A CALL has gone out for bird lovers to help efforts to create a nature refuge at the base of Flinders Peak.
The Koala Crossing Nature Refuge is a 652-hectare property owned by the Queensland Trust For Nature (QTFN), and forms part of the Flinders-Karawatha Corridor, which it describes as the largest remaining contiguous stretch of open eucalypt forest in the region.
Near Peak Crossing, the refuge is made of eight lots, bought by QTFN in 2014 and 2015.
On October 23 to 24, the land managers will be holding a ‘Bird Bivouac’ weekend to help build a better understanding of its newly acquired land.
They are calling on young and old, experienced and novice, family groups and “lone wolves” to take part in the weekend event, which costs $35.
It includes guided bird surveys, bioacoustic monitoring, identification workshops, hikes and walks and a campfire dinner.
The program is part of QTFN’s annual Citizens for Refuge Ecology, which aims to tap into “the power of citizen science to inform conservation activities” on its private nature refuges. Each year a different location is chosen.
