Fire Recovery and Photo-monitoring

Friends of Tarra-Bulga National Park began a Photo-monitoring project back in 2007 as a way of using images to keep a record of the changes in vegetation in the park, especially in spots that were regenerating or likely to be impacted by disturbance (Such as timber harvesting in land adjacent to the park). The most interesting photo-points in the short term at least have been sites impacted in the 2009 fires. Here is a time-lapse video showing the progress of recovery from a site along  Bulga Park Rd, just South of Balook.  The vegetation type is Wet Forest.

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Pittosporum bicolor - Banyalla

Rainforest Fruits

While there is not much flowering activity at present at Tarra-Bulga National Park. Plenty of species are laden with fruit which must make it a time of abundance for a range of our bird species. Had a walk around yesterday and found the following fruits on offer.

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Hello Birdy – Lyrebird Study

If you have seen the episode on song birds on the ABC program “Hello Birdy” you would have probably enjoyed the segment on Lyrebirds and their ability to mimic other birds etc. Here is an interesting video from the researcher interviewed on the show. It is regarding the male Lyrebirds song and dance routine when doing a display.

No Flowers and Chocolates for Swamp Wallabies

Thought we would share this video from our YouTube Channel today. It was put together from our last lot of remote camera photos. Probably not a rare event given the abundance of the species, but our camera was well placed to capture the moment.

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Camera Killer

The recent news involving a Sea Eagle flying off with a remote camera in the Kimberley has inspired us to put together this video of a Superb Lyrebird, that seemed to think the reflection in the front of the camera was a rival and hence went to war. This happened in September 2012 and thankfully we have not had a repeat. However we did stop putting cameras quite so close to the ground.

Hope it got away.

Brush Bronzewing and a Fox
10 seconds between the Brush Bronzewing sighting and the fox appearing.

Duff Sawmill Trail/Mt Tassie Walk

Had a small group for our most recent event on Saturday the Duff/Trail Mt Tassie Walk. The weather held off despite the bad forecast and we saw that walking this section of the Grand Strzelecki Track is another way to see some great local Landscapes not just confined to Tarra-Bulga National Park.

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