Just a perfect spring morning when 12 FEO members set up four wildlife cameras as part of our ongoing fauna survey in a region of the Great Otway National Park off Distillery Creek Road. It was wonderful to have several new FEO members attend this activity. Participants included: John, Pam, Mark, Ian, Terry, Katrina, John, Marg G, Kaye, Marg Mac, Patrick and Rob.
The group then set off along the track until we reached the first site which Rob had identified as a good place to place the first camera.
We walked into the bushland and identified a good tree to use to attach the camera. Rob explained that the camera is placed down low and the attractant placed close to the tree to enable clear mammal identification.
Details of the camera and site were recorded to enable return to site for collection.
The same procedure was followed until four cameras had been placed in position.
The four cameras will monitor these sites for four weeks before being retrieved, images downloaded and wildlife documented with results being passed on to Parks Victoria and species added to the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas. Interesting findings will be placed on FEO Website.
Another interesting observation was a number of tiny native bees on the flowering Prickly Teatree.
Margaret MacDonald