Bush Bites
Over the years our members have accumulated some wonderful photos and heart-warming stories about our Catchment. This section of our website is dedicated to telling those stories and sharing the thoughts and experiences of our members.
We hope you enjoy these tales,
which highlight the amazing
diversity of our catchment.
(image courtesy of Ed Frazer)
It has been an interesting exercise getting photos of Striated Pardalotes breeding in their tunnel in the embankment on my property during August 2017. ..
Read More About Birds in tunnels – the Striated Pardalote – Ed Frazer...During the past eight years I have been using several trail cameras around our property. This has greatly expanded my appreciation of the wildlife which..
Read More About Nightlife in the Catchment – Ed Frazer...The presence of Fairy-wrens breeding on a property is always an indicator that there is good habitat as they are one of the first groups..
Read More About Fairy wrens – by Ed Frazer...If a picture is worth a thousand words here is the equivalent of 10,000! I’m not knowledgeable about the names of identification of the different..
Read More About Antechinus...It’s the time of year to start thinking about the Moggill Creek Catchment Photo Competition. I thought the standard last year was terrific. There were..
Read More About Photography tips from Ed...Last year after I had been in our bush taking photos I found I had a tick just above my ear. Not uncommon for me. I..
Read More About Ticks – by Ed Frazer with a note from Gordon Grigg...Here are a few shots out of a large sequence of photos of a White Ibis eating a cane toad. They were taken in August..
Read More About A feast fit for an Ibis – Ed Frazer...In addition to photographing the birds on my property I have a number of photos of mammals. Some are little known. The Tuan (Brush-tailed Phascogale)..
Read More About Tuans – Ed Frazer...This article and accompanying photos were kindly provided by Ed Frazer (August 2017), who has lived in the district for 45 years and is well known..
Read More About Water rats...When we started building on our property in Brookfield in 1973, I remember flocks of 50 to 100 “Bullies” wheeling over the lower paddocks, changing direction..
Read More About Where did the Bullies go? – Ed Frazer...This article and accompanying photos were kindly provided by Ed Frazer (August 2017), who has lived in the district for 45 years and is well known..
Read More About Bites and stings...It’s winter as I write this and it won’t be long now before the Dragonflies and Damselflies start appearing. They are a good indicator of..
Read More About Dragonflies...We have several stick insect species in the Moggill Creek Catchment living on a variety of trees and shrubs. Nearly every winter we get a few..
Read More About Stick insects...