Category Archives: Wildlife Corridor

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 →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, small birds, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Greening Moorooka Group, GroNative, Grow Local to Feed Locals, Habitat Brisbane, Habitat Tripod, Mark Bailey MP, Steve Griffith | Leave a comment

Plant Local to Feed Locals

Posted on 21/05/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I just read an interesting article in Canadian Geographic: Inside the mysterious decline of Earth’s insects Why are insects important? If we want to bring beautiful birds like the Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti back to our urban gardens we need … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Black-headed Skimmer Dragonfly Crocothemis nigrifrons, Insects, Plant Local to Feed Locals, Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti | 2 Comments

Give Mum Birds, Butterflies and Bees

Posted on 26/04/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Order your Pollinator Link Mother’s Day Gift Pack today. Pack includes: Pollinator Link® garden certification Pollinator Link® fence sign and Blue-banded Bee on Google maps Gardman Easyclean Cat-safe Birdbath The Brisbane Bird Challenge Game: create a family challenge Pollinator Link® … Continue reading →

Posted in B4C Bulimba Creek Catchement Coordinating Committee, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Brisbane Bird Challenge Game, Gardman Birdbath, Mothers Day, Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus | Leave a comment

Cooee Motel: a surprise in country NSW

Posted on 11/04/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Travelling to Canberra over Easter and planning to visit the Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo, we needed somewhere to stay overnight. We found Cooee Motel, a real gem in the small country town of Gilgandra, three hundred and thirty kilometres … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife Corridor | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Australian King-Parrots Alisterus scapularis, Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi, Casuarina, Cooee Motel, Cypress, Gilgandra, Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae, nest hollows, Tony and Lois Smolders, Western Plains Zoo, Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis | 4 Comments

Water Plants for Containers

Posted on 17/02/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Water Plants for Containers If you have been inspired by Rob Lucas and his frog ponds download the excellent guide to water plants for small frog ponds from Native Plants Sunshine Coast.

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged frog pond, Native Plants Sunshine Coast, Water plants | Leave a comment

Fourteen months to wildlife haven

Posted on 29/01/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Allison’s garden is a great example of a habitat haven created for wildlife and people. A typical suburban two-dimensional grass and dirt garden converted to a thriving wildlife habitat in just fourteen months. All without losing the … Continue reading →