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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Animals found in Brisbane Water N.P. These are likely to use the Bambara Rd properties even if they haven't been recorded yet

Glossy-black Cockatoo. Endangered. Relies heavily on Casuarina tree forests. 

Bush rat

Diamond Python. Popular pet constrictor, here eating a rabbit. 

Eastern Chestnut Mouse. Dependent on certain fire regimes. 

The famous Eastern Grey Kangaroo. 'Skippy'. 

The super cute Feathertail Possum. Smallest gliding mammal. 

Gang Gang Cockatoo

Giant Burrowing Frog. Endangered. 

Endangered Broad-headed Snake. Recorded in the area but current situation unknown.

koala. Super important for Australian tourism. This area is one of the closet places to sydney to find in the wild. 

Regent Honeyeater. One of the rarest birds in Australia.  Highly migratory, these are often recorded in B.W.N.P. Numbers have become very low and may become extinct in the recent future. 

 The criptic Eastern Pygmy Possum. Common in the area

Squirrel Glider. Similar but larger than the Sugar Glider. Threatened. 

The deadly Tiger Snake. One of the worlds most venomous. 

Wedge-tail Eagle. Australia's largest raptor. Common sight high in the sky

Rock Warbler. NSW's only endemic bird. Largely restricted to sandstone areas around Sydney

One of several of the parks spectacular bowerbirds. The Regent Bowerbird.

A Juvenile Swamp Wallaby. Common in the area. 

Sometimes considered to be the worlds most dangerous snake, The Eastern Brown.  Super venomous snakes like this and the tiger snake are important for Australian Tourism. 

Albert's lyrebird. 

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