Welcome to #TreeMonth at Backyard Buddies! Trees are such a vital part of our environment. 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲
Here is just a small list of some of the wonderful things that they do:
🌎 produce oxygen and reduce carbon dioxide in the air 🐨 provide habitat to over 80% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity 🏠 provide materials for medicines and renewable building resources 😁 improve our mental health and wellbeing
This month we will be talking about different Australian trees that you might find in your backyard and their importance. To kick things off, check out Backyard Buddies to see some of the species we will be featuring!
Acacias, or Wattles, grow all over Australia – there are over 1000 known species. The Golden Wattle, Acacia pycnantha, is the Australian national floral emblem and our national colours, green and go...
It’s National Tree Day today! To acknowledge this day, take a moment to step outside and learn about the wilderness and wildlife around you. Check out our website www.backyard buddies.org.au to learn how to make a simple nest box to protect your backyard buddies or donate to our ‘Plant a Tree For Me’ initiative to plant and maintain a tree for $10. 🌳 ... See MoreSee Less
To end Glider Month, it's time to take our glider quiz to test your knowledge! The quiz covers things we have posted about over the last month, as well as a few extra tricky questions to see just how well you know our beautiful gliding buddies 🛩
Have you been following along with Glider Month? Or are you just crazy for Australian gliders? Test your knowledge of these unique animals by taking our quiz!
Last year, Australian researchers did a genetic study on Greater Gliders throughout their range and found out that the species is actually three different ones! This added another two glider species to our amazing suite of marsupials 😍
Before this study was done, scientists had been suspicious about the species for awhile, due to differences they had observed in size, colour and physiology. Turns out they were right! The species has now been divided into northern, central and southern species.
You can read more about the study in the article below, and click through to the research paper if you want the nitty gritty.
If you take a walk through the forests of Australia's east coast, you might come across the greater glider -- a possum-sized marsupial with big ears and a long furry tail, that glides from tree to tre...
Thank you so much to Peggy McDonald of Higher Ground Raptors for her wonderful post about the one-of-a-kind, purpose built free flight aviary recently completed at the Centre, as part of the NSW Wildlife Heroes Large Durable Assets Grant from the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife.
Peggy put her heart and soul into the planning and execution of this amazing new facility, making sure it was not just fit for purpose, but was exactly what her raptors needed to recover, thrive and safely be returned to the wild.
You can hear Peg speak about her passion for raptors, and the incredible work that she does, on the Wildlife Heroes podcast -Season 2 Episode 4.
Earlier in the month we corrected one of our posts to recognise the additional species of glider that have recently been discovered in Australia. There's no better time than glider month to find out more about how this all unfolded! 🧐
Last year, a genetic study was published on Sugar Gliders in Australia, discovering that they are actually made up of 3 different species! The resulting new species to be added to Australia's biodiversity were: - the Savanna Glider (found in the woodland savannas of northern Australia) - the Krefft's Glider (found in eastern Australia and introduced to Tasmania)
The Sugar Glider (which still exists) is now restricted to forests east of the Great Dividing Range, extending from southeast Queensland to around the border of New South Wales and Victoria.
The article below gives a great summary of how this study came about, and what it all means ⬇⬇⬇
Such precious creatures.Facing habitat destruction for another shopping mall.We have the wrong priorities Australia.
Who isn't enamoured with the cute little creature x
When I did wildlife rescue and rehab they were one of my specialties and favourites. Such amazing little guys! Still makes me weep a little (joyfully) to think of feeding a joey smaller than my thumb. They do smell though! I know Americans like to have them as pets...I cant discourage that more seriously. They need and deserve to be wild! (But if you are American and have one, please dont release it....it's not good wither for the glider or your environment)
This week is #NationalMothWeek, so there is no better time to share with you some interesting moth facts!!
Today we are featuring the Bogong moth, which is found all over non-tropical Australia.
➡️ Bogong moths migrate several hundred kilometres each year. During spring, they fly from the lowland grassy areas up to the mountainous caves in the Snowy Mountains. ➡️ As the temperature heats up, Bogong moths sleep in caves, each overlapping one another – just like tiles on a roof.
To learn more about the Bogong moth head to our Backyard Buddies page below ⬇⬇⬇
In Australia we have 7 species of glider - and one of the lesser known species is the Mahogany Glider. This species lives in a small pocket of the southern wet tropics of north Queensland and gets its name from the mahogany brown colour found on its belly.
Unfortunately the Mahogany Glider is listed as endangered. On top of ongoing habitat loss, its habitat was also significantly impacted by Tropical Cyclone Yasi in 2011 and work is continuing to repair the damage, including setting up nest boxes.
What do they look like? Mahogany Gliders are a relatively large arboreal gliding marsupial with adults weighing up to 500g. Mahogany Gliders vary in colour from mahogany brown to buff to apricot belly...
*EDIT* Apologies - as of last year there are actually now 11 species of glider in Australia! This is due to genetic studies revealing that both sugar gliders and greater gliders were actually made up of several genetically distinct species.
The Sugar Glider was split to recognise the Savanna Glider and Krefft's Glider, and the Greater Glider was split to recognise three distinct northern, central and southern species.
In Australia we have 140 species of land snake, and 32 species of sea snakes that call our country home. We are also home to the most venomous snake in the world - the Inland Taipan. However, due to our access to anti-venom, very few people (2-4) die from snakebites in Australia each year.
It is always good to be prepared and know what to do if someone is bitten by a snake - you can refer to this website to read up on the steps: www.healthdirect.gov.au/snake-bites
Snakes are very important for our ecosystems in Australia, but unfortunately many species are in decline. This is due to a range of reasons, including: - introduced animals 🦊🐸 - land clearing 🌳🚜 - removal of bush rock 🧱 - being run over by cars 🚗🚙
Always take care when driving in rural areas, especially at night, as snakes love to warm up on the road!
To read more about some of our snake species, head to Backyard Buddies here:
At Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife we support projects that help to keep our native species safe. One of our projects is Petaurus Connections, a Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala (K2W) Glideways Bushconnect project that aims to conserve #gliders and their habitat by restoring natural bush connections across the Abercrombie Catchment in NSW.
The region is home to five of the six species of #gliders found in Australia – Squirrel Glider, Yellow-bellied Glider, Feathertail Glider, Sugar Glider and Greater Glider – and over 2,400 species of native plants, animals, fish and reptiles.
To read more about this valuable project, click below ⬇⬇⬇
The K2W Glideways Bushconnect project is a collaboration to conserve gliders and their habitat by restoring natural connections across the Abercrombie Catchment.
If you love Gliders as much as we do at Backyard Buddies, you can help them by building and installing a Nest Box to provide them with extra living space!
In the wild, gliders usually sleep in tree hollows, however hollows can take around 100 years to form, and are often lost when habitat is cleared for development. 🌳🚜 Installing nest boxes on your property can help to provide local species such as gliders with a home. 🏠🏠🏠
To learn more, head to the Backyard Buddies page below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Nest boxes replicate natural shelters such as tree hollows. They are fun, easy and cheap to make, and will provide a secure home for many years to come.
The theme for #NAIDOC2021 is Heal Country. Today, we celebrate the work Taragara Aboriginal Corporation is doing to Heal Country.
In 2021, through our Community Conservation Grants, Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has supported the Taragara Aboriginal Corporation to undertake Yarning Online OnCountry – Kurru Purra Pila. The project enables the transference of Cultural Knowledge between Elders and extended family, while producing both creative and environmental outcomes.
Yarning Online OnCountry: KurruPurra Pila is a Cultural and regeneration project that will connect people, the river, the spiny sedge and weaving techniques to the Mura (Songlines) - Baiame, Water Snakes, Seven Sisters along the Baaka Barwon river systems and its tributaries (Ngarntu (Culgoa), Paroo and Warrego Rivers).
The project will pass on oral history, reconnecting with and preserving Cultural Knowledge, sites and activities/skills. The project will also regenerate sites to enable this process (eg connecting with the spiny sedge and the traditional weaving techniques, as well as the stories which connect people to natural fibre, river and the Mura our Songlines).
You can find out more about this project by clicking the link below.
Please share to help us celebrate the work of the Taragara Aboriginal Corporation and the Elders who are part of the Yarning Online OnCountry – Kurru Purra Pila project...
KurruPurra Pila Weavers Aunty Jeananne Edwards, Aunty Nolene Nean, Aunty Dot Martin, Aunty Shirley Renayne and Aunty Sandra Kelly at Maranguka Community Hub Aboriginal Elders from six Western NSW c…
The theme for #NAIDOC2021 is Heal Country. Today we celebrate the work the Warddeken Rangers and Karrkad Kanjdji Trust are doing to Heal Country.
In 2019, FNPW commenced its support of the Mayh (Animal) Recovery Project in the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area, a 1.4-million-hectare IPA in East Arnhem Land. The Mayh Recovery Project seeks to improve the status of key mammal species in the Warddeken IPA through informed adaptive management of key threatening processes. Of the mammal species that are targeted by the monitoring activities of the Mayh Recovery Project, 30% are listed as threatened in the NT and nationally.
Many of the children of the Warddeken Rangers learn about Country and Bininj knowledge (the traditional knowledge of the Aboriginal people of Western Arnhem Land) alongside mainstream education at the Nawarddeken Academy.
Today, we share their thoughts about how to Heal Country.
Please share to help us celebrate the work of the Karrkad Kanjdji Trust and the Warddeken Rangers.
The theme for #NAIDOC2021 is Heal Country. Today we celebrate the work Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council & the Banbai Rangers are doing to Heal Country.
In 2020, following the Black Summer bushfires, FNPW commenced the Healing our Land campaign to support projects to Heal Country. Funding went to support on-ground projects that included mapping of cultural sites, monitoring of threatened and feral species and revegetation of lands impacted by fires.
The Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council was a recipient of one of these grants. TLALC, along with the Banbai Rangers, undertook works across the Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area (IPA), a 648ha reserve in the New England region of Northern New South Wales.
They installed 100 nesting boxes, propagated 4400 local plants, monitored for threatened species, including the Spotted Quoll and the Greater Glider and undertook feral control activities to monitor and manage pests, including feral goats and foxes.
The Wattleridge IPA and the work of the Banbai Rangers was recently showcased on Gardening Australia. You can view it here: ab.co/3qSVfu1
Please share to help us celebrate the work of the Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council and the Banbai Rangers.
The theme for #NAIDOC2021 is Heal Country. Today we celebrate the work Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council & the Banbai Rangers are doing to Heal Country.
In 2020, following the Black Summer bushfires, the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife commenced the Healing our Land campaign to support projects to Heal Country. Funding went to support on-ground projects that included mapping of cultural sites, monitoring of threatened and feral species and revegetation of lands impacted by fires.
The Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council was a recipient of one of these grants. TLALC, along with the Banbai Rangers, undertook works across the Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area (IPA), a 648ha reserve in the New England region of Northern New South Wales.
They installed 100 nesting boxes, propagated 4400 local plants, monitored for threatened species, including the Spotted Quoll and the Greater Glider and undertook feral control activities to monitor and manage pests, including feral goats and foxes.
The Wattleridge IPA and the work of the Banbai Rangers was recently showcased on Gardening Australia. You can view it here: ab.co/3qSVfu1
Please share to help us celebrate the work of the Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council and the Banbai Rangers.
This week is NAIDOC Week, when we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia.
FNPW acknowledges and appreciates the important roles played by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in caring for land and wildlife across Australia, as the traditional custodians of this country.
The theme of NAIDOC Week this year is “Heal Country “. Throughout the week we will take this opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country, particularly to growing parks and saving species.
Find out how you can get involved in other activities for NAIDOC Week:
This week is NAIDOC Week, when we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia.
FNPW acknowledges and appreciates the important roles played by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in caring for land and wildlife across Australia, as the traditional custodians of this country.
The theme of NAIDOC Week this year is “Heal Country “. Throughout the week we will take this opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country, particularly to growing parks and saving species.
Find out how you can get involved in other activities for NAIDOC Week:
To kick things off - let's learn some interesting facts about the wonderful Sugar glider 😍
Did you know? - Sugar gliders have membranes that run from their little fingers to their back legs, and when fully stretched out, this acts like a parachute! 🪂 - Sugar gliders are marsupials, and have a pouch just like kangaroos and koalas 🐨 - Sugar gliders often give birth to twins! 👯♀️ - If Sugar gliders need to warn others of danger, they bark, and when you hear it from a distance it sounds a lot like a puppy barking 🐶
Sugar Gliders live in the trees and glide between them using flaps of skin between their front and back legs. These small marsupials live in eastern and northern Australia and nest in tree hollows or ...
Welcome to #TreeMonth at Backyard Buddies! Trees are such a vital part of our environment. 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲
Here is just a small list of some of the wonderful things that they do:
🌎 produce oxygen and reduce carbon dioxide in the air
🐨 provide habitat to over 80% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity
🏠 provide materials for medicines and renewable building resources
😁 improve our mental health and wellbeing
This month we will be talking about different Australian trees that you might find in your backyard and their importance. To kick things off, check out Backyard Buddies to see some of the species we will be featuring!
backyardbuddies.org.au/explore/plants/trees/
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Trees
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Acacias, or Wattles, grow all over Australia – there are over 1000 known species. The Golden Wattle, Acacia pycnantha, is the Australian national floral emblem and our national colours, green and go...Comment on Facebook
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It’s National Tree Day today! To acknowledge this day, take a moment to step outside and learn about the wilderness and wildlife around you. Check out our website www.backyard buddies.org.au to learn how to make a simple nest box to protect your backyard buddies or donate to our ‘Plant a Tree For Me’ initiative to plant and maintain a tree for $10. 🌳 ... See MoreSee Less
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#GliderMonth
To end Glider Month, it's time to take our glider quiz to test your knowledge! The quiz covers things we have posted about over the last month, as well as a few extra tricky questions to see just how well you know our beautiful gliding buddies 🛩
Good luck!
qz.app.do/test-your-glider-knowledge
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QUIZ: TEST YOUR GLIDER KNOWLEDGE!
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Have you been following along with Glider Month? Or are you just crazy for Australian gliders? Test your knowledge of these unique animals by taking our quiz!Comment on Facebook
I got 5 out of 8 right.
#GliderMonth
As promised - let's talk about Great Gliders!
Last year, Australian researchers did a genetic study on Greater Gliders throughout their range and found out that the species is actually three different ones! This added another two glider species to our amazing suite of marsupials 😍
Before this study was done, scientists had been suspicious about the species for awhile, due to differences they had observed in size, colour and physiology. Turns out they were right! The species has now been divided into northern, central and southern species.
You can read more about the study in the article below, and click through to the research paper if you want the nitty gritty.
edition.cnn.com/2020/11/09/australia/australia-discover-marsupial-glider-species-intl-hnk-scli-sc...
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Scientists discover two new marsupial species in Australia
edition.cnn.com
If you take a walk through the forests of Australia's east coast, you might come across the greater glider -- a possum-sized marsupial with big ears and a long furry tail, that glides from tree to tre...Comment on Facebook
They are lovely, but sad that their habitat is being logged. We must protect them.
It’s all very well discovering new species, what we have to do is to start looking after them and their habitats 🙏
Here today, gone tomorrow. Native animals are not a priority in Australia, just ask the koalas.
These little Gliders are absolutely beautiful!
Beautiful creatures 😊
Absolutely gorgeous x x x x x
Another reason to protect our environment
Great work! But logging their territory is criminal, ridiculous, stupid!!! Save their habitat NOW!!!!
They are not a new species! They are only new to the scientists . The species has been around for yonks
greens.org.au/vic/campaigns/end-logging-now
www.change.org/p/daniel-andrews-protect-the-alberton-west-state-forest-from-logging?source_locati...
Beautiful
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Thank you so much to Peggy McDonald of Higher Ground Raptors for her wonderful post about the one-of-a-kind, purpose built free flight aviary recently completed at the Centre, as part of the NSW Wildlife Heroes Large Durable Assets Grant from the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife.
Peggy put her heart and soul into the planning and execution of this amazing new facility, making sure it was not just fit for purpose, but was exactly what her raptors needed to recover, thrive and safely be returned to the wild.
You can hear Peg speak about her passion for raptors, and the incredible work that she does, on the Wildlife Heroes podcast -Season 2 Episode 4.
wildlifeheroes.org.au/wildlife-heroes-podcast/
Thanks to Peg for the wonderful work that she does every day. 🦅🦅🦅
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Peggy is an inspiration in her caring of birds
Ben McLelland check this out
#GliderMonth
Earlier in the month we corrected one of our posts to recognise the additional species of glider that have recently been discovered in Australia. There's no better time than glider month to find out more about how this all unfolded! 🧐
Last year, a genetic study was published on Sugar Gliders in Australia, discovering that they are actually made up of 3 different species! The resulting new species to be added to Australia's biodiversity were:
- the Savanna Glider (found in the woodland savannas of northern Australia)
- the Krefft's Glider (found in eastern Australia and introduced to Tasmania)
The Sugar Glider (which still exists) is now restricted to forests east of the Great Dividing Range, extending from southeast Queensland to around the border of New South Wales and Victoria.
The article below gives a great summary of how this study came about, and what it all means ⬇⬇⬇
theconversation.com/a-rare-discovery-we-found-the-sugar-glider-is-actually-three-species-but-one-...
In addition to this split, recent work has also shown that Greater Gliders are comprised of multiple species - more on this soon!
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A rare discovery: we found the sugar glider is actually three species, but one is disappearing fast
theconversation.com
The sugar glider is an icon of the Australian bush. But discovering it's actually three distinct species has big consequences for its conservation.Comment on Facebook
Such precious creatures.Facing habitat destruction for another shopping mall.We have the wrong priorities Australia.
Who isn't enamoured with the cute little creature x
When I did wildlife rescue and rehab they were one of my specialties and favourites. Such amazing little guys! Still makes me weep a little (joyfully) to think of feeding a joey smaller than my thumb. They do smell though! I know Americans like to have them as pets...I cant discourage that more seriously. They need and deserve to be wild! (But if you are American and have one, please dont release it....it's not good wither for the glider or your environment)
Dave Hancox remind you of anyone?
Beautiful and innocent creatures.
So sweet
So beautiful!
Dear little things.
Love them
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#NationalMothWeek
Have you ever wondered how to tell a moth from a butterfly? There are a few easy ways!
For example - did you know that butterflies generally rest with their wings held up, while moths rest with their wings held flat?
Of course there are always exceptions to the rules though! 🤦♀️
To read more about how to tell them apart, or to find image guides for moth identification, check out our Backyard Buddies page below ⬇⬇⬇
backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/moth-or-butterfly/
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Moth or Butterfly? - Backyard Buddies
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Although they are very similar, there are a few ways you can tell a moth from a butterfly.Comment on Facebook
This week is #NationalMothWeek, so there is no better time to share with you some interesting moth facts!!
Today we are featuring the Bogong moth, which is found all over non-tropical Australia.
➡️ Bogong moths migrate several hundred kilometres each year. During spring, they fly from the lowland grassy areas up to the mountainous caves in the Snowy Mountains.
➡️ As the temperature heats up, Bogong moths sleep in caves, each overlapping one another – just like tiles on a roof.
To learn more about the Bogong moth head to our Backyard Buddies page below ⬇⬇⬇
backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/bogong-moths/
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Bogong Moths - Backyard Buddies
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As the weather warms up in south-east Australia, the well-known Bogong moths are getting ready to make a big journey.Comment on Facebook
I found this perfectly preserved specimen in my backyard this week. Is it a Bogong moth? Thanks
Love these.
#GliderMonth
In Australia we have 7 species of glider - and one of the lesser known species is the Mahogany Glider. This species lives in a small pocket of the southern wet tropics of north Queensland and gets its name from the mahogany brown colour found on its belly.
Unfortunately the Mahogany Glider is listed as endangered. On top of ongoing habitat loss, its habitat was also significantly impacted by Tropical Cyclone Yasi in 2011 and work is continuing to repair the damage, including setting up nest boxes.
To learn more about the Mahogany Glider head to our Backyard Buddies page here:
backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/mahogany-glider/
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Mahogany Glider - Backyard Buddies
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What do they look like? Mahogany Gliders are a relatively large arboreal gliding marsupial with adults weighing up to 500g. Mahogany Gliders vary in colour from mahogany brown to buff to apricot belly...Comment on Facebook
*EDIT* Apologies - as of last year there are actually now 11 species of glider in Australia! This is due to genetic studies revealing that both sugar gliders and greater gliders were actually made up of several genetically distinct species. The Sugar Glider was split to recognise the Savanna Glider and Krefft's Glider, and the Greater Glider was split to recognise three distinct northern, central and southern species.
Cool little animals
I adore all possums
Mick Patterson
Beautiful ❤️
I love these babies ❤️
Beautiful..
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Happy World Snake Day! 🐍🐍🐍
In Australia we have 140 species of land snake, and 32 species of sea snakes that call our country home. We are also home to the most venomous snake in the world - the Inland Taipan. However, due to our access to anti-venom, very few people (2-4) die from snakebites in Australia each year.
It is always good to be prepared and know what to do if someone is bitten by a snake - you can refer to this website to read up on the steps: www.healthdirect.gov.au/snake-bites
Snakes are very important for our ecosystems in Australia, but unfortunately many species are in decline. This is due to a range of reasons, including:
- introduced animals 🦊🐸
- land clearing 🌳🚜
- removal of bush rock 🧱
- being run over by cars 🚗🚙
Always take care when driving in rural areas, especially at night, as snakes love to warm up on the road!
To read more about some of our snake species, head to Backyard Buddies here:
backyardbuddies.org.au/explore/reptiles/snakes/
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Snakes
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Australia has around 140 species of land snake and 32 species of sea snakes.100 of these are venomous and 12 can inflict a wound that could kill you.Comment on Facebook
Rachelle 😳
They don't list the political ones, like the painful premier or the extra venomous Pentecostal narcissist.
And being deliberately killed
You spelled politician wrong
At Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife we support projects that help to keep our native species safe. One of our projects is Petaurus Connections, a Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala (K2W) Glideways Bushconnect project that aims to conserve #gliders and their habitat by restoring natural bush connections across the Abercrombie Catchment in NSW.
The region is home to five of the six species of #gliders found in Australia – Squirrel Glider, Yellow-bellied Glider, Feathertail Glider, Sugar Glider and Greater Glider – and over 2,400 species of native plants, animals, fish and reptiles.
To read more about this valuable project, click below ⬇⬇⬇
fnpw.org.au/project/restoring-the-glideways-of-k2w/
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Restoring the Glideways of K2W | FNPW
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The K2W Glideways Bushconnect project is a collaboration to conserve gliders and their habitat by restoring natural connections across the Abercrombie Catchment.Comment on Facebook
If you love Gliders as much as we do at Backyard Buddies, you can help them by building and installing a Nest Box to provide them with extra living space!
In the wild, gliders usually sleep in tree hollows, however hollows can take around 100 years to form, and are often lost when habitat is cleared for development. 🌳🚜 Installing nest boxes on your property can help to provide local species such as gliders with a home. 🏠🏠🏠
To learn more, head to the Backyard Buddies page below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
backyardbuddies.org.au/habitats/build-a-nest-box/
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Build a Nest Box
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Nest boxes replicate natural shelters such as tree hollows. They are fun, easy and cheap to make, and will provide a secure home for many years to come.Comment on Facebook
Gliders??? I thought you would have put a photo of a Sugar Glider, NOT a Rosella
Can't see them in the dark
The theme for #NAIDOC2021 is Heal Country. Today, we celebrate the work Taragara Aboriginal Corporation is doing to Heal Country.
In 2021, through our Community Conservation Grants, Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has supported the Taragara Aboriginal Corporation to undertake Yarning Online OnCountry – Kurru Purra Pila. The project enables the transference of Cultural Knowledge between Elders and extended family, while producing both creative and environmental outcomes.
Yarning Online OnCountry: KurruPurra Pila is a Cultural and regeneration project that will connect people, the river, the spiny sedge and weaving techniques to the Mura (Songlines) - Baiame, Water Snakes, Seven Sisters along the Baaka Barwon river systems and its tributaries (Ngarntu (Culgoa), Paroo and Warrego Rivers).
The project will pass on oral history, reconnecting with and preserving Cultural Knowledge, sites and activities/skills. The project will also regenerate sites to enable this process (eg connecting with the spiny sedge and the traditional weaving techniques, as well as the stories which connect people to natural fibre, river and the Mura our Songlines).
You can find out more about this project by clicking the link below.
Please share to help us celebrate the work of the Taragara Aboriginal Corporation and the Elders who are part of the Yarning Online OnCountry – Kurru Purra Pila project...
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Western NSW Aboriginal Elders lead new project with environmental and Cultural benefits
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KurruPurra Pila Weavers Aunty Jeananne Edwards, Aunty Nolene Nean, Aunty Dot Martin, Aunty Shirley Renayne and Aunty Sandra Kelly at Maranguka Community Hub Aboriginal Elders from six Western NSW c…Comment on Facebook
The theme for #NAIDOC2021 is Heal Country. Today we celebrate the work the Warddeken Rangers and Karrkad Kanjdji Trust are doing to Heal Country.
In 2019, FNPW commenced its support of the Mayh (Animal) Recovery Project in the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area, a 1.4-million-hectare IPA in East Arnhem Land. The Mayh Recovery Project seeks to improve the status of key mammal species in the Warddeken IPA through informed adaptive management of key threatening processes. Of the mammal species that are targeted by the monitoring activities of the Mayh Recovery Project, 30% are listed as threatened in the NT and nationally.
Many of the children of the Warddeken Rangers learn about Country and Bininj knowledge (the traditional knowledge of the Aboriginal people of Western Arnhem Land) alongside mainstream education at the Nawarddeken Academy.
Today, we share their thoughts about how to Heal Country.
Please share to help us celebrate the work of the Karrkad Kanjdji Trust and the Warddeken Rangers.
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The theme for #NAIDOC2021 is Heal Country. Today we celebrate the work Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council & the Banbai Rangers are doing to Heal Country.
In 2020, following the Black Summer bushfires, FNPW commenced the Healing our Land campaign to support projects to Heal Country. Funding went to support on-ground projects that included mapping of cultural sites, monitoring of threatened and feral species and revegetation of lands impacted by fires.
The Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council was a recipient of one of these grants. TLALC, along with the Banbai Rangers, undertook works across the Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area (IPA), a 648ha reserve in the New England region of Northern New South Wales.
They installed 100 nesting boxes, propagated 4400 local plants, monitored for threatened species, including the Spotted Quoll and the Greater Glider and undertook feral control activities to monitor and manage pests, including feral goats and foxes.
The Wattleridge IPA and the work of the Banbai Rangers was recently showcased on Gardening Australia. You can view it here: ab.co/3qSVfu1
Please share to help us celebrate the work of the Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council and the Banbai Rangers.
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This is so awesome! Well done team! #commUNITYforthewin 💕
The theme for #NAIDOC2021 is Heal Country. Today we celebrate the work Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council & the Banbai Rangers are doing to Heal Country.
In 2020, following the Black Summer bushfires, the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife commenced the Healing our Land campaign to support projects to Heal Country. Funding went to support on-ground projects that included mapping of cultural sites, monitoring of threatened and feral species and revegetation of lands impacted by fires.
The Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council was a recipient of one of these grants. TLALC, along with the Banbai Rangers, undertook works across the Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area (IPA), a 648ha reserve in the New England region of Northern New South Wales.
They installed 100 nesting boxes, propagated 4400 local plants, monitored for threatened species, including the Spotted Quoll and the Greater Glider and undertook feral control activities to monitor and manage pests, including feral goats and foxes.
The Wattleridge IPA and the work of the Banbai Rangers was recently showcased on Gardening Australia. You can view it here:
ab.co/3qSVfu1
Please share to help us celebrate the work of the Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council and the Banbai Rangers.
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This week is NAIDOC Week, when we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia.
FNPW acknowledges and appreciates the important roles played by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in caring for land and wildlife across Australia, as the traditional custodians of this country.
The theme of NAIDOC Week this year is “Heal Country “. Throughout the week we will take this opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country, particularly to growing parks and saving species.
Find out how you can get involved in other activities for NAIDOC Week:
www.naidoc.org.au/news/top-20-tips-get-involved-naidoc-week
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This week is NAIDOC Week, when we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia.
FNPW acknowledges and appreciates the important roles played by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in caring for land and wildlife across Australia, as the traditional custodians of this country.
The theme of NAIDOC Week this year is “Heal Country “. Throughout the week we will take this opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country, particularly to growing parks and saving species.
Find out how you can get involved in other activities for NAIDOC Week:
www.naidoc.org.au/news/top-20-tips-get-involved-naidoc-week
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Welcome to #glidermonth at Backyard Buddies!
To kick things off - let's learn some interesting facts about the wonderful Sugar glider 😍
Did you know?
- Sugar gliders have membranes that run from their little fingers to their back legs, and when fully stretched out, this acts like a parachute! 🪂
- Sugar gliders are marsupials, and have a pouch just like kangaroos and koalas 🐨
- Sugar gliders often give birth to twins! 👯♀️
- If Sugar gliders need to warn others of danger, they bark, and when you hear it from a distance it sounds a lot like a puppy barking 🐶
To learn more about this adorable species, head to our Backyard Buddies page here: backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/sugar-glider/
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Sugar Gliders live in the trees and glide between them using flaps of skin between their front and back legs. These small marsupials live in eastern and northern Australia and nest in tree hollows or ...Comment on Facebook
Truly gorgeous,keep them safe.xx
Had them on Drs Flat Rd till fires 2003!,!
Beautiful animals.💕🇦🇺🇦🇺
They are beautiful little creatures.
And boy can they bite! Tip og the day if you have to handle one,have grapes handy,they let go for grapes? 😉
Male sugar gliders also use their puppy calls for territorial reasons, particularly during late winter - spring mating season.
Annotated pic to explain to UK relatives - low light meant a poor photo!
Gorgeous
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