Fauna Rescue Whitsundays in Cannonvale, Queensland, Australia | Non-profit organisation

Fauna Rescue Whitsundays

Locality: Cannonvale, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 4947 3389

Address: PO Box 806 4802 Cannonvale, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.frw.org.au

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24.01.2022 REUNITED MISSING - BIRD - ANDERGROVE - MACKAY REGION - 29/11/20 Hi, I have lost my blue and gold Macaw yesterday afternoon at 5:30pm. ... He flew north from Celeber Dr. Contact - https://www.facebook.com/jason.howes.5 Admin Link - https://www.facebook.com/mackaylostpets/inbox/ (Raelene)

23.01.2022 These are quokkas. They are marsupials native to Western Australia, and wear a perpetual Hey there! Good to see ya! Oh, you brought pie! smile on their faces. I just felt your newsfeed needed more quokkas in it.

22.01.2022 Yesterday the Fauna rescue team were at Northerlies Bar & Grill Selling raffle tickets with the money raised going towards caring for our precious wildlife. Thankyou to everyone who stopped had a chat, found out what we do and bought a raffle ticket. Tickets are drawn Tuesday Another big thankyou to Northerlies for having us, we had a ball.

21.01.2022 THIS IS A DISASTER The Morrison government has tabled a bill in Parliament that will let them wash their hands of protecting our environment. We are in an extinction crisis. We must protect nature.

21.01.2022 Australia’s biggest bats fly thousands of kilometers a yearfarther than wildebeest and caribou Australia’s biggest batsknown as flying foxesare among the wor...ld’s most restless nomads, according to a new study. Just how restless? The most peripatetic can journey up to 6000 kilometers per year, much farther than any land mammal and close to the distances covered by some whales and migrating birds. This continent’s flying foxes can weigh up to 1 kilogram with meter-wide wing spans. But instead of hunting like other bats, they make nightly forays to flowers in search of nectar, pollen, and seeds. By day, they roost by the thousands in trees. Researchers had thought these bats stayed local, loyal to a particular roost. But when they put satellite transmitters on 201 bats from three species in eastern Australia, they found they were mistaken: From months of tracking each bat, they calculated that the bats wandered anywhere from 1487 to 6073 kilometers per year, they report today in BMC Biology. https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com//10.1/s12915-020-00829-w The black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) had the shortest range, followed by the gray-headed flying fox (P. poliocephalus, above), and the little red flying fox (P. scapulatus). The little red flying fox averaged about 5000 kilometers per yearfarther than champion mammalian migrators such as caribou, which travel 1200 kilometers per year, and wildebeest, which migrate 2900 kilometers with each trip. Rather than following a seasonal path, flying foxes seem to wander randomly, most likely in search of newly flowering species. The little red flying fox, for example, travels 1300 kilometers north to south, but not continuously. Instead, it crisscrosses its range and settles briefly in dozens of different roosts, whose populations fluctuate based on the new migrants. In total, bats in the study visited 755 roosts, more than half of which were previously unknown to scientists. Because these furry fliers are key to dispersing seeds and pollen, their meanderings help connect forests fragmented by fire or human activity, the researchers say. But their erratic, far-flung movements also complicate conservation and disease management, which is usually under the jurisdiction of local, not national, authorities. Now that researchers know nomadism is a way of life for these bats, they can start to search for some rhyme or reason to all this meandering. - By Elizabeth Pennisi Aug. 20, 2020 , 8:00 PM See more

20.01.2022 Do you have baking skills you want to show off? We have a fun challenge for you! It's the time of year for the Threatened Species Commissioner’s yearly bakeoff ...and we want to see how many echidna entries we can get in! This bakeoff is to commemorate Threatened Species Day on Monday 7th September. The Kangaroo Island echidna has been listed as endangered since 2015 - there’s very little widespread recognition of this and we’d like to change that. The rules? Simply bake something echidna related - whether it be a cake that looks like an echidna or some echidna-shaped cookies (let your imagination take over). Then post a photo of your masterpiece to any social media platform by next Tuesday 8th September with the hashtag #TSBakeoff and also tagging the Threatened Species Commissioner and EchidnaCSI (so we can see your entries too!). As well as your entry going towards the bakeoff competition, we'll share your photos in our next newsletter coming up soon. The EchidnaCSI team will be participating too so we’ll be sure to share our masterpieces (or maybe failures - we’ll see how it pans out ) next week. This photo is of a honey biscuit created by Coral Duncan on Kangaroo Island who has created her very own echidna cookie cutter (how cool!). The cookies were shared to our lab by Peggy Rismiller and were absolutely delicious! To enter remember to: - Submit photos on social media by 5pm next Tuesday the 8th September - Use the hashtag #TSBakeOff & tag the Threatened Species Commissioner - Tag EchidnaCSI so we see them too! For more information visit: https://www.environment.gov.au//thr/commissioner/tsbakeoff or have a look at the Threatened Species Commissioner's page for other entries and ideas. Happy weekend of baking!

19.01.2022 It's that time of year!

15.01.2022 When it comes to releasing a microbat from our care, there are measures we must take to make sure it’s ready for flight. Our rescuers and carers often need to w...arm up the bat so it’s ready to fly, by either cupping it in our hands or using a warm hot water bottle. The bat often indicates it’s ready to take flight by either stretching its wings or vibrating - sometimes both! #FlyingFox #MicrobatsMatter #Adelaide #SouthAustralia #Bat #Bats #ILoveBats #Wildlife #Australia #BatLove #AustralianWildlife #BatConservation #BatEducation #FruitBat #WildlifeRehabilitation #BatRehabilitation #BatsAreCool #MicrobatsOfAustralia #BatsOfAustralia #SaveOurBats #WildlifeRehab #WildlifeCarer #BatsAreEssential #MicroBats #AussieBats #FaunaRescueSA #Batvocates

14.01.2022 It's with a heavy heart that I advise that the Admin of this page - and one of the Whitsunday's true characters - Dan Van Blarcom - passed away peacefully in Ma...ckay Hospital early this morning. Dan had been in hospital for some weeks. To all that knew him Dan was a true gentleman, a Dad, a sailor, a stirrer, a journalist,a trainer, a community advocate, a skilful raconteur, an eccentric, a good bloke, and a pirate...always a pirate! Our condolences go to his family, Fiona, Hugo and Marina and to his extended family in Aus and Newfoundland A'hoy and fair winds Cap'n Dan. Rest Peacefully..arrrhhgh!

13.01.2022 Hi everyone! We're partnering with a new documentary called The Weather Diaries, that addresses climate change grief and Australia's dwindling flying fox popula...tion. It premieres next week and we'd love to share the event with you all :) There's a screening at Event Cinemas Indooroopilly on Thursday 24th September 7pm. If you're unable to get to the cinema, you can tune in to watch the Virtual Screening from home. The film will be followed by a Q&A with director Kathy Drayton, Imogen Jones/Lupa J (featured in the film & poster), Associate Professor Thom Van Dooren, Distinguished Professor Belinda Medlyn (The Hawkesbury Institute of the Environment) and Sarah Curran (Bat Carer)! We'll provide links to the screening and trailer in the comments. Would love it if any of you could join in on the event and post film discussion!

11.01.2022 MISSING - BIRD - ARMSTRONG BEACH- MACKAY REGION - 05.02.2021 Went missing 6.30 Friday morning from Armstrong Beach loved major Mitchell named Patrick Contact... link- https://www.facebook.com/raelene.willson.5 Admin link - https://business.facebook.com/mackaylostpets/inbox/ (Judy)

10.01.2022 We are excited! One month to go til the Aussie Backyard Bird Count! Australia’s largest annual bird count event is back for its 7th year! Held between 192...5 October, the Aussie Backyard Bird Count is a great way to connect with the birds in your backyard, no matter where your backyard happens to be. You can count in a suburban backyard, a local park, a patch of forest, down by the beach, or the main street of town. In fact, you don't even have to leave home, making it the ultimate Covid-safe activity! To take part all you need is 20 minutes and your favourite outdoor space. Not only will you be contributing to BirdLife Australia's knowledge of Aussie birds, but there are also some great prizes on offer. Head over to the Aussie Backyard Bird Count website and register as a Counter today! https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/ The yearly bird count gives us a snapshot in time of bird numbers around the nation so if you’ve participated before and are raring to go remember the app doesn’t kick in until the count begins on 19 October (one month to go!). #AussieBirdCount See more

09.01.2022 Not good shots, but super excited to see my first wild cassowary

08.01.2022 On Monday the Fauna rescue team were out and about again this time at Big 4 Adventure Whitsundays with a fundraising sausage sizzle and our education van. Patricia possum also made an appearance and got to meet Gavin the frog. Thankyou to the team at Big 4 for having us Another wonderful day

07.01.2022 Amazing Cassowaries! Green eggs and stripy chicks! Please help us buy Lot 157 Cape Tribulation Road in the Daintree Rainforest and add it to the Daintree Natio...nal Park! The property is a known habitat for the endangered Cassowary. We need to raise $404,685. Please donate now at https://bit.ly/3eTFFZp. A donation of $25 will help purchase and protect 10 sqm of rainforest.

07.01.2022 Sharing the important message again. We have received so many birds this year for care that could have been saved from their injuries IF ONLY the finders did no...t drip water into their open mouth, especially when it comes to baby birds. Take a look at this photo, do you see the hole right behind the bird's tongue? That is called the Glottis. It's the entrance of the birds trachea/airway and it leads directly to his lungs. Birds' anatomy are different than mammals. If you drip water into a bird's gaping (open) mouth - like when you find a baby bird and they open their mouths- you can kill it. The water goes down their airway and into their lungs. Birds can't cough to expel the water so it gives them a deadly bacterial infection and they can't get enough oxygen with each breath they take, and die slowly. The aspiration in many cases are fatal. We see birds with minor injuries that end up dying because the finders meant well by dripping water into their open mouths. An uninformed act of kindness that kills them. When you find a bird you have to reach out to a licensed rehabilitator/facility right away. It's not only the law but it's the best thing to do to help the bird. Wild bird rehab takes permitting and special training & knowledge. If it's an adult bird that is awake/alert and standing up, walking around and can support its own body weight, you can offer a shallow pan of water. Leave the bird alone and if it's thirsty it may drink the water on its own. Their Glottis closes when they swallow to drink water on their own. When a found bird opens it's mouth it is usually an automotive response or a fear response, and you will do more damage than good by dripping water into the mouth. Licensed and trained rehabilitators hydrate dehydrated birds subcutaneously (under the skin) and/or by inserting a thin tube down their Esophageal tract way past the glottis into their crop or sometimes even further into their stomach to deposit a small amount of proper hydration fluids frequently. Dehydrated birds are not hydrated by pouring water into their mouths. Please remember this very important rule when you find an injured or orphaned bird. If you found this post informative please share and like our page. #sharetheknowledge #dontdripwater

05.01.2022 Would anyone have a spare length of corrugated iron no less than 3.8m for the new bat aviary please?Would anyone have a spare length of corrugated iron no less than 3.8m for the new bat aviary please?

03.01.2022 DID YOU KNOW: Koalas need flying foxes to survive? Some trees such as Australian eucalypts (koala favourites) only flower at night. This means they depend o...n the nocturnal activity of flying-foxes for survival. Flying foxes are major pollinators helping spread native flowers and spread seeds. NO ME, NO TREE Without flying-foxes, there would be: no food and shelter for our koalas no pristine habitat for our native birds and no magnificent forests for all of us to enjoy. Head to our website for tips on living with this incredibly important native species: www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/flyingfoxes

03.01.2022 An Osprey just before it hits the water.

02.01.2022 The Wildlife Heroes Project is helping to support the physical and mental health of wildlife carers today on RU OK? Day and every other day. The Wildlife Heroes... Project has partnered with the charity Two Green Threads to help care for the health of Australia’s 15,000+ wildlife carers. Two Green Threads is a registered charity with a mission ‘to empower and energise the lives of those that care for wildlife. It’s founder Suzy Nethercott-Watson says, ‘wildlife care makes huge demands on people’s mental and physical resources. Carers need to replenish their reserves and build mental fitness to avoid burnout or dropout.’ Visit the Two Green Threads website or Facebook page to access resources, help, webinars and podcasts: https://www.facebook.com/twogreenthreads https://twogreenthreads.org/ #wildlifeheroes #ruok #ruokday #fnpw

02.01.2022 Highly recommend all bat carers visit Jenny McLean at Tolga Bat Hospital. You can volunteer to stay for a few days to help.