What's in the Box 

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Sugar gliders, now known as Krefft's gliders (Petaurus breviceps). They are the base jumpers of the bush. They have the superpower to drift silently through the air using their gliding membrane (called a patagium). These small, nocturnal marsupials have a taste for sweet foods such as tree sap, nectar, pollen, insects and sometimes lizards and small birds. They make a ‘yip-yip!’ sound when alerting their neighbours of danger, growl to defend their territories, and love to chatter with each other inside their nests. 

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Over the past few years, we have been on the lookout for Brush Tailed Phascogale, Sugar Gliders and any other woodland birds in the region. Our 150 nest boxes, installed on privately owned and revegetated conservation properties, help us to provide homes where natural nesting hollows are rare. They also allow us to monitor this species population through time and learn more about its habitat requirements, this is a great opportunity for landholders and volunteers to engage with a rarely-seen animal and learn more about wildlife on their properties

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We set up this program in 2017 to monitor our favourite hollow-dependent marsupials: the sugar glider and the Brush-tailed Phascogale.  These adorable little animals have experienced a serious range contraction and decline in numbers across Victoria.

 

Now that the Boxes have settled into the landscape it has been exciting to find evidence of the Yellow footed antechinus, Sugar Gliders and numerous species of woodland birds around Berimal, Woosang, Wychitella, Wedderburn, Mt Korong and on the edge of Kooyoora State Park.

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If you would like to participate or volunteer in the programme please contact us. 

​​published in the Wedderburn Community House' Scoop and Scuttlebutt