Mount Gravatt Environment Group

Koala Phascolarctos cinereus

By: Michael Fox

Walking the Mountain this morning we saw a pair of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Cacatua galerita high in the trees getting very upset about something. Initially we thought they were getting upset with a murder of Crows in the trees.

Stingless Native Bee

Then Jude spotted a Koala hanging on for dear life as the Cockatoos and Crows all harried it.

In the same area I found tiny Stingless Native Bees Tetragonula sp. collecting nectar and pollen on Bottle Brush Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea macronema flowers.

Look for the pollen on legs.

Ringtail Possum nesting in dead tree

Our last find was a Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus asleep in its nest in a dead tree.

Dead trees (called stags) are an important part of our bushland habitat providing homes for insects, lizards, birds and even Possums.