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Clean Up Australia Day, Australia’s largest comm

Clean Up Australia Day, Australia’s largest community-based environmental event, is on this Sunday, 7 March 2021. 🚮🐢

Wildlife Queensland branches are once again hosting some fantastic Clean Up events throughout the state and we encourage everyone to get involved and Step Up to Clean Up to help protect and conserve our local environments and wildlife.

Find Clean Up events 👉 https://wildlife.org.au/step-up-to-clean-up-2021/
Or via the link in our bio ☝️

#CleanUpAustralia #StepUpToCleanUp

Quoll Seekers are heading to Kenilworth, Qld! 👏

Quoll Seekers are heading to Kenilworth, Qld! 👏

Come along to this fantastic Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC ) event in Kenilworth on Tuesday, 16 March from 11:00 am - 2:45 pm to hear from Wildlife Queensland's Quoll Seekers Network about our spotted-tailed quoll surveys taking place in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland - and how you can get involved. Lunch will be provided.

RSVP's are essential! If you would like to attend, please notify the MRCCC via phone (07) 5482 4766 or email admin@mrccc.org.au

View full details 👉 https://bit.ly/3uEBDvj
Or view via the link in our bio ☝️

📸 Bruce Thomson

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#quollseekers #quollseekersnetwork #sunshinecoast #sunshinecoasthinterland #maryrivercatchmentcoordinatingcommittee

Here’s looking at you #frogfriday and final #fin

Here’s looking at you #frogfriday and final #findafroginfebruary weekend 👀🐸

1/ How amazing is this capture of a Fleay’s barred frog by @_faunagraphic?! 👁️👁️ This endangered species is restricted to small pockets of rainforest in northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.

2/ The Tawny rocket frog gets its name from its long pointed snout. A perfect capture by @wildlike_ showing a happy hitchhiker making the most of that snout 😁. This little frog
is found in the Cape York region and south through to Cairns along the east side of the peninsula only.

3/ Can you spot the Naked treefrog? @jonohooper92 found this sweet little guy having a sing near his pond. This species is found throughout Queensland and in other states of Australia.

Is it the weekend yet? 💤 This little Northern

Is it the weekend yet? 💤

This little Northern Bettong was caught napping by @kaleidoscopical_vision and we don't think there's a cuter napper around!😍

These endangered potoroid marsupials are only found in north Queensland, between Cairns and Townsville. Naturally solitary and nocturnal, they are often found during the day in well hidden nests beneath trees or in clumps of grass.

📸 @kaleidoscopical_vision

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#endangeredspecies #northernbettong #marsupials #potoroid

Very exciting news from the @yellowbelliedgliderpr

Very exciting news from the @yellowbelliedgliderproject team 😀👏

Posted @withregram • @yellowbelliedgliderproject The significance of this picture goes well-beyond a cute fluffy face looking at you.

This image is our first glimpse of the elusive @thelogancity Yellow-bellied Glider population that we’ve been investigating for the last 9 months!

We’re so excited to uncover multiple populations just managing to hang on in suburbia and we can’t wait to keep on searching for some more!

Watch this space.

Image by @sam.the.ventura

Fly like a (Richmond birdwing) butterfly!🦋 T

Fly like a (Richmond birdwing) butterfly!🦋

Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk is a great place to spot Richmond birdwing butterflies.

Located in the pristine valley of Cedar Creek which cascades down the northern escarpment of Tamborine Mountain in the Gold Coast hinterland, this 11.5 ha privately owned block of beautifully preserved sub-tropical rainforest features an elevated skywalk with breathtaking views of the surrounding lowlands while snaking through the canopies of magnificent native rainforest trees 25-35m above ground level.

Vulnerable Richmond birdwing butterflies require specific habitats to survive and they are mostly observed around rainforest areas. Host plants such as the Birdwing Vine (Pararistolochia praevenosa) and specific weather conditions keep this butterfly alive.

The Skywalk has a breeding program for Richmond birdwing butterflies and is lucky enough to have the Birdwing Vine naturally on the property. They have also planted over 600 vines in the last 7-8 years.

Find out more about this beautiful butterfly and host plants on our website 👉 https://wildlife.org.au/richmond-birdwing-butterfly/

Plus... stay tuned for info about an exciting Richmond birdwing event coming soon!

📸 Amanda Little / Wildlife Queensland
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#tamborinerainforestskywalk #richmondbirdwingbutterfly #threatenedspecies #birdwingvine

Find a Frog in February tip:💡- build a frog hot

Find a Frog in February tip:💡- build a frog hotel and they will find you! 😁🐸

This #findafroginfebruary, @mulberrytreehideaway built a beautiful #froghotel (pic 1) in her backyard for a lovely green frog spotted outside her window one night. We’re sure 🐸 and his buddies will love their new home!

Just like this little green guy (pic 2) who
@featurestacie found in her frog hotel recently.

Find frog hotel instructions on our website ☝️

Swipe 👉 to see more fabulous February froggies.

📸 IG:

1. @mulberrytreehideaway / frog hotel
2. @featurestacie / Green tree frog
3. @animal_antinatalist / Green tree frog
4. @jonohooper92 / Northern Stony Creek frog
5. @wildlike_ / Graceful treefrog
6. @_faunagraphic / Ornate nursery frog

#frogfriday #australianfrogs #frogs #frogsofaustralia

250 birdwing butterfly vines all in a row 😊 🌱

Wildlife Queensland spent an enjoyable and productive day at Woodfordia earlier this month, showing Land for Wildlife property owners in the Moreton Bay region how to plant and care for birdwing butterfly vines and gifting vines to plant on their properties.

The birdwing butterfly vine workshop was part of a larger Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network Woodford-Samford Corridor Project aimed at helping save the Richmond birdwing butterfly.

Read more via the link in our bio☝️

📸 1. Matt Cecil / Wildlife Queensland
📸 2. & 3. Wendy Heath / Moreton Bay Regional Council

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#moretonbayregion #moretonbayregionalcouncil #richmondbirdwing #richmondbirdwingbutterfly #birdwingbutterflyvine #vinecorridors

We are very excited to hear that Grumbles and Pipe

We are very excited to hear that Grumbles and Piper the rufous bettongs (aka mini fluffy kangaroos) are now officially an item 💕 💝

Well done @hiddenvalewildlifecentre for encouraging such an adorable love match. 👏 Grumbles looks like he's head over heels for his Valentine’s treats too!

📹 @hiddenvalewildlifecentre

Happy Valentine’s Day from some of our loved up

Happy Valentine’s Day from some of our loved up wildlife! 💕💝

Will you share some extra love to help Queensland’s threatened native wildlife this Valentine’s Day? Adopt an animal today 👉 https://wildlife.org.au/adoptions/

📸 IG
1. @photographersdownunder / Major Mitchell’s cockatoos
2. @owlcaholic_ / Australian boobooks
3. @annette_logan / Sulpher-crested cockatoos
4. @alarnacross94 / Peaceful doves
5. @_faunagraphic / Australian masked owls
6. @photographersdownunder / Corellas
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#valentinesday2021 #wildlife #lovewildlife

An incredible flying fox flyout captured by @i.am.

An incredible flying fox flyout captured by @i.am.animal
😍🦇

Read about this amazing event below👇 (and go Team Edward!🤣)

Posted @withregram • @i.am.animal No saga here just “Twilight”magic....🦇
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Upon dusk these black, grey-headed and little red flying fox darken the sky’s above en-route to feed at leisure on the World Heritage listed Fraser Island returning back to roost on the mainland before dawn. I can’t stress enough the importance of these mammals to a healthy ecosystem.
Numbering up to 2Million, the colony of Flying foxes leave their camp the endless stream of life over head is astonishing.
What your seeing here is all but a snap shot... it went on for nearly 1.5hrs. INCREDIBLE..!
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🎧 (Bella’s lullaby - Twilight the movie)
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#bats #fruitbats #flyingfox #mammals #littleredflyingfox #blackflyingfox #greyheadedflyingfox #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeconservation #wildlife_perfection @herveybaytouristcentre @herveybayecomarinetours #wildlifephotographer #wildlifeplanet #animallovers #earth #nature_perfection #natureshots #love #wild #free

We hope everyone’s #frogfriday is going swimming

We hope everyone’s #frogfriday is going swimmingly! 🐸

📸 @pattomkinswildlife / Green-eyed treefrog

📸 @fnq_naturetours / Orange-thighed frog

📸 @jonohooper92 / Graceful treefrog

📸 @_faunagraphic / Copper-backed toadlet

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#frogsofaustralia #frogs #wildlife

Head to Nerang National Park this Valentine's Day

Head to Nerang National Park this Valentine's Day with @nerangnationalpark and @platypus_protector ❤️❤️

Posted @withregram • @photographersdownunder Aren’t these the most aesthetic and perfect greater glider ears, ever?!
If you’re not busy this Valentine’s, why not put your heart on the line and fall in love with Nerang National Park. Our bush regeneration starts at 8:30am this Sunday and features a platypus talk from researcher Tamielle Brunt. We meet behind the velodrome and there’s no experience necessary. 💕
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📸 @photographersdownunder

Who’s had a busy first week of Find a Frog in Fe

Who’s had a busy first week of Find a Frog in February? 📸😀🐸 Check out these cuties!

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1. @jasminez / Cape York Graceful Tree Frog
2. @owlcaholic_ / Graceful treefrog
3. @jonohooper92 / Wallum Sedgefrog
4. @elements_brisbane / Ornate Burrowing Frog
5. @wildlike_ / white-lipped tree frog
6. @pattomkinswildlife / Orange-thighed frogs

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#findafroginfebruary #frogfriday

Quick! Head to the beach, the weekend’s coming!

Quick! Head to the beach, the weekend’s coming! 😀

@kevkoelmeyer came across this stunning southern cassowary adult and chick at Etty Bay, just north of Mission Beach on Queensland’s Cassowary Coast.

Found only in north-east Queensland, Papua New Guinea and some surrounding islands, the nationally endangered southern cassowary is Australia's heaviest flightless bird.

As tall as a person, with a high helmet on its head, a vivid blue neck and long drooping red battles, adult male southern cassowaries weigh up to 55kg and females up to 76kg. Cassowary chicks differ in appearance, with a striped brown and cream pattern. After three to six months, the stripes fade to the brown sub-adult plumage. This is retained until 12 to 18 months of age after which the bird begins to take on adult characteristics.

Cassowaries play an important role in maintaining the diversity of the rainforest. They are one of only a few animals that can disperse large rainforest fruits and are the only long distance dispersal agent for large seeded fruits.

⚠️ BE CASS-O-WARY!
Cassowaries are in decline in Australia mainly due to human activities. Help protect these iconic animals:
* Drive slowly and with care through cassowary habitat.
* Don't feed cassowaries.
* Keep dogs secure at home or on a leash when walking in cassowary habitat.

Find out more fascinating cassowary facts at 👉
https://wildlife.org.au/southern-cassowary/

📸 @kevkoelmeyer

#southerncassowary #endangeredspecies #cassowarycoast #ettybay

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