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arbilp3

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  • Want to build a nest box for Aussie wildlife?

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  • Information on predators is included in the above resource. Look under 'Predators and competitors'. "Nest box predators include: Brushtail Possums, Sugar Gliders, Ravens, Currawongs, free ranging cats and foxes (yes, they can climb!)" Snakes and goannas also predate on eggs and chicks. Here's some more info and there's plenty more by doing a search: https://nestboxtales.com/nest-box-predators-and-competitors/feral-predators/

  • Seed Savers Handbook

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  • Excellent! But let’s hope the lights don’t go out. Some landlords are ok with tenants creating veg patches. If you or one of your friends have a reasonable landlord, you might be able to start now and get the benefits sooner rather than later. Another alternative that I’ve read about is to see if there is an older person or someone who owns their place but can’t look after it properly and offer to grow vegs in their backyard. You get some, they get some, and the garden doesn’t go to waste.

  • Seed Savers Handbook

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  • Fears SA's endangered glossy black-cockatoo eggs will 'cook' in nesting boxes during heatwave

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  • Again, this is not just the case for Glossy BCs but for many species of our native birds for whom caring people have put up nest boxes given the growing destruction of older trees with natural hollows. Many of our bird and mammal species need hollows for shelter and reproduction. These hollows take upwards of one hundred years to form so there has been an increase of nest boxes being put up by individuals and organisations alike to ensure these species have a place in which to raise young. The problem is, however, that with global warming if nest boxes are not positioned correctly or constructed adequately eggs and chicks can overheat and die so we have to be very careful. We must not stop putting up nest boxes, just make sure that we do it properly wherever we are. Thank you for putting this topic up. I'll see if I can find another that provides more detail.

  • More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats

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  • 😪 And this is no just happening in SA. It's happening all over the country, perhaps not to the same degree (yet) due to heatwaves and also their habitat being razed to make way for development. This has happened in the regional area where I live. It's so important that we speak up or all these unique Australian species which are diminishing in leaps and bounds in some areas but gradually though relentlessly in others. Let's focus on conservation as much as on renewable energy.

  • Free online course to create a bird-attracting native garden

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  • Best to roll out your care for our native wildlife without which we have no natural pollination, maintaining soil and water health, just to start with, and without which we reduce our own physical and mental health.

  • Free online course to create a bird-attracting native garden

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  • Support our native pollinators! 🦋 🦟 🐞

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  • Do your best. Don't let guilt get you down. Plant natives on your rooftop and around your building. If you have the time see what native pollinators (if any) visit your rooftop and drop a little info sheet perhaps in your neighbours mail boxes to educate them a little about the plight of our local pollinators, to whom we owe our first attention. Most people want to do what's right but may not have the knowledge. Having honeybees on rooftops is a copy of what is done in the Northern Hemisphere but is not necessarily suitable or helpful here. If it is appropriate, you may be able to set up some native pollinator spaces and structures (which could be fun if you do it with others). There's plenty of info about if you're interested. Who knows, you could even attract the folks from Gardening Australia to help out and do a segment for their show. I am sure your situation is multiplied throughout our cities so it could be a win for many people and the little bugs.

  • Support our native pollinators! 🦋 🦟 🐞

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  • If possible, try planting native perennials, especially those that are endemic to your area or the closest other natives you can. If you have a decent nursery nearby ask them for advice. You can also see if there is a natives gardening group in your area. You may get advice as well as plants to swap and propagate.

  • Support our native pollinators! 🦋 🦟 🐞

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  • Support our native pollinators! 🦋 🦟 🐞

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  • Ten Sydney Harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat approved for destruction in 2025, report finds

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  • What's wrong with voters is that many don't care and many more don't realise the implications till it's too late. Most people are self-centred and consider 'the environment' as non essential or even some kind of greeny. hipster sort of fad. Some people actually hate nature.

  • How to identify heat-stressed wildlife

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  • Excellent! 😂

  • How to identify heat-stressed wildlife

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  • Just a tad pedantic? 😂

  • How to identify heat-stressed wildlife

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  • How to identify heat-stressed wildlife

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  • It does mean a lot. Not only can birds enjoy the fresh water but the grass and plates (if she leaves them out) collect water that nocturnal animals can also drink. I don't know if this little video will work: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1400457728180628

  • Wildlife Bushfire Safety Tips

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  • On looking at it more closely it could be a montage. Perhaps if there are any more experienced photographers on here they could tell us.

  • Wildlife Bushfire Safety Tips

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  • As far as I know it’s real. I got it from some info material about 2-3 years ago but I’m sorry I don’t remember where from.

  • Wildlife Bushfire Safety Tips

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