A Koala Bellowing!

Well kids, I couldn't ever record a male koala bellowing, but I found a link for you.  The male is bellowing because he is looking for a mate.  It's really kind of a funny sound!   They sound like pigs!  Read the article, it tells more about their bellows!

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/brutish-koala-bellows-attract-mates-not-ward-off-rivals.htm

Name That Bird!

Upper School This Is For You

Here are some things I want you to think about...

1.  You have a koala population in the early 1900s that almost becomes extinct because there are no laws to protect wildlife. 

2.  Some nice conservationists come up with a plan. They move 20 koalas to a island off Melbourne to save them from extinction. They multiply because they don't have natural predators.  

3.  All of a sudden they have too many koalas, so they move them back to the mainland in 1980 where I am. 

4.  Now it's 2013 and the koala population is out of control. They have no natural predators and they are a protected species. 

5.  They are eating every mana gum tree in sight. Everyone is upset because they are losing all their trees and the koalas keep multiplying. The trees are dying  and the koalas are losing their food source, but remember they are a protected species.

Who is to blame here?

Think about it.  What would you do if you were in charge?

Radio Tracking Koalas!!

Ten of the koalas have radio collars on them. We have to track them every day to see if they have moved. Each koala has a collar with a GPS tracking device on them and we have to take satellite trackers to find them.  They don't move too much so sometimes you can find them pretty quickly.  Today it took us an hour to find just one and we had five to find. 

Scarface

All the koalas we have tracked have names. This one is called Scarface, because he has lost an eye and the side of his face is slightly deformed. They think he might have had an

infection.  He's still pretty cute if you see him from the other side!

Another View From The Hilltop!

This is where I have to come to get good cell phone reception. It's peaceful here as you can see. It is 6:47 at night which means it's 11:47 at night for you, but you are a day behind.  I wish you were all here with me surrounded by such beauty and soooo many animals.  Miss you!

This Guy Keeps Following Me Around!

This guy keeps following me around and laughing at me. Who is he?