In this issue we bring you updates on the field surveys, the recent Quoll Discovery Day at Gympie and the new Quoll Info Kit. Thanks to everyone who responded to our last Network News – it’s very encouraging to know so many of you are not only reading our News – but offering assistance, quoll photographs and joining as members. Special thanks to John McCann for this amazing photo of a spotted-tailed quoll at Werrikimbe National Park, NSW.

The fifth and final Quoll Discovery Day for 2009 will be held on Sunday 26 July at the Numinbah Valley Hall starting at 10.00am. We’d love to see you there. Scott Burnett will be there to answer questions about quolls, where they can be found, threats to their survival and what can be done by landowners and the public to prevent these animals from becoming another extinction statistic.

QSN will have a special new quoll display – come and see us! You will also have the rare opportunity to see a live (captive-bred) spotted-tailed quoll up close – courtesy of Martin Fingland from Geckoes Wildlife Presentations!

Welcome to our newest QSN members and everyone who signed up at the Gympie Quoll Discovery Day. If you're receiving this enews, it means you are on our QSN list. However, some of you may not have completed a membership form. Please click here, fill out the form and email it to us - so you can stay on our list. We don't charge you a fee to join QSN - the completed form is all we ask for!

The next Network News will be out in September – until then keep an eye on our website.for updates on the project.

Ewa Meyer
Projects Manager
ewameyer@wildlife.org.au

Our website is also the place to keep up with the latest news on other WPSQ projects: Qld Glider Network, PlatypusWatch and MangroveWatch.

Resources

The new edition of the Quoll Info Kit is now available on CD. Many thanks to Christine Pfitzner for her hard work in putting together this comprehensive document which contains factsheets, practical information and a comprehensive bibliography.
The cost of the CD which includes postage, packing and GST is $5.50 for QSN members and $10 for non-members.

If you’d like a copy, please send your details on a piece of paper with a cheque or credit card details to Wildlife Queensland, Quoll Seekers Network, 95 William St Brisbane QLD 4000. Or you can phone us on 3221 0194 using your credit card to pay.

Don't forget our quoll-proof poultry pen fact sheet is also available. If you live adjacent to a world heritage area or national park which is known quoll habitat, either in the far north or in southern Queensland, please contact us if you can help with distributing fact sheets to your neighbours.

If QSN members would like copies of these publications or our other brochures to distribute through your networks, do let us know.

Field Survey Update

Dr Scott Burnett and research assistant Alina Zwar, along with their team from the University of the Sunshine Coast, have been busy setting automatic camera traps at 90 locations in the Conondales, Kenilworth and the Gympie area.

So far no quolls have been photographed, however they have captured approximately 2316 images of 23 vertebrate species including 11 mammals and 12 bird species. The most significant image is that of a long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) classed as Vulnerable (EPBC ACT 1999) - see photo. Several images of the feral red fox have been taken within the Conondale National Park.

Quoll-proof poultry pens

We have received over 40 applications for the poultry pen scheme. There was a lot of media interest in this component of our project, particularly in the Granite Belt region where quolls are known to attack chickens on a regular basis.  Successful applicants will receive up to $750 to upgrade or build a chook pen - they will be notified in August.

Go to our website to read more about the scheme. (applications now closed)

You may never see the animal itself, so to help you identify tracks and scats of the spotted-tailed quoll, have a look at these.

What’s happening?

Quoll Discovery Day:

26 July 10am - 12.30pm

Numinbah Valley Hall, Nerang- Murwillumbah Rd, Numinbah Valley, Gold Coast Hinterland.

rsvp to quoll@wildlife.org.au

Have you ever seen a quoll? Come to our discovery day - and we can guarantee you will see one.

Look at this amazing footage taken at Queen Mary Falls by Ian Smith.

Quoll Store

Our new t-shirts are here!

They come in all sizes - to order yours just gve us a call on 3221 0194 and we'll post one straight out. They cost $15 for QSN members and $20 for everyone else. We'll need to add $5 p&p to your order - so if you can drop into the office or buy in bulk, you'll get a bargain!

Show your support for QSN – get a fridge magnet. QSN members and project partners get one free.

$2 for everyone else inc postage. Contact us

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