Mayor Announces Rogers Reserve is Protected Woodland

29th September 2015

High Country Herald Article by Gary Alcorn

High Country Herald, 29th September 2015

Spring bushland observations in Highfields

18th September 2015

Spring is here and during the Friends of Roger's Reserve's working bee today at the reserve, there was plenty to see.  Scaley-breasted Lorikeets were observed emerging from many tree hollows within the reserve (see below).  Butterflies were out and about, including the Blue Triangle Butterfly and the Brown Ringlet (see below).  Wildlflowers were emerging and there was some beautiful fungi on display.  A medium sized Bearded Dragon was observed basking on the track around midday, looking a bit skinny, fresh from hibernation.  

Spring is the perfect time of year to visit this beautiful patch of bushland within suburban Highfields and to appreciate what a gem this patch of remnant dry rainforest is. 

J.G.

Scaley-breasted Lorikeets emerging from a tree hollow at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Male Brown Ringlet Butterfly (Hypocysta metirius) at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Twining Glycine (Glycine clandestina) at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Twining Glycine (Glycine clandestina) at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Unknown species of Hairy Caterpillar at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Beautiful Pinkish Fungi on a fallen log at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Bearded Dragon basking on the waling track at  Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Female Variegated Fairy-Wren in nest at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Nest of the Variegated Fairy-Wren

18th September 2015

This oval-shaped dome, constructed of grasses, hidden among the thick native grasses within the Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Highfields, South East Queensland, is the nest of the female Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti).  

The Male Variegated Fairy Wren was close-by and I observed the female coming in and out of the well camouflaged round grassy nest.  

Variegated Fairy Wrens feed on small insects and seeds, which they usually find around the bases of thick shrubs.  These beautiful little birds are often located on the northern side of the bushland reserve, where the grasses are thicker.

J.G.

Female Variegated Fairy-Wren in the nest at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Female Variegated Fairy-Wren entering the nest at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15

Variegated Fairy-Wren  nest at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields, 18/09/15