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Mundoo Island Station

Locality: Mundoo Island

Phone: +61 477 740 722

Address: Mundoo Island 5214 Mundoo Island, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.mundooisland.com.au

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25.01.2022 Not ideal weather for preg testing our main mob today but the show must go on A magnificent pregnancy result of 97% Our cows are in excellent condition and that is reflected in the very high pregnancy rate. A red bellied black snake spent the day laying in the sun adjacent us

25.01.2022 A walk along the shoreline of one of our Coorong paddocks yesterday at low tide provided some amazing photographic opportunities for textures (for photography workshops). Nature is amazing! There was plenty of freshly washed up green algae and a Red bellied black snake soaking up the rays.

22.01.2022 Today’s weather was perfect for mustering our sheep for lamb marking. They are starting to shed their wool in readiness for summer

22.01.2022 Spring is a beautiful season on Mundoo Island Station

21.01.2022 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

21.01.2022 A beautiful noise ... It is that time of year when a number of frog species start calling to mate. I recorded these Pobblebonk frogs in one of our wetlands today.

18.01.2022 This is fascinating information from Birdlife Australia (26 October 2020). We have Bar-tailed godwits in the Coorong (both sub species) and occasionally Black tailed godwits. What amazing migratory birds! (Photo of Bar tailed godwits in the Coorong by Sally Grundy) Back in 2007, the world was stunned to learn of a Bar-tailed Godwit (known as E7) which had established a world record flight by flapping non-stop from Alaska, across the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand, covering 11,7...60 kilometres without a break. And that world record non-stop flight has just been smashed! The new record was set by another Bar-tailed Godwit, known as 4BBRW, which took off from its breeding grounds in south-western Alaska and didn’t stop till it had reached the Firth of Thames in northern New Zealand, covering more than 12,800 kilometres in the process (though was probably closer to 12,200 kilometres when rounding errors are taken into account). The non-stop flight took just over nine days, and would have been even quicker if strong easterly winds hadn’t pushed him towards Australia and away from his intended destination. Godwits usually aim to be assisted by tailwinds while migrating, but, obviously, this does not always eventuate. Most of the Bar-tailed Godwits seen in Australia originate from Asia involving shorter non-stop flights, as they refuel at mudflats along the way rather than Alaska. Unsurprisingly, 4BBRW was said to be exhausted by the time it reached New Zealand. Following the bird’s journey was made possible because it was fitted with a 5-gram, solar-powered satellite tag, so its journey was viewed by scientists more or less in real time.

16.01.2022 I am presenting a webinar on Zoom for Birds SA tonight at 7.00pm on the Shorebirds of Mundoo Island Station. If you are interested in this then please email me and I will email you the link to register for the event. You do not need to be a member of Birds SA to register. [email protected]

14.01.2022 Our frog survey results from 28th October, 2020 are in! Here is the link to one of the surveys if you are interested in seeing how they work and listen to the frogs calling: https://frogwatchsa.com.au//survey/detail/64518 Survey No1: The following species were identified:... Crinia signifera (Common Froglet) Limnodynastes tasmaniensis - North (Spotted Marsh Frog, Spotted Grass Frog) Survey No 2: The following species were identified: Limnodynastes dumerilii (Eastern Banjo Frog, Pobblebonk, Bull Frog) Limnodynastes tasmaniensis - North (Spotted Marsh Frog, Spotted Grass Frog) Survey No 3: The following species were identified: Crinia signifera (Common Froglet) Limnodynastes dumerilii (Eastern Banjo Frog, Pobblebonk, Bull Frog) Limnodynastes tasmaniensis - North (Spotted Marsh Frog, Spotted Grass Frog) Survey No 4: The following species were identified: Crinia signifera (Common Froglet) Limnodynastes dumerilii (Eastern Banjo Frog, Pobblebonk, Bull Frog) Limnodynastes tasmaniensis - North (Spotted Marsh Frog, Spotted Grass Frog)

14.01.2022 The migratory birds are arriving in the Coorong in large numbers after their 10,000km flight from the Arctic circle, where they migrate annually to breed. It is encouraging to see so many of the Near Threatened Curlew sandpipers arriving safely to our shore together with Red necked stint and Sharp tailed sandpiper. These photos were taken yesterday in the Coorong adjacent Ewe Island. ... Data from our regular shorebird surveys is important information for the survival of these migratory species.

12.01.2022 An unusual day today with 2 Tiger snakes whilst fencing and we mustered our wild horses to draft off the colts. We have a number of unbroken horses for sale $150 - $400 each - only to good homes and to people who can handle unbroken horses. They have not been handled at all so would need to be transported by truck - not a float. We don't have particulars as they are from our wild, unhandled mob. Our horses have magnificent endurance and have been used for camp drafting, horse trail rides, jumping, dressage but are magnificent with working livestock.

11.01.2022 We have 3 of the 5 threatened species listed on Mundoo Island Station - making the environmental works that we undertake even more important. Southern bell frog, Murray hardyhead fish and Fairy tern

11.01.2022 Mundoo Island Station participated in the National Shorebird Monitoring Coorong Winter Waterbird count in August and have just received the results from Birdlife Australia: You counted a total of 51,080 birds of 71 species or categories (species groups where the exact species could not be identified in the field, such as Teal spp.) throughout the Coorong. Among the 71 species, 4 migratory shorebird species were recorded. As a comparison, the 2019 Winter Count recorded 31,473 ...birds of 43 species with only 3 migratory shorebird species present. The Coorong is a known internationally important site for many migratory shorebird species. For example, in the 2020 Summer Count (survey completed between 31 January and 1st February 2020), some species such as Red-necked Stint or Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper were recorded in internationally significant numbers (i.e. more than 1% of the total flyway population), and Curlew Sandpipers were recorded in nationally significant numbers (i.e. more than 0.1% of the total flyway population). None of the observed shorebird species have met these criteria during the 2020 Winter Count. However, 4375 Red-necked Stints were counted this winter, just off from the international significant threshold (i.e. 4750 individuals required to meet the criteria). This number meets our expectation that around 30% of the summer population would remain within the site over the winter period. Photo: 2 of only 3 Common Greenshank recorded in the survey. Taken by Sally Grundy on Mundoo Island Station

10.01.2022 The Coorong birdlife is starting to heat up! Two Great egret had a bit of a scrap whilst the Royal spoonbill continued feeding in the shallows this afternoon.

07.01.2022 Seagulls are often seen as 'chip thieving' critters but they actually work for their food on Mundoo Island Station. They have an amazing knack of patting their feet in the sandflats to extract worms to eat. They work hard for their tucker! This seagull was resting after his energetic feeding time.

05.01.2022 We mustered our wild horses today. ... it was a wild ride! (Not the best photos but captured the essence of the muster whilst underway!)

01.01.2022 Thank you Camps Australia Wide! Camping on Mundoo Island Station is a unique experience surrounded by nature.

01.01.2022 Magnificent crop! Mowing has commenced for hay making