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Many of our native birds are nesting now and we’ve had a few babes at the shelter already but we are waiting for the influx that we know may suddenly happen at any time. There are a few things you can do during the season to give our natives
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The rakali, or water rat as I always knew it during my childhood, has just won Australia’s Most Underrated Native Creature in a vote ABC put to the public. I actually voted for the short-finned eel, as I couldn’t help backing a true underdog because I was sure
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As each day passes subtle hints of spring bring promise of longer days and new life to come. Welcome warmth from the late winter sun begins to melt away the icy nights more quickly and the fresh mornings inspire urgency to be busy, to prepare for the season to come.
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Things have been busy at Bohollow. This time of year Deb at our Kotupna shelter is always flat out with roo joeys while here at our Bunbartha shelter the daily patient numbers coming in slow down a little. During the winter months we are always busy with raptors, particularly owls
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I was saddened to hear that the Cafe and Hub at Lake Makoan at Winton Wetlands is closing due to the Winton Wetland Committee disbanding due to difficulties with funding. It is in the hands of DEECA until it is decided how and even if the area will be continued
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Kirsty Ramadan - BoHollow Wildlife
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We are so accustomed to what we consider our ‘common’ species of wildlife in this area; flocks of corellas, cockatoos, galahs and rosellas, lorikeets and swallows, mobs of kangaroos feeding in paddocks and along roadsides. It is difficult for many people to imagine they may be initially in trouble when
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It’s time to don my beanie on these crisp mornings! The bushland is so busy. It’s as though everyone is foraging and feeding as much as they can to get through the impeding winter. It’s very dry for this time of year and the landscape could do
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Kirsty Ramadan - Bohollow Wildlife
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Wombats! I cannot think of another animal on earth quite like them.
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On Friday I was called to a little pied cormorant who was caught on fishing line on the river near the Goulburn Weir. Not that long ago I attended an entangled corella who was stuck in fishing line up a tree right at the weir. Discarded fishing line is something
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We are in the midst of a week of high temperatures here in Northern Victoria. The heat can be very difficult for our wild creatures, although when temperatures build up slowly they seem to cope a lot better. It’s sudden temperature fluctuations which can cause even more havoc. Yesterday’