I walked up the gully from the "new drain" as Arjen & Jazz turned up that way. He said they'd been close to the summit a few days ago & Jazz "pointed" to a large dragon lizard. A few steps afterwards & three quail exploded away from them. Good news that ground-nesting birds are surviving.
Further up the gully a Willie wagtail was trying to catch a largish moth/fly/butterfly in mid-air. Three or four Grey fantails didn't seem impressed at this incursion into their territory. It's my impression that Willie wagtails are rarely seen actually on Mt R though they may be in nearby gardens from time to time.
Up and over the ridgeline and brown movement in the distance turned out to be a rabbit. There's a species we can do without. I'd seen their droppings in the regrowing burnt area some months ago but never actually seen the culprits. Let's hope someone's dog or the resident foxes will account for the rabbit soon.
Do you think people (other dog-walkers who don't share our views) encourage their dogs to chase the kangaroos? Arjen & I agreed it's so good to have a resident family of roos rather than only hosting animals which have been terrified into coming to Mt Rogers from Kuringa Drive or the creek or where-ever.
A "community meeting" between Nancy, John, Peter, Trisha, Benji and Teddy evolved near the northerly "new drain" and we noticed a wonderful white mushroom-shape amongst the grass. Later we found about seven more deep in from the end of Keane place and again, each solitarily, amongst the grass.
Whilst we have several photos of them between us I haven't identified them yet from Bruce Fuhrer's book. I found an attractive website Bill Leithhead's Website but out of the thousands of Australian fungi that's fascinating but not helpful.
With this extraordinary summer we should see more fungi emerging in response to the dampness & warmth of the soil rather than waiting for autumn.
Perhaps we should create a Mt Rogers Fungi Gallery?
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