Tag: wildlife
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Toowoomba Bird Observers January 2025
Toowoomba Bird Observers January newsletter features the Royal spoonbill as bird of the month. There are outings planned for Wednesday, 12 February to Pittsworth and on a date to be confirmed to Moreton Bay/Wynnum.
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Toowoomba Bird Observers December Newsletter
Toowoomba Bird Observers have shared their December newsletter. Bird of the month is the Superb Fairy-wren. There is information about upcoming outings on 8 and 25 January and more.
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TRC shelved TLPI – DDEC response
Darling Downs Environment Council has sent a message in response to the Toowoomba Regional Council decision to shelve the Temporary Local Planning Instrument intended to protect local ecology. DDEC is inviting citizens interested in protecting our local environment to join in action by posting photos of native animals and significant trees. Read the PDF message…
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Toowoomba Bird Observers November Newsletter
Toowoomba Bird Observers have published their November 2024 newsletter. Bird of the Month is the Satin Bowerbird. Stories include information about upcoming bird walks and reports of observations from recent walks. The TBO annual census of birds is also attached below.
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Wildlife Qld bulletin
Talking Wildlife eBulletin 196 from Wildlife Queensland can be viewed online.
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Bush fires and biodiversity
An Australian article published in Nature related to the 2019-20 fires found greater biodiversity loss in areas subject to frequent burning. The ABC has published a story about the findings.
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Koala count
NOVEMBER is TOOWOOMBA REGION KOALA COUNT MONTH THIS SATURDAY, join like-minded KOALA LOVERS to find, observe and record WILD KOALA sightings around the Crows Nest township. We use the iNaturalist app for our koala observations – download to your mobile phone. https://www.inaturalist.org/…/toowoomba-region-koala…
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Bunyas to Border (B2B) corridor update
Maree Clancy, B2B Project Coordinator, writes: Dear Friends of Escarpment Parks, Phase 2 of the Bunyas to Border (B2B) corridor project is now underway. B2B is a community-driven conservation project aimed at restoring the wildlife corridor from Main Range to the Bunya Mountains: an important movement pathway for wildlife and area rich in many unique and threatened…
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Toowoomba Region Koala Habitat Project
The TOOWOOMBA REGION KOALA HABITAT PROJECT has just secured another unexpected supply of koala tree tubestock seedlings – possibly the last for this planting window ??? We expect further guards and stakes to be delivered from Aussie Environmental at Yandina Wednesday, 30 October. Free seedlings, stakes & guards will be available from Mt Lofty, Toowoomba on Thursday, 31 October –…
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Join Us at the Crows Nest Koala Festival on 1st September
Toowoomba Region Koala Habitat Project is excited to invite you to the Crows Nest Koala Festival on Sunday, 1st September 2024, at Centenary Park, Crows Nest. This special event is a fantastic opportunity to come together as a community to celebrate and protect one of Australia’s most iconic animals—the koala. Event Details: Date: Sunday, 1st September 2024Time: 10:00…