The Australian Native Plant Pages

News, information and resources about Australian native plants and gardens
with emphasis on Brisbane and Queensland

Garden Wildlife

Many of the clubs and societies give talks and workshops to help you learn how to encourage native wildlife in your garden. Such events happening around Qld sometimes appear in the Gardening Events Diary. (Submissions are welcome. Please go to the Diary for more information)

Note that native wildlife is variously protected by law. Feral animals also have issues. Please check with authorities if you have any problems or questions about dealing with wildlife in your district.

News

Boom away birds
Tablelands Regional Council's Bird Frite program, which scares away birds with loud "booms", will be extended into urban Atherton to deal with cockatoos that have been causing substantial damage to local gum trees and subsequent mess. Source: Council to frighten away troublesome cockatoos (June 2011)

Old trees vital to forest ecosystems While some animals (e.g. woodpeckers) can actively create cavities in trees, a new study of birds and animals that use tree holes for nesting indicates that in Australia, Asia, South America and Europe, more than 75 percent of the holes they use are created by damage and decay. This process can take hundreds of years, highlighting the importance of retaining old, large trees in forest ecosystems. Source: Old, large, living trees must be left standing to protect nesting animals: UBC study (June 2011)

Where to buy nestboxes, birdfeeders and other wildlife accessories

You might also find suppliers of birdbaths and other accessories, especially the more decorative types, listed on the Garden Art page.

Insects

Butterflies and butterfly gardening

Brisbane Insects and Spiders Home Page

Australian Native Bee Research Centre

Insects of Townsville, Plants of Townsville Assorted pictures

“Bee” aware of pollination in the vegetable garden University of Florida (PDF)

Birds

Trees attractive to birds Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland (PDF)

Birds Queensland The web site of the Queensland Ornithological Society Inc.

Birds Australia Southern Queensland

Birding Southern Queensland

Frodocam Webcam and videos of Peregrine Falcons that nest on a building in Brisbane. Courier-Mail (Queensland Newspapers)

Birds in Backyards Birds Australia and The Australian Museum

Bird Observers Club of Australia

Native Birds of Bulimba Creek Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee, Inc.

Parrot Society of Australia

Australian Bird Study Association Inc.

Cumberland Bird Observers' Club Sydney region

Native Gardens and Birds Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Stephen Bros Bird Seed Genuine Grey Stripe sunflower seed grown on Queensland's Darling Downs

Taming The Turkey ( the "lets get along" method) Save Our Waterways Now (Brisbane)

Brush-turkey Environmental Protection Agency, Qld

Australian brush turkey Department of Environment and Climate Change, NSW

The Australian Bush-turkey loses favour with Urban Cultivators Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network

How to discourage birds from flying into windows Extension Service Garden Hints, Oregon State University

Frogs

RANA Frog group Inc (Restoring Australian Native Amphibia)

Queensland Frog Society

Frog Garden This blogger lives in Brisbane

Amphibian Research Centre

Frog and Tadpole Study group of NSW Inc

Gardening for Frogs Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands Inc

How to Build a Frog Pond - Knick Knack, Paddywack, Give a Frog a Home Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia

Building a frog pond Wet Tropics Management Authority, Qld

Frog Decline Reversal Project, Inc. Far North Queensland

Frogs Tropical Topics Newsletter Vol 1 No. 3 July 1992, Environmental Protection Agency, Qld Govt

Mallows are Frog Favourites Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Koalas

koalacentral.com.au

Bats

Bat Conservation & Rescue Qld. Inc.

Batty Friendly Planting Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands Inc

SydneyBats by Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation Society Inc.

batcall directory

Gardens to attract wildlife in general

A Small Wildlife Garden Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Revegetating for Habitat in Parks, Gardens and Roadsides Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Design of the Keith Moore Habitat Garden Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

A Few Proven Magnets Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Australian plants that attract wildlife Zoological Parks and Gardens Board, Victoria (PDF)

Exotic plants that attract wildlife Zoological Parks and Gardens Board, Victoria (PDF)

Growing plants to attract wildlife to your garden Save Our Waterways Now, Queensland (PDF)

Nest Boxes

Links about individual animals (above) may also contain information about nesting boxes or other habitat enhancements

Habitat Nest Boxes Ipswich city Council

Nest boxes for native wildlife Land For Wildlife, Queensland (PDF)

Nesting boxes for Australian animals Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary, La Trobe University, Victoria

Nest boxes for wildlife Department of Primary Industries, Victoria

Nest boxes for native birds and mammals Zoological Parks and Gardens Board, Victoria (PDF)

Patterns of use of nest-boxes by forest vertebrates Australian National University

Nestboxes for Natives Birds Australia (PDF)

Loss of Hollow-bearing trees - proposed key threatening process listingDepartment of Environment & Climate Change (NSW)

Various

The Hut Environmental and Community Association Inc (THECA)

Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management Look under "Publications" for information on rainforest fauna

The Rivermouth Action Group Inc Brisbane

Fauna Rescue of Queensland Assoc. Inc.

Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland

Catering for wildlife Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland (PDF)

Australian Museum Online factsheets

The Gould League

Wildlife of Sydney Australian Museum

Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo food plants Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands Inc

Older news

"Frogs Booklet" updated
A new version of the popular publication from Moreton Bay Regional Council is now available. It contains hints on how to help frogs plus photographs and descriptions of 35 species local to the Moreton Bay area. More information about obtaining the booklet here: Free Frog Booklet for Frog Fans. (October, 2008)

The dingo may be forestry's best friend
Researchers at Curtin University of Technology and Chemistry Centre WA may have found a new way to help protect reforestation areas from kangarros, wallabies and possums - fresh dingo urine. Presumably warning the animals that a predator is nearby (aged urine had no effect), the active chemicals could be used to develop wildlife-friendly deterrents and alternatives to the controversial 1080 poison used by the logging industry in Tasmania. Unfortunately for gardeners, trials suggested that the Brushtail Possum may be less susceptible than the other marsupials studied. More information Curtin University of Technology here: Dingo urine offers humane solution to kangaroo cull (June 2008)

Pollinators the focus of proposed Canadian park
The Guelph Pollination Initiative hopes that rehabiliation of a local landfill site into a habitat for birds and insects will provide a model for other pollination parks. Decline in pollinator numbers threaten future agricultural production worldwide. More information from the University of Guelph here: For the Bees and Birds and here: Conference Looks at Turning Landfill Into World's First Pollination Park and (March 2008)

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