Category Archives: Fauna

November bushcare – Bags of Trad

It was back to the Lawson Rd area to continue the campaign against the horrid Trad.  Many bags were filled, and up to six Brown Cuckoo-Doves arrived to give us their support.

Richard starts collecting the bags of Trad

Brown Cuckoo-Dove keeps an eye on the volunteers

Water for the E. deanei

After seeing the parched state of the forest during the August bushcare session, Mike, Richard and John met up to provide water to the deanei plantings on the south side. These trees were actually doing quite well and most looked healthy.

 

A quick tour of the area also noted much evidence of diggings and “highways” in the grassy banks, perhaps from bush rats and antechinus (to be confirmed).

June Bushcare – planting E. deanei

A couple of larger E. deanei seedlings were planted by the pool in the western gully.

This view from the planting site shows the “embankment” wall.

Thanks to Glen for nurturing the young trees to planting stage. Hopefully they’ll grow to be as big as this nearby beauty

An examination of the dry upper pool showed evidence of digging and tunneling from local creatures.

With some interesting burrowing among the boulders.

Deanei Forest – Mammals – Mammalia

Mammal species known to occur in Deanei Forest

Bibliography Key

  •  A – Plan of Management Deanei Forest  – Roger Lembit – May-95
  •  D – Birding Session – 22 April 2018 – Flora and Fauna Workshop 2 – May 2018
  •  E – Blue Mountains Fauna Project 2018. Records collected from the community to date for Deanei Forest
  •  F – Bionet NSW Wildlife Record

 

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Deanei Forest – Birds – Aves

Bird species known to occur in Deanei Forest. Results from Bird surveys in the Deanei Forest are summarised in the following table

Bibliography Key

  •   A – Plan of Management Deanei Forest  – Roger Lembit – May-95
  •   B – Deanei Survey – Graham Turner together with the Bushcare team – 26 Jan 2015
  •   C – Bushcare Conference Bioblitz data – Carol Probets & Graham Turner together with the Bushcare team – 29 July 2017
  •  D – Birding Session – 22 April 2018 – Flora and Fauna Workshop 2 – May 2018
  •  E – Blue Mountains Fauna Project 2018. Records collected from the community to date for Deanei Forest
  •  F – Bionet NSW Wildlife Record

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Thank you to Carol Probets & Graham Turner for sharing their amazing knowledge of Birds of the Deanei.

An issue much discussed was the strong presence of the Bell Miner bird in a part of the Reserve and their interesting association with Lerps. There is a continuing presence of Bell Miner bird population and possible evidence of Bell Miner Associated Dieback in the Forest

For more information on Bell miner associated dieback go to

(links provided by Mike Purtell)