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I see what you mean. When I copied i I thought I was copying the poster which was a PDF. I don't know what happened. Try this now: https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/712af739-5cbf-4b55-b1d0-c9a4a34362d1.png

I'm a retired school teacher (amongst other work experience) so I can't help myself 😆 Alongside of that I believe that it's really important to encourage children to become curious, surprised and awed by what this continent gifts us and which many adults seem to be adamant in destroying.

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Thank you for the feedback 🙂 . If you want me to source the occasional resource that your children can use for projects I can do that too.

Yup, that's right. I didn't want to put anything too graphic here in case it is used by children.

Sparkles!

Information on predators is included in the above resource. Look under 'Predators and competitors'. "Nest box predators include: Brushtail Possums, Sugar Gliders, Ravens, Currawongs, free ranging cats and foxes (yes, they can climb!)" Snakes and goannas also predate on eggs and chicks. Here's some more info and there's plenty more by doing a search: https://nestboxtales.com/nest-box-predators-and-competitors/feral-predators/

Excellent! But let’s hope the lights don’t go out. Some landlords are ok with tenants creating veg patches. If you or one of your friends have a reasonable landlord, you might be able to start now and get the benefits sooner rather than later. Another alternative that I’ve read about is to see if there is an older person or someone who owns their place but can’t look after it properly and offer to grow vegs in their backyard. You get some, they get some, and the garden doesn’t go to waste.

Again, this is not just the case for Glossy BCs but for many species of our native birds for whom caring people have put up nest boxes given the growing destruction of older trees with natural hollows. Many of our bird and mammal species need hollows for shelter and reproduction. These hollows take upwards of one hundred years to form so there has been an increase of nest boxes being put up by individuals and organisations alike to ensure these species have a place in which to raise young. The problem is, however, that with global warming if nest boxes are not positioned correctly or constructed adequately eggs and chicks can overheat and die so we have to be very careful. We must not stop putting up nest boxes, just make sure that we do it properly wherever we are. Thank you for putting this topic up. I'll see if I can find another that provides more detail.

😪 And this is no just happening in SA. It's happening all over the country, perhaps not to the same degree (yet) due to heatwaves and also their habitat being razed to make way for development. This has happened in the regional area where I live. It's so important that we speak up or all these unique Australian species which are diminishing in leaps and bounds in some areas but gradually though relentlessly in others. Let's focus on conservation as much as on renewable energy.