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It’s been a long, dry summer here in and around Cowra and on my place, up in the hills of Woodstock, there’s not much feed or water around. As depressing as that sounds, it’s also a great opportunity to see what’s hanging out at my place. I don’t have any stock but I do have some water troughs hanging around from when this place was grazed so I dragged this one to a good location, filled it up and popped a trail camera up. Here’s some of what dropped by on those 40-47C days.
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January 2026 saw the Cowra Flying Fox Camp hit with a heat stress event. Thankfully our bats faired relatively well this time but if we don’t work on a coordinated emergency response plan, that may not be the case in the future. Here’s what happened and what we learned through being part of the process
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Category: Connecting Community, Ecology
Tags: bats, birds, Cowra, Flying Foxes, nature, photography, pollinators, threatened species, travel, wildlife
Life around the gum tree is an interactive bingo style ecology game that’s perfect for families, primary aged students & anyone wanting to learn more about the life gum trees support.
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Category: Citizen Science & Toolkits, Connecting Community, Creative by Nature
Tags: Biodiversity, birds, Box Gum Woodland, Canowindra, Cowra, Ecology, Education, Environment, eucalyptus day, Fungi, gum tree, nature, photography, superb parrot, threatened species, travel, writing
Sandra explained how bats grow forests while we sleep by carrying seeds far and wide before pooping them out where some germinate and become new forests. She explained her work as a bat carer, talked about bat biology, habits and their personalities, dispelling all prior notions we held of these being dirty, evil creatures – they are actually very cute, intelligent and personable!
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Category: Connecting Community
Tags: birding, birds, Box Gum Grassy Woodland, Bts, Ecology, Education, flying-fox, nature, threatened species, travel, wildlife
Friday 29th August had us at Cooyong in Crowther for our ‘Bounding into Spring’ grazing group meet up. Cooyong is a 600 Ha mixed farming business consisting of a prime lamb operation using planned grazing management principles incorporating irrigation &…
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Category: Events, Grazing
Tags: agriculture, Biodiversity, birds, cropping, farming, Grazing, Microbiology, nature, Sheep, Soil Health, wildlife
Kangarooby Landcare organised a tree planting day for the Glossy Black Cockatoo over at Gooloogong Public School
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Over 300 trees & shrubs were planted at our third Glossy Black Cockatoo planting day. This event was a real family affair and with many hands making for light work, we were back in the shearing shed enjoying our sausage sizzle & cake in no time.
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Category: Connecting Community, Ecology, Events
Tags: birds, ecosystem, eugowra, garden, gardening, Glossy Black Cockatoo, habitat, native plants, nature, superb parrot, Trees
We’ve five bird-focused tree planting dates to share with you, spanning from 21st June to 19th July. Two dates with the team at Cowra Woodland Birds and three for our Glossy Black Cockatoo Project. Come and join us!
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Category: Ecology, Events
Tags: Biodiversity, Bird Watching, birds, Box Gum Woodland, community, Environment, Mid Lachlan Landcare, nature, ornithology, planting, travel, Trees
Landscape connectivity is essential for maintaining ecosystem and species health, boosting long-term survival by enabling populations to diversity and adapt to an ever-changing climate. While we are primarily focused on birds, these principles also hold true for human populations and as such, we’ll be encouraging our friends, neighbours and countrymen to get out amongst it as we plant our way to a greener and healthier tomorrow
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Category: Connecting Community, Ecology
Tags: Australia, birds, Birdwatching, Bupa Australia, Cabonne, Central West NSW, conservation, Cowra Woodland Birds, Cowrashire, eugowra, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Gooloogong, Kangarooby, Landcare, nature, ornithology, travel, Twitching, wildlife
Critically endangered Swift parrots migrate through Cowra between March and June. Mid Lachlan Landcare are encouraging locals to participate in Birdlife Australia’s Citizen Science project to track sightings of this beautiful native bird.
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Category: Citizen Science & Toolkits, Connecting Community
Tags: Australia, Biodiversity, birding, birds, Box Gum Woodland, nature, ornithology, parrot, Swift parrot, travel, wildlife