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ONE POTOROO: A Story of Survival¦BOOK REVIEW

Posted on 28 August 2023 Posted in NewsTagged Book Review

Reviewed by a primary school teacher with children in the age group 6-9.

One Potoroo is a beautiful book set in WA which covers an important topic. Gilbert's Potoroos are the world's most endangered marsupial, and this story is based on real events that affect their habitat. With the gorgeous use of language, it is a great way for children to learn about conservation and wildlife and provides children with a chance to explore new descriptive words.

This book raises awareness of environmental issues, and the role people can play in helping native wild life. This is a lovely book for adults to read and discuss with children.

Exploring the Walpole Wilderness

Posted on 28 August 2023 Posted in ReportsTagged Northern Suburbs Branch

Northern Suburbs Branch, 19 July2023 Our presentation in July featured photos taken during the Notley Post-Easter Excursion to the Walpole Wilderness. One of the most interesting discoveries during our mini-bioblitz was the discovery of a single specimen of Wilsmore’s False Triumphant Pill Woodlouse (Pseudolaureola wilsmorei). Image by Em Lamond · ...

Who was Helena M Barnes?

Posted on 28 August 2023 Posted in ReportsTagged Northern Suburbs Branch

Northern Suburbs Branch 19 July 2023 Wilsmore’s False Triumphant Pill Woodlouse was named Cubaris wilsmorei when first described in 1926 and published in 1927 in a paper by University of Western Australia researchers G.E. Nicholls and Helena M. Barnes*. image by Em Lamond – iNaturalist Australia ala.org.au This minute creature ...

Dolphins in the Classroom

Posted on 28 August 2023 Posted in ReportsTagged Main Club

Our speaker was Darren Hamley, a multi-award-winning science teacher, environmentalist and wildlife rehabilitator. Darren teaches science to children in the Gifted and Talented Program at Willetton Senior High School, where he can give them some exciting extension work. He has them doing “proper” research – that is, starting with the ...

Coates Wildlife Tours 2023 (August 2023)

Posted on 31 July 2023 Posted in NewsTagged Advertisement

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The Compact Australian Bird Guide¦BOOK REVIEW

Posted on 31 July 2023 Posted in NewsTagged Book Review

The verdict: this is a very good bird guide; its size makes it a useful field aid for birders of all skill levels.

Paganoni Reserve

Posted on 29 July 2023 Posted in ReportsTagged Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch

KRM Branch Field Outing, 25 June 2023 The June field excursion was to Paganoni Reserve, and a great turnout of 22 members and visitors met at the car park for fungi walk. It was great to see so many people interested in fungi, especially the young children excited at the ...

Beenyup Channel

Posted on 29 July 2023 Posted in ReportsTagged Northern Suburbs Branch

NS Branch Golly Walk, 28 June 2023 A four-degree morning didn’t stop eight members and a visitor gathering on the slope overlooking the southern end of Lake Joondalup and the Beenyup Channel for our guided tour by Woodvale Friends of Beenyup Channel convenor Bryan Saunders. Steam was still rising from ...

Yunderup Invertebrate Survey (Cooleenup Island)

Posted on 29 July 2023 Posted in ReportsTagged External, Main Club

On Friday evening, we set up three light traps, with one of the lights inside a small mesh pop-up tent and the other two in front of vertical white sheets. Strong winds on Saturday night did not bode well for the sheets, so we gathered all three lights inside the tent to create a brighter beacon. Many moths were drawn in during the night, alongside a few grasshoppers and even a Western Dung Beetle (Onthophagus ferox). Species observed on the traps were much the same across the two nights.

Fungi

Posted on 29 July 2023 Posted in ReportsTagged Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch

KRM Branch Meeting June 2023 The June meeting was a members’ night with a fungi theme. Daniel Heald was the first presenter, and he showed a series of images of various fungi sighted during the recent weekend invertebrate survey at the Field Station on Cooleenup Island in Yunderup. The fungi ...