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Great Southern Bioblitz – What lives at Gold Creek Dam?

August 29, 2024 by mccgadmin

Join in the Great Southern Bioblitz 2024: Gold Creek Dam

Sunday September 22

Reserve your spot  through Eventbrite

Waterway Health Survey & Bioblitz

Join us for an engaging morning of exploration as we dive into the vibrant world of biodiversity through Citizen Science! Set against the stunning backdrop of Upper Moggill Creek, this event offers an enriching experience for nature enthusiasts of all levels.

What to Expect:

🌿 Waterway Health Survey: Become a citizen scientist for the day and help safeguard our waterways. You’ll assess the health of the local ecosystem, measure water quality, and identify aquatic life.

📸 Great Southern Bioblitz: Channel your inner naturalist during the Great Southern Bioblitz on iNaturalist. Capture the beauty of local flora and fauna, contributing valuable data to enhance our understanding of regional biodiversity.

📱 Tech-Savvy Participation: Bring your smartphone or camera to document your findings and upload them to iNaturalist in real-time. This isn’t just an event—it’s a collaborative scientific mission!

🍕 Refreshments Provided

Who Can Attend:

Open to individuals with a reasonable level of fitness

Young Citizen Scientists aged 10 to 15 are welcome when accompanied by an adult guardian.

What to Wear & Bring:

Dress in suitable outdoor clothing for the weather conditions.

Wear enclosed shoes that you don’t mind getting wet.

Don’t forget your hat, sunglasses, and a reusable water bottle.

A sense of wonder and curiosity

Additional Information:

Stay updated: Check your emails leading up to the event for important updates and the meeting point location.

For inquiries, email us at [email protected].

There is limited reception at site, email or landline @MCCG Cottage on 33744240 are the best forms of communication on event day.

Registration is FREE, but space is limited. Reserve your spot today and join this exciting Citizen Science adventure

Let’s make a positive impact on our environment together. See you there!

The ‘Great Southern BioBlitz’, or ‘GSB’ for short, is an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within several designated areas across the Southern Hemisphere in Spring.

The purpose of this event is to highlight both the immense biodiversity spread across the Southern Hemisphere in the flourishing springtime and engage the public in science and nature learning using the citizen science platform iNaturalist.

Supporters

The Creek Health Monitoring Project is a Citizen Science initiative led by the Moggill Creek Catchment Group. This project is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through the Queensland Citizen Science Grants, Brisbane City Council, and sponsorship from Brisbane Airport Corporation.

If you have any questions relating to the event, please email [email protected]

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Wildlife Matters! Unlocking Moggill Creek’s Secrets with Environmental DNA

August 21, 2024 by mccgadmin

Wildlife Matters August 2024 copy

To register for the 2024 Platypus Survey click here

 

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Annual Platypus survey – register now or volunteer

August 21, 2024 by mccgadmin

The annual MCCG Platypus Survey is Sunday 8th September starting 4:30AM – 9AM.  Set your alarm for this one!

Registrations essential. Use this link for registration and additional information

Will you spot one of the fascinating monotremes in our catchment?

Volunteers also needed …

Three options:
1.  General platypus spotting – see details above.

2. Team leaders – 2 required please.  This is an essential role to supporting the platypus survey leader with assisting allocated teams to locate their sites.  This requires an hour of your time prior to the survey day to view the sites with the platypus survey leader, and then leading teams to those sites on the morning of the survey.  You may also wish to have a site allocated for spotting platypus yourself as well. Please ensure you are registered for the survey, as per the link above AND also email [email protected] to volunteer as a team leader.

3. Catering helpers 2-3 people  Approx. 3 hours volunteer time on the morning of the survey and buying breakfast items the day before the event.
We are looking for volunteers to help organise breakfast for the MCCG platypus survey. It is a continental style breakfast with pre-purchase of items the previous day and setup of food outside the Cottage, Gold Creek Reservoir on the morning of the survey.  Breakfast will be served from 7:30am for volunteers.  Support will be provided re recommended items etc.

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Platypus having a scratch. Platypus vary in colour but most have lighter colour underneath. Photo: Ed Frazer

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Photo: Ed Frazer

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Get snapping for the 2024 Photo competition!

August 21, 2024 by mccgadmin

CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!

Entry forms can be downloaded now on the photo competition page.

See the flyer below for all the key dates, categories and prizes!

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The Ever-fascinating Echidna: Pouch Development Wildlife Matters!

July 2, 2024 by mccgadmin

Wildlife Matters - July 2024

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Wildlife Matters! The Masked Owl: – an enigmatic and mysterious nocturnal bird

June 8, 2024 by mccgadmin

Wildlife Matters

The Masked Owl – an enigmatic and mysterious nocturnal bird

The photos below of a Masked Owl taken by Moggill Creek Catchment Group (MCCG) committee member Chris Bruton on his property near Gap Creek. The Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandieae), is distinguished from its relative, the Barn Owl, by its dark-ringed facial disc markings, white spots on checkerboard-dark wings, dark spots on a pale chest, and very large, apparently oversized talons.  This was a very exciting observation, as these birds are not often seen, and very seldom as clearly and distinctively as this.  Quite by chance, another acquaintance showed me a picture of another individual of this species beside a bikeway near Jindalee Bridge a few days later.  This bird had all the same features, but with somewhat darker plumage.

The general impression of a Masked Owl is of a large dark owl with a knowing and somewhat unnerving gaze, often flying off silently and unexpectedly.  One comes away with a notion of a formidable, shadowy, and silent bird of prey.  In fact, Masked Owls are our second-largest nocturnal bird (the largest being the Powerful Owl).  They have several plumage forms, some of which are dark rufous below, with other forms being much lighter-coloured (which Chris’s bird appeared to be).

Masked Owls have a distinctive call, rather like a set of rasping, far-carrying (and even more unnerving) screams, and often are quick to fly on disturbance, usually after being seen from a distance in a spotlight beam.  Sometimes the call alerts one to their presence, but mostly they appear to be difficult to find.  Like most other owls, they have a very bright greenish eye-shine, demonstrating their powerful ability to find prey in poor light.  Their large rounded to heart-shaped facial disc acts as a “radar-dish” to concentrate sound that these animals also use to hunt by.

Their very large talons point to their primary food source: rats and other small mammals, usually taken on the ground.  In southern Australia, rabbits are often caught. For this reason, Masked Owl habitat often seems to be a combination of both well wooded open forests with tall trees, and open grassy unwooded areas of either cleared land or heath.  It is along these boundaries that these owls wait for prey, with the excellent view of the ground that is afforded in such locations.  The related and relatively abundant Barn Owl tends to be found in more open habitats, often grassy areas within farmland and croplands.

Atlas of Living Australia records suggest that this species is more often observed between September and January, and very seldom recorded in other parts of the year.  However, even in known locations, they are only irregularly observed.

An interesting and engaging account of Masked Owls in Australia can be found in “Birds of the Night: Owls, Frogmouth and Nightjars of Australia” by Dr David Hollands, published by Reed Books in 1991.  I was lucky enough to meet David, an engaging ornithologist and country doctor, who just happened to live in the same town in Victorias’ East Gippsland where I was working at the time.

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Masked Owl   Photos: Chris Bruton

 

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The Winter Newsletter is out now

June 8, 2024 by mccgadmin

Another fantastic newsletter is out now.  What can you expect in the Winter Newsletter?

There are awards, echidnas, gliders, koalas, weeds and orchids and much, much more.  Meet our new secretary and find out all you need to know about the MCCG photo competition.

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Powerful Owl

Photo: Anne Love 2023 winner photo composition

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Evening Talk June 25th: Large-Footed Fishing Bats by Dr Vanessa Gorecki

June 8, 2024 by mccgadmin

Please join us for the next MCCG public talk:

Tuesday June 25th
6.30 pm for 7 pm start (9 pm finish)
Kenmore Library
Refreshments served

The extraordinary fishing bat, the Large-footed Myotis (Myotis macropus) of the creeks of Brisbane’s western suburbs. ​

Come and hear Dr Vanessa Gorecki, QUT zoologist, discuss the findings of her detailed studies into the fascinating ecology and population dynamics of this river-foraging microbat.  Dr Gorecki is a highly-respected zoologist, ecologist and consultant, who as a former Brookfield resident, has closely studied one of our most interesting local mammals.  ​

Dr Vanessa Gorecki

Large-footed Myotis Photo Les Hall
Photo: Les hall

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Kids’ Day at the Cottage – Sunday June 9th

May 28, 2024 by mccgadmin

This much loved Moggill Creek Catchment Group event is just around the corner.

10am-1pm on Sunday 9th June.

Looking for tiny creatures in water from the creek  is just one of the activities at the free annual KIDS DAY AT THE COTTAGE.

Kids can see, make, and do, while they find out more about nature, beetles, bugs, butterflies, native bees, and snails. They can meet furry, feathery, or leathery, native animals in one of the two Geckoes Wildlife Shows. 

It is on the grounds of the Cottage on Gold Creek Dam Reserve, a bush setting with no refinements (and unfortunately no wheelchair access). It features outdoor marquees and display areas with expert presenters and plenty for kids to see and do. 

There’s a lunchtime sausage sizzle and fresh town water to refill your water bottle.

Bring your youngsters to Kids Day at the Cottage 10am-1pm Sunday 9th June.

  KIDS DAY A4 2024

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Unlocking Moggill Creek’s Secrets: eDNA Investigation

May 15, 2024 by mccgadmin

Join us for a online webinar featuring ecologist Tamielle Brunt from Wildlife Queensland, and Lewis Peach, Water Quality Advisor for the Moggill Creek Catchment Group, as they unveil the intriguing findings from the recent Moggill Creek eDNA Investigations. This initiative marks the first application of this type of analysis within the Moggill Creek Catchment, and potentially the Greater Brisbane area. This session will spotlight the array of animals detected in Moggill Creek through advanced eDNA analysis. Discover which unexpected wildlife species are present in this catchment. Don’t miss this chance to dive deep into the hidden biodiversity of Moggill Creek, and discuss the implications for conservation, and research.

During the recent event in the Moggill Creek Catchment, volunteers gathered to collect eDNA samples across 6 sites, a pioneering effort aimed at uncovering the hidden biodiversity within the creek.

For any inquiries or further information leading up to the event, please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]

This event is made possible with the support of the Queensland Government – Queensland Citizen Science Grants, Brisbane Airport Corporation, and Brisbane City Council.

Register through Eventbrite 

eDNA

 

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