Chasing the dog!

I came across a dog in the bushland on Sunday - looked like a Jack Russell - white with brown patches - ran off before I could take a photo. Not sure whether it was with a person - will need to keep a look out.
Continued on with weeding freesias - which are very easy to find at present. Did a walk around the path and found more freesias along the southern path - will concentrate on that area next week.

The bushland appears to be continuing regnerating 2 months after the hail storm.

 The Zamias have an actively growing core to replace the damaged outer fronds.

The alocasuarinas which were very badly hit in the storm (lost virtually all of their leaves) are now producing epicormic growth. You can see the damaged bark on the stems.

The banksias are likewise producing epicormic buds to replace the damaged foliage. Note the damaged stems.

The Jarrahs have been most prolific in regnerating and rebuilding their canopy.

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Visible weeds

One side effect of the storm is that weeds are very visible at present - they are virtually the only green to be seen at ground level. We are taking advantage of this to remove as much Freesia as possible before it is hidden by veldgrass.

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A merry band of banders

Rob Davis and his team of bird banders were in the bushland this morning. I wondered whether there would be anything for them to band after all the birds disappeared following the hail storm in March.

However, they caught a few silver-eyes (Zosterops lateralis), a rather sick Yellow Rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoea), and a Western Warbler (Gerygone fusca). They also saw, but didn't catch a Mistletoe Bird (Dicaeyn hirundinaceum).

I went off looking for weeds emerging from the rain following the storm. Lots of Black Flag and Freesia are already up.

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