Surprise, surprise – the stormy weather held off with quite a bit of sunshine on Sunday July 20th and the few people who were expected (weather wise) turned out to be 30 enthusiasts, including some visitors to the Reserve who were welcomed to join our group! The planned 45 minute ...
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Darling Range Branch
Dr Stephen Davies, Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Biology, Curtin University and ornithologist extraordinaire, presented a talk on megapods at the DRB meeting held on 14th March. His illustrated talk presented us with the general characteristics of the megapods (Family Megapodiidae; with a literal meaning “large footed”), with members including ...
Read more →Dr Barry Wilson, former Curator of Molluscs at the WA Museum, presented a talk covering the general biogeography of the North West shelf with new information on the extensive coral reefs of the Kimberley Coast. Barry has an in-depth knowledge of this remote area from his many research trips; his ...
Read more →“Kanyana is a community, not just a wildlife rescue centre,” says June Butcher, Founder and General Manager of Kanyana Wildlife Research Centre in Lesmurdie. “While rescue and recovery of native animals remain our core business, today it is much, much more. With over 300 volunteers and all the associated energy ...
Read more →Adjunct Professor Jonathan Majer presented his talk on “Invertebrate surveillance on Barrow Island – a bare necessity”. Jonathan, now retired and working as a consultant, has the rare privilege of having a new ant species named after him, Melophorus majeri. His presentation condensed several years of work preparing a baseline ...
Read more →Our meeting entitled “Papua New Guinea experiences” was a dual presentation by two of our local members, both keen nature observers and both having spent time in the country for different reasons, albeit forty years apart. Eric McCrum related some of his experiences working as a patrol officer and local ...
Read more →Clean, clear water brusquely babbling, two-note Pardalotes singing overhead from a tiny spout in an Eucalyptus wandoo, Grevillea pilulifera and Trimalium ledifolium layering understory in dense cream blossom, along with the warmth of a winter sun illuminating the Jarrah/Marri/Wandoo woodland at the Schipp Road entrance of Kalamunda National Park delighted ...
Read more →Lauren Peel, a UWA Zoology graduate and shark enthusiast, presented an interesting talk on sharks at the meeting held on 9th August. Her talk introduced us to some aspects of sharks and their behaviour gained from her experiences participating in white shark research work based in Mossel Bay, South Africa. ...
Read more →A dozen members of the Darling Range Branch braved a very cold morning and met for an excursion to the popular ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition at the Western Australian Maritime Museum in Fremantle. This is a celebration of the depth and diversity of nature in Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and ...
Read more →Susan and Vernon Stocklmayer presented an account of their Coates Wildlife Tour to Sri Lanka (March 2013) to an enthralled audience. It’s always great to see another country through the eyes of fellow ‘Nats Club’ members! First Vernon gave us an outline of the geology and geography of the island ...
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