24/11/2010
Cockies root up directing site !
Revisited Rosie's site with Jim nearly 4 weeks after sowing and found an unusual thing happening. While she was away on holiday cockatoos had turned over all the soil in the direct seeded scalped trench . They were digging out the dead onion grass bulbs to eat. Loose soil was scuffed all over the place burying the tiny seedlings in many places. I suspent the cockies may have been eating the germinating seeds as well . The fog grass had been slashed from between the rows. We observed a smattering of germinated wattles and hope that more seeds will survive the cockatoo attack. Rosie says they arrive in flocks of 100+birds.
28/10/2010
Rosie B. at Barjarg near Mansfield .
1.4 ha of valley grassy forest
100% Understorey species only . Hand planted overstorey .
Helen Repacholi DPI Grant
This well prepared site had been strip sprayed twice .
This site has been very wet all season .
Justus got bogged at the back of the dam today , luckily John and Trish were able to pull him out with their trusty little Subaru.
The site was dominated by fog grass .
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