Alpha adventure: Mulligan's Flat twilight tour, ACT, Dec 21

6 Dec 21: Twilight tour of the Mulligan's Flat Nature Reserve
(a little local adventure)

As our tour guide Luke explained, the Mulligan's Flat nature reserve is a sanctuary to protect the critically endangered box gum grassy woodland. A predator-proof fence has been constructed and locally extinct animals have been reintroduced in an attempt to restore the woodlands to the biodiversity levels that preceded habitat clearing and predator introduction.

During our walk we spotted eastern grey kangaroos and two wallaby species, brushtail possums, the eastern bettong (reintroduced), a family of tawny frogmouth, and a nice water spider. We also heard the eerie calls of bush-stone curlews (reintroduced).

A great little conservation ecosystem.

Posted on December 7, 2021 10:47 AM by alphaj16 alphaj16

Observations

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Fishing Spiders (Genus Dolomedes)

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alphaj16

Date

December 6, 2021 08:59 PM UTC

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Common Brush-tailed Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

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alphaj16

Date

December 6, 2021 08:36 PM UTC

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Southern Bettong (Bettongia gaimardi)

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alphaj16

Date

December 6, 2021 08:48 PM UTC

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Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

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alphaj16

Date

December 6, 2021 09:12 PM UTC

Description

family of 3

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Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)

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alphaj16

Date

December 6, 2021 09:02 PM UTC

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Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

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alphaj16

Date

December 6, 2021 08:15 PM UTC

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