Thanks to Faculty of Business and Informatics Research Higher Degree Candidate Ataus Samad for recording proof that, despite the closure of the Birdcage Bar, there can still be some wild life (or in this case wildlife) on Rockhampton Campus...

Centre for Environmental Management Senior Research Officer Wayne Houston commented that:

"The mixture of habitats at the Rockhampton Campus, from the natural grassy woodlands surrounding the campus to the flowering trees and shrubs of the gardens, provide a rich variety of resources for wildlife.

"Mulched garden beds provide habitat for birds that forage in leaf and woody ground litter such as choughs (crow family), and there is a variety of skinks and geckos.

"Even open areas such as car parks, providing they retain some trees and shrubs and associated leaf litter, can provide breeding areas for birds like bush stone-curlews and masked plovers.

"Wetter vegetation associated with the fountain area supports some frogs and we even had a heron nesting in a tree near building 7 last wet season. "

Ducking and weaving 
A roo awakening 
Feathery friends 
More birdlife   

 
A sharp-looking character 
Branching out