reading →

Black-throated finch still calls Townsville home

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

Did you know that one of the rarest birds in Australia is still managing to find a refuge in our local region – even as close to the city as Ross River Dam? The southern form of the striking Black-throated … Continue reading →

Two new frogs for Hinchinbrook and the Wet Tropics

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

It’s a very long name for a very small frog but the Hinchinbrook Island nursery-frog (Cophixalus hinchinbrookensis) has grabbed headlines recently as one of two new frog species identified by Dr Conrad Hoskin and colleagues at JCU. In probing the … Continue reading →

Field Trip to Tyto Wetlands – June 2012

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

What a great time we had on our Tyto wetlands weekend on 23-24 June! Despite grey skies and rain in Townsville the previous day, as we drove north on Saturday under blue skies it was clear that we would get … Continue reading →

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