BUILDING a home if you’re a human is hard enough, let alone if you’re an animal.
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This is what students at Whitton-Murrami Public School discovered last week when they were paid a visit by Landcare.
One of the interesting facts discovered what it takes around 300 years for nature to provide a home for an owl and it’s even longer for possums.
Local Landcare co-ordinator Jason Richardson recently visited the school to promote the role of tree hollows as habitat.
“There are no Australian animals that are able to create tree hollows, such as the woodpecker in North America, so hollow creation is a slow process,” he said. “In urban and agricultural areas throughout Australia, hollow-bearing trees are in decline.”
Mr Richardson spoke of his experience observing ringneck parrots intimidate grass parrots from returning to their nest.
Students assessed the school grounds and the surrounding area for hollows and observe local bird life using binoculars.
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