Posted on: 24th December 2020
Our landscape ecologist Dr Grace Hodder and a troop of trusty volunteers have had a busy time in the field during the past two months.
As part of the Marna Banggara project, they’ve surveyed mouse abundance in barley and wheat crops on southern Yorke Peninsula. This baseline data will be used to monitor the effectiveness of Barn Owls in controlling mouse numbers, a potential flow-on benefit for the agricultural community. In coming years, we hope to augment current populations of native Barn Owls by installing nest boxes in the project area.
At the same time, a National Parks and Wildlife Service SA team has spent several twilight hours surveying Barn Owls to determine whether predator-prey numbers are in balance. Surprisingly this season, predator numbers were lower than prey numbers, whereas they have correlated in the past. Thanks to the rangers and the team of volunteers for their help with this important monitoring work.
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2023
- Fantastic (mallee)fowl facts
- Malleefowl surprise for volunteers as count remains stable on previous year
- The bell tolls for native species with domestic cat spotted roaming
- Baby boom update from Marna Banggara
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2022
- Rewilding reptiles: Using lizards to restore landscapes in South Australia
- Baby boom for first bettongs on Yorke Peninsula in over 100 years
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2021
- Celebrating the return of brush-tailed bettongs to Yorke Peninsula
- Brush-tailed bettongs back on mainland South Australia after disappearing more than 100 years ago
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2020
- Brush-tailed Bettongs: The habitat they like to call home
- The elusive Western Whipbird on song in Warrenben