tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51980833251022789122024-03-13T14:09:59.198+10:00 Toowoomba Field NaturalistsToowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-56393818695950374292023-09-01T09:51:00.000+10:002023-09-01T09:51:28.652+10:00September Activity Details: Outing; Crows Nest - Sunday 03 September 2023<p> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqHuXDxNA7Nsq7hERgsK24ixa4TltVzREnDnFK1vfRXWwIHUn6iehxhmSFSzAXPvCtN5jHCRpUi_IlXWL_bXTiwdTODcmf1_4JW1OKmBnf81-Y7JHQidcAw8Udp6tdGCWFKwgR16_W3i5ki9AN27Q2TTtXbdeeE9oZ3Gt72UHcIuMDF4Fm9YWZ44u_VMA/s2322/Maggie%20in%20the%20bottlebrush%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1769" data-original-width="2322" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqHuXDxNA7Nsq7hERgsK24ixa4TltVzREnDnFK1vfRXWwIHUn6iehxhmSFSzAXPvCtN5jHCRpUi_IlXWL_bXTiwdTODcmf1_4JW1OKmBnf81-Y7JHQidcAw8Udp6tdGCWFKwgR16_W3i5ki9AN27Q2TTtXbdeeE9oZ3Gt72UHcIuMDF4Fm9YWZ44u_VMA/s320/Maggie%20in%20the%20bottlebrush%201.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Doesn't she look sweet, but she's a <span style="font-family: arial;">killer</span>!</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">CLUB MEETING:
Friday 01 September 2023 </span></b></p>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dr Meg
Edwards is a Lecturer in Wildlife Science at the University of Southern
Queensland. She completed her PhD in Queensland investigating innovative techniques to help
counteract the effects of introduced predators. Her current research focuses on
threatened species conservation. Meg’s talk will detail her research into
native mammalian wildlife and how they react to introduced predators such as
cats and foxes.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">CLUB
OUTING: </b><b style="font-family: georgia;">Sunday 03 September
2023 - </b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">Crows Nest. </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: start;">Time:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">8.30 am. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; text-align: start;">If you're not a Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club member, please let us know you're coming, </span><a href="https://toowoombafieldnaturalists.blogspot.com/toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; color: #2288bb; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;">toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; text-align: start;">, in case there are last minute changes.</span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpbe-7YWXEsCaaNwacBnXyP3JF7bRF6rzhHfG2L2yx_OWGlrnZRkbWdO3m0iDC8VWtCQTeACiQtVhHYhBrxJS-m3amYISX8KVIHLkn-AJ_C9Gem4EHvRPpkH9rbYwNZrrTA__88LK1GZ8erU9r6Rb_x7l6TrmALQggG0WgNtHt6y05QmuNHzFOtOlqexx/s2016/Terry's%20tracks%209.23%20%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpbe-7YWXEsCaaNwacBnXyP3JF7bRF6rzhHfG2L2yx_OWGlrnZRkbWdO3m0iDC8VWtCQTeACiQtVhHYhBrxJS-m3amYISX8KVIHLkn-AJ_C9Gem4EHvRPpkH9rbYwNZrrTA__88LK1GZ8erU9r6Rb_x7l6TrmALQggG0WgNtHt6y05QmuNHzFOtOlqexx/s320/Terry's%20tracks%209.23%20%20.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>The tracks <br />for the first part of the day</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Where:</b> <span style="text-align: justify;">Crows Nest in the car park beside the swimming pool.<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Description: </b><span style="color: black; text-align: justify;">Take a walk through open woodland, on private property, to see a variety of eucalypt trees from gums to stringybarks, bloodwoods and ironbarks, plus acacias and small shrubs, many in flower. Move on to Hartmann Park, William Street, Crows Nest for a choice of walks and wildflower displays. Lunch will be at the picnic area below William Street.</span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Level of Fitness:</b> <span style="color: black; text-align: justify;">Slashed tracks will make for easy walking.</span><span style="color: black; text-align: justify;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Facilities:</b> Toilets and picnic tables at Hartmann Park. However we may gather away from the tables so it is advised you bring your own chairs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>What to Bring: </b>suitable clothing and footwear for walking in the bush, </span><span style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">water, morning tea, lunch, a chair, a friend and an enquiring mind.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCe8PMHmLeBQQKIMazso4izDaMG3ritw3dAYeRMBIOR4w3gUG9XUmuf4VT0-OZHgH4kF17jGXdHCfknCfh_ZFGpxc1usGJUXycftUqbo0GZi_XrpzfCqFYhbpIObsXYvzAHhDEj_U4VwGLO80FyvdJrbLyq2_YEMh_91ib8iFFaye7km3eQRz-pY0xHJ85/s2016/Stylidium,%20trigger%20plant%209.23%20%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCe8PMHmLeBQQKIMazso4izDaMG3ritw3dAYeRMBIOR4w3gUG9XUmuf4VT0-OZHgH4kF17jGXdHCfknCfh_ZFGpxc1usGJUXycftUqbo0GZi_XrpzfCqFYhbpIObsXYvzAHhDEj_U4VwGLO80FyvdJrbLyq2_YEMh_91ib8iFFaye7km3eQRz-pY0xHJ85/w288-h216/Stylidium,%20trigger%20plant%209.23%20%20.jpg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Trigger plants last month</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFci8UH1DQCsLYJ3R1gF2jNCTz4SUzO0fsm-CT35VDpTYwqCWFhRiJmnE7iW4dTCVtKqIrojyYisZCOCuoWjqWHDkuHhimPf-7xJ1L1Dr0YByag8ioYuMU44xmMD1s9crMI-xxY5H4IamkavKkoNOL6k8Hp8Qwr5tNQhoq_82p5yNEYLpkYwEtSvjo60c/s2016/Banksia%209.23%20%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFci8UH1DQCsLYJ3R1gF2jNCTz4SUzO0fsm-CT35VDpTYwqCWFhRiJmnE7iW4dTCVtKqIrojyYisZCOCuoWjqWHDkuHhimPf-7xJ1L1Dr0YByag8ioYuMU44xmMD1s9crMI-xxY5H4IamkavKkoNOL6k8Hp8Qwr5tNQhoq_82p5yNEYLpkYwEtSvjo60c/w198-h264/Banksia%209.23%20%20.jpg" width="198" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Banksias <br />were in flower last month</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /></span></div></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-38631710683567732052023-03-27T17:07:00.001+10:002023-03-27T17:07:11.608+10:00March Outing Report - Cooby Dam, 05 March 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;"> (Adapted from the newsletter)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;"><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcp_tMDqq2PssKfZtIqP20dYf8CfJgeGVFysXNyoZ8BZYe7gun4qc-utkqhtmER0QD2edjB_2tUKbO3H3_seeF-AjGAJDaQHoiqICgSr4bZsbfXEwIyVYAGoiRKpBv0ZUrbdhwZQA2ax9Wf-AyNWGEO6iUTj8OObbxs6ovrI_rdhTWgcHoSlQanGzyow/s539/White-bellied%20Sea-eagle's%20nest.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="539" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcp_tMDqq2PssKfZtIqP20dYf8CfJgeGVFysXNyoZ8BZYe7gun4qc-utkqhtmER0QD2edjB_2tUKbO3H3_seeF-AjGAJDaQHoiqICgSr4bZsbfXEwIyVYAGoiRKpBv0ZUrbdhwZQA2ax9Wf-AyNWGEO6iUTj8OObbxs6ovrI_rdhTWgcHoSlQanGzyow/s320/White-bellied%20Sea-eagle's%20nest.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>White-bellied Sea-eagles' nest, <br />Cooby Dam<br />Photo: K. Stephensen</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table>The area surrounding Cooby Dam, which the Field Nats visited on 05 March, is an area where there is much to observe and enjoy. Thanks go to Dougal for explaining, to the 20 or so Field Nats and visitors gathered in the shady park beside the dam wall, some fascinating aspects of the complex geology of the dam environs.</div></span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;"><div>As the group climbed the stairs to the top of the dam wall, we gazed down at the shiny, black, fine-grained rock at the base of the spillway, Dougal suggested that this hard trachyte would have solidified after forcing its way to the earth’s surface through a fault zone. The dark, intrusive rock was a clear contrast to the reddish- brown mudstone and basalt layers beside it. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPbpJYkviWXNUSxn0OQATRWI69uYkS9Qc9wKdnZ7gLp6e_UlZs5hCgLL-fGZxxjL5T_Jxl_9aIzI3ekeTNnEeD1ZWRjliGiFQIbI8nva_frgdQjMo1NWRDrlsZcaf8llgoYf9cNEOD-VzOTU5VkaCSbbwI1ckOKXIvg1ZuQZ9sYasfLZ6YG2QCud_cw/s546/Cooby%20Dam%20Spillway.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="546" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPbpJYkviWXNUSxn0OQATRWI69uYkS9Qc9wKdnZ7gLp6e_UlZs5hCgLL-fGZxxjL5T_Jxl_9aIzI3ekeTNnEeD1ZWRjliGiFQIbI8nva_frgdQjMo1NWRDrlsZcaf8llgoYf9cNEOD-VzOTU5VkaCSbbwI1ckOKXIvg1ZuQZ9sYasfLZ6YG2QCud_cw/s320/Cooby%20Dam%20Spillway.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b> Cooby Dam spillway<br /> Photo: K. Stephensen</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Clear water trickled over the trachyte, forming shallow pools, in which tiny fish swam and Eastern Snake-necked turtles <i>Chelodina longicollis</i> and Murray turtles <i>Emydura macquarii </i>were observed surfacing to breathe. A White-faced Heron gliding in the clear blue sky above the spillway, delighted the bird enthusiasts, while shiny Scarlet Percher and iridescent aqua Blue Skimmer dragonflies flitted about at eye level.</div><div>At the top of the dam wall, we beheld the magnificent sight of the breeze blown water of Cooby Reservoir. The brief appearance of a White-bellied Sea Eagle added to the spectacle. The call of Dusky Moorhens, alerted us to look in the water below to view several of these aquatic birds. </div><div>In the distance, sail boats floated peacefully, as we enjoyed the cooling breeze and vibrant colours of fresh green eucalyptus leaves under an azure blue sky. Strolling across the top of the dam wall, I felt privileged to be able to appreciate this beauty, just over a half hour drive from Toowoomba. </div><div>As shiny white cumulous clouds gathered, it was relaxing to sit in the shade marvelling at the ever-changing reflections on the wide water, before heading for lunch at a neat picnic spot on the bank of Cooby Creek, a short drive away.</div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><b>Loveday Cove Birds:</b></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"> Compiled by N. Thompson</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Black Swan (11), Maned Duck (12), Pacific Black Duck (2), Hardhead (2),
Brown Quail (7), Dusky Moorhen (1), Eurasian Coot (20), Australian Grebe (2),
Great Crested Grebe (4), Masked Lapwing (2), Little Pied Cormorant (3),
White-faced Heron (2), Whistling Kite (1), Pale-headed Rosella (2), Superb
Fairywren (6), Red-backed Fairywren (3), Brown Honeyeater (1), Noisy Miner (2),
Weebill (2), White-browed Scrubwren (1), Pied Currawong (1), Willie Wagtail
(2), Magpie-lark (1), Australian Reedwarbler (2), Golden-headed Cisticola (1),
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><b>Cooby Dam Birds:</b></u> Compiled by K. O'Dea<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Black Swan, Australian Wood Duck, Hardhead, Pacific Black Duck, Australasian Grebe, Great</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXC25GiZ_S9X13NDH7UjpxdjgVqgYCkjRIjXdoCp9i_Ys6xN_p3KTfGgBLL5iSbsAuD289CrVazZ4TrnErTkytGM4aSx_0DHI0FFA-QeopJrmJlw1wjNUbjTEk-Y501sWc4X4p73axwlsrmTG34W3bjKlJiIFYqeqw91OwJSC8vk4fiT-bpv9wvXbkCg/s448/IMG_1508_Bird%20nest_Red-Browed%20Finch.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="448" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXC25GiZ_S9X13NDH7UjpxdjgVqgYCkjRIjXdoCp9i_Ys6xN_p3KTfGgBLL5iSbsAuD289CrVazZ4TrnErTkytGM4aSx_0DHI0FFA-QeopJrmJlw1wjNUbjTEk-Y501sWc4X4p73axwlsrmTG34W3bjKlJiIFYqeqw91OwJSC8vk4fiT-bpv9wvXbkCg/s320/IMG_1508_Bird%20nest_Red-Browed%20Finch.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Red-browed Finch nest<br />Photo: F. Mangubhai</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Crested Grebe, Crested Pigeon, Channel-billed Cuckoo, Dusky Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, White-faced Heron, Little Pied Cormorant, Masked Lapwing, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Rainbow Bee-eater, Dollarbird, Azure Kingfisher, Laughing Kookaburra, Nankeen Kestrel, Galah, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Pale-headed Rosella, Superb Fairy-wren, Brown Honeyeater, Striped Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Lewin's Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, White-browed Scrub Wren, Striated Thornbill, Olive-backed Oriole, Golden Whistler, Eastern Whipbird, Pied Currawong, Australian Magpie, Grey Butcherbird, Magpie-lark, Torresian Crow, Red-browed Finch, Double-barred Finch.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b>Reptiles: </b>Eastern Snake-necked Turtle <i>Chelodina longicollis, </i>Murray Turtle <i>Emydura macquarii</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b>Dragonflies:</b> Blue Skimmer <i>Orthetrum caledonicum</i>, Scarlet Percher <i>Diplacodes haematodes</i></p></div></span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-11883514626221317322023-03-03T07:41:00.003+10:002023-03-03T07:41:38.999+10:00March Outing Details: Cooby Dam - Sunday 05 March 2023<p><b style="font-family: georgia;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzmHWrNdl50vRixoavIKxVpIJJLzP9rRZBrDsRaaHV0c8TaLMXsQDNw7xaj45wItda5aG1FCmxRg6U8DyRVA_2TLfvWtmqygP89Lj6nzycCsibDP0KO64ajF-Hc4A2Dr21QXP0BUXDWOQlBO0PbClsafN1etr8pdGUXVG3uyBQPOOGpLhGp41fdpLKw/s495/330px-Australian_wood_duck_-_male.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="330" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzmHWrNdl50vRixoavIKxVpIJJLzP9rRZBrDsRaaHV0c8TaLMXsQDNw7xaj45wItda5aG1FCmxRg6U8DyRVA_2TLfvWtmqygP89Lj6nzycCsibDP0KO64ajF-Hc4A2Dr21QXP0BUXDWOQlBO0PbClsafN1etr8pdGUXVG3uyBQPOOGpLhGp41fdpLKw/s320/330px-Australian_wood_duck_-_male.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Australian Wood Duck <br /><i>Chenonetta jubata - </i></b></span><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">male</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">from Wikipedia </span></b></td></tr></tbody></table>Time:</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 9.00 am (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If carpooling, please meet at the Neil Street
Carpark, to set off at 8.30 am.) </span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">If you're not a Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club member, please let us know you're coming, </span><a href="https://toowoombafieldnaturalists.blogspot.com/toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com</a><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">, in case there are last minute changes.</span></p><div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Where:</b> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">at the lower picnic area of the Cooby Dam</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Description: </b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cooby Dam is a rock–fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across Cooby Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River, at Groomsville in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Toowoomba region. Wikipedia</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Activities:</b> Before we start our walk, there will be a brief talk about the geology of the area. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>Level of Fitness:</b> easy on level walking tracks</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;">Facilities:</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Toilets and picnic tables at the picnic area. However we may gather away from the tables so it is advised you bring your own chairs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>What to Bring: </b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">suitable clothing and footwear for walking in the bush, sunscreen, insect repellant, water, morning tea and lunch, chair, and the usual naturalist stuff of your choice; binoculars, camera, field guides, notebook, etc.</span></div></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-51439412908091310952023-02-22T07:01:00.010+10:002023-02-22T08:05:56.986+10:00February Outing Report - Kumbarilla State Forest, 5 February 2023<p><span style="text-align: justify;">Report adapted from the Club newsletter article.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Many
thanks to our leader for pre-viewing and organising the Field Nats excursion, and to Gary Hearle for guiding the group of nine vehicles
through the maze of tracks in the 86,000-hectare Kumbarilla State Forest, of
which we visited a relatively small area. Ongoing logging occurs in some areas
of the forest, along with some cattle grazing leases, which reduce the grass
fire fuel load. Extensive coal seam gas development was evident, throughout the
area we visited.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After
travelling through dry, sandy, open forest country, we
were pleased to arrive at a shady spot
beside the abundant clear water of Wilkie Creek. Aquatic vegetation flourished
in the shallows of the creek. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAL1XHa_lMsWwW8S85Z7zImeWv-DTq9L6nyAdLU3B3C8UsyAbwhu-_BZqewWtAQjmdNl31GWjzhlhKkRrb8lbFVn4-S87usmDIceZIixj2cJn6Ttg9s1jXUd0O01wPERQwpIK4Pg5sr4luVBKYPd1lN8V4IrErtTDK_G39BsaovNLkcMSd5CGWOLiYyg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="380" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAL1XHa_lMsWwW8S85Z7zImeWv-DTq9L6nyAdLU3B3C8UsyAbwhu-_BZqewWtAQjmdNl31GWjzhlhKkRrb8lbFVn4-S87usmDIceZIixj2cJn6Ttg9s1jXUd0O01wPERQwpIK4Pg5sr4luVBKYPd1lN8V4IrErtTDK_G39BsaovNLkcMSd5CGWOLiYyg=w261-h178" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Kurrajong leaf tier moth bag </b><br /><b>(Photo: M. Ford)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nearby
was a group of young Kurrajong trees (probably <i>Brachychiton populneus</i>)
which were host to many larvae of the Kurrajong Bag Moth, or leaf tier moth.
The caterpillars feed in groups, and make a bag by weaving leaves together to form a shelter. The
25 mm long, pale green caterpillars do some feeding within the shelter and come
out at night to feed on other leaves. They pupate within the shelter and moths
emerge. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW-S2CJ5BA_XYNbC2GiWXeWYD5ZHNRLezrH-tgCm3UMPF_GXxI8X_Nccn4JAMkcUptC9fuGG3BZP6iVJf0ILDgOi2umWDgEqf2QDNJxSvIc3o1qmkpSGRd594cgiIopD1nSBB9R7vxgM2EOXdw3YDr1cv3k_m1llbHPTRtUhKUhxBDkJg7IgBumUbABw" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: red;"><img alt="" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="231" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW-S2CJ5BA_XYNbC2GiWXeWYD5ZHNRLezrH-tgCm3UMPF_GXxI8X_Nccn4JAMkcUptC9fuGG3BZP6iVJf0ILDgOi2umWDgEqf2QDNJxSvIc3o1qmkpSGRd594cgiIopD1nSBB9R7vxgM2EOXdw3YDr1cv3k_m1llbHPTRtUhKUhxBDkJg7IgBumUbABw" width="180" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Francis Mangubhai <br />checks waxiness of rare <br /><i>Acacia lithgowiae <br /></i>(Photo D. Pagel)</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A highlight was an area of
endangered <i>Acacia lithgowiae*</i>. It was very heartening to find a
considerable, healthy stand of this rare species. It may have been aided by the
fact that taller trees had been destroyed by fire allowing the pioneer Acacia
to colonise the area. A striking pink flowering bull-oak mistletoe was a bonus
sight near the acacias.</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Unable to complete the circuit drive through the
forest, due to road damage caused by heavy rain, we retraced out tracks to
arrive at the very full Lake Broadwater for lunch. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ed: *</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i>Acacia lithgowiae</i></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The specific epithet is a Latin word meaning “modest” or. “bashful”, an allusion to the anonymity of the species. </span></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"><b><u>Bird List for Kumbarilla/ Lake Broadwater outing</u></b> (Submitted by T. Allen)</span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"><b>Kumbarilla State Forest: </b>Superb Fairy Wren, Yellow Thornbill, Noisy Miner, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Grey-crowned Babbler, Cicadabird, Rufous Whistler, Grey Butcherbird, Torresian Crow, Magpie-lark, Eastern Yellow Robin, Willie Wagtail. </span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"><b>Lake Broadwater: </b>Cattle Egret, Australian White Ibis, Dusky Moorhen, Grey Teal, Pacific Black Duck, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Galah, Corella, Superb Fairy-wren, White-throated Gerygone, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Little Friarbird, Noisy Friarbird, Currawong, Apostlebird.</span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"><b><u>Invertebrates at Kumbarilla State Forest and Lake Broadwater</u> </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Submitted by G. Walter)</span></div></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"><b>Butterflies and moths:</b> Wanderer or Monarch, <i>Danaus plexippus</i>; Lesser Wanderer, <i>Danaus chrysippus</i>; Common Crow, <i>Euploea core</i>; Meadow Argus, <i>Junonia villida</i>; Yellow Migrant, <i>Catopsilia scylla</i>; Orchard Swallowtail, <i>Papilio aegus</i>; a case moth caterpillar in the Psychidae family; Caper White, <i>Belenois aurota</i>; Orange ringlet, <i>Hypocysta adiante</i>.</span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"><b>Insects: </b>A cockroach in the Blattidae family; a gall on Eucalypt, <i>Apiomorpha</i> species; two insect galls on <i>Eucalyptus populneus</i>; Midge gall, <i>Asphondylia tonsura</i>, on <i>Enchylaena tomentosa</i>; Giant slantface Grasshopper, <i>Acrida conica</i>; Bark-mimicking Grasshopper, <i>Coryphistes ruricola</i>; Froggatt’s Buzzer Grasshopper, <i>Froggattina australis</i>; a stick insect in the Phasmatidae family; Pollen beetle, <i>Dicranolaius bellulus</i>; Variegated Ladybird, <i>Hippodamia variegata</i>; Pittosporum Bug, <i>Pseudapines geminata</i>; a wasp in the Crabronidae family; the nest of a wasp, <i>Ropalidia</i> species.</span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"><b>Spiders: </b>St Andrews Cross spider, <i>Argiope bullocki</i>, male, female and egg sac; Leaf curling spider, <i>Artiphex </i>species; Jewel spider egg sac, <i>Austracantha minax</i>; Two-spotted Sandalodes, <i>Sandalodes scopifer</i>. </span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156;"><b>Snails:</b> Camaenidae family.</span></div></span></span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-21966852151360218532023-01-23T12:55:00.002+10:002023-01-23T13:06:40.825+10:00February Outing Details: Kumbarilla State Forest - Sunday 05 February 2023<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc37SW2Ukw4ekYgGkBBFciU4negnH4dd-4axp5XvMSDxueP6il5k0U2oFWe-xPfFviOah_rHmYpxAxFA6hkEQMLXwaOFaVd2bCIGjPEd-sZJQssy5GqzlALZs2vAwgZnjx3xDyhi4EO4UoK7463tKyo6-QNy29ncRwwETWd3MXUTGw6oOLH-8dtHurdA/s905/map%20of%20Kumbarilla%20SF.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="905" height="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc37SW2Ukw4ekYgGkBBFciU4negnH4dd-4axp5XvMSDxueP6il5k0U2oFWe-xPfFviOah_rHmYpxAxFA6hkEQMLXwaOFaVd2bCIGjPEd-sZJQssy5GqzlALZs2vAwgZnjx3xDyhi4EO4UoK7463tKyo6-QNy29ncRwwETWd3MXUTGw6oOLH-8dtHurdA/w640-h501/map%20of%20Kumbarilla%20SF.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Map of area for outing</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>The Toowoomba Field Naturalist Club Inc. would like to respectfully acknowledge the Barunggam people, </span><span>Traditional Custodians of the </span><span>Kumbarilla area</span><span> on which our outing will take place, and pay our respects </span><span>to both </span><span style="background-color: white;">the past and present first peoples, their elders, languages, customs, culture and connection to this wonderful country. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Time:</b> 9.15am in Dalby (7.45am in the Neil Street carpark if car-pooling from Toowoomba).</span></div><div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Where:</b> Thomas Jack Park - entry off Pratten Street, Dalby</span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Description: </b>Kumbarilla State Forest is a small park to the south of Dalby. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">The forest is immediately to the south of Kumbarilla township which takes its name from its original railway station which was in turn an Aboriginal</span><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="background-color: white;"> word</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> in a local dialect meaning </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">ironbark tree/timber</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">. <i>(</i></span></span><i><span style="color: #202122; font-family: georgia;">"Kumbarilla – town (entry 18594)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 January 2017.)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: georgia;"> </span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Activities:</b> Morning tea will be around a pretty waterhole on Wilkie Creek with good birding and many small plants and shrubs. Wilkie Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River, flows through varied and bio-diverse woodlands that are impacted by the expanding coal seam gas extraction industry in the Western Darling Downs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Continuing on a circuit drive, a late lunch will be at Lake Broadwater before returning to Dalby. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>Level of Fitness: </b>As this is mainly exploring stops on a circuit drive, it suits all level of fitness.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;">Facilities: </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Toilets are available in the Thomas Jack Park and at Lake Broadwater.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>What to Bring: </b>suitable clothing and footwear for walking in the bush, sunscreen, insect repellant, water</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">, morning tea and lunch, chair, and the usual naturalist stuff of your choice; binoculars, camera, field guides, notebook, etc.</span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-89358379628824569322023-01-16T06:39:00.001+10:002023-01-16T06:44:43.073+10:00<div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiau_P5hDm8xWiDZCM0vG4OQKOjY4t5fiGKHxFWnovWpGmw6I3HMKWunRC3PAs0mg7xUvNsRV6L-uK1vU-MTuPNlRJyqckOQWd8A5H58Gjesmxkr_rpyHKsCDQ1BWqfdqbZd3TDMnVhTuhHpB6tKrVfi32JrjUc0jnR_czzPdb4rCN7cENcDrCecjJarQ/s480/New%20Year%20Clip%20Art%20resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="480" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiau_P5hDm8xWiDZCM0vG4OQKOjY4t5fiGKHxFWnovWpGmw6I3HMKWunRC3PAs0mg7xUvNsRV6L-uK1vU-MTuPNlRJyqckOQWd8A5H58Gjesmxkr_rpyHKsCDQ1BWqfdqbZd3TDMnVhTuhHpB6tKrVfi32JrjUc0jnR_czzPdb4rCN7cENcDrCecjJarQ/w640-h396/New%20Year%20Clip%20Art%20resized.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="<a href="https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/happy-new-year-2023-text-banner-poster-design_35093112.htm#query=happy%20new%20year%202023%20clipart&position=0&from_view=keyword">Image by brgfx</a> on Freepik" target="_blank">Image by brgfx on Freepik</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">To all our members and friends</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"> </span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: georgia;"><b>January Social Get-together - Sunday, 22 January</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: georgia;">Our first outing is a members and guests social. Please read your newsletter for details.<br /></span></b></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-49281585137466901172022-11-25T08:53:00.012+10:002023-01-23T08:10:24.701+10:00November Outing Report - Coalbank, SEQ - 6 November 2022<p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club Inc. would like to respectfully acknowledge the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Jarowair</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"> people, Traditional Custodians, of the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Coalbank area</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"> on which our outing took place, and pay our respects </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">to both </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">the past and present first peoples, their elders, languages, customs, culture and connection to this wonderful country.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"> </span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxPXbEuwJ1-6HZWJZzqLJwyRdpPt0EMqKxw5eA7uPVzLKSVhyGVrddOl9PGdkcVLMao5cb6wh68XZk07cv-2AfQelBGh1EW_FoRVpFdNgTEGCQnUpH22mldeumQwhxZqxJZ2uQyaYydHmII8sYtFxf64VBysz0eYmbvaKNgvIjh_E_D27blIv4g_9Xw/s963/Morning%20tea%20by%20L.%20Moodie.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="963" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxPXbEuwJ1-6HZWJZzqLJwyRdpPt0EMqKxw5eA7uPVzLKSVhyGVrddOl9PGdkcVLMao5cb6wh68XZk07cv-2AfQelBGh1EW_FoRVpFdNgTEGCQnUpH22mldeumQwhxZqxJZ2uQyaYydHmII8sYtFxf64VBysz0eYmbvaKNgvIjh_E_D27blIv4g_9Xw/s320/Morning%20tea%20by%20L.%20Moodie.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Morning tea in fine spring weather</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: L. Moodie</span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal">It was a bright sunny morning when members wended their way to Coalbank, A talk by the current owners was given during morning tea. The land (about 350 acres or 142 ha) was bought about fifteen
years ago, when it was a dairy farm. The talk included an outline of some of their philosophy that underpins what they do
on this property, e.g., every plant has its place, just need to find out
where. One
principle: anything cut, went back into the earth as mulch.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshZ2v-IMERzPPELXWpQ14ZH8QhVD9SjlifkFS3eSPlxqmUYicRKf8fbJdmol2tTsgAZ9Vx4_hxHb-Xs0gDXn6z_8_7ZnpodpbCK419cq60hmPLfqSq0FEAx8Lmy4lj60qaouqWVtSsS6gm0GzwxG1d8edq__A8UnyOzBSDeN7_X_KeTMg5-9fUEsD-Q/s694/Red-flowering%20Native%20Passionfruit.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshZ2v-IMERzPPELXWpQ14ZH8QhVD9SjlifkFS3eSPlxqmUYicRKf8fbJdmol2tTsgAZ9Vx4_hxHb-Xs0gDXn6z_8_7ZnpodpbCK419cq60hmPLfqSq0FEAx8Lmy4lj60qaouqWVtSsS6gm0GzwxG1d8edq__A8UnyOzBSDeN7_X_KeTMg5-9fUEsD-Q/s320/Red-flowering%20Native%20Passionfruit.jpg" width="231" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Red Passion Flower</span> <br /></b><b><i>Passiflora aurantia<br /></i></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: T, Gardner</span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then it was time to explore an area near a scree slope. (See more information about screes at the end of this report.) An Orange Olive Plum <i>Elaeodendron australe</i> var. <i>integrifolium</i> but no fruit at the moment caught some members' attention. There was also a lot of yellow-flowering Spur Goodenia <i>Goodenia paradoxa</i> covering a lot of the ground. A flowering native passion vine <i>Passiflora aurantia var. aurantia</i> which had both its pink/reddish flowers as well as some green fruit was admired. There were also
some weeds that we noted: the Spear Thistles and Lantana.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia29YQyWnMri4FbrfQkNd1W5Zi6T0N63yX7nFx8Svj9HG40rxQRkHHObjVqUnmwg8VndzVuukwW-x5_lKOLFWSWvjpKNPRZqFbvD4HzvwaaFbycUB9qTaZz4k4IDKHe15sdxm99xF0aKWMT1QKZQr8B_nlJUkNULX2Lnlbbky4nrheomPKdwD22H3HjA/s600/Warrigal%20Greens.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia29YQyWnMri4FbrfQkNd1W5Zi6T0N63yX7nFx8Svj9HG40rxQRkHHObjVqUnmwg8VndzVuukwW-x5_lKOLFWSWvjpKNPRZqFbvD4HzvwaaFbycUB9qTaZz4k4IDKHe15sdxm99xF0aKWMT1QKZQr8B_nlJUkNULX2Lnlbbky4nrheomPKdwD22H3HjA/s320/Warrigal%20Greens.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Warrigal Greens</span> <br /></b><b><i>Tetragona tetragoinoides</i><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: T, Gardner</span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">After lunch members explored the creek, disturbing a Lace Monitor <i>Varanus
varius</i>, which dashed up a tree. </p><p class="MsoNormal">All in all, an outing in which the weather made
it a very pleasant, late spring excursion. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>T</b><o:p></o:p><b>he scree slope</b> - From Ipswich west into the Great Artesian Basin the rock sequence contains sandstones to feldspathic sandstones and finer mudstones.</p><p class="MsoNormal">On the Range from Toowoomba to the Bunya Mountains there are remnants of the many basalt flows mostly as hill caps. The basalts, some coarse and blocky some flowbanded and more finely layered, are mostly harder than the underlying sediments.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During weathering, the softer underlying rocks erode more easily leaving the basalt with steep, cliff like outcrops near the hilltops. As the basalt breaks and collapses down the slope a cover of basaltic fragments. sometimes as scree, forms over the eroding sediments.</p><p class="MsoNormal">scree (skrē) n. 1. Loose rock debris covering a slope.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The term scree is applied both to an unstable steep mountain slope composed of rock fragments and other debris, and to the mixture of rock fragments and debris itself. The term scree is sometimes used more broadly for any sheet of loose rock fragments mantling a slope. <b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTNgBsSgSWHRrAt_PiGoy3MUjzmzuKjeQKlWKGCXr5oPY22XWUJmygSKo6cU2z6Ii-Pq_VeQLDBX_cJu_OSZa2QDlDXD00TDuGTuZ4fM2vKReNznlYHddacDcb68O2kzotPiWiXT17GjHrmWmqXsCy0NG5XSqnkGqSiWKi1SEjUX3XCofYuEYIn9Udg/s692/Scree%20Slope%20by%20Dougal.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="692" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTNgBsSgSWHRrAt_PiGoy3MUjzmzuKjeQKlWKGCXr5oPY22XWUJmygSKo6cU2z6Ii-Pq_VeQLDBX_cJu_OSZa2QDlDXD00TDuGTuZ4fM2vKReNznlYHddacDcb68O2kzotPiWiXT17GjHrmWmqXsCy0NG5XSqnkGqSiWKi1SEjUX3XCofYuEYIn9Udg/s320/Scree%20Slope%20by%20Dougal.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>The scree slope</b></span><br /><b style="color: red;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: D. Johnstone</span></span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPkPzdD-nb3Cx4LLfELM_pcjSIlmc1PjG8rH_jfabHRhXsL7rxmT5ACnb1-iUx4E33BIVYz5nDqITIUv0iA1ivH6pISxCKiBGaPejVxXmQ75RMBie2VIw_RPA5JnINc2MoVB_w_9hWbFRnBOSXrxXzfp5J7EkEdhFVkRLv9SsPqsPiB3FBtaJbVLOmQ/s1244/Lace%20Monitor%20by%20Dougal%20Johnstone.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPkPzdD-nb3Cx4LLfELM_pcjSIlmc1PjG8rH_jfabHRhXsL7rxmT5ACnb1-iUx4E33BIVYz5nDqITIUv0iA1ivH6pISxCKiBGaPejVxXmQ75RMBie2VIw_RPA5JnINc2MoVB_w_9hWbFRnBOSXrxXzfp5J7EkEdhFVkRLv9SsPqsPiB3FBtaJbVLOmQ/s320/Lace%20Monitor%20by%20Dougal%20Johnstone.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Lace Monitor <br /></span><i style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Varanus varius<br /></i></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">Photo: D. Johnstone</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><br /><br /></span></span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Species Lists</b></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Reptiles:</b> Elegant Snake-eyed Skink <i>Cryptoblepharus p. pulcher</i>, Lace Monitor <i>Varanus varius</i> <br /></span><span><b>Frogs: </b>Beeping Froglet <i>Crinia parinsignifera</i>, Spotted Grass Frog <i>Limnodynastes amanuenses</i>, Slender Bleating Treefrog <i>Litoria balatus</i>, Emerald Spotted Treefrog <i>Litoria peronii</i> <br /></span><span><b>Birds:</b> Plumed Whistling-Duck, Crested Pigeon, Bar-shouldered Dove, White-faced Heron, Black-shouldered Kite, Galah, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Australian King Parrot, Pale-headed Rosella (southern form), Pheasant Coucal, Eastern Koel, Laughing Kookaburra, Superb Fairy-wren, Striated Pardalote, Lewin’s Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater, Noisy Friarbird, Striped Honeyeater, Grey-crowned Babbler (eastern), Eastern Whipbird, Australasian Figbird, Olive-backed Oriole, Grey Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Pied Currawong (eastern Australia), Willie Wagtail (southern), Torresian Crow, Apostlebird, Welcome Swallow <br /></span><span><b>Land Snails:</b> Nomadic Velvet Snail <i>Neveritis aridorum</i> <br /></span><span><b>Spiders:</b> Speckled Orbweaver <i>Araneus circulissparsus</i>, a flower spider <i>Boomerangia dimidiata</i>, wrap-around spiders <i>Dolophones conifera</i> and <i>Dolophones turrigera</i>, Garden Orb-weaver <i>Hortophora transmarina</i>, Dotty Lynx Spider <i>Oxyopes punctatu</i>s, Variable Lynx Spider <i>Oxyopes variabilis</i>, Octopus Crab Spider <i>Tmarus marmoreus</i> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Fg22g9FDFCCJmNFNZIKlJY1BjUG4bmaQ8e-AViA64hOb6ocxnL9ud2pahfxUlybmbkt8yVc9BOMtVvllsxRgCK0j9z4epEZyCaWzrwoVjnGMrU0HBcks27rV2ivf-3SqcdHgSMqZMzNLyA5x8MYM-8eT0ZbarnJwQxcy6TflxThs7TDTmHHOWhhFxA/s1326/Spider,%20Boomerangiana%20dimidiata,%20Thomisidae.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1326" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Fg22g9FDFCCJmNFNZIKlJY1BjUG4bmaQ8e-AViA64hOb6ocxnL9ud2pahfxUlybmbkt8yVc9BOMtVvllsxRgCK0j9z4epEZyCaWzrwoVjnGMrU0HBcks27rV2ivf-3SqcdHgSMqZMzNLyA5x8MYM-8eT0ZbarnJwQxcy6TflxThs7TDTmHHOWhhFxA/s320/Spider,%20Boomerangiana%20dimidiata,%20Thomisidae.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-size: large;">Boomerangiana dimidiata</i><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: G. Walter</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span><b>Butterflies: </b>Glasswing <i>Acraea a. andromacha</i>, Caper White <i>Belenois java teutoni</i>a, Common Crow <i>Euploea corinn</i>a, Lesser Wanderer <i>Danaus petilia</i>, Monarch <i>Danaus plexippus</i> (including caterpillar), Scarlet Jezebel <i>Delias a. argenthona</i>, Black Jezebel <i>Delias nigrin</i>a, Large Grass Yellow <i>Eurema hecabe</i>, Meadow Argus <i>Junonia villid</i>a, Orchard Swallowtail (Australian subspecies) <i>Papilio a. aegeu</i>s, Chequered Swallowtail <i>Papilio demoleus sthenelus</i>, White-banded Plane (southern subspecies) <i>Phaedyma s. shepherdi</i>, Cabbage White <i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOmAwg2o-nQDslivax5qz2tR397z-hAxW_ZZpVOJU5lHB2Wu1-0t1G27jB3W1JYCcDuWTF5QVtlK6usEXn5ofy8aCPQXq0YHL4FAoGXkROUGowU2Ih29D2JEX0Jspl9G75GyFNTjGpbbUfsaVWdM91GhwsMPj-BAG-3sXr2XuXNOc4ClgCuuxCOc-WA/s1649/Cattle%20Poison%20Sawfly%20Lophyrotoma%20interrupta.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1649" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOmAwg2o-nQDslivax5qz2tR397z-hAxW_ZZpVOJU5lHB2Wu1-0t1G27jB3W1JYCcDuWTF5QVtlK6usEXn5ofy8aCPQXq0YHL4FAoGXkROUGowU2Ih29D2JEX0Jspl9G75GyFNTjGpbbUfsaVWdM91GhwsMPj-BAG-3sXr2XuXNOc4ClgCuuxCOc-WA/s320/Cattle%20Poison%20Sawfly%20Lophyrotoma%20interrupta.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Cattle Poison Sawfly <br /><i>Lophyrotoma interrupta<br /></i></b></span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: G. Walter</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table>Pieris rapae</i>, Wattle Blue <i>Theclinesthes miskini</i>, Common Grass Blue <i>Zizina otis labradus</i> <br /></span><span><b>Dragonflies and Damselflies: </b>Wandering Ringtail <i>Austrolestes leda</i>, Wandering Percher <i>Diplacodes bipunctata</i>, Scarlet Percher <i>Diplacodes haematode</i>s, Tau Emerald <i>Hemicordulia tau</i> <br /></span><span><b>Other Invertebrates: Beetles; </b>Yellow Soldier Beetle <i>Chauliognathus flavipennis</i>, a longicorn beetle <i>Corrhenes paulla, </i>a weevil<i> </i></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Rhinotia</i> sp. (possibly a Long-nosed Weevil <i>Rhinotia hemisticta</i>),</span><span style="font-family: times;"><span> <b>Bugs;</b> Ricespotting Bug <i>Eysarcoris distinctu</i>s, </span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><b><u>Cicadas</u>; </b>Bark Squeaker <i>Atrapsalta corticina</i>. </span><b style="font-family: times;">Flies & Mosquitoes; </b><span style="font-family: times;">Scotch Grey Mosquito </span><i style="font-family: times;">Aedes alternan</i><span style="font-family: times;">s, </span><b style="font-family: times;">Ants & Sawflies; </b><span style="font-family: times;">Cattle Poison Sawfly </span><i style="font-family: times;">Lophyrotoma interrupta</i><span style="font-family: times;">, Giant Bull Ant </span><i style="font-family: times;">Myrmecia brevinoda</i><span style="font-family: times;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O3d1d14tFdEQDUTeIwp3G5ZlIAYlINHkJtZw_5BBRxLoHFPfTaRboBgiMWOJZFIltGrAlN0tXH_Sd_rtop31gXTdizYWtaFHeXy8GbanSLrYTz9jPJCWtiL4SbLcsVaaOy9ySziRszj3EmS4ECK2P8NEv1ei1eUGQiXuYjQ3LjpCCbpmoTxHR50tOA/s1664/Cicada,%20Atrapsalta%20corticina%20Cicadidae.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1664" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O3d1d14tFdEQDUTeIwp3G5ZlIAYlINHkJtZw_5BBRxLoHFPfTaRboBgiMWOJZFIltGrAlN0tXH_Sd_rtop31gXTdizYWtaFHeXy8GbanSLrYTz9jPJCWtiL4SbLcsVaaOy9ySziRszj3EmS4ECK2P8NEv1ei1eUGQiXuYjQ3LjpCCbpmoTxHR50tOA/s320/Cicada,%20Atrapsalta%20corticina%20Cicadidae.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="text-align: left;">Bark Squeaker </span><i style="text-align: left;">Atrapsalta corticina<br /></i></b></span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: G. Walter</span></span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>Flora</b>
discussed or taken note of on the day (not a comprehensive list): </h3><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Herbs:</b> Spur Goodenia or Branching Goodenia <i>Goodenia paradoxa</i>, Queensland Darling
Pea <i>Swainsona queenslandica</i>, Warrigal
Greens <i>Tetragonia tetragonoides</i>.<br /> <b>Vines, Scramblers & Climbers:</b> Red-flowering Passionfruit <i>Passiflora aurantia,<br /> </i><b>Trees:</b> Narrow-leaved Red Olive Plum or Orange Olive Plum <i>Elaeodendron australe var. integrifolium</i>,
Forest Red Gum <i>Eucalyptus
tereticornis</i>, Native <br />Cherry or Cherry
Ballart <i>Exocarpos cupressiformis</i>.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkuT0af2nDtImJlFLoRlE7gDG3KJybEBm5az9UEkSoG6hoUadB7u6oGochJyHJiPslYpnAA5Yf2CMzegZhWA7BKgzvNEgsa_aXfuC-LxNAL8wJBlj15dEC28sSBK0vKQUS6NAClIBQJCNOo__TpBaUlexdxHLVASBnCykAhWeAe_PQGKxium7uRa5aA/s1326/Beetle,%20Rhinotia%20species,%20Belidae.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1326" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkuT0af2nDtImJlFLoRlE7gDG3KJybEBm5az9UEkSoG6hoUadB7u6oGochJyHJiPslYpnAA5Yf2CMzegZhWA7BKgzvNEgsa_aXfuC-LxNAL8wJBlj15dEC28sSBK0vKQUS6NAClIBQJCNOo__TpBaUlexdxHLVASBnCykAhWeAe_PQGKxium7uRa5aA/s320/Beetle,%20Rhinotia%20species,%20Belidae.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><i>A Weevil - Rhinotia</i> species<br /></b></span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: G. Walter</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-3493925570106051962022-10-22T08:03:00.018+10:002022-10-30T09:53:50.651+10:00Foxbar Falls Camp Report - 14 - 17 October 2022<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_h3J5908Tyk_1vLI8bVpV0aU6-24TWR7a1RjU6Oa_yMg1FpiAvxTOtW469mlwERcD-zYJ64eEQSkAe_KB1K_awJNhpIXPMyXENPGPpNqGArCgaB-nsxxX0a_fbn6cDy1vc0W3fWYWhc04BrPnPYJIOC9MXuXZx9X1awjuJIz1XG-8onXlsdwHG_eRg/s480/FoxBar%20moth%20Philobota%20arabella%20-5.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="480" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_h3J5908Tyk_1vLI8bVpV0aU6-24TWR7a1RjU6Oa_yMg1FpiAvxTOtW469mlwERcD-zYJ64eEQSkAe_KB1K_awJNhpIXPMyXENPGPpNqGArCgaB-nsxxX0a_fbn6cDy1vc0W3fWYWhc04BrPnPYJIOC9MXuXZx9X1awjuJIz1XG-8onXlsdwHG_eRg/w315-h306/FoxBar%20moth%20Philobota%20arabella%20-5.jpg" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Philobota arabella</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Toowoomba Field Nats were so lucky with the weather for our Spring Camp at Foxbar Falls. The Falls is a private campground in a bush and lake setting on a 200-acre working farm on the Queensland Granite Belt country, 20 minutes’ drive west of Stanthorpe, or two hours’ drive south of Toowoomba.</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">A diverse range of native flora and fauna, including stunning wildflowers, bush birds, waterbirds, reptiles and native mammals, can be spotted from the campground and walking trails which wander along the shores of the lakes and through the surrounding heath and open woodland. As always with the Granite Belt country the scenery is magnificent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBu4HezmorYDMpPgE3FkOFqyMBMx4IUhZ-wE10eu2BWxCER_bkEVrKZP7IELeOsQJDNLtG_oQK75ZBxv4-DHSexc4scKGagccS54kR4y49lwsTna56FZOIcXy2nLMwn35tiya3S1g8kH5LseMfisVAy1qk1QPcugqmpcZhWGwFfn5xvF5wsvv5P_Ltw/s480/FoxBar%20Falls%20Sow%20and%20Pigs%20rocks.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBu4HezmorYDMpPgE3FkOFqyMBMx4IUhZ-wE10eu2BWxCER_bkEVrKZP7IELeOsQJDNLtG_oQK75ZBxv4-DHSexc4scKGagccS54kR4y49lwsTna56FZOIcXy2nLMwn35tiya3S1g8kH5LseMfisVAy1qk1QPcugqmpcZhWGwFfn5xvF5wsvv5P_Ltw/w640-h426/FoxBar%20Falls%20Sow%20and%20Pigs%20rocks.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Toowoomba Natters on Sow and Pigs</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf27DpEUFTcJbtROIMfG8upvQAN_T3OKMJLtw11AFIH5CibrodGjHaCiIlz73oKdnTaOqigMjheQFofvGKMPkWRvorCKuGPNWpYmMSStSO83JR6VA-1qDTgh0x0yeQD9e3GNFGsuJtzMmnUzWGpiXueXInHf9mKKiDkTtVMiBGOO6Zu8Lhln0fEjbIcQ/s480/View%20from%20Sow%20and%20Pigs%20rocks.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf27DpEUFTcJbtROIMfG8upvQAN_T3OKMJLtw11AFIH5CibrodGjHaCiIlz73oKdnTaOqigMjheQFofvGKMPkWRvorCKuGPNWpYmMSStSO83JR6VA-1qDTgh0x0yeQD9e3GNFGsuJtzMmnUzWGpiXueXInHf9mKKiDkTtVMiBGOO6Zu8Lhln0fEjbIcQ/w640-h426/View%20from%20Sow%20and%20Pigs%20rocks.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>View from Sow and Pigs</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The moth, <i>Philobota arabella</i>, pictured below and at the top of this post, is an uncommon one for Queensland.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r2SqcwCac7nkPnSfYr_LuBnLnXsKzUwPi0J_MhpcJcqMsZ2wjwPP7eJw2_tB_0MF6yjlXlITSZuwa-O8XCwN5K7vFI6YyTE7-Me8sM0Cmu37GUF7gb_jTSbRaw64pCbv_5fk_vecigH7G8XyiPhpufL5JSwDzPq9p9Srgnre7XPVitOC4KayAlfYVQ/s480/FoxBar%20moth%20Philobota%20arabella%20-4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="480" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r2SqcwCac7nkPnSfYr_LuBnLnXsKzUwPi0J_MhpcJcqMsZ2wjwPP7eJw2_tB_0MF6yjlXlITSZuwa-O8XCwN5K7vFI6YyTE7-Me8sM0Cmu37GUF7gb_jTSbRaw64pCbv_5fk_vecigH7G8XyiPhpufL5JSwDzPq9p9Srgnre7XPVitOC4KayAlfYVQ/w400-h390/FoxBar%20moth%20Philobota%20arabella%20-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Another view of </b></span><b style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Philobota arabella</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Photos: D. Gardner</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>More photos follow the species lists.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Species Lists</b></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Butterflies: </b>Caper White, Black Jezebel</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Reptiles:</b> Lace Monitor </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Frogs:</b> (all heard) Eastern Banjo Frog, Striped Marsh Frog, Common Eastern Toadlet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Mammals: </b>Feral Pig, Deer</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Birds: </b>Compiled from numerous members' sightings: thanks to all. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Australian Darter, Masked Lapwing, Black-fronted Dotterel, Australian Wood Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Australian Pelican, White-faced Heron, Intermediate Egret, Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Spotted Crake, Brown Quail, Wedgetail Eagle with young in the nest, Barn Owl (H), Tawny Frogmouth, Bar-shouldered Dove, Galah, Corella, Eastern Rosella, Crimson Rosella, Red-rumped Parrot, Koel, Brush Cuckoo, Laughing Kookaburra, Forest Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Dollarbird, Welcome Swallow, White-throated Treecreeper, Superb Fairy-wren, Variegated Fairy-wren, White-browed Scrubwren, Speckled Warbler, White-throated Gerygone, Brown Thornbill, Striated Pardalote, Spotted Pardalote, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Scarlet Honeyeater, Eastern Spinebill, Red Wattlebird, Grey-crowned Babbler, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, Pied Butcherbird, Pied Currawong, Australian Magpie, Torresian Crow, Magpie-lark, Willie Wagtail, Grey Fantail, Leaden Flycatcher, Eastern Yellow Robin, Australian Reed Warbler, Common Myna, Mistletoe Bird, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Australasian Pipit</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Flora: </b>compiled by Deb Ford and Judy Stevens. Botanical and common names (where available) are those given in <i>Wildflowers of the Granite Belt</i>, 3rd Edition (2014) or <i>Mangroves to Mountains</i>, 2nd Edition (2021). Plants with an asterisk are rare and threatened. There were many more species, but this list includes only those that we could identify.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Acacia adunca </i>Wallangara Wattle, <i>Acacia fimbriata</i> Fringed Wattle,<i> Acacia granitica</i> Granite Wattle, <i>Acacia montana</i> Mallee Wattle (not local to area), <i>Acacia nerifolia </i>Granite Silver Wattle, <i>Actinotus helianthi </i>Flannel Flower, <i>Banksia integrifolia</i> subsp. compar White Banksia, *<i>Bertya recurvata</i>, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">*</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Boronia amabilis</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, *</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Boronia granitica </i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Granite Boronia, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Brachyscome stuartii</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Stuart's Daisy, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Callitris endicheri</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Black Cypress, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Calochilus robertsonii</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Purplish Beard Orchid, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Calytrix tetragona</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Heath Myrtle, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Cheilanthes distans</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Bristle Cloak Fern, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Chloanthes parviflora</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Small-flowered Ice Plant, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Dampiera pupurea</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Dampiera (both purple and white forms), </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Dianella caerulia</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Blue Flax Lily, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Dillwynia phylicoides</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Showy Parrot Pea, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Dillwynia sieberi </i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Prickly Parrot Pea, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Diuris chrysanthis </i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Granite Donkey Orchid, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Drosera spatulata</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Rosy Sundew, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Erythrorchis cassythoides</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Leafless Climbing Orchid/ Bootlace Orchid, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Eucalyptus scoparia</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Wallangara White Gum, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Glossodia major</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Wax Lip Orchid, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hardenbergia violaceae </i><span style="font-family: georgia;">False Sarsaparilla Vine, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hibbertia cistoidea</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hibbertia elata</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Tall Guinea Flower, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hibbertia linearis</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> var. </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">obtusifolia</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Hoary Guinea Flower, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hibbertia Mt Gillies</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hibbertia riparia</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Erect Guinea Flower, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hovea graniticola</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hybanthus monopetalus</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Lady's Slipper, *</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Kunzea bracteolata</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> White Kunzea, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Kunzea obovata</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Pink Kunzea, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Leptospermum minutifolium</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Small-leaved Tea-tree, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Leucochrysum albicans</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> var. </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">albicans</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Hoary Sunray, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Lomandra laxa</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Broad-leaved Matrush, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Lomandra longifolia </i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spiny-headed Matrush, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Lomandra multiflora</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Many-flowered Matrush, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Micromyrtus sessilis</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Granite Heath, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Ozothamnus diosmifolius</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Rice Flower/Sago Bush (pink and white forms), </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Ozothamnus obcordatus</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Grey Everlasting, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Pimelia linifolia</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> var. </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">linifolia</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Queen of the Bush, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Plectranthus suaveolens</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Cockspur Flower, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Prostanthera nivea</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Snowy Mintbush, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Seringia hillii</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Stylidium graminifolium</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Grass Trigger Plant, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Stylidium laricifolium</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Tree Trigger Plant, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Stypendra glauca</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Nodding Blue Lily, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Utricularia dichotoma </i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fairy Aprons, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Viola betonicifolia</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Mountain Violet, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Xanthorrhoea johnsonii </i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Forest Grass Tree, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Zieria compacta</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> var. </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">compacta</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Shiny-leaved Zeria, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Zieria laevigata</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Twiggy Midge Bush.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2WOBZU-j1HSTumAgKoKDV5hunmUAiNn4YQKxJX1NA6Q8afonhPGoo0uOX_tU8hmIg5WUi5YnlWChcEJ697-CvODGjf6n3yRpewIOjwYGDCRX36WEhMPyXSHSQ82r6NyKJ5-G8NFLICHN0Vxn164urfhXt2-TRAE4k8yRlsLBUeskswXqgYu60hr6Hgg"><img alt="" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="292" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2WOBZU-j1HSTumAgKoKDV5hunmUAiNn4YQKxJX1NA6Q8afonhPGoo0uOX_tU8hmIg5WUi5YnlWChcEJ697-CvODGjf6n3yRpewIOjwYGDCRX36WEhMPyXSHSQ82r6NyKJ5-G8NFLICHN0Vxn164urfhXt2-TRAE4k8yRlsLBUeskswXqgYu60hr6Hgg=w299-h400" width="299" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Bertya recurvata</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The photo shows the separate male and female flowers common to this genus. Male flowers along the stem in leaf axils. The two female flowers are ovaries protected by perianth segments and topped with several styles.</span> </span>[Photo: D. Ford]</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Following photos by D. Ball</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_PQkavm4ZTYEgjpHZKi4U6lPoW1pDr6yIx4yGw_PaPAInAlw4-_B4SEP3c6N-vXyKvq0ua5sTvjoS-t15epXzgVxxqKwXDSB57UxEp3RaeK-hS-MX_DcyaO6ou9JZUTpPxvR9KVuoVt6AXV364wlaodKwF1K_c4XInNGj1iCph3ToyOFP9aGp1qvYA/s1440/Campsite%20beside%20Lake%20Edith.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_PQkavm4ZTYEgjpHZKi4U6lPoW1pDr6yIx4yGw_PaPAInAlw4-_B4SEP3c6N-vXyKvq0ua5sTvjoS-t15epXzgVxxqKwXDSB57UxEp3RaeK-hS-MX_DcyaO6ou9JZUTpPxvR9KVuoVt6AXV364wlaodKwF1K_c4XInNGj1iCph3ToyOFP9aGp1qvYA/w640-h480/Campsite%20beside%20Lake%20Edith.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Campsite beside Lake Edith</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSLXj1SLdCfCgmBPf21HEbtvjXIDgIYFUr2dN0Z-aytETdt90c4dGmO8dNYwNWNRw5FyEkuEmfZjLlD5Odz2S9ZTtwTfHISRNFJMydC6EpfsAhb5GWvO5O-iIbbuPhwINhJ-bA4hcpRTzzeTcHAof8fKsABBy9yaR2K6gwz4i3SaeNQWTaOp5f_kbtw/s667/Drosera%20hookeri.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="667" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSLXj1SLdCfCgmBPf21HEbtvjXIDgIYFUr2dN0Z-aytETdt90c4dGmO8dNYwNWNRw5FyEkuEmfZjLlD5Odz2S9ZTtwTfHISRNFJMydC6EpfsAhb5GWvO5O-iIbbuPhwINhJ-bA4hcpRTzzeTcHAof8fKsABBy9yaR2K6gwz4i3SaeNQWTaOp5f_kbtw/w400-h374/Drosera%20hookeri.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Sundew flower <i>Droseri</i> sp. </b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfYZlkJY48SLenhnN67Yrndh2o70O8GzZjnS6DRtZevMwqwqvGmYEiUOF6v4CX3rFk44Z4smNbA00ypDGGoGLHJuDHm6lgYOj9COb1Fm8kxA3N2pMqn_NsqFdoxKmAYxDKSmihm67rysen8eHb7dECSCY3iHFnpHFKJ9NYhiSCO0S91if26IDpO-CnQ/s1440/Climbing%20Mt%20Ferguson.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfYZlkJY48SLenhnN67Yrndh2o70O8GzZjnS6DRtZevMwqwqvGmYEiUOF6v4CX3rFk44Z4smNbA00ypDGGoGLHJuDHm6lgYOj9COb1Fm8kxA3N2pMqn_NsqFdoxKmAYxDKSmihm67rysen8eHb7dECSCY3iHFnpHFKJ9NYhiSCO0S91if26IDpO-CnQ/w400-h300/Climbing%20Mt%20Ferguson.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Admiring the moss gardens <br />in the damp hollows below the boulders</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6VDfpC2Q8-crGRhWEDi2xwkXx-qOSKxLXpducxEM7MlAJu73hdLrQAnFkXfeqEONLTas7kRNSX9UG_rFiWCzVTQ0akk5EJuBKH51QhINRdDI-ckubWwSm7AVVyccI4pFHHRF8WCJb3ijTaVQZZcgTpBKqFsFMHR5dh24iHO9W8tLSunRbGgqzkIoNA/s1085/Boronia%20close-up.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1085" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6VDfpC2Q8-crGRhWEDi2xwkXx-qOSKxLXpducxEM7MlAJu73hdLrQAnFkXfeqEONLTas7kRNSX9UG_rFiWCzVTQ0akk5EJuBKH51QhINRdDI-ckubWwSm7AVVyccI4pFHHRF8WCJb3ijTaVQZZcgTpBKqFsFMHR5dh24iHO9W8tLSunRbGgqzkIoNA/w400-h320/Boronia%20close-up.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Beautiful Boronia</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihV3WEurdpu3V13zx_Rxn1waTILe8jaD5gc_1r2t2aEQPI_PXv2Q-RpUIjgqddK4Cg7TqAT-mHDRp_GqZDWZvH2b1FFO_dqk5nc4BM38v2FEHAwcv5dwbKUNJRqxgHKDOkGjawUEm0cvjta1iSjUwHGkjeT-006AWPntc1S2kkNheLwtPiXsqbmb3Vg/s1086/Flannel%20Flowers%20Actinotus%20helianthi.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="1086" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihV3WEurdpu3V13zx_Rxn1waTILe8jaD5gc_1r2t2aEQPI_PXv2Q-RpUIjgqddK4Cg7TqAT-mHDRp_GqZDWZvH2b1FFO_dqk5nc4BM38v2FEHAwcv5dwbKUNJRqxgHKDOkGjawUEm0cvjta1iSjUwHGkjeT-006AWPntc1S2kkNheLwtPiXsqbmb3Vg/w400-h375/Flannel%20Flowers%20Actinotus%20helianthi.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Flannel Flowers <i>Actinotus helianthi</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TCn2pmRiPpq-jdJa7vQhdFrENicwjx6asxlq2pD3z8_VotGDQRzwdiYwUAZgIcOCrQHC0_O08zb2xru-L8SW1r2pOF5fjjsQklJO2te--UPWzo_aM1ySgu97WvegGi2R_of4Gerv92DapTzRNTzJbFNS-p2voor0u70WJqTJYreG5ToH_3IxXxaNWQ/s835/Waxlip%20orchid%20Glossodia%20major.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="835" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TCn2pmRiPpq-jdJa7vQhdFrENicwjx6asxlq2pD3z8_VotGDQRzwdiYwUAZgIcOCrQHC0_O08zb2xru-L8SW1r2pOF5fjjsQklJO2te--UPWzo_aM1ySgu97WvegGi2R_of4Gerv92DapTzRNTzJbFNS-p2voor0u70WJqTJYreG5ToH_3IxXxaNWQ/w400-h321/Waxlip%20orchid%20Glossodia%20major.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Waxlip Orchid <i>Glossodia major</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36eGtdZGeMrh8dhfEyprSYMCc8dJZCqcMYoMJHqNyT4qG1tD90BVVt7lcv6AwsHqRcx5UxDNTZv6g3Z3AaSm2Eaboif5ji24yAL944x7714s6yzURZMwvXe6ofmnUBIs-rsjYH8KCrYZaSTDgT9TANTtXnksFJ3H50o3QiFwgkEDg46y8fDd530l9BA/s1920/Steep%20climb%20down%20from%20Mt%20Ferguson.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="1920" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36eGtdZGeMrh8dhfEyprSYMCc8dJZCqcMYoMJHqNyT4qG1tD90BVVt7lcv6AwsHqRcx5UxDNTZv6g3Z3AaSm2Eaboif5ji24yAL944x7714s6yzURZMwvXe6ofmnUBIs-rsjYH8KCrYZaSTDgT9TANTtXnksFJ3H50o3QiFwgkEDg46y8fDd530l9BA/w640-h142/Steep%20climb%20down%20from%20Mt%20Ferguson.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Steep descent from Mt Ferguson</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStD-h4_PlzuWMS8CNv_R-Z5yDRHZpwe1NaQOH8WXW4vUP79iBxkXudsJiciMGauTj6K3PQq_vFyHHakmOV9H2yaRcCuT7kpZfMBDlW89cla4sjij7q8ExdyA_jOnCKWr7dqnYMkSqgBgQrnx8QiQBea99uN8YqbdBgTUk4ybVPfJZZpRrO2YD63k4xA/s1005/Stiff%20Kunzea%20Kunzea%20bracteolata%20%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1005" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStD-h4_PlzuWMS8CNv_R-Z5yDRHZpwe1NaQOH8WXW4vUP79iBxkXudsJiciMGauTj6K3PQq_vFyHHakmOV9H2yaRcCuT7kpZfMBDlW89cla4sjij7q8ExdyA_jOnCKWr7dqnYMkSqgBgQrnx8QiQBea99uN8YqbdBgTUk4ybVPfJZZpRrO2YD63k4xA/w400-h335/Stiff%20Kunzea%20Kunzea%20bracteolata%20%20.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Stiff or White Kunzea <i>Kunzea bracteolata</i> </b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3FS9MNn-5k0bEmSJm5Vd7SeC2OOPpF3vxNuEIa5AZ3ps18PQaG9pWO5ntiW8S6DfmmuR6mCbvUSPLGULI5PNCZUa2zZe4GJ1tWxv1TKJ3M7N54iLUANhSCSkG8I_FDC-pCafMafeWs4nw0Mia2F5noQ9DqUUyTr5Mi6l4AxYgF5I2eQ4Y44MXcz3CA/s1440/DSC02712.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3FS9MNn-5k0bEmSJm5Vd7SeC2OOPpF3vxNuEIa5AZ3ps18PQaG9pWO5ntiW8S6DfmmuR6mCbvUSPLGULI5PNCZUa2zZe4GJ1tWxv1TKJ3M7N54iLUANhSCSkG8I_FDC-pCafMafeWs4nw0Mia2F5noQ9DqUUyTr5Mi6l4AxYgF5I2eQ4Y44MXcz3CA/w300-h400/DSC02712.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Sticky Wattle <i>Acacia viscidula</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oDJYFuPVgQ9gfIlhEbwaf5iS-ttigYhuR_rlTRjBD8eojMxBxazyq7XYRWSGlOliPmAIfRh_sr7H5vCJ3NUGlN6uI80gVH4UCgwIjwcOLmbsFaoITUxKVddstdLt3jZIZ_3uj3T4yQ--LRrJZhF1I5WbnGladdgJ6E-PM20KDcVBFYiOasbuJGZ5CA/s1440/Frosty%20Wattle%20Acacia%20pruinosa%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oDJYFuPVgQ9gfIlhEbwaf5iS-ttigYhuR_rlTRjBD8eojMxBxazyq7XYRWSGlOliPmAIfRh_sr7H5vCJ3NUGlN6uI80gVH4UCgwIjwcOLmbsFaoITUxKVddstdLt3jZIZ_3uj3T4yQ--LRrJZhF1I5WbnGladdgJ6E-PM20KDcVBFYiOasbuJGZ5CA/w400-h300/Frosty%20Wattle%20Acacia%20pruinosa%20.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Frosty Wattle <i>Acacia pruinosa </i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-53077347130683423382022-09-30T08:04:00.004+10:002022-09-30T08:08:20.871+10:00October Outing Details: Ravensbourne area, 9 October 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club Inc. acknowledges the land of the Barunggam people who are the traditional custodians of Ravensbourne-Perseverance and pay our respects to both </span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-family: georgia;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjAItPzKFYpKc2n4HaSOvb0Hp30NfZMVBH57hCpPr80jo9c1CgbjDJFMhqJqF2azEc9qjFbc-HEAkW-0YWWg1WZQ6_JM1Gp0vHRdLzeV49OzV3-lGfcKKbZIf3xRvvmHXdr7MQgY4i4OLsSb83Ke_HUonP5P4WY0rrn5JrIFGlrQH_xXgPKHGlGpfAg/s480/Regent%20Bowerbird%20at%20Tyirrima%20resized.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjAItPzKFYpKc2n4HaSOvb0Hp30NfZMVBH57hCpPr80jo9c1CgbjDJFMhqJqF2azEc9qjFbc-HEAkW-0YWWg1WZQ6_JM1Gp0vHRdLzeV49OzV3-lGfcKKbZIf3xRvvmHXdr7MQgY4i4OLsSb83Ke_HUonP5P4WY0rrn5JrIFGlrQH_xXgPKHGlGpfAg/w400-h266/Regent%20Bowerbird%20at%20Tyirrima%20resized.JPG" width="400" /></b></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Male Regent Bowerbird at the property</b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the past and present first peoples, their elders, languages, customs, culture and connection to this wonderful country.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Time: </b>Meet at the property at 9:30am. Carpooling will be available at Neil Street carpark, Toowoomba at 8:20 am.<br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Where:</b> Ravensbourne/Perseverance area<br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Directions:</b> <span style="color: #0c343d;">If you're not a Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club member, please contact us, </span><a href="https://toowoombafieldnaturalists.blogspot.com/toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com" style="background-color: white;">toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com</a><span style="color: #0c343d;">, for directions. Members, please refer to the newsletter.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></span><b>Activities: </b>T<span style="text-align: justify;">our of the extensive gardens, a home sawmill,
beehives, orchard, hot house and carnivorous plants before a picnic morning tea
and discussion with our hosts around 11.00 am. </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then exploring a natural, tall eucalypt forest and returning for a late lunch and discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Botanists, birdwatchers and insect observers will all find something of interest .<br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>What to Bring: </b><span style="text-align: justify;">chair, morning tea and lunch, and the usual naturalist stuff; binoculars, camera, field guides, notebook, etc.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa_NLlu6ore9bQrAWvu0fhwGsXxI8tQuAMzhMfN-IOz9Op4E35lzVoevcPou2LuzWGpFaPcTMlUoZWKJ8i2PDbZmuAA3QgPzwRcoWOwPc5HeWTivcv664O0AcGwJYr7TiJ2WVEac2jihEhZZaFTS5k0pPpNjyqTIkXgKZtEjQzIsoW5woejbVPD4Seg/s480/Donkey%20Orchid%20at%20Tyirrima%20resized.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa_NLlu6ore9bQrAWvu0fhwGsXxI8tQuAMzhMfN-IOz9Op4E35lzVoevcPou2LuzWGpFaPcTMlUoZWKJ8i2PDbZmuAA3QgPzwRcoWOwPc5HeWTivcv664O0AcGwJYr7TiJ2WVEac2jihEhZZaFTS5k0pPpNjyqTIkXgKZtEjQzIsoW5woejbVPD4Seg/s320/Donkey%20Orchid%20at%20Tyirrima%20resized.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Donkey Orchid</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZSiNij758LsH28oN06CuOuLhcTkDN0oisjjEO-IscyBMnShO8uS24I3NCsikMuGjUp32ZmGWcv3wmXsTDC8tXGCP6s6hqaDtgbdnLLzJ7V407xzWZxqbI1uU_jL-kUN95JPV75cLE1EBsf9dN8pukkfABPtwz4rBLyrvvLE-G_7dMJ3-YatbKi29kw/s480/Tyirrima%20resized.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZSiNij758LsH28oN06CuOuLhcTkDN0oisjjEO-IscyBMnShO8uS24I3NCsikMuGjUp32ZmGWcv3wmXsTDC8tXGCP6s6hqaDtgbdnLLzJ7V407xzWZxqbI1uU_jL-kUN95JPV75cLE1EBsf9dN8pukkfABPtwz4rBLyrvvLE-G_7dMJ3-YatbKi29kw/w400-h266/Tyirrima%20resized.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>The property</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-45368031518560009952022-09-27T08:26:00.003+10:002022-09-27T08:29:59.759+10:00Outing Report - 4 September 2022, Western Escarpment Parks Toowoomba<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Members met at the Cranley Escarpment Park. This is a large remnant bushland reserve on the north-west outskirts of Toowoomba with a two kilometres circuit walk along a wide path. Sadly, we could call it a weed reserve for it contains ‘good’ stands of lantana, tree pear and privet. It has been suggested that Governor Phillip was responsible for the introduction of the cactus to start a cochineal industry: red dye was needed by the British army for their uniforms and the cochineal beetle, which feeds on certain species of cacti, was the source of a vivid red dye. (A good ‘read’ is A Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was good to see some flowering native groundsel <i>Senecio</i> species, and the Soap Tree <i>Alphitonia excelsa </i>was in fruit. A wattle tree had many galls with grubs chomping their way through the galls. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-family: georgia; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1d9eZe0hcpl9kZWU1bwVDHPH1Gr8IPer368yr8xczckM9bhQxF2vJGWYl0y-DxSju4ydj5pjen2nOSIZZPxn0SfSF1D55z8NPDtSPS6XBdNyrl3esuCnBFsFdRhMSB3LoVxlsptFycUb9CVx99mhNwYAkZy_A-ywa7gb4Is5Cr61fBHWv2NtjTSgPeA/s499/Galls.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="499" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1d9eZe0hcpl9kZWU1bwVDHPH1Gr8IPer368yr8xczckM9bhQxF2vJGWYl0y-DxSju4ydj5pjen2nOSIZZPxn0SfSF1D55z8NPDtSPS6XBdNyrl3esuCnBFsFdRhMSB3LoVxlsptFycUb9CVx99mhNwYAkZy_A-ywa7gb4Is5Cr61fBHWv2NtjTSgPeA/s320/Galls.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Probably <i>Trichilogaster</i> sp. <br />(a small genus of Chalcid wasps that <br />are gall-formers on Australian acacia.)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">What the park lacked in native vegetation it made up for in bird life. Twenty-nine species were seen and most obvious were the large number of Grey Fantails moving in front of us as we walked.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our second stop was John Trousdell Park at Cotswold Hills Estate. John George Trousdell came to Australia from Ireland in 1865 and farmed in the Meringandan area. He was one of the earliest settlers in that region. Lunch is a time for eating, chatting, and looking: an arboreal termite mound took our interest as did the kookaburras; Noisy Miners were nesting in the small bunya pine. The park has a short (1.2 kilometre) loop with challenging slopes down and up. Again, interesting vegetation was in short supply, but birdlife was varied. A small muddy dam was occupied by a group of Wood Ducks and the highlight on the path was the Variegated Fairy-wrens and one Superb Fairy-wren.</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bird Lists</span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Cranley Escarpment Park</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Crested Pigeon, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Black Kite, Galah, Rainbow Lorikeet, Pale-headed Rosella, Pheasant Coucal, Laughing Kookaburra, Sp</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">eckled Warbler, White-throated Gerygone, White-browed Scrubwren, Brown Honeyeater, Noisy Friarbird, Noisy Miner, Striated Pardalote, Australasian Figbird, Golden Whistler, Eastern Whipbird, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Pied Currawong, Australian Magpie, Pied Butcherbird, Grey Butcherbird, Grey Fantail, Crow (? Australian Raven/Torresian Crow), Eastern Yellow Robin, Silvereye, Red-browed Finch, Double-barred Finch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>John Trousdell Park</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Australian Wood Duck, Straw-necked Ibis, Little Pied Cormorant, Masked Lapwing, Galah, Pale-headed Rosella, Laughing Kookaburra, White-throated Treecreeper, Superb Fairy-wren, Noisy Miner, Australian Magpie, Australian Magpie, Willie Wagtail, Australian Pipit.</span></p>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-1337590843058818572022-07-25T09:00:00.000+10:002022-07-25T09:00:50.047+10:00August Outing Details - Dingo Mountain Parkland and the Police Paddock, 7 August 2022<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">We would like to respectfully acknowledge the </span><span style="background-color: white;">Jarowair', Garumga, and Dalla</span><span style="background-color: white;"> people, Traditional Custodians, of the </span><span style="background-color: white;">Crows Nest area</span><span style="background-color: white;"> on which our outing will take place, and pay our respects to Elders both past, present and future.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYu9yvVPtlnJEskORQ1capZsg6eJnhkYi_B06AgTEHMeB6G2WK0oLB1ebR-3WiuJ-Bp8Z-fdIEzM4Hl0kWnDoXsyP_iqrpzFfYvJcqm7HikRHjH3P7r8pEmHW4MR9qO5LsESQAmYJHbVeh_48B65N7_bbFFEA2_UDUbzJBl6eRZ6945Ru1CNTYMO2BGw/s325/cliff-Dingo-Mt-park-244x325w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="244" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYu9yvVPtlnJEskORQ1capZsg6eJnhkYi_B06AgTEHMeB6G2WK0oLB1ebR-3WiuJ-Bp8Z-fdIEzM4Hl0kWnDoXsyP_iqrpzFfYvJcqm7HikRHjH3P7r8pEmHW4MR9qO5LsESQAmYJHbVeh_48B65N7_bbFFEA2_UDUbzJBl6eRZ6945Ru1CNTYMO2BGw/s320/cliff-Dingo-Mt-park-244x325w.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Dingo Mountain Parkland</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Time:</b> 7.30 am for birders, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">9.30 am at Crows Nest for others (both at the T-junction). </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Where:</b> Crows Nest at the T-junction of Albert and Jones Streets and 3 Mile Road. </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">Carpooling in a small number of high clearance 4WDs is essential.</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Independent vehicular travel within Dingo Mountain Parkland is not possible. Other cars can be left at Jones Road.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Description: </b>Dingo Mountain Parkland preserves a large area of a unique ecosystem type which occurs only on sandstone near Crows Nest. </span><a href="https://www.crowsnest.info/natural-attractions/local-parks/517-dingo-mountain-park" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">Click here for more information.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Police Paddock is across Crows Nest Creek from Dingo Mountain and has interesting but different flora to that found in the Parkland.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>Activities:</b> </span>Steve Plant will be our guide. An excellent botanist with comprehensive knowledge of
local natural history. He will initially take us to the picnic area in the Parkland. Here you can stay and wander close by or </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">join his guided tour of the special features of this area which includes a
diverse array of native flora, birds and sandstone ledges and outcrops. This is where we will have morning tea.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Afterwards we will travel by car to the Police Paddock where Steve will lead another guided tour and we will have lunch.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Facilities: </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Toilets and shelters at the picnic area.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>What to Bring: </b></span>Members and visitors will need to bring a folding chair, morning tea and lunch. Hats and a warm jacket are advised. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Photo: from the website <a href="https://www.crowsnest.qld.au/">https://www.crowsnest.qld.au/</a> </span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-34670966978819378162022-07-13T11:25:00.021+10:002022-07-22T13:10:23.457+10:00Outing Report - 10 July 2022, Lockyer Wetlands<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">We would like to respectfully acknowledge the Yuggera Ugarapul people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which our outing took place, and pay our respects to Elders both past, present and future.</span></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MaxlwNb0TaAm6gD1t1rpFzZq86fgCmZ-sMvEqepCGGrTy2Kj0KJbRWPC6I7fN3kuQzlb6bgfOiQ85wvCVxsX1Y4T9-G-PZJI5AM8qcNA9tBkoLiPb3B7XPsxQm5NK8Y7JHdljrpBCJiHHGvGq8w07PQtLy8HemcpwDVyBrAjQ-sXQqxetue-flzbDQ/s636/Dairy%20herd.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="636" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MaxlwNb0TaAm6gD1t1rpFzZq86fgCmZ-sMvEqepCGGrTy2Kj0KJbRWPC6I7fN3kuQzlb6bgfOiQ85wvCVxsX1Y4T9-G-PZJI5AM8qcNA9tBkoLiPb3B7XPsxQm5NK8Y7JHdljrpBCJiHHGvGq8w07PQtLy8HemcpwDVyBrAjQ-sXQqxetue-flzbDQ/w400-h285/Dairy%20herd.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Being swamped by the dairy herd <br />at Pagel's Rd, Lockrose.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"> This outing was a drive through the Lockyer wetlands. Our first stop was at Pagels Road, Lockrose; a farm dam seen from the Brightview Road which </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">normally</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> would be bypassed. At the moment it is alive with birds. Though we also found dairy cows.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EHANEH2_Gs0d2bbxOyVR_7IIoUbWV_8dfk4ZdBfrCMorqXit9XQBzg34771HEMSKxblWmtiFlfYxFg6rz-jvaES-p8OcCHMmjhwqof1ARTOOMjZIYhsUCcLcxzxjIdv_wmQgZfWtrNwM4nVfFnBDaR7itRiVtd7Oaj7S-x87g6BuUw50RGVxDX_3rw/s480/Tha%20dairy%20herd%20at%20Pagel's%20Rd%20and%20Natters.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EHANEH2_Gs0d2bbxOyVR_7IIoUbWV_8dfk4ZdBfrCMorqXit9XQBzg34771HEMSKxblWmtiFlfYxFg6rz-jvaES-p8OcCHMmjhwqof1ARTOOMjZIYhsUCcLcxzxjIdv_wmQgZfWtrNwM4nVfFnBDaR7itRiVtd7Oaj7S-x87g6BuUw50RGVxDX_3rw/w400-h300/Tha%20dairy%20herd%20at%20Pagel's%20Rd%20and%20Natters.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>The dairy herd from the dead tree in above pic. <br />The Natters cars are under the trees in the distance.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then it was only a short drive to our morning tea stop at Jensens Swamp Environmental Reserve where we were greeted by calls of the Rainbow Bee-eaters. There were so many bush birds taking advantage of the good conditions. We wandered around the tracks and over forty bird species were recorded plus two Koalas and an Emerald-spotted Tree Frog. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoi4LThH3Zujk7-YvRUEipwSs8INw4Nk4xNDGlOQ2Y2d26UHaLqjqvxrN024Y8Aji0VxdV0UEGXsh7eEwwmeuYprvY67_HsSR_lcnaInvBEVOUfZuOw8N5f_va1cLiJ0rzACmH_dVcdaHnkfMAo3iJss0GhEVhqnXkYsPij5IN_2oC50WiB1M-cd5xAA/s631/Galahs%20at%20Pagels%20Rd%20-%20cropped.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="519" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoi4LThH3Zujk7-YvRUEipwSs8INw4Nk4xNDGlOQ2Y2d26UHaLqjqvxrN024Y8Aji0VxdV0UEGXsh7eEwwmeuYprvY67_HsSR_lcnaInvBEVOUfZuOw8N5f_va1cLiJ0rzACmH_dVcdaHnkfMAo3iJss0GhEVhqnXkYsPij5IN_2oC50WiB1M-cd5xAA/s320/Galahs%20at%20Pagels%20Rd%20-%20cropped.jpg" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Galahs at Pagels Rd<br /></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The next stop was Atkinson Dam. There wasn't much wildlife about but the Natters had a lovely, uninterrupted view of the dam from the lunch spot. Later, some of us had a good sighting of a high flying White-bellied Sea Eagle while others just lazed in the sunshine. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The birdos in the group were looking forward to Seven Mile Lagoon as some good birds had turned up here recently. We weren't disappointed as we saw a Hoary-headed Grebe which is not a common bird for this area. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Most of the group went onto Lake Clarendon, another attractive spot. But then it was time to call it a day. Everyone agreed it had been a very memorable outing. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbJrE5YqCQlLcxdgoIX_n7TZLcyvGqLjMcTmFfiU6FhmfkFgC1SWnpEv5zXQtLEtPUhJMMHlr2vj3ni2BjehFo5iG-iyKBRDsFW99YLQcfPdxj70unPR2zSaXremanHdY5S2nU7kE_6Xctc6rr4_PiWDK_gZiRE8BNyzh1-w_JKEjnKipk0hyltp3iQ/s2130/F%20Litoria%20peronii%20Emerald%20spotted%20tree%20frog%20Jensens%20Swamp%201.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="2130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbJrE5YqCQlLcxdgoIX_n7TZLcyvGqLjMcTmFfiU6FhmfkFgC1SWnpEv5zXQtLEtPUhJMMHlr2vj3ni2BjehFo5iG-iyKBRDsFW99YLQcfPdxj70unPR2zSaXremanHdY5S2nU7kE_6Xctc6rr4_PiWDK_gZiRE8BNyzh1-w_JKEjnKipk0hyltp3iQ/w400-h320/F%20Litoria%20peronii%20Emerald%20spotted%20tree%20frog%20Jensens%20Swamp%201.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Emerald-spotted Tree Frog<br />at Jensens Swamp</b></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BHYf21f9mMTGHN_S9O47GlkkCdN_JjN3-GIaNUWEaBSkDM7cjDRJDjtoGcqKRf52Iu-LSAucoUywgwrwFCK2UHt3Il2WP1v3jbgtaBqyianzaL7vBLwx18iELep_ySnGxiciAgqL__7CL7v5HqpNSguQccI1Kl2ZfwYletPpe-jKUBquhg30Uw2f1g/s1505/F%20Litoria%20peronii%20Emerald%20Spotted%20Tree%20Frog%20Jensens%20Swamp%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1505" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BHYf21f9mMTGHN_S9O47GlkkCdN_JjN3-GIaNUWEaBSkDM7cjDRJDjtoGcqKRf52Iu-LSAucoUywgwrwFCK2UHt3Il2WP1v3jbgtaBqyianzaL7vBLwx18iELep_ySnGxiciAgqL__7CL7v5HqpNSguQccI1Kl2ZfwYletPpe-jKUBquhg30Uw2f1g/w400-h334/F%20Litoria%20peronii%20Emerald%20Spotted%20Tree%20Frog%20Jensens%20Swamp%203.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Yellow colouration on <br />Emerald-spotted Tree Frog at Jensens Swamp</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC70GLHbwZwcBt-HCIhYCn-50yecfJs1GjL7WXOksHyIuuQ98d1BuF690nGjofSgNC99w8UFuI2EAghYCMpjKjHNiCEIrduh3Wsp2xDNnpm9cSbS1Sr1bXh9w_POOWoz49O_MASQvMtQX5W_jYHo7fb56379wgCGk6GddGaWpv3ik90FplovHtV1_oyw/s1024/DSC_0075fl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC70GLHbwZwcBt-HCIhYCn-50yecfJs1GjL7WXOksHyIuuQ98d1BuF690nGjofSgNC99w8UFuI2EAghYCMpjKjHNiCEIrduh3Wsp2xDNnpm9cSbS1Sr1bXh9w_POOWoz49O_MASQvMtQX5W_jYHo7fb56379wgCGk6GddGaWpv3ik90FplovHtV1_oyw/w400-h266/DSC_0075fl.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Little Egret at Jensens Swamp</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHAv1KDNwuIx_OUvEyn0XK7XWFo3t7Ipw3V9Ui-OfUY244nLts_6_v2Y2V-BirKiUSunw-Fw9sam6xK-zFeZOyCJgxLA75HOE6Dgkrahz00BGPCGXwq-RPLqT6NX9ZIdK2nokMvx5VOCA7Py-qBNTEGxnYP3EaAJiqO0Xw79LBoeP7WMutCO940P4Ng/s1725/I%20Bug%20Havinthus%20rufovarius%20Reduviidae%20Jensens%20Swamp%201.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1725" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHAv1KDNwuIx_OUvEyn0XK7XWFo3t7Ipw3V9Ui-OfUY244nLts_6_v2Y2V-BirKiUSunw-Fw9sam6xK-zFeZOyCJgxLA75HOE6Dgkrahz00BGPCGXwq-RPLqT6NX9ZIdK2nokMvx5VOCA7Py-qBNTEGxnYP3EaAJiqO0Xw79LBoeP7WMutCO940P4Ng/w400-h306/I%20Bug%20Havinthus%20rufovarius%20Reduviidae%20Jensens%20Swamp%201.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Red Tiger Assassin Bug <i>Havinthus rufovarius</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xymJiSiqik1u_JgREx2SnDF-SqWxnTdpE1uZwpPuGrcZO_tn87Tal676YyKHv0_ggE6YoiXu-UMyOTIdNgXIOndQSfOquIKxn6YXKMfdLfD3s0h6mJhMCAASnNMtKCpHYVLHJ-a8qahp2npXdLwwxZZyJKr--KrfqpNJS8SesLIndZinddatCZrSyQ/s480/TFNC%20members%20settling%20down%20for%20lunch%20-%20Atkinson%20Dam.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xymJiSiqik1u_JgREx2SnDF-SqWxnTdpE1uZwpPuGrcZO_tn87Tal676YyKHv0_ggE6YoiXu-UMyOTIdNgXIOndQSfOquIKxn6YXKMfdLfD3s0h6mJhMCAASnNMtKCpHYVLHJ-a8qahp2npXdLwwxZZyJKr--KrfqpNJS8SesLIndZinddatCZrSyQ/w400-h300/TFNC%20members%20settling%20down%20for%20lunch%20-%20Atkinson%20Dam.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Natters enjoying their lunch at Atkinson Dam<br /></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippWJjU50xQytWQGZ2zvQofPcWD6OBGbYj-e4SInXfD2emAZi___Tq5Iow5KEyMcQiU0KFZn-9YVXsVb8B6rlN3gEcX3U1ZvBV5z1S4DgAykfxY67ADSeh5z4ahezl9TJ9TE3u6VLj6p5g2RdHMu5xPLaF2XRU_SbSIZzceRlsnWXKKyYcOk_L4FaHog/s1024/DSC_0239%20Seven%20mile%20Swampfl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippWJjU50xQytWQGZ2zvQofPcWD6OBGbYj-e4SInXfD2emAZi___Tq5Iow5KEyMcQiU0KFZn-9YVXsVb8B6rlN3gEcX3U1ZvBV5z1S4DgAykfxY67ADSeh5z4ahezl9TJ9TE3u6VLj6p5g2RdHMu5xPLaF2XRU_SbSIZzceRlsnWXKKyYcOk_L4FaHog/w400-h266/DSC_0239%20Seven%20mile%20Swampfl.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Seven Mile Lagoon <br />with Mt Tarampa in the background.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRTsFbfeqSjQWXZ_B-v2WBI59Hp4qdR68Qf4xl4FrzOIhkxiGOHsz9md3VEJVl-woiJHVjCQ-eBa6ANHOK1d1-6GucEov2TL4OMb1ZppZmkHnCyN79ujoMzJ1KR86uRKAQHqXqcuYyDt4yDVN0GbeURcTr54yr-Blv4iX7W-FlJEYD1TSD5ft62OuDg/s1162/Lockyer%20wetlands%20-%20Google%20Maps.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1162" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRTsFbfeqSjQWXZ_B-v2WBI59Hp4qdR68Qf4xl4FrzOIhkxiGOHsz9md3VEJVl-woiJHVjCQ-eBa6ANHOK1d1-6GucEov2TL4OMb1ZppZmkHnCyN79ujoMzJ1KR86uRKAQHqXqcuYyDt4yDVN0GbeURcTr54yr-Blv4iX7W-FlJEYD1TSD5ft62OuDg/w640-h368/Lockyer%20wetlands%20-%20Google%20Maps.JPG" width="640" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>The route; starting on the right at Pagels Road </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>and going anti-clockwise </b></span><b style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">to Lake Clarendon</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Photos</u>: T. Allen, L. Beaton, J. Gundry, G. Walter</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoHeader"><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia;">Species Lists for
Lockyer Wetlands – 10 July 2022<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoTitle" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><sub>*</sub> <sub>= introduced species</sub></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><u>Amphibians &
Reptiles (3 species)</u></b><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">:</b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> Emerald-spotted Tree
Frog </span><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">Litoria peroni,</i><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">Cane Toad <i>Rhinella
marina</i> (roadkill), Elegant Snake-eyed Skink <i>Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher.</i></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><u>Birds (77 species)</u></b><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">:</b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> Plumed Whistling Duck, Black Swan, Australian Wood Duck,
Pink-eared Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Grey Teal, Pacific Black Duck,
Hardhead, Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe, *Rock Dove, Crested Pigeon,
Australian Darter, Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Australian
Pelican, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, *Cattle Egret, White-faced Heron,
Little Egret, Straw-necked Ibis, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Whistling Kite, Black
Kite, Brown Goshawk, Laughing Kookaburra, Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon, Purple
Swamphen, Eurasian Coot, Pied Stilt, Masked Lapwing, Cockatiel, Galah, Little
Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Red-rumped Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted
Lorikeet, Pale-headed Rosella, Rainbow Bee-eater, Superb Fairy-wren, Red-backed
Fairy-wren, White-browed Scrubwren, Weebill, White-throated Gerygone,
Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Striated Pardalote, Lewin's Honeyeater, Yellow-faced
Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Brown Honeyeater, White-throated Honeyeater, Striped
Honeyeater, Little Friarbird, Grey-crowned Babbler, Varied Sittella,
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Grey
Shrike-thrush, Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Grey
Fantail, Willie Wagtail, Torresian Crow, White-winged Chough, Magpie-lark, Silvereye,
Welcome Swallow, Fairy Martin, *Common Starling, *Common Myna, Mistletoebird,
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><u>Mammals (4 species)</u></b><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">: </b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">Short-beaked
Echidna <i>Tachyglossus aculeatus</i> (road kill), </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">Koala </span><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white;">Phascolarctos cinereus</span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">Northern Brown Bandicoot <i>Isoodon macrourus
</i>(road kill), European Hare <i>Lepus europaeus</i> (road kill)</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19R6PH2z-h7ArRGppiQmgLVdm9JzsIB-D/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Download separate species lists.</a><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> ---ooo000ooo---</span><p></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-87013651185787769882022-06-27T07:24:00.004+10:002022-06-28T10:05:34.970+10:00July Outing Details - Lockyer Wetlands, 3 July 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi--YsKQeHpa8URilmg9WXKlpfvrZWKxWJDsq8i6tVCo3c3JS1xxwO1ZPgTv3tE8N0RIYAkoZmRCeFecsrCB00Qj60d9CQ6MAl1Mr8nWf23Srmt78oHa7h3Qi0gVAdieaD3PBhZ_HNA1MlbAxolA5plqZFm-zuaa4rQrHE0pwFII98PNGczZdPi6EvaEQ/s720/Resized_20220603_Atkinson%20Dam.JPEG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi--YsKQeHpa8URilmg9WXKlpfvrZWKxWJDsq8i6tVCo3c3JS1xxwO1ZPgTv3tE8N0RIYAkoZmRCeFecsrCB00Qj60d9CQ6MAl1Mr8nWf23Srmt78oHa7h3Qi0gVAdieaD3PBhZ_HNA1MlbAxolA5plqZFm-zuaa4rQrHE0pwFII98PNGczZdPi6EvaEQ/s320/Resized_20220603_Atkinson%20Dam.JPEG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Atkinson Dam area, June 2022</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After the extraordinary rain of the last few months, the dams and wetlands are brim full, making them a great spot for a visit, this time going to places we haven’t visited for years. These four spots are quite different in nature.<br /></span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><b>Time:</b> </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Meet at Helidon Rest Area at 9.00 am (or Neil Street car park in Toowoomba at 8.30am for car-pooling). If you would just like to join us for lunch, we plan on being at Atkinson Dam around 12.15pm.<br /></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><b>Where:</b> Lockyer Wetlands - Jensen’s Swamp, Atkinson Dam, Seven Mile Lagoon and Lake Clarendon.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>Directions:</b> </span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">All the distances below are from the Helidon Rest Area on the Toowoomba side of the bridge. We will start at Jensen’s Swamp Environmental area as it is the furthest away, then make our way home via the other locations. There are numerous ways to Jensen’s Swamp, but the following is the one members are least likely to get lost using.<br /></span><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">• Take the Gatton bypass, then the Warrego Highway until the Laidley exit at Plainlands (approximately 34 kilometres).<br /></span></span><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">• Head north past Woolworths on Gehrke Road which eventually becomes Brightview Road, towards Lowood. Approximately 20 kilometres along, turn right into Jensen’s Swamp Road (signposted) and the park is on the right.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">The round trip from Helidon is around 130 kilometres.</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>Activities:</b> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #0c343d;">An ephemeral swamp at the intersection with Pagel Road was alive with waterbirds at the time of the reccy. So it is worth a look. Morning tea is at Jensen's Swamp where there is a short walk with several small lagoons. From there we will head back to Atkinson's Dam for lunch. Travel past the caravan park and shop entrance for about 300 metres and turn left into the spacious and attractive Day Use area. After lunch we'll stop at Seven Mile Lagoon before finishing at Lake Clarendon.</span><div style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><b>Facilities: </b>There are toilets at Helidon Rest Area. Toilets and a picnic table at Jensen's Swamp, Atkinson Dam and Lake Clarendon.</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><b>What to Bring: </b></span>Telescopes would be great as well as the usual, including chair, food, camera, notebook and pen for observations. </div><div style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>Please contact us,</b></span><span style="color: #0c343d;"> </span><a href="https://toowoombafieldnaturalists.blogspot.com/toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; color: #33aaff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com</a><span style="color: #0c343d;">, </span><span style="color: red;"><b>if there has been heavy rain during the week before the outing in case we have to cancel.</b></span></div></span></span></div><p></p>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-52411861373577523392022-06-27T06:35:00.003+10:002022-06-27T07:43:23.223+10:00Outing Report - Sunday 12 June 2022, Cawdor area<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d;">We would like to respectfully acknowledge the Jarowair group, belonging to the Wakka Wakka Nation, Traditional Custodians of the land on which our outing took place, and Elders both past and present.</span></span><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Report adapted from July newsletter</span><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBv9imHE0NjaXUhOyvA1s2J0C_EWE9eREJBhOIwxaUqU3okPmaB8Vlnk-ybns8wzhXgY_f0lzPbkspj43ysn9nygn5YqG_yirYwdBVmAN7WRsi591pDJHdZOUQW4whe6bmDoyDNGaLJN_Cw3eTqJ2HZ-NE4Qk7YcwfQojU1cc_30gm_sGVikahdiqG7w/s424/Masked%20Lapwing's%20eggs.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="424" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBv9imHE0NjaXUhOyvA1s2J0C_EWE9eREJBhOIwxaUqU3okPmaB8Vlnk-ybns8wzhXgY_f0lzPbkspj43ysn9nygn5YqG_yirYwdBVmAN7WRsi591pDJHdZOUQW4whe6bmDoyDNGaLJN_Cw3eTqJ2HZ-NE4Qk7YcwfQojU1cc_30gm_sGVikahdiqG7w/s320/Masked%20Lapwing's%20eggs.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red; font-size: large;">Masked Lapwing eggs at Cawdor</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">A cool but sunny morning that began with a discussion of the property. The current owner, spoke of his plans. Jean gave us a brief history of the land and the surrounding properties that had been originally owned by her father. For the Aboriginal people this area had been a very important meeting place en route to the Bunya Mountains. </span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Before we left the shed area, Rod pointed out that there were White-backed Swallows flying around – a sighting much appreciated by our members as these swallows are not often seen. </span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">In a convoy we drove to one end of the property – the vegetation has been radically altered as a result of land use by the British settlers and their descendants since they arrived in the area in the 1840s. The property would have been part of the very extensive (but now largely cleared) Gowrie Scrub, an area of rainforest and dry vine scrub which in 1840 extended from Kingsthorpe Hill to Highfields and Toowoomba. Disconnected remnants of the scrub still remain in the area. Members then walked along a small gully, looking at the flora. The walk led past a dam back to the shed, where it was time for morning tea break. </span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">The next trip was to a patch of vine scrub forest and by mid-day it had become warmer, and the group all went to the dam on the property to have lunch in the sun. A darter also had the same idea and sat on a log in the dam in its traditional pose. Pointed out was a <span style="font-size: 12pt;">clutch of eggs in the grass just, 3-4 metres
away from us. </span>Four beautiful eggs of a Masked Lapwing which unfortunately appeared to be abandoned.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">After lunch, some members went walking around the dam, others went to see where native plants from the Crows Nest Nursery had been planted as part of the rejuvenation of the area, while others went to a forested area to do some birdwatching. </span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">All in all, everyone agreed, that it was a very enjoyable and instructive outing. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Species List </span></b></div><div><u><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fauna</span></b></u></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Mammals</u>: Northern Brown Bandicoot <i>Isoodon macrourus</i>, Swamp Wallaby <i>Wallabia bicolor</i>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Birds</u>: Grey Teal, Pacific Black Duck, Australasian Darter, Little Pied Cormorant, Cattle Egret, White-faced Heron, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Nankeen Kestrel, Eurasian Coot, Masked Lapwing (southern subspecies), Crested Pigeon, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Pale-headed Rosella (southern form), Pheasant Coucal, Laughing Kookaburra, Striated Pardalote, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Eastern Whipbird, Willie Wagtail (southern) , Magpie-lark, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Australasian Figbird, Grey Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Pied Currawong (eastern Australia), Torresian Crow, Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin, White-backed Swallow, Fairy Martin. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Reptiles</u>: Elegant Snake-eyed Skink <i>Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher</i>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><b>Flora</b> discussed or taken note of on the day (not a comprehensive list)</span></u></span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;">:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Vines, Scramblers
& Climbers</u><span>: </span><span>Stiff
Jasmine <i>Jasminum simplicifolium, </i>*Brazilian
Nightshade <i>Solanum seaforthianum</i>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Shrubs</u><span>: </span><span>Native Pomegranate or Caper Bush <i>Capparis arborea</i>, Western Prickly
Nightshade <i>Solanum mitchellianum</i>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Trees</u><span>: </span><span>Hairy Boonaree (<i>Alectryon pubescens</i>), </span><span>Prickly Pine (</span><i>Bursaria incana</i><span>), </span><span>Northern Sandalwood <i>Santalum
lanceolatum</i>.</span></span></div></div><br /></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-45145803369027022522022-06-02T13:09:00.006+10:002022-06-02T13:13:21.208+10:00June Outing Details - Cawdor area, 12 June 2022<b style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghJyBL3gr3i6ukWz9r3eVMo1VQWfyOPZeyQxoDZz0R4BTEh8cXDC6pEQkaW5vJ33HVug_m-ehR_GWXDtHeYuD2r1R6izzQfBLLlu7yd7CE9-rP75gMmGnFiwgRSEwyBzYDuJRd91lsUIQm3dO4YPFRjCdXgv9aAScjjXpP3vKz8q6gdLlXlHfTjK-eQ/s960/Como%20in%202013.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="960" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghJyBL3gr3i6ukWz9r3eVMo1VQWfyOPZeyQxoDZz0R4BTEh8cXDC6pEQkaW5vJ33HVug_m-ehR_GWXDtHeYuD2r1R6izzQfBLLlu7yd7CE9-rP75gMmGnFiwgRSEwyBzYDuJRd91lsUIQm3dO4YPFRjCdXgv9aAScjjXpP3vKz8q6gdLlXlHfTjK-eQ/w400-h263/Como%20in%202013.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">The Nats around the main dam <br />when we last visited the property in 2013 <br />(photo by L.Marlatt)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></b><p><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><b>Time:</b> Meet at 8.30 am at the Neil Street carpark to car pool, or </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">9.00 am at the property.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><b>Where:</b> </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Cawdor area, on a private property</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">15-20 minutes north of Harlaxton. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>Directions:</b> </span><span style="color: #0c343d;">If you're not a Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club member, please contact us, </span><a href="https://toowoombafieldnaturalists.blogspot.com/toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com" style="background-color: white;">toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com</a><span style="color: #0c343d;">, for directions.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>Activities:</b> </span><span style="color: #0c343d;">We will meet near the sheds at 9.00 am where there are toilet facilities. Options for activities will be discussed here.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">This property has been lovingly nurtured by one of our members for more than 30 years. It is 310 acres with five dams, pasture, remnant dry rainforest and a maturing hoop pine plantation. There are well-maintained tracks for most vehicles, easy walking and an excellent gathering area for morning tea and lunch near the largest dam where there are trees, a large table, two fire pits – and a bench swing. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">This outing promises to be a very relaxing one, close to Toowoomba, in a particularly attractive environment. </span><span style="color: #0c343d;">Botanists, birdwatchers and insect observers will all find something of interest .</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"><b>What to Bring: </b></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">the usual, including chair, food, camera, notebook and pen for observations. </span></p>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-89723892028620726682022-05-02T17:45:00.004+10:002022-05-03T09:06:06.500+10:00Outing Report - Sunday 3 April 2022, McEwan State Forest & Irongate Conservation Park<p><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">This post is adapted from a number of reports in </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">the Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club newsletter </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">by different authors, as well as the blog administrator.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><b><u>McEwan State Forest</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Lucida Sans"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TyIbVzXuxIjtAPRHCKT652v5xn04RCK4fjcRVpmMgjkzVwMV4hOg1u6EosQHgitjVWWaybDhUOJnJZyfreSjoGNWCP41kTHHvRb-Ju_3KLVrgOSahCjQbumFB8NhKxBJET4mWYaLy3p490twZgm-lBprGDLAq61yBRTSTsR171Fvf85LWPiKJMiOgA/s480/Argiope%20bullocki%20resized.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="480" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TyIbVzXuxIjtAPRHCKT652v5xn04RCK4fjcRVpmMgjkzVwMV4hOg1u6EosQHgitjVWWaybDhUOJnJZyfreSjoGNWCP41kTHHvRb-Ju_3KLVrgOSahCjQbumFB8NhKxBJET4mWYaLy3p490twZgm-lBprGDLAq61yBRTSTsR171Fvf85LWPiKJMiOgA/s320/Argiope%20bullocki%20resized.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;"><i>Argiope bullocki (no common name)</i><br />(photo: Glenda Walter)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Lucida Sans"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glorious autumn
weather and green countryside made for a very pleasant, early Sunday morning drive
to Pittsworth. </span>From there it was only a
short drive to McEwan State Forest at nearby Stoneleigh. This 314-hectare
property was generously bequeathed to the Queensland Government as a park/recreational facility, or State Forest with public access, after the death of
its owner Jack McEwan, aged 92, in 2006. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US">The area is
primarily Mountain Coolibah/Narrow-leaved Ironbark ridge, with a significant
area of predominantly native blue grass alluvial flats, from which regenerating
trees are actively removed. </span>Noticeable was the number and extent of weed species, including Lantana, Velvety Tree Pear, and Purple-topped Verbena.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US">A magnificent mackerel-belly sky facilitated
pleasant walking conditions, along the cleared track. Noticeable was the number
and extent of weed species, including Lantana, Velvety Tree Pear, and
Purple-topped Verbena. Butterflies seen close-by included, Monarch, Lesser
Wanderer, Orchard Swallowtail, and Glasswing. Colourful dragonflies, including
Blue Skimmer, Australian Emperor, Scarlet Percher, and Tau Emerald flew about
near the track. Numerous huge, shining yellow webs of large Golden Orb-weaver Spiders
were a spectacular sight. Little Dewdrop Spiders were noticed scavenging in the
webs of these </span><span lang="EN-US">Golden
Orb-weavers. An uncommon <i>Argiope bullocki</i> orb-weaver was the spider find of the day. </span>There are few Queensland records for this species </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Back at the park entrance, in the shade, during morning tea, animated conversations, and lists of plants, insects, birds and other wildlife were shared. Thanks to Rod for sharing his knowledge and to Glenda and Sandy for accompanying him on the reconnaissance. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><i>Don't forget to scroll down for the Irongate Conservation Park report.</i></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">The following lists have been
compiled from field notes and photographs from Toowoomba Field Naturalist members and guests.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><u>McEwan Fauna & Flora</u></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><p align="left" class="MsoTitle" style="text-align: left;">introduced species = <sub>* </sub></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>Fauna:</b></span></div><p align="left" class="MsoTitle" style="text-align: left;"><u style="text-align: justify;">Amphibians &
Reptiles</u><span style="text-align: justify;">:</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Green Tree Frog (</span><i style="text-align: justify;">Litoria caerulea</i><span style="text-align: justify;">), Bearded Dragon (</span><i style="text-align: justify;">Pogona barbata</i><span style="text-align: justify;">), South-eastern Morethia
Skink (</span><i style="text-align: justify;">Morethia boulengeri</i><span style="text-align: justify;">). </span></p><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Arachnids</u>: Broun's Marbled Orb-weaver (<i>Backobourkia
brouni</i>), Garden Orb-weaver (<i>Eriophora
transmarina</i>), St. Andrew’s
Cross Spider (<i>Argiope bullocki</i>),
Jewel Spider (<i>Austracantha minax</i>), Dewdrop Spider (<i>Argyrodes
antipodianus</i>), Australian Golden Orb-weaver (<i>Trichonephila edulis</i>), Leaf-curling
Spider (<i>Phonognatha graeffei</i>), Black House Spider (<i>Badumna insignis</i>). </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Birds</u>: Brown Quail, Crested Pigeon, Peaceful Dove,
Bar-shouldered Dove, Whistling Kite, Brown Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk, Wedge-tailed
Eagle, Galah, Pale-headed Rosella, White-browed Scrubwren, Speckled Warbler, White-throated
Gerygone, Striated Pardalote, Noisy Miner, Rufous Whistler, Pied Butcherbird, Pied
Currawong, Willie Wagtail, Torresian Crow, Silvereye, Mistletoebird, Double-barred
Finch. </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Butterflies</u>: Orchard Swallowtail (<i>Papilio
aegeus</i>), Chequered Swallowtail (<i>Papilio
demoleus</i>), White Migrant (<i>Catopsilia pyranthe</i>), Common Grass-yellow (<i>Eurema hecabe</i>), Small Grass-yellow (<i>Eurema smilax</i>), Caper White (<i>Belenois java</i>), Narrow-winged Pearl-white (<i>Elodina padusa</i>), *Cabbage White (<i>Pieris rapae</i>), *Wanderer (<i>Danaus plexippus</i>), Lesser Wanderer (<i>Danaus petilia</i>), Common Crow (<i>Euploea core</i>), Yellow Admiral (<i>Vanessa itea</i>), Meadow Argus (<i>Junonia villida</i>), Australian Painted
Lady (<i>Vanessa kershawi</i>), Glasswing (<i>Acraea andromacha</i>), Large Purple
Line-blue (<i>Nacaduba berenice</i>).</div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Marsupials & Mammals</u>: Red-necked Wallaby (<i>Notamacropus rufogriseus</i>), <span lang="EN-US">*Red Fox (</span><i>Vulpes vulpes</i><span lang="EN-US">)</span>. </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><u>Other Invertebrates</u></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">:</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> Beetles: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">a leaf beetle (<i>Callidemum </i>sp). </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Damsel/Dragonflies</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">: Red & Blue Damsel (<i>Xanthagrion erythroneurum</i>), Australian
Emperor (<i>Anax papuensis</i>), Australian
Emerald (<i>Hemicordulia</i> australiae),
Tau Emerald (<i>Hemicordulia tau</i>), Wandering
Percher (<i>Diplacodes bipunctata</i>),
Scarlet Percher (<i>Diplacodes haematodes</i>),
Blue Skimmer (<i>Orthetrum caledonicum</i>),
</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Wandering Glider (<i>Pantala flavescens</i>), </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Common Glider (<i>Tramea loewii</i>), </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Flies</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">;
Yellow-headed Snail Parasitic Blowfly (<i>Amenia
imperialis</i>). Grasshoppers & Locusts; Giant Green Slantface (<i>Acrida conica</i>), </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Bark-mimicking Grasshopper (<i>Coryphistes
ruricola</i>), </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Crested Tooth-grinder (<i>Ecphantus quadrilobus</i>),
Froggatt’s Buzzer (<i>Froggattina australis</i>), Handsome Macrotona (<i>Macrotona
mjoebergi</i>), Giant Valanga (<i>Valanga irregularis</i>),<br /> </span><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>Flora
discussed or taken note of on the day (not a comprehensive list):</b><br /> <u>Grasses,<span style="background: white; color: #545454;"> Sedges, Rushes, etc.</span></u>: Slender Bamboo Grass
(<i>Austrostipa verticillata</i>), Lobed Bluegrass (<i>Bothriochloa biloba</i>), Barbed Wire Grass (<i>Cymbopogon refractus</i>), a sedge (<i>Cyperus
clarus</i>), Queensland Bluegrass (<i>Dicanthium sericeum </i>subsp.<i>
sericeum</i>), Slender Rat’s-tail Grass (<i>Sporobolus creber). </i></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Herbs</u>: <span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Yellow </span>Burr Daisy (<i>Calotis lappulacea</i>), Yellow Buttons (<i>Chrysocephalum apiculatum</i>), Blue Flax
Lily (<i>Dianella brevipedunculata</i>), Kidney Weed (<i>Dichondra repens</i>), Native Geranium (<i>Geranium solanderi</i>), *<span lang="EN-US">Purple-topped Verbena</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>(<i>Verbena bonariensis</i>). </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Succulents</u>: *Velvety Tree Pear (<i>Opuntia
tomentosa</i>). </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Vines, Scramblers
& Climbers</u>: Stiff
Jasmine (<i>Jasminum simplicifolium </i>subsp.
<i>australiense</i>), Native Pennyroyal (<i>Mentha satureioides</i>), Northern Silk Pod (<i>Parsonsia
lanceolate</i>). </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Mistletoes</u>: Northern Mistletoe (<i>Lysiana
subfalcata</i>). </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Shrubs</u>: Fragrant or Berry Saltbush (<i>Chenopodium parabolicum</i> [Syn. <i>Rhagodia parabolica</i>]), Sticky Hop Bush (<i>Dodonaea viscosa </i>subsp.<i> angustissima</i>), Wombat
Berry (<i>Eustrephus latifolius</i>), Brush Wilga (<i>Geijera salicifolia</i>*Lantana
(<i>Lantana camara</i>), Brigalow Senna (<i>Senna coronilloides</i>), Small-leaved Nightshade (<i>Solanum parvifolium </i>subsp.<i>
parvifolium</i>),<i> </i>Square-stemmed Broom (<i>Teucrium junceum</i>). </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><u>Trees</u>: Sally Wattle
(<i>Acacia salicina</i>), Hairy Boonaree (<i>Acronychia
pubescens</i>), Soap
Tree (<i>Alphitonia excelsa</i>), Kurrajong
(<i>Brachychiton populneus</i>), Red Olive
Plum (<i>Elaeodendron australe</i> var.<i>
integrifolium</i>),
Narrow-leaved or Red Ironbark (<i>Eucalyptus crebra</i>), Mountain Coolibah (<i><span style="background: white;">Eucalyptus orgadophila</span></i><span style="background: white;">),</span> Gumby Gumby (<i>Pittosporum angustifolium</i>),
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a leisurely lunch we headed off to nearby Irongate Conservation Park that lies about 17 kilometres
north-west of the Darling Downs township of Pittsworth. </span></span></span><span style="color: #38761d; text-align: justify;">A circular 1,200 metre walking track runs through the park so there’s
not too much of a worry about distracted naturalists wondering off to lose
themselves in the surrounding boonies. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The main vegetation types are a stand of
Brigalow along the roadside to the west, Mountain Coolibah in the north-east
corner and Belah along the southern boundary. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The balmy conditions experienced in the morning persisted into the afternoon with all parties gradually drifting back to the
assembly point about mid-afternoon exhausted but enthused about the richness of
this small estate.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dragonflies
were out in force especially two of the larger species, Tau Emerald and
Australian Emperor. Ditto for butterflies such as the Chequered Swallowtail,
White Migrant and Large Grass Yellow; however Irongate produced some rarer
species including No-brand Grass-yellow, Grey Ringlet, Small Green-banded Blue
and Large Purple Line-blue. It was interesting to see the Small Green-banded
Blue in numbers around the <i>Alphitonia</i>. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The discovery of a Black Rock Scorpion raised quite a bit of interest. The plant list for this estate is somewhat scant for the day. All the botanists had departed early for Toowoomba! </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;">I reckon it was an enjoyable day out in two of our less-visited protected estates, and everybody seemed to agree. Before closing I should mention that several people asked me the identity of the large road-killed snake on St. Helens Road, Springside, on the way to Irongate. We stopped for a good look at it on our way home and it proved to be a massive Eastern Brown Snake (<i>Pseudonaja textilis)</i> The Darling Downs is prime habitat for this dangerous but magnificent reptile. Today’s snake was huge, well over two metres long with a prodigious girth. I’ve seen numerous of these snakes in my life but can count the number of this size on one hand. The interesting thing is that today’s reptile didn’t have the orange blotching on its cream-yellow belly that is typical of the species, however this feature can fade away in old snakes according to my herpetological friend, Steve Wilson. It was sad to see this end to such an impressive reptile. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The following lists have been compiled from field notes and photographs from Toowoomba Field Naturalist members and guests.</span></div><p align="left" class="MsoTitle" style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><u>Irongate Fauna & Flora</u></b></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;">introduced species = <sub>* </sub></div><div style="text-align: left;"><sub><br /></sub></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>Fauna:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><u style="background-color: white;"><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><u>Arachnids</u></span><span style="text-align: justify;">:</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Grey</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Huntsman (<i>Holconia immanis</i>), Leaf-curling Spider (<i>Phonognatha graeffei</i>), Black Rock
Scorpion (<i>Urodacus manicatus</i>), </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;">a
wolf spider (<i>Venatrix </i>sp.) </span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u style="background-color: white;"><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Birds</u>: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Brown
Quail,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">*Spotted
Dove,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Crested
Pigeon,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Peaceful
Dove, Bar-shouldered Dove,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">White-necked Heron,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Goshawk,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Galah,</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Pale-headed Rosella,</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Laughing Kookaburra,</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Variegated Fairy-wren (</span><i>Malurus lamberti sensu lato</i>), <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Weebill</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">,</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Striated Pardalote,</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Noisy Miner,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Striped
Honeyeater, Grey-crowned Babbler,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Cicadabird,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Grey Butcherbird,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Pied Butcherbird,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Pied Currawong, Spangled Drongo,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Grey Fantail, Willie Wagtail,</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Leaden Flycatcher,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mistletoebird,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Zebra Finch, Double-barred Finch</span>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u style="background-color: white;"><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Butterflies</u>: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Blue
Triangle (<i>Graphium sarpedon</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Chequered Swallowtail (<i>Papilio demoleus</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Orchard Swallowtail (<i>Papilio aegeus</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">White Migrant (<i>Catopsilia pyranthe</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">No-brand
Grass-yellow (<i>Eurema brigitta</i>),</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> Large Grass-yellow (<i>Eurema
hecabe</i>),</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Scarlet Jezebel (<i><span style="color: #222222; mso-shading: white;">Delias
argenthona</span></i><span style="color: #222222; mso-shading: white;">)</span>,</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Caper White (<i>Belenois java</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">*Wanderer (<i>Danaus plexippus</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Lesser Wanderer (<i>Danaus
petilia</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Common
Crow (<i>Euploea core</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Grey Ringlet (<i>Hypocysta pseudirius</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Common Brown (<i>Heteronympha mirifica</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Varied Eggfly (<i>Hypolimnas bolina</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Meadow Argus (<i>Junonia villida</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Glasswing (<i>Acraea andromacha</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">White-banded Plane (<i>Phaedyma
sheperdi</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Small Green-banded Blue (<i>Psychonotis caelius</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Large Purple Line-blue (<i>Nacaduba berenice</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Spotted Pea-blue (<i>Euchrysops
cnejus</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Common Grass Blue (<i>Zizina labradus</i>)</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u style="background-color: white;"><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Mammals</u>: <span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">*European Brown Hare (</span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Lepus europaeus)</span></i><span lang="EN-US">. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u style="background-color: white;"><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Other Invertebrates</u>: <u>Bees & Wasps</u>; <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Chequered Cuckoo Bee (<i>Thyreus
caeruleopunctatus</i>),</span> <u>Beetles</u>; <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">a soldier beetle (</span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Chauliognathus
</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">sp.),</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">a piedish beetle (<i>Pterohelaeus</i>
sp.),</span> <u>Bugs</u>; <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Clown
Bug (<i>Amorbus robusta</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wattle Hopper (<i>Dardus abbreviates</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Pale Cotton Stainer (<i>Dysdercus sidae</i>),</span> <u>Damsel/Dragonflies</u>: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Red & Blue Damsel (<i>Xanthagrion erythroneurum</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Australian Emperor (<i>Anax papuensis</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Tau Emerald (<i>Hemicordulia tau</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wandering Percher (<i>Diplacodes bipunctata</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Blue Skimmer (<i>Orthetrum caledonicum</i>).</span> <u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Grasshoppers & Locusts</span></u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">; Giant Green Slantface (<i>Acrida conica</i>), Froggatt’s Buzzer (<i>Froggattina australis</i>), Yellow-winged
Locust (<i>Gastrimargus musicus</i>),</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Handsome Macrotona (<i>Macrotona mjoebergi</i>),</span> <u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mantids</span></u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">; </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Large
Brown Mantis (<i>Archimantis latistyla</i>).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><u>Reptiles</u></span><span style="text-align: justify;">:</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Dubious Dtella (</span></span><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Gehyra dubi</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;">), Tree-base Litter Skink (<i>Lygisaurus foliorum</i>). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white;"><br /></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Flora discussed or taken
note of on the day (not a comprehensive list)</u></b>: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Grasses</u><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #545454;">.</span></u>: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Slender Rat’s-tail Grass (<i>Sporobolus
creber</i>)</span>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Orchids</u>: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Black Orchid (<i>Cymbidium canaliculatum</i>). </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Vines, Scramblers
& Climbers</u>: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Stiff Jasmine (<i>Jasminum simplicifolium </i>subsp. <i>australiense</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wonga Vine (<i>Pandorea pandorana</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern Silk Pod (<i>Parsonsia lanceolate</i>). </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Shrubs</u>: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Broom Bush (<i>Apophyllum
anomalum</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Currant Bush (<i>Carissa ovata</i> var. <i>ovata</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Fragrant or Berry Saltbush (<i>Chenopodium parabolicum</i> [Syn. <i>Rhagodia parabolica</i>]),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ellangowan Poison Bush (<i>Eremophila deserti</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Brush Wilga (<i>Geijera salicifolia</i>),</span><i> </i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Square-stemmed Broom (<i>Teucrium
junceum</i>)</span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Trees</u>: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Brigalow (<i>Acacia harpophylla</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Scrub Boonaree (<i>Alectryon diversifolius</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Soap Tree (<i>Alphitonia
excelsa</i>),</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Red Olive Plum (<i>Elaeodendron australe</i></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> var.<i> integrifolium</i></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">),</span>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Narrow-leaved
or Red Ironbark (<i>Eucalyptus crebra</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Native Olive (<i>Notelaea macrocarpa</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Gumby Gumby (<i>Pittosporum angustifolium</i>),</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Weeping Pittosporum (<i>Pittosporum phylliraeoides</i></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">)</span>.</span></p></div></span></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Lucida Sans"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span></p><p></p>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-75847309093806519242022-05-01T18:06:00.006+10:002022-05-03T10:49:22.855+10:00Outing Report - 25-27 March 2022, Taroom Camp<div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This post is adapted from a number of reports in </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">the Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club newsletter </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">by different authors, as well as the blog administrator.</span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Lucida Sans"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTo2TOhqO4y05rOUugKz8hAr5K325dlI66IlpoLUUWP-lnDvZkE5qI71aaPyiWH6wzFlcTD9HbVeT106IoBqxlpuxf4KgbHKDDuMj4zUZi_Zqb_zn2LN-1SjBxmCfSmePwl21qhN9gvx40wVMQk9UGhoVSwesQOLU70wQG6gi6g21rmhdszMdzYPAug/s480/TFNC%20at%20Taroom%20Caravan%20Park.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="480" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTo2TOhqO4y05rOUugKz8hAr5K325dlI66IlpoLUUWP-lnDvZkE5qI71aaPyiWH6wzFlcTD9HbVeT106IoBqxlpuxf4KgbHKDDuMj4zUZi_Zqb_zn2LN-1SjBxmCfSmePwl21qhN9gvx40wVMQk9UGhoVSwesQOLU70wQG6gi6g21rmhdszMdzYPAug/w400-h214/TFNC%20at%20Taroom%20Caravan%20Park.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Toowoomba Field Naturalists at Taroom <br />Caravan Park in the early morning light</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table>The Taroom Campout was a great success,
thanks to the excellent program put together by Melanie Simmons with help from
Tricia Allen, Ann Hobson and others, combined with the interesting natural
history of the region, particularly after a wet summer which filled the
wetlands and favoured an abundance of plant and animal life. </span></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">No matter where we stopped there were birds or butterflies, spiders or dragonflies. As we travelled from one site to another kangaroos, wallabies, emus and birds of prey were seen in the paddocks or by the roadside. The good season meant the wetlands were full of water and therefore birds, and the grass was almost waist high; ideal for insects.</span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #660000;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiA3Y6el-UQHGQ30UvHsqmzG2BkkeRhlILcZ7q6leP4zs5x4pLOZ__953V3mVdLyfhKtkzsb1iWEfY7bh0yjTRmKcaZCjBvyk0m6SvpYOb9RdiPO0QHB5--rqpcoCswBM33NA0J-c75MrtaJ0dL-El1hEIXAmn4jmU5lJ7tFzShbY46ARpQXaTO9blA/s480/Roadside%20Ooline.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="244" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiA3Y6el-UQHGQ30UvHsqmzG2BkkeRhlILcZ7q6leP4zs5x4pLOZ__953V3mVdLyfhKtkzsb1iWEfY7bh0yjTRmKcaZCjBvyk0m6SvpYOb9RdiPO0QHB5--rqpcoCswBM33NA0J-c75MrtaJ0dL-El1hEIXAmn4jmU5lJ7tFzShbY46ARpQXaTO9blA/s320/Roadside%20Ooline.jpg" width="163" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">Roadside Ooline</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Lucida Sans"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">There was a smorgasbord of treats but one of the highlights was the </span>Oolines (<i>Cadellia pentastylis</i>), listed as ‘vulnerable’. They are the only species in the genus. </span><span style="color: #660000;">Unfortunately, their preferred environment is in relatively fertile soil, so their original, much more extensive, habitat has been largely cleared for food production.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">We saw some splendid, tall examples of this beautiful tree in a healthy strip of roadside scrub, which has been preserved thanks to the efforts of local man Adam Clark and others who fought successfully to defend it from destruction by road works. Oolines are tall straight trees with pretty, bright green foliage. Clearing of adjacent scrub </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">leaves them standing alone and seems to result inevitably in their deaths, so preservation of the whole ecosystem was important for the Oolines themselves, as well as all the other things that live there. </span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #660000;">Over the three days we visited a number of the </span><span style="color: #660000;">shallow lakes and seasonal streams</span><span style="color: #660000;"> in the </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000;">Palm Tree and Robinson Creek wetlands area</span></span><span style="color: #660000;">: </span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="text-align: left;">Lake Murphy, Robinson Creek, Milky Swamp, </span><span style="text-align: left;">Chain of Lagoons, as well as other unnamed ones. During good seasons these creeks and lagoons are full but they can dry out in twelve months. This makes for an abundance of flora and fauna in the good times. </span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">The edges of Lake Murphy were underwater, so the more adventurous amongst us tramped through the swamp for a clear view of the many waterbirds swimming or wading around the lake. </span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kpbXpbVKXQYkAxrYsmmdYq-I-k2GgoyfrKne2SJNiLl6Ud8GO3XA0ga5MlNAHt_70T-4WP8duFG9kXEVYeRYItXCrsWajBqq7Dteoizc0hJfiXhT7tOpm6FbJvkEa6KcMefhJuOyacQE9tnGqiG2V0Fkq9wWy3yUM_9ypWxDcKXlJ3Tc6ZdyDGhrdA/s480/Dawson%20River%20Fan%20Palm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="480" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kpbXpbVKXQYkAxrYsmmdYq-I-k2GgoyfrKne2SJNiLl6Ud8GO3XA0ga5MlNAHt_70T-4WP8duFG9kXEVYeRYItXCrsWajBqq7Dteoizc0hJfiXhT7tOpm6FbJvkEa6KcMefhJuOyacQE9tnGqiG2V0Fkq9wWy3yUM_9ypWxDcKXlJ3Tc6ZdyDGhrdA/s320/Dawson%20River%20Fan%20Palm.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Dawson River Fan Palm <br />(<i style="text-align: left;">Livistonia nitida</i><span style="text-align: left;">)</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table>The lake-side vegetation is dominated by an overstorey of Forest Red Gums (<i>Eucalyptus tereticornis</i>) and Dawson Fan Palms (<i>Livistonia nitida</i>). </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">We were lucky enough to see this latter plant in full
fruit, with its beautiful clusters of large, shiny black fruits. They will be
eaten by birds and fruit bats, which will help create the next generation of
fan palms by spreading the seeds. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">The palms are predominantly found in wetlands and along creek lines. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span>While visiting a property to view other magnificent trees we passed through a paddock of Common Nardoo (</span></span><i>Marsilea drummondii</i>). It occurs in abundance after floods.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30VIl4ezMoEjviajyi-wPxv0FWugzdyFWXAcTko844J-2PywnTZ9hZYs42Vmu6xRVoAVVeACFFuLSP3bIlq0xh2VvNIkMUXt7Yqe97Jbscnej0p11ZHrJopV5DJS-4mg-ppQnynWGknjJ9duqp8Am4aIyRRaiBineerGgSX-hnH7COVe3RqwEgLO4KQ/s480/Nardoo.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="480" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30VIl4ezMoEjviajyi-wPxv0FWugzdyFWXAcTko844J-2PywnTZ9hZYs42Vmu6xRVoAVVeACFFuLSP3bIlq0xh2VvNIkMUXt7Yqe97Jbscnej0p11ZHrJopV5DJS-4mg-ppQnynWGknjJ9duqp8Am4aIyRRaiBineerGgSX-hnH7COVe3RqwEgLO4KQ/s320/Nardoo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Walking through the nardoo.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">The sporocarp of the nardoo is </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">used for food by Australian Aborigines, who roast and grind them to powder which they mix with water to make a dough. Consumption of large amounts of, and/or incorrectly prepared nardoo can cause thiamine deficiency. It has been known to poison sheep, as well as humans, and perhaps for the deaths of Burke and Wills on their fated expedition.</span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">Another highlight was the boggomosses. It was a surprise to some of us, to find out that there are artesian mound springs in the Taroom area. “Boggomoss” is a local word for these springs. We visited three of the mound springs, each one different to the next in its flora and insect fauna.</span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTm_DRIEFAsZ_lbGEPoMoL-cOWDlLCC6zLnmpSGRWslVHS94-frrwBl_REAyWi511Dxu6hQSuQFw5TFwTbVBRWrLA7iP1fsofL5yEvPHFA45d6vFc_53a8tpY9jsaW6A9ap3pAZV_Y0gfHet_3E6cB4LQwLjN_mJz9tcfP1W-j_xZy4KNK7_Vdbt-vQ/s480/At%20the%20boggomoss.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTm_DRIEFAsZ_lbGEPoMoL-cOWDlLCC6zLnmpSGRWslVHS94-frrwBl_REAyWi511Dxu6hQSuQFw5TFwTbVBRWrLA7iP1fsofL5yEvPHFA45d6vFc_53a8tpY9jsaW6A9ap3pAZV_Y0gfHet_3E6cB4LQwLjN_mJz9tcfP1W-j_xZy4KNK7_Vdbt-vQ/s320/At%20the%20boggomoss.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">At the boggomosses</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">The first was distinguished by tall wands of Purple Loosestrife (</span><i style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">Lythrium salicaria</i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">) projecting from a mass of ferns, surrounded by <i>Phragmites</i> reeds and a variety of other water loving plants. Many butterflies, including Orchard Swallowtails (</span><i style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">Papilio aegeus</i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">), Chequered Swallowtails (</span><i style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">Papilio demolius</i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">), Wanderers (</span><i style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">Danaus plexippus</i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">) and Lesser Wanderers (</span><i style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">Danaus chrysippus</i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">) were feeding on the Loosestrife and Milkweed (</span><i style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">Asclepias </i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">sp.), on and around the mound. </span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;">Emergent white-flowering <i>Leptospermum</i> shrubs (species not determined), instead of Purple Loosestrife, projected from the third boggomoss mound. A large fallen eucalypt, still alive by virtue of one root buried deep in the wet, peaty bog, projected into the center of the mound allowing us close access, with a family of Red-backed Fairy-wrens (<i>Malurus menanocephalus</i>), to the luxuriant central vegetation. The boggomoss mound springs represent part of the Springsure Group of the Great Artesian Basin springs. They form a chain of moist oases for plant, invertebrate and bird life in an otherwise dry woodland environment. When looked at from a distance, free water is not obvious in the boggy springs, but once a curious visitor steps inside the perimeter of the peaty mound, each footprint soon fills with water and a trickle of clear spring water could be found on the downhill side of each of the boggomosses we visited. </span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="color: #660000; line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhGGEl6knuEAVYCHcLsNlbRZlr-TsywwR6cD0Wer_abT5YM9EXeup3DvBuYivbX_MQ1AifdrwG5vKkaD7Nry8JIcEtwN-PWicdryVyS5VhkdLZrWCGuCwFAdNjJJdClRCXNDNiL3JScu1vKWT-_Yixh6I866ZcghxilWa6iRnT5NR9gYk4-jTxXqyUw/s558/Spotted%20Bowerbird%20Bower%20-%20Libby%20Moodie.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="373" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhGGEl6knuEAVYCHcLsNlbRZlr-TsywwR6cD0Wer_abT5YM9EXeup3DvBuYivbX_MQ1AifdrwG5vKkaD7Nry8JIcEtwN-PWicdryVyS5VhkdLZrWCGuCwFAdNjJJdClRCXNDNiL3JScu1vKWT-_Yixh6I866ZcghxilWa6iRnT5NR9gYk4-jTxXqyUw/s320/Spotted%20Bowerbird%20Bower%20-%20Libby%20Moodie.jpg" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Spotted Bowerbird Bower <br />with snail shells</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table>On Sunday afternoon, we split into two groups; one group returned to Milky Swamp, the other visited Carraba Conservation Park, on the Taroom - Roma Road. Richard Moffatt, a local farmer and landowner, kindly showed us around the park. He pointed out that Carraba exists because the land was part of the Queensland Stock Route, so was never cleared - it is still close to virgin softwood scrub, with relatively little weed incursion. We were lucky to spot a Bearded Dragon (<i>Pogona barbata</i>) sitting very quietly in the leaf litter hoping not to be noticed, while the botanists examined and identified the very healthy-looking softwood trees and shrubs. Clearing leave them standing alone</div><div style="color: #660000; line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;">On the way back to Taroom, Richard showed us the bower of a Spotted Bowerbird (<i>Chlamydera maculata</i>), near Carraba. The bowerbird obviously had a predilection for carefully arranged bleached land-snail shells – there were hundreds! These land snails are probably a close relative of the Boggomoss Snail (<i>Adclarkia dawsonensis</i>), a critically endangered camaenid snail that prefers to live in deep damp leaf litter around the base of eucalypts and sandpaper figs in riparian Brigalow communities between Taroom and Theodore in the Dawson Valley. Members of this land-snail family feed on decaying organic matter, microalgae and fungi. The national recovery plan for the conservation of the Boggomoss Snail includes protection of vital boggomoss habitats from weeds, fires and cattle grazing. </div><div style="color: #660000; line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmS8rH_rsdAoLcjZm_geiekgDbfxnztZ1006sCFwamKXAwMUzqiwpAMBViHhZgak0bD8TVL_SWC4xAdGAgZSQ0eT09THgWaGlrLeBjXdMcZdu_sRFTaP1NQQaQb8IXBOGWWomAIO_0nQL-MDXHJu1dmgwFtbuqZh3FxCr05KKd_yNSDqyCv19XaC9SQg/s480/Krefft's%20River%20Turtle%20resized.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="480" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmS8rH_rsdAoLcjZm_geiekgDbfxnztZ1006sCFwamKXAwMUzqiwpAMBViHhZgak0bD8TVL_SWC4xAdGAgZSQ0eT09THgWaGlrLeBjXdMcZdu_sRFTaP1NQQaQb8IXBOGWWomAIO_0nQL-MDXHJu1dmgwFtbuqZh3FxCr05KKd_yNSDqyCv19XaC9SQg/s320/Krefft's%20River%20Turtle%20resized.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="text-align: left;">Krefft's </span><span style="text-align: left;">River Turtle <br />(</span><i style="text-align: left;">Emydura macquarii krefftii</i><span style="text-align: left;">)</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table>The other group also had a wonderful afternoon. Horsfield's Bushlark and Black Falcon being birds of the day. Along one of the back roads they came across a fine specimen of a Krefft's River Turtle (<i>Emydura macquarii krefftii</i>).</div><div style="color: #660000; line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;">Our wonderful weekend outing to the Taroom region concluded with a presentation after dinner by Melanie, of some of the wild and wonderful places we didn’t have time to visit in the Upper Dawson Valley, whetting the group’s appetite for a return visit. </div><div style="color: #660000; line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><br /></div><div style="color: #660000; line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><i>All photos taken by Toowoomba Field Naturalist Club members.</i></div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><h4 style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;"><u>Taroom Fauna</u></h4><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;">The following lists are a compilation for the whole weekend from members observations.</div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b>Amphibians – 2 species:</b> Green Tree Frog (<i>Litoria caerulea</i>), Cane Toad (<i>Rhinella marin</i>a).</div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b>Birds – 104 species:</b> Emu, Brown Quail, Plumed Whistling-Duck, Black Swan, Australian Wood Duck, Pink-eared Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Australasian Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Crested Pigeon, Peaceful Dove, Bar-shouldered Dove, Nightjar sp., Eurasian Coot, Brolga, Straw-necked Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Nankeen Night-Heron, White-necked Heron, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, White-faced Heron, Little Egret, Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Australasian Darter, Pied Stilt, Masked Lapwing, Southern Boobook, Pacific Baza, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Whistling Kite, Black Kite, Nankeen Kestrel, Australian Hobby, Black Falcon, Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Cockatiel, Galah, Little Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Red-rumped Parrot, Pale-headed Rosella, Rainbow Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, Australian King-Parrot, Red-winged Parrot, Pheasant Coucal, Sacred Kingfisher, Laughing Kookaburra, Blue-winged Kookaburra, Rainbow Bee-eater, Dollarbird, Spotted Bowerbird, Variegated Fairy-wren, Superb Fairy-wren, Red-backed Fairy-wren, White-throated Gerygone, Speckled Warbler, Weebill, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Yellow Thornbill, Striated Pardalote, Brown Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, White-throated Honeyeater, Striped Honeyeater, Little Friarbird, Noisy Friarbird, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Grey-crowned Babbler, Varied Sittella, Australasian Figbird, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike, Australian Magpie, Pied Butcherbird, Grey Butcherbird, Black-faced Woodswallow, White-breasted Woodswallow, Willie Wagtail, Grey Fantail, Spangled Drongo, Restless Flycatcher, Magpie-lark, Torresian Crow, White-winged Chough, Apostlebird, Jacky Winter, Horsfield's Bushlark, Welcome Swallow, Common Myna, Mistletoebird, Double-barred Finch, Plum-headed Finch, House Sparrow. </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b>Lepidoptera: Butterflies – 15 species: </b>Yellow Palm Dart (<i>Cephrenes trichopepla</i>), Orchard Swallowtail (<i>Papilio aegeus</i>), Chequered Swallowtail (<i>Papilio demoleus</i>), Clearwing Swallowtail (<i>Cressida cressida</i>), White Migrant (<i>Catopsilia pyranthe</i>), Large Grass Yellow (<i>Eurema hecabe</i>), Small Grass Yellow (<i>Eurema smilax</i>), Caper White (<i>Anaphaeis java</i>), Wanderer (<i>Danaus plexippus</i>), Lesser Wanderer (<i>Danaus chrysippus</i>), Common Eggfly (<i>Hypolimnas bolina</i>), Meadow Argus (<i>Junonia villida</i>), Blue Argus (<i>Junonia orithya</i>), Glasswing (<i>Acraea andromacha</i>), Common Grass Blue (<i>Zizina Otis</i>) <b>Moths: - 1 species</b> <i>Scopula agnes</i> (no common name).</div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b>Dragonflies – 4 species: </b>Black-headed Skimmer (<i>Crocothemis nigrifrons</i>), Scarlet Percher (<i>Diplacodes haematodes</i>), Blue Skimmer (<i>Orthetrum caledonicum</i>), Common Glider (<i>Tramea loewii</i>).</div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b>Mammals – 4 species:</b> Whiptail or Pretty-faced Wallaby (<i>Notamacropus parryi</i>), Red-necked Wallaby (<i>Notamacropus rufogriseus</i>), Eastern Grey Kangaroo (<i>Macropus giganteus</i>), Swamp Wallaby (<i>Wallabia bicolor</i>). </div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b>Reptiles – 3 species: </b>Bearded Dragon (<i>Pogona</i> sp.), Black-headed Python (<i>Aspidites melanocephalus</i>), Krefft's River Turtle (<i>Emydura macquarii krefftii</i>).</div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b>Spiders – 9 species: </b>Australian Jewel Spider (<i>Austracantha minax</i>), Golden Orb-Weaver (<i>Trichonephila edulis</i>), Leaf-curling Spider (<i>Phonognatha graeffei</i>), a wolf spider (family Lycosidae), White-spotted Sandalodes or Wattle Jumping Spider (<i>Sandalodes scopifer</i>), Humped Silver Orb Spider (<i>Leucauge dromedaria</i>), Long-jawed Spider (<i>Tetragnatha</i> sp.), Dewdrop Spider (<i>Argyrodes antipodianus</i>), Crab Spider (family Thomisidae).</div><div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b>Wasps - 1 species: </b>Blue Flower Wasp (<i>Scolia verticalis</i>).</div></div></span></div><p><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia;"></span></p>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-54359562519421908342022-03-31T07:13:00.002+10:002022-04-02T12:19:23.997+10:00April Outing Details - McEwan State Forest Stoneleigh, 3 April 2022<p><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBFppkkci-uYn7fLo5O2kaNdwnbJ0W7MijRKU1TaNwBqpUv1qLcTVc-NWzX9E2M4JSARUFGcXzGhEP6YdLXa-EJabH_yInC_KSXN56v5ycdam6Ak9CAf83RypOhI3Mus00b1-Ivza_aOGdaBLGkiVGtvNhXmdioA2dsSLyiYZQuXWl9X_RHstUSoMBw/s3416/McEwan%20SF%20cropped.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="3416" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBFppkkci-uYn7fLo5O2kaNdwnbJ0W7MijRKU1TaNwBqpUv1qLcTVc-NWzX9E2M4JSARUFGcXzGhEP6YdLXa-EJabH_yInC_KSXN56v5ycdam6Ak9CAf83RypOhI3Mus00b1-Ivza_aOGdaBLGkiVGtvNhXmdioA2dsSLyiYZQuXWl9X_RHstUSoMBw/w400-h281/McEwan%20SF%20cropped.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Naturalizing in McEwan State Forest</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><b>This outing is still going ahead. The road in was checked on Friday and is OK. After McEwan State Forest, your leader will continue to Irongate Conservation Park.</b></span></span><br /><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Time:</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> 7.30 am leaving Neil Street after car-pooling. </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">8.30 am - 8.45 am outside the Pittsworth Post Office.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Where:</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> McEwan State Forest at Stoneleigh.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Directions:</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> The state forest can be accessed via Young Road off
Stoneleigh Road, Stoneleigh. There is an unlocked gate at the top of Young Road
then the track leads down to a locked gate near the picnic table within the
state forest.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Activities:</span></b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Walking within the property. McEwan should
be a treat after all the recent rain but don’t forget the insect repellent. There
are good walking tracks transecting the park and the area around the entrance
is flat for easy walking.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The estate has an interesting
history. It was gifted to the State by its owner Jack McEwan on his death at 92
years in 2006. The landform is mostly moderate to steep hills </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">interspersed </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">with black soil
flats. Some interesting plant species found there are </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">the rare and threatened Hawkweed (</span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Picris evae</i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">), and </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Austral
Cornflower (</span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rhaponticum australe</i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">)</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">. Fauna that also has been recorded includes </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Koala,
Common Wallaroo, </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Common Dunnart (</span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sminthopsis murina</i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">), </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Australian Coral Snake (</span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Brachyurophis
australis</i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">), Spotted Black Snake (</span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pseudechis
guttatus</i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">), Painted Honeyeater, Black Falcon, Turquoise Parrot and the
locally rare dragonfly Royal Tigertail (</span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Parasynthemis
regina</i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Facilities: </span></b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">There are no facilities. There is no water and only one picnic
bench. <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">The nearest toilets are in Pittsworth.</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">What to Bring: </span></b><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Y</span><span style="color: #0c343d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">ou should be fully self-catering and outfitted for
this outing; food, water, chair and table. Also advisable are sturdy shoes, a hat and insect repellent.
Cameras, binoculars, field guides are optional.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-87673362911486950232022-03-30T11:53:00.005+10:002022-03-30T11:59:28.069+10:00April Meeting Details - Guest Speakers: 3 of our members, 1 April 2022<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU7rQDeGRpvHvY3tLD3RwR87-l03tdHcHISHRkT2cPwAWfbbGHuL84z7gU99GXAd_5eXdidyHx0ICq0wqVyyd0v7424q8rD61rAPMOKiLcCiMlb7v6p6wb0a9Nobinq7LfixEZ57vQrjupjPRdZbPS9glRIsDPZhrpDoxh5d4BwCSsHBucjtqT-F-Og/s486/Platypus%20on%20screen.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="486" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU7rQDeGRpvHvY3tLD3RwR87-l03tdHcHISHRkT2cPwAWfbbGHuL84z7gU99GXAd_5eXdidyHx0ICq0wqVyyd0v7424q8rD61rAPMOKiLcCiMlb7v6p6wb0a9Nobinq7LfixEZ57vQrjupjPRdZbPS9glRIsDPZhrpDoxh5d4BwCSsHBucjtqT-F-Og/w256-h189/Platypus%20on%20screen.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><b>Time and Place:</b></div></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.2px;"> 7.00pm. St. Anthony’s Community Centre, Memory Street, Toowoomba<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">Guest Speakers:</b></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><b>Francis Mangubhai </b>will talk briefly about platypus, focusing on some of its characteristics. He will end by showing some photos of platypus of Broken River in Eungella National Park, which he and Linda have visited.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><b>Mike Ford</b> will talk about the Serengeti in Tanzania, and his experience building a new hotel there before the Serengeti became a real tourist destination. He will speak of the realities that he faced, as well as the magnificence of the Serengeti, and of the project as a whole.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><b>Mary Petr</b> will talk about Arkaroola, in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, focusing on the flora, geology and general scenery. Arkaroola presents an ancient landscape with iconic views that many of us will be familiar with from calendars and other publications. Mary will get us up close to the landscape with a personal view of it.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><b>Followed by supper<br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Current COVID Rules for Attending Meetings at St Anthony’s:</span><br /></span></u></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">1. Until further notice, only double vaccinated members will be allowed to attend our Friday meetings.<br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">2. Because we have supper at our Meetings, members will have to log in to the Queensland Covid App. If you have attached your vaccination certificate to this App, your name will show with a green tick, signifying that you are double vaccinated. If your vaccination certificate is not on your phone, please bring along a paper copy.<br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">3. People with a medical exemption for COVID vaccination can attend but should wear a mask.<br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">4. It is strongly recommended that you wear a mask during the meeting.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We are sorry to any unvaccinated members but we, the Committee, are asking you not to attend meetings until the State Government changes the rules.</span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-59223768841864576202022-02-24T05:59:00.001+10:002022-02-24T06:01:14.487+10:00March Meeting Details - Glenda Walter "Backyard Beasties", 4 March 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMY5Q8FITjoPG5-NKGcA2thj4vs0ed-p-FW-tt2o04r03iM0cOewq9a93KI91mFOHFxCoZ974BdawxUEAk6Nk1wj24sFX6DY0whwt3siH2JIyfybunL6ftrTHGZGS9o6aV9YOEoNmzdb_fxT3dOv86YsZMjvgRVGeBvlyYDxeQIa4-kC2yKrOUng8cRA=s1870" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="1348" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMY5Q8FITjoPG5-NKGcA2thj4vs0ed-p-FW-tt2o04r03iM0cOewq9a93KI91mFOHFxCoZ974BdawxUEAk6Nk1wj24sFX6DY0whwt3siH2JIyfybunL6ftrTHGZGS9o6aV9YOEoNmzdb_fxT3dOv86YsZMjvgRVGeBvlyYDxeQIa4-kC2yKrOUng8cRA=s320" width="231" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Austral Ellipsidion <br />(<i>Ellipsidion australe</i>)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Time and Place:</b> 7.00pm. St. Anthony’s Community Centre, Memory Street, Toowoomba</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Club member, Glenda Walter, will give a talk on the little scuttling things in your garden.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not having had an opportunity to study biology at school, Glenda's interest firstly in fungi, and then when drought intervened in insects and spiders, meant a steep learning curve. This meant, sometimes making embarrassing mistakes, but also that there are creatures out there which she'd never encountered before – finding something new and observing its behaviour was and still is very exciting. When living in Toowoomba she spent a lot of time in local parks with her camera, but since moving to Crows Nest in June 2020 she's photographed and attempted to identify the creatures she's seen in her backyard. She looks forward to sharing some of them with you.<br /></span><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia;">Current Covid Rules for Attending Meetings at St Anthony’s:<br /></span></u></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. Until further notice, only double vaccinated members will be allowed to attend our Friday meetings.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. Because we have supper at our Meetings, members will have to log in to the Queensland Covid App. If you have attached your vaccination certificate to this App, your name will show with a green tick, signifying that you are double vaccinated. If your vaccination certificate is not on your phone, please bring along a paper copy.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. People with a medical exemption for Covid vaccination can attend but should wear a mask.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. It is strongly recommended that you wear a mask during the meeting.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We are sorry to any unvaccinated members but we, the Committee, are asking you not to attend meetings until the State Government changes the rules.</span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-5538258788038863682022-02-12T17:28:00.012+10:002022-05-03T09:07:52.594+10:00Outing Report - Sunday, 6 February 2022, Ravensbourne N.P.<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH41oosuOSdheCg6E4C5y63Mrs-kGf_5dxlHv7BF1fN4AYxWfAeIR56ZsHBL-nnLebfayDcTZy5SToWUKCkhwUvDkR2xNXUZtj4iyBigih_flhd4bxU8mJs7-bi9wD5FyjXoZQwhXUOVkW0MXXVl4tm-MLZPYF-8Nj3CI_YmTkRIHeKy6SnbOqKf9Mbw=s1503" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1503" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH41oosuOSdheCg6E4C5y63Mrs-kGf_5dxlHv7BF1fN4AYxWfAeIR56ZsHBL-nnLebfayDcTZy5SToWUKCkhwUvDkR2xNXUZtj4iyBigih_flhd4bxU8mJs7-bi9wD5FyjXoZQwhXUOVkW0MXXVl4tm-MLZPYF-8Nj3CI_YmTkRIHeKy6SnbOqKf9Mbw=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Pointy Orbweaver <br />(<i>Araneus acuminatus</i>) female</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Plants, birds, spiders, insects and more. A delightful time was had at Ravensbourne National Park by our members on our February outing. Quite a number of invertebrates were recorded. The first two images here are of a female and male Pointy Orbweaver (<i>Araneus acuminatus</i>). You can gauge by the size of the leaves in the second pic that they are very small and easily overlooked. Like many orbweavers the female will build her web at night and pack it up in the morning, then find a retreat in which to shelter during the day. Sometimes they can be found in daylight head down on their web. The male is almost half the size of his mate. Their abdominal patterns vary. </div><br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvpkW326J-UAbg1EVa5pVwxTPhHb7_zhWsUpGSEEsKP759eMMV2A2EkF5ScyTzbBtkF0zZ4Z3sFqkKRW7yIqG2pCFjNFe2Njo-NKGxplNJNdzf3w2phKrYJLpr47vjlMuw5T9SRJQJujwVJ3IBdad_ywS7wsd4I6wfvx9IZ5dW0dvX65ZfgLKmr4L86Q=s927" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="927" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvpkW326J-UAbg1EVa5pVwxTPhHb7_zhWsUpGSEEsKP759eMMV2A2EkF5ScyTzbBtkF0zZ4Z3sFqkKRW7yIqG2pCFjNFe2Njo-NKGxplNJNdzf3w2phKrYJLpr47vjlMuw5T9SRJQJujwVJ3IBdad_ywS7wsd4I6wfvx9IZ5dW0dvX65ZfgLKmr4L86Q=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Pointy Orbweaver <br />(<i>Araneus acuminatus</i>) male</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrY61mDIOO3z609hVvY2S__CnZyXnLvtR6dyPla8a6lVp1orULqhMQLSJw-ldutEXY9riHmmiqT4aZxb7x_Oz4HWUAV01kMRhTm7ae1COFWXyvzYVbxpBda1R0C2vZYLDIXI4Aiqu914H-qUElOg4EhEuv6mqsHwXUWffBmjrf2hRr6Hqv89S_S7Du7Q=s1129" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1129" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrY61mDIOO3z609hVvY2S__CnZyXnLvtR6dyPla8a6lVp1orULqhMQLSJw-ldutEXY9riHmmiqT4aZxb7x_Oz4HWUAV01kMRhTm7ae1COFWXyvzYVbxpBda1R0C2vZYLDIXI4Aiqu914H-qUElOg4EhEuv6mqsHwXUWffBmjrf2hRr6Hqv89S_S7Du7Q=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Dotty Lynx Spider <br />(Oxyopes punctatus)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Another tiny spider (approx. 7 mm) is this Dotty Lynx Spider (<i>Oxyopes punctatus</i>). Like its name, Lynx, suggests it is an ambush spider rather than a web-builder. Again colouring and patterns can be variable. They have been found from Cape York to Brisbane.</div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7R9-IFdAy0qkGQoEnhs4cRS3UUFWYScbPDqEFp7QtOIVsnbf9GwXDrEfHA7F17omPFhbUpT3oA0i9W1FJREtInuBUsUIJC3PoU6HGRPwcm7rXzbLelAwsqgru7G-xuHTXuBs1Ee81-rUyv-8MTyFMnFUw_WLrR7IRHz8gNkU-WcnP2394mr1JCBKlvA=s1243" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1243" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7R9-IFdAy0qkGQoEnhs4cRS3UUFWYScbPDqEFp7QtOIVsnbf9GwXDrEfHA7F17omPFhbUpT3oA0i9W1FJREtInuBUsUIJC3PoU6HGRPwcm7rXzbLelAwsqgru7G-xuHTXuBs1Ee81-rUyv-8MTyFMnFUw_WLrR7IRHz8gNkU-WcnP2394mr1JCBKlvA=s320" width="320" /></b></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Leaf Beetle sp. (Chrysomelidae sp.)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTmEUZa6xjbYdkzZRvC7OvMR1iiYaRmJRYURVjFKUMtoL165U7yJOHTd4mnsTO2Ej5C0SEJCwccySHndijxCwP-mdvlUfB45SzuVm8FXRO8Hd0n5r5k-At2Wcd1z4eGuUflcUAuhuT0jrUdEohR_az_SCV2j5Ia2rpesAWjXvPzQw0pc6XN42EmAIoLg=s1014" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1014" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTmEUZa6xjbYdkzZRvC7OvMR1iiYaRmJRYURVjFKUMtoL165U7yJOHTd4mnsTO2Ej5C0SEJCwccySHndijxCwP-mdvlUfB45SzuVm8FXRO8Hd0n5r5k-At2Wcd1z4eGuUflcUAuhuT0jrUdEohR_az_SCV2j5Ia2rpesAWjXvPzQw0pc6XN42EmAIoLg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Tricolor Soldier Beetle <br />(<i>Chauliognathus tricolor</i>)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj9aH_ikL1SezMJuTUNtNz0aYcByu7BHlXzvgLo4JXZMFnbNTDIgdZzvfNBa30cC92FWBI0V65iX1vfUz0SoIb0nJezlXFudH1DCUNiDthb2HpAnH_D8ZxLQUzn5j9xKe0pCIyCixzq3HfYy-4HB0pd53Oun9B0LqQIHnWxPPpaHmY6RgAnWjlk9MdDQ=s1077" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1077" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj9aH_ikL1SezMJuTUNtNz0aYcByu7BHlXzvgLo4JXZMFnbNTDIgdZzvfNBa30cC92FWBI0V65iX1vfUz0SoIb0nJezlXFudH1DCUNiDthb2HpAnH_D8ZxLQUzn5j9xKe0pCIyCixzq3HfYy-4HB0pd53Oun9B0LqQIHnWxPPpaHmY6RgAnWjlk9MdDQ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Red and Blue Pollen Beetle <br />(<i>Dicranolaius bellulus</i>)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">All photos by G. Walter.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><p align="left" class="MsoTitle"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Combined Species List for </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Cedar Block Circuit and on tracks from Blackbean Picnic Area</span></span></u></b></p><p align="left" class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">introduced species = </span><sub><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">*</span></sub><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoTitle"></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Fauna (not a comprehensive list)</span></u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Birds</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"> Australian Brush Turkey, White-headed
Pigeon, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Wompoo Fruit-Dove, Superb Fruit-Dove, Rose-crowned
Fruit-Dove, Topknot Pigeon, Rainbow Lorikeet, Australian King-Parrot, Laughing
Kookaburra, White-throated Treecreeper, Green Catbird, Variegated Fairy-wren, White-browed
Scrubwren, Large-billed Scrubwren, Brown Gerygone, Lewin's Honeyeater, Scarlet
Honeyeater, Eastern Whipbird, Cicadabird, Golden Whistler, White-breasted
Woodswallow, Pied Currawong, Rufous Fantail, Grey Fantail, Black-faced Monarch,
Spectacled Monarch, Eastern Yellow Robin, Silvereye, Red-browed Finch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Butterflies</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Yellow Admiral (<i>Vanessa itea</i>), Small Green-banded Blue (<i>Psychonotis caelius</i>).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Other Invertebrates</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> <u>Beetles</u>; Fungus Weevil (<i>Ancylotropis waterhousei</i>), a beetle (Cardiothorax
sp.), Tricolor Soldier Beetle (<i>Chauliognathus
tricolor</i>), Leaf Beetle sp. (Chrysomelidae sp.), Red and Blue Pollen Beetle (<i>Dicranolaius bellulus</i>), a beetle
(Dynastine sp.), Passalid Beetle (<i>Pharochilus
dilatatus</i>), Darkling Beetle (Ecnolagria sp.), <u>Bugs</u>; Zebra Shield Bug
(<i>Bathrus variegatus</i>), Colourful Broad-headed
Bug (<i>Noliphus erythrocephalus</i>).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Spiders</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Pointy Orbweaver (<i>Araneus acuminatus</i>),<b> </b>Dotty
Lynx Spider (<i>Oxyopes punctatus</i>).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u style="text-underline: double;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Flora
discussed or taken note of on the day (not a comprehensive list)</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Herbs</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"> Native Wandering Jew (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aneilema acuminatum</i>), *Cobblers Pegs (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bidens pilosa</i>).<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Vines, Scramblers & Climbers</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Native Yam (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dioscorea transversa</i>), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Passiflora </span></i><span style="color: black;">sp.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Shrubs</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">*Lantana
(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lantana camara</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Palms</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">
Piccabeen or Bangalow Palm (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Archontophoenix
cunninghamiana</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Trees</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Plum Ebony
or Black Plum (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Diospyros australis</i>), <span style="color: black;">Tallowwood (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eucalyptus
microcorys</i>),), Sydney Blue Gum (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eucalyptus
saligna</i>), Rock Fig (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ficus rubiginosa</i>),
Strangler Fig (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ficus watkinsiana</i>), Gee-o-ah
or Wild Quince (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Guioa semiglauca</i>), *Tobacco
Bush (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Solanum mauritianum</i>).</span></span></p><p></p></div></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-32956889174837245102022-01-26T08:41:00.062+10:002022-02-24T04:56:50.417+10:00February Outing Details - Ravensbourne National Park<p><b></b></p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHUA6Ow14PLUKkufyHW087_0YYGk6aHtFBlMxriNbC-qfyobuJyaDwOk-JN8MDeV97lkWFc98jAFxH6UTUcqSbLPhJbDuzVc3hRqaGjdaD_ZffX_SHE7H2Kzaqm6qeZtgbWknkyfyJPv38rBSQ0AZlBJSOVUhL7b6etfrhTN8Mtagyt6E3Ag29rmDh0A=s350" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="350" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHUA6Ow14PLUKkufyHW087_0YYGk6aHtFBlMxriNbC-qfyobuJyaDwOk-JN8MDeV97lkWFc98jAFxH6UTUcqSbLPhJbDuzVc3hRqaGjdaD_ZffX_SHE7H2Kzaqm6qeZtgbWknkyfyJPv38rBSQ0AZlBJSOVUhL7b6etfrhTN8Mtagyt6E3Ag29rmDh0A=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Gus Beutel Lookout</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Time: 9.00 am, Sunday 6 February 2022.</span></b><p></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Where: </b>Meet at </span>Gus Beutel picnic area<span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Directions: </b></span><span style="text-align: justify;">From Toowoomba travel
towards Crows Nest to Hampton (approx. 32 km). Turn right into </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Hampton-Esk Road </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and drive for 17 kms. Turn right into National Park Road and drive to the end of the bitumen.</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Activities: </b></span><span style="text-align: justify;">W</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">alk of the Cedar Block circuit (an easy short walk of
600 metres). The forest is rich with mosses, ferns, fungi and advanced decay
processes, following the rain.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div>After morning tea we will drive to the Blackbean picnic area where there are a variety of walks of various length and challenges. We will have lunch here as members will have a staggered return from chosen walks. </div><div>Members have the option of a short, interesting bird walk along the Munro Tramway at the entrance to the park after lunch.</div><div><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Level of Fitness: </b></span><span style="text-align: justify;">easy walking</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Facilities: </b>Toilets, picnic tables, barbeques.</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>What to Bring: </b>Please bring morning tea, lunch, chair and (prudently) insect repellent.</span></span></div></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-2223580801010973762021-12-04T05:51:00.000+10:002021-12-04T05:51:19.201+10:00Celebrating our 70th Anniversary<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A poem written and presented by Michael Rooke at the Club’s 70th anniversary luncheon </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">on 09 October 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Ringing Out…and Ringing On</b></div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">What a privilege to be</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">at this celebration!</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">…and I’ve brought along a guest </div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">who has no invitation…</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At club meetings sits up front</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">with president and secretary;</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">only speaks a note or two</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">then sits there silently.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Usually is right on time,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">generally makes no sound;</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">but, when the moment’s right,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">has an influence profound. </div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Never been on the committee,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">membership long overdue,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">abstains when voting hands go up</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">yet has a voice all listen to!</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yes - it’s the bell from our club’s monthly meeting,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">the bell that hurries us back to our seating:</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">and this very bell that gets our attention</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">can also be rung out in celebration!</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So - let’s ring out the bell for members gone!</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">They’re the foundations the club’s built upon:</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">from their expertise they gave of their best</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">for many long years, 'til laid to their rest</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let’s ring the bell for those far away,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">for whatever reason not here today.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">We don’t really need “Zoom” or “FaceTime”</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">to know that they’re with us in heart and in mind.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let’s ring for those who are here from afar</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">(I can’t find a rhyme, so I’ll just say “hurrah!”).</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">They’ve come a long way from their own habitat</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">to join us local species for some catch-up chat.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And - let’s ring out the bell for the members here</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">who keep the club going year after year, </div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">(and I reckon there’s relief at AGM time</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">when there’s a name on each nomination line).</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let’s ring for those who come to each meeting</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">whether it could be foggy or freezing</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">- and while some of us locals are already in bed</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">distant members (from Crows Nest, for example) still are facing the long road ahead.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now let’s ring for our monthly PowerPoint presentations,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">always enhanced with a range of questions,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">(but one question often takes priority</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">will hdmi connect to usb?).</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let’s ring out the bell in silent awe</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">for the places we have a chance to explore,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">for the wonder of creatures common or rare,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">creatures of earth, of water, of air.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let’s ring the bell for the country we walk</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">longtime formed from sandstone, granite, basalt;</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">mindful of the people who’ve lived on this land</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">for millennia so many to comprehend</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And from those rocks formed long long ago</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">comes the soil in which plants and fungi can grow;</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">so let’s ring the bell for this plant and that tree</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">and for nature’s wondrous diversity!</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let’s ring out the bell for knowledge shared</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">for companionship and for connections made</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">(not forgetting campout happy hours,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">sometimes with more than lemonade).</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let’s ring the bell for the billy</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">once boiled when out in the bush</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">(and while diversity on outings is always aimed for</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">morningty is also high on the list).</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, to all of you there’s no need to explain</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">that naturalists don’t run nude in the rain;</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">but in one sense, when one sets out to explore</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">it could be said that one sees life in the raw.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So let’s ring the bell for the things we find</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">that nourish our heart, that challenge our mind;</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">yes, let’s ring the bell for the wonders we see</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">and hear and touch and smell and feel!</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But let’s ring the bell, the bell of alarm,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">when precious places are threatened with harm!</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">Who knows the price, who knows the cost,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">of degraded land, and of habitat loss?</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For maybe the earth is like a bell,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">ringing out loud and clear,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">of the specialness and the fragility</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">of all that naturalists hold dear.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So - may this bell ring on and on</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">for the care of the earth we walk upon.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">The club is now ten years and three score,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">and may it continue for countless years more.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And sometimes ring the bell in silence;</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">no names, no photos and no talk.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">Ring the bell for being alive</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">to this wondrous earth we walk.</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">(And a bell too important not to mention -</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">Joffre Bell, living out at Clifton;</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">he’s 101 if he’s a day,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">so for Joffre Bell - hip hip hooray!)</div><div style="text-align: left;">🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔</div></span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-38498790308932689312021-11-22T07:24:00.003+10:002022-05-03T09:09:25.133+10:00Outing Report - Sunday, 7 November 2021, Helidon Hills<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-59rqodCp2zU/YZqult59HwI/AAAAAAAAB8c/b8sUMJW31ZwDr_2NrerlJnhUkhpAWFI6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/The%2Bstart%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bouting.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1870" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-59rqodCp2zU/YZqult59HwI/AAAAAAAAB8c/b8sUMJW31ZwDr_2NrerlJnhUkhpAWFI6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/The%2Bstart%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bouting.jpg" width="292" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>We're still at the start!!</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Twenty-three members plus visitors met in Helidon for a delightful morning in the Hills. Martin Bennett, Lockyer Valley Regional Council Environmental Officer, started with botanical information from the moment our feet hit the track. Twenty minutes and two metres later everyone had not gone very far as there was so much to learn.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;">Seventeen Mile Rd is in peak condition at the moment and there was flora galore to inspect, identify and discuss. This area is so different to the Darling Downs due to its open eucalypt forest on sandstone. There are plants here we don't see in any other nearby locality and it has always been a favourite of the Club.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;">Martin pointed out particularly Little or Tiny Logania (<i>Orianthera pusilla</i>), a very uncommon herb in SEQ. It grows in dry sclerophyll forest often on sandstone. We notice that Martin uploaded his find to <a href="https://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:https:%2F%2Fid.biodiversity.org.au%2Ftaxon%2Fapni%2F51288220" target="_blank">iNaturalist</a> as soon as he got home!</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;">Helidon Hills is never brimming with faunal wildlife but we managed to get 12 species of birds as well as a couple of different spiders; one as yet unidentified.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pxyz5wRNGAU/YZqvr7ggHyI/AAAAAAAAB8k/mIDjFgxdPa83fx5gr9AXzfiND2e8iPOIACLcBGAsYHQ/s480/Leaf%2BCurling%2BAraneus%2B%2528Araneus%2Bdimidiatus%2529%2Bshelter.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pxyz5wRNGAU/YZqvr7ggHyI/AAAAAAAAB8k/mIDjFgxdPa83fx5gr9AXzfiND2e8iPOIACLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/Leaf%2BCurling%2BAraneus%2B%2528Araneus%2Bdimidiatus%2529%2Bshelter.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="text-align: left;">Leaf Curling Araneus <br /></span><span style="text-align: left;">shelter</span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia;">Fauna </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Birds:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Australian King Parrot, Brush
Cuckoo, White-throated Treecreeper, Striated Pardalote, Yellow-faced
Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Noisy Friarbird, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Eastern
Whipbird, Cicadabird, Eastern Yellow Robin, Rufous Whistler.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DidND8-2xqc/YZqwYyVanTI/AAAAAAAAB8s/q6pkVVoitLglYW8UJQ4EFHxIWaG3udCOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Pomax%2Bumbellata%2Bunder%2Bthe%2Bmicroscope.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2041" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DidND8-2xqc/YZqwYyVanTI/AAAAAAAAB8s/q6pkVVoitLglYW8UJQ4EFHxIWaG3udCOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w318-h320/Pomax%2Bumbellata%2Bunder%2Bthe%2Bmicroscope.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b><i>Pomax umbellata</i> <br />under the microscope</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Invertebrates:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Spiders - </span></span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Leaf Curling Araneus (<i>Araneus dimidiatus</i>)</span><span><span lang="EN-GB">, </span></span><span>Unknown Spider; </span><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_insect" target="_blank">Scale Insect</a> unidentified sp., and a badly mangled </span><span>Children’s Stick Insect (<i>Tropidoderus childrenii</i>).</span></span></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Flora: discussed and/or taken note of at the time (not a comprehensive list.)</span></h4><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Grasses,<span style="background: white; color: #545454;">
Sedges, etc.</span></u>: </span>Koala fern (<i>Caustis blakei</i>), <i>Paspilidium grandisticulatum</i>,
Kangaroo Grass (<i>Themeda triandra</i>). </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>Herbs: </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><i>Dianella</i>
sp., </span>L</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ady’s slipper (</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Hybanthus monopetalus), </i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pomax (</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Pomax umbellata</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">), White Root (</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Lobelia purpurascens </i><span style="font-family: georgia;">), </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Little or Tiny Logania (</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Orianthera pusilla</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">), </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fringe Lily (</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Thysanotus multiflorus</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>Vines, Scramblers
& Climbers</u>:</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Zig Zag Vine (<i>Melodorum
leichhardtii</i>), Snake Flower (<i>Scaevola ramosissima</i>). Various species of Goodenias were also sighted.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Grass Trees:</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Johnson's Grass Tree (<i>Xanthorrhoea
johnsonii</i>).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Shrubs:</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Flat-stem Wattle (<i>Acacia complanata</i>),
Prickly Daviesia (<i>Daviesia umbellulata</i>), Dogwood (<i><span style="background: white;">Jacksonia
scoparia</span></i>), Silky Geebung (<i>Persoonia sericea</i>), Slender Rice Flower (<i>Pimelea linifolia</i>), Woody Pear (<i>Xylomelum pyriforme</i>).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">
</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Trees</b>: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Smudgee (<i>Angophora woodsiana</i>), </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">Blueberry Ash (<i>Elaeocarpus reticulatus</i>), Tallowwood (<i>Eucalyptus microcorys</i>), Quinine Tree (<i>Petalostigma pubescens</i>).</span></p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia;"></span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198083325102278912.post-91568114118313067472021-11-03T06:25:00.005+10:002021-11-03T06:26:46.638+10:00November Outing - Helidon Hills, Sunday 7 November 2021<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lw__sF4rxsU/YYGc6r-dwhI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/vhDtKllvposKXgfGBApVvb15DgOuVJcDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3039.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lw__sF4rxsU/YYGc6r-dwhI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/vhDtKllvposKXgfGBApVvb15DgOuVJcDQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_3039.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Helidon Hills, 2007</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table>Meet:</b> Soldiers Memorial Park in Turner Street, Helidon at 9.00 a.m. and carpool from there. Please email </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> if you would like a lift.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(<a href="mailto:toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com" target="_blank">toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Activities:</b> Martin is an Environmental Officer with Lockyer Shire Council. He will lead us on an excursion in the Helidon Hills area. Always a favourite with the Toowoomba Nats.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Martin's walk will be in an area of Land Zone 5 (<span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;"><a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/ecosystems/descriptions/land-zones" target="_blank">loamy and sandy plains and plateaus</a>)</span>, Canopy trees likely to be observed are Baileys Stringybark (<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><i>Eucalyptus baileyana</i><b>)</b></span>, Budgeroo (<i>Lysicarpus angustifolius</i>)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, Smudgee (</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Angophora woodsiana</i>)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, Planchon’s Stringybark (</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Eucalyptus planchoniana</i>)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, Helidon Ironbark (</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Eucalyptus taurina</i>)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, Helidon Stringybark (</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Eucalyptus helidonica</i>)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. The understory</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> is quite rich in wildflowers, and unusual species that are only found in the Helidon Hills area within the Lockyer Valley including Woody Pear, a number of Epacrids (heath family), numerous Wattle species, Petrophile (cone bushes), Hakea, Persoonia (Australian </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Proteaceae)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, Banksia, Grevillea. This promises to be a very interesting learning experience for our final field outing for this year.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Morning tea will be during our walk, and we will return to an area with facilities for lunch.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><b>What to Bring:</b> The usual – binocs, cameras, field guides, morning tea, lunch, chairs and protective materials, etc., etc., etc.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Please register </b>your interest if you are not a member (<a href="mailto:toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank">toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com</a>) so we can contact you if there's any changes.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Please follow current COVID-19 restrictions </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">and stay at home if you have any flu-like symptoms</span></b></div></div></span></div>Toowoomba Field Naturalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03234715846366491818noreply@blogger.com0