ACTIVITY BLOG
October 24-28 2011 | Lizard catching in East Gippsland → Katy, Shannon, Jose, George & Richard
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A successful week catching jacky lizards along the north east coast of Victoria - including Mallacoota, Point Hicks and Croajingalong National Park, and
Cape Conran Coastal Reserve. In addition to catching more than enough lizards we also observed lizards mating
(see Jose's video on the right), red-bellied black snakes, copperhead snakes, various scincid lizards, humpback whales
and over 60 bird species.
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October 1-7 2011 | Fowlers Gap → Christine, Rowan & Richard
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Our first of several trips to Fowlers Gap as part of Christine's honours investigation of zebra finch alarm calling - to
familiarise ourselves with the surrounds so that we can plan her project more effectively. Christine made good use of the time, trialling a few things, while
Rowan and Richard (mostly) did what she told us to do. Throughout the week we identified 94 bird species by sight and an additional 2 by call only - of
particular note was the Australian Bustard, which was Rowan's 300th bird.
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January/February 2011| Lizard catching in East Gippsland → Derek, Jose, Juan & Richard
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Richard collected several lizards while on holidays with the family at Point HIcks lighthouse just after the start of the new year. Derek, Juan and Jose
went out with Richard again in February in a quick dash for more lizards. Unfortunately, the weather conspired against us on the latter trip and we
returned with only 1 lizard.
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RICHARD PETERS
Department of Zoology
La Trobe University
Bundoora VIC 3086
Australia
Tel. +61 3 9479 2234
Email. richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au
