1 Grey-headed Flying-fox at Pambula, NSW
Identification history
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 25 Apr 2019 | JulesPhotographer |
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Thousands of these gorgeous animals at Panboola recently, a wonder to watch! Photos were taken at around 4.30pm, many were preparing for flight, and a night spent feeding.
3 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
25 Apr 2019
Hi Jules, Max and I were there yesterday and the numbers don't seem to be diminishing. I assume now that the planted eucs there are big enough to accommodate them this site is more convenient for feeding on the red bloodwood, which tends to be concentrated in the southern end of the shire, than is the Bega camp. Maybe they'll move north again when the spotted gum takes over from the bloodwood.
JulesPhotographer
wrote:
30 Apr 2019
Hi Jackie, it has been wonderful to have them in Panboola. I see them heading out post-dusk, from my cabin in Bald Hills and wondered where they were heading! I also hear a few squabbles locally through the night, so there must be red bloodwood somewhere close-by to where I am. Large groups seem to be heading in a slight nth-westerly direction from Panboola, beyond Bald Hills, although there seems to be less doing so over the last week and a half.
JackieMiles
wrote:
2 May 2019
I'm told ironbark is flowering up near Bermi at the moment too, though I haven't seen it myself. Could be that down your way too (usually bloodwood on sandy soils and ironbark on clay soils). We used to hear them in our orchard polishing off the fruit, but this year the hungry parrots got down on it while it was still green, leaving nothing for the flying foxes, or us.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.876984-36.933040
- Maps Panboola
- Places Pambula, NSW
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 15 Apr 2019 08:08 AM Recorded on
- JulesPhotographer Recorded by
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Collections
Mammals Bats Flying Foxes & Other Megabats JulesPhotographer South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Pteropus poliocephalus Scientific name
- Grey-headed Flying-fox Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -0.66m to 802.28m Recorded at altitude
- 162 images trained Machine learning
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