Category Archives: Wildlife Corridor

Get with the Buzz at Elorac Place

Posted on 11/11/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox The Pollinator Link® team was proud to be invited to be part of the Health and Wellbeing Expo organised by the Elorac Place Community Centre in Ellen Grove. It was a pleasure to experience the community spirit … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Andy Howe, Blue Pincushion Brunonia australis, Elorac Place Community Centre, Guardian Scheme, Health and Wellbeing Expo, Mason Bees UK, Tania Kelsey | Leave a comment

What’s in your garden today?

Posted on 11/11/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Thanks to Georgia Nierfeld for great video of a Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii in her family’s Pollinator Link® front garden at Chandler. Georgia also found a female Great Carpenter Bee Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aruana. Australia’s largest solitary bee the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii, Brush Caper Berry Capparis arborea, Butterfly, Caper White Belenois java, Georgia Nierfeld, Great Carpenter Bee Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aruana, moth, Native bees | Leave a comment

Proud Builders: New Homes for Solitary Bees

Posted on 07/11/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Providing Water, Food and Shelter are the key to bringing Birds, Butterflies and Bees back to our urban habitats. The Construction Team gathered at Downfall Creek Environment Centre to build new homes for our homeless … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Benchmark Scaffolding, Blue Banded Bee - Amegilla cingulata, Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, Great Carpenter Bee, Green Carpenter Bee, Lanotec, Leaf-Cutter Bee Megachile sp., resin bees, solitary native bees, Teddy Bear Amegilla sp | Leave a comment

Christmas Gift Ideas

Posted on 06/11/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Looking for Christmas gift ideas for others or for yourself? Two excellent books I have read this year are Habitat by AB Bishop and Feeding the Birds at Your Table by Darryl Jones. Habitat: A practical guide … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged birds butterflies bees, Feeding Birds at Your Table Darryl Jones, GroNative, Habitat AB Bishop, iNaturalist, Water Food Shelter | Leave a comment

Habitat for community and wildlife

Posted on 30/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon The Mt Gravatt State High School Pollinator Link® garden is a thriving habitat for wildlife and building links with the community. Twenty-one volunteers from Griffith Mates and local streets joined students and family members. Results: 50 hours … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Corrine McMillan MP, Griffith Mates, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS | Leave a comment

Circles in your rose leaves?

Posted on 26/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Do you have mysterious circles appearing in the leaved of your rose bushes? I videoed one of the culprits making a nest in the cat’s scratching post. Autumn is nest building time for our native Leafcutter … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Backyard Bee Home, European Honey Bees Apis mellifera, Leafcutter Bees Megachile sp., solitary native bees, Stingless Native Bees Tetragonula sp. | Leave a comment

Building homes for birds and bees

Posted on 17/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Kids and mud … always a winning formula. Jake Slinger and I led a Pollinator Link® workshop for the Nature Rangers at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre yesterday. Australia has over 2,000 species of solitary native bees. Solitary bees … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Benchmark Scaffolding, Blue Banded bees, Buzz pollination, Carina Men's Shed, Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, Hollowlog Homes, Photography, solitary native bees, Squirrel Gliders Petaurus norfolcensis, Teddy Bear Amegilla sp | 2 Comments

Fox Gully Wildlife Corridor

Posted on 13/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Benno and I spent Thursday morning restoring another section of Fox Gully Wildlife Corridor. Laughing Kookaburras Dacelo novaeguineae love to join us at Bushcare, typically finding a handy perch where they are ready to swoop on … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Roly Chapman Reserve Bushcare, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Bark Cockroach Laxta sp., Common Net-casting Spider Deinopis ravidus, Cr Steve Hung, Klumpp Road, Laughing Kookaburras Dacelo novaeguineae, Legless lizard, Madeira Vine Anredera cordifolia | 2 Comments

Building highway for wildlife Karawatha Forest

Posted on 11/10/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox A beautiful day for a walk in the bush. I joined Professor Darryl Jones, Griffith University and members of Karawatha Protection Society for a field trip to explore the Fauna Movement Solutions linking Kuraby Forest and Karawatha Forest across Compton Road. The … Continue reading →

Posted in B4C Bulimba Creek Catchement Coordinating Committee, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Fauna Movement Solutions, Illaweena Street, Karawatha Protection Society, Kuraby Forest, Logan [Motorway] Enhancement Project, Microbats, Professor Darryl Jones, small birds, Transurban Queensland | 2 Comments

Greening Moorooka Pollinator Link

Posted on 17/06/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Today I had the honour of meeting the Greening Moorooka [Bushcare] Group who have been building a Pollinator Link between the western section of Toohey Forest and Moolabin Creek. Today’s event was a community planting in … Continue reading →