Tag Archives: native animals

A different kind of resident visits the library

Posted on by

What are you looking at?

Ooh here's a juicy one

A furry little native animal has taken up residence in the gum trees outside the library in the past few days to delight of staff and patrons, but to the dismay of the local birds. The Council Horticultural Team indicated that as the weather warms up and the eucalypts dry off, more and more koalas and other native fauna are entering suburbia in search of water and richer food sources. Koalas seldom stay in the same tree for long so it will probably move on in the near future, hopefully avoiding the very busy North East Road just metres away.

Meet Casper the barn owl and other Aussie critters

Posted on by

Wednesday saw Brett from Cleland Wildlife park visit as part of the Library’s school holiday program.

 

 Brett ran a couple of workshops with children on the benefits of providing safe habitats in our yards for native animals, outlining the dangers that household pets, and removal of trees and hollows, pose to native critters.

To illustrate this, he brought four different animals from Cleland Wildlife park, including a ringtail possum, a bearded dragon, an olive python and a barn owl named Casper.

Children were able to touch some of the animals, learning how the scales on a lizard’s back help against predators, and how possum fur is coloured to protect against extremes of heat and cold.