Previous glider surveys 2015

Roadvale, 10th January 2015

No gliders sighted. Birds seen and/or heard at night included pelicans, plumed whistling ducks, wood ducks, pacific black ducks, masked lapwings, dotterells, black-winged stilts, black swans, grey teals and willie wagtails, and a number of unidentified frogs were heard.

Kooralbyn 13 January

No gliders, but whiptail wallaby, brushtail possum, huntsman spiders and fireflies.

Running Creek Road 17 January

No gliders, other details soon

Duck Creek Road (Bill O’Sullivan) 26 January

No gliders, other details soon. Gliders have been seen on neighbouring properties, and there is extensive forest on the property so we’d be very surprised if there aren’t any.  Koalas are commonly seen there.  Motion sensing camera erected.

Carney’s Creek 15th March (Ison property)

No gliders, but

  • Koala
    Brushtail possum
    Fruitbat
    Microbats
    Pied currawong
    Kookaburra
    Boobook owl
    Sooty owl
    Masked owl? (may have been barn owl but sounded more like masked)
    White-throated nightjar
    Owlet nightjar
    Green tree frog
    Sedge frog
    Emerald spotted tree frog
    Firefly
    Meat ant nests
    Tiny eye shines high on large euc (prob wolf spiders)
    Leaf curl spider
    Orb weaver spider (brown? not golden)
    Banksia starting to  flower

Kooralbyn 18 March

No gliders, other details soon

Binna Burra 20 March

No gliders, other details soon

Mt Witherin, near Canungra 22 March

No gliders, plenty of great barred frogs.

Motion sensing camera erected

Canungra Conservation Park 29 March

No gliders, other details soon

Lions Road 12 April

No gliders, boobook owls heard, red-necked wallaby

Levers Plateu (Wild Mountains) 13 April

Sugar gliders heard, koala seen

Motion sensing camera erected

Mount French 18 April

No gliders, other details soon

MacDonald section, Tamborine NP 22 April

No gliders, other details soon

Mont Alford 24 April

No gliders, other details soon

GliderSurveyWonglepongsquirrel glider, Wallaby Ridge, Wonglepongrefreshments after a survey at Mont Alford

Photos above: glider survey at Wonglepong, squirrel glider at Wallaby Ridge, refreshments after a survey n Mont Alford

  • Mon 7th September:Kooralbyn.
  • Fri 11th September: Macdonnell Nat Park, Tamborine Mountain.
  • Sat 12th September: The Knoll, Tamborine Mountain.
  • Sun 20th September: Binna Burra, Beechmont.
  • Tues 22nd September: Upper Coomera Rd, Witheren – night time street walk around Illinbah Valley area.
  • Tues 29th September: Upper Coomera Rd, Witheren, night time street walk around Illinbah Valley area.
  • Wed 30th Sept,  Wallaby Ridge, Wonglepong.
  • Fri Oct 2nd Upper Coomera Rd, Witheren, night time street walk around Illinbah Valley area.
  • 3rd October: between Beaudesert and Boonah.

 

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