Red-necked Wallabies at Rogers Reserve

9th April 2018

Thanks to David Penhaligon for sending through this photo of two Red-necked Wallabies at the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Highfields, taken on 9th April 2018.  The wallabies are on the western side of the reserve.

Red-necked Wallabies, Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve Highfields, 9th April 2018 - Photo thanks to David Penhaligon.

Grey-Crowned Babblers at the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve 12/02/2014

Yesterday Grey-Crowned Babbler Birds were identified on the edge of the Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Highfields on O'Brien Road. Local Highfields residents are lucky to see these family orientated birds on a regular basis, but did you know that in other parts of Australia they are declining rapidly?

A survey by Birds Queensland in 2009 found that the Queensland Grey-Crowned Babblers are "holding on" but the eastern Grey-crowned Babblers, have been recognized as: * Extinct in South Australia * Endangered in Victoria, and * Threatened in New South Wales. Birds Queensland said that the decline in the Babbler population appears to be gradually moving north.

The Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Highfields is an ideal habitat for Grey-Crowned Babblers as they like leaf litter, fallen bark, old rotting logs and branches, garden mulch (eg sugar cane mulch) – ground cover harbouring invertebrates. They may use water for drinking and bathing, and they take dust baths. They are vulnerable on roads, and also to cats. Keep an eye out for these happy birds locally.

Grey-crowned Babblers were seen at the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve on 12th Feb 2014

Juvenile Dollarbirds at Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve 17/01/2014

These beautiful Dollarbirds were seen this morning at the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Highfields. The bird on the left is a juvenile Dollarbird and the one on the top right is an adult, showing that they have been breeding successfully in the reserve. In Australia, the Dollarbird inhabits open wooded areas, normally with mature, hollow-bearing trees suitable for nesting - of which there are plenty in the Rogers Reserve. The Dollarbird arrives in northern and eastern Australia in September each year to breed. In March or April the birds return to New Guinea and adjacent Islands to spend the winter! That is some distance to travel!! 

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A Juvenille Dollarbird on the left and a mature Dollarbird on the right.

Beautiful Butterflies at the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve 13/01/2014

On any visit to the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, you are guaranteed to see a wide variety of butterflies.  The reason for this is because of the large amount of important native plant species that are host plants for these beautiful insects. These photos were taken during one short walk through the reserve on the 13th January 2014.  Other small butterflies were also seen on this occasion - but they proved too quick for this amateur photographer!  We would love to see or hear about other butterfly species you may have seen in the reserve.

Female Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly at the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields

Blue Tiger Butterfly at the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Higfields

Common Crow Butterfly at the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Highfields

Grass Yellow Butterfly at the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reseve at Highfields.

Grey Ringlet Hypocysta pseudirius

Entrance Signage on Community Court to the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Highfields.