Carnivorous Pitcher Plant
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Animal list
The filling of the pool has been delayed by rain! The painting hasn't been completed, and we must wait a week for the curing of the paint before filling the pool. So I decided to document the animals we had in our pool before the current refurbishment.
We have seen:-
Eastern water dragons (Physignathus leuseurii),
Keelback snakes (the one that bit me and two more)
giant water beetles,
water striders,
whirligig beetles,
dragon flies and nymphs,
frogs - giant tree frog (litoria caerulea)
rocket frog (litoria leseurii),
desert tree frog (litoria rubella)
2 unidentified frogs.
Numerous tadpoles
A visiting egret,
A visiting wild duck (unidentified)
5 goldfish grew to giant size without feeding by us.
Birds bathing in the water - finches, honey eaters.
The cat and the dog drinking the water!
(toads -maybe I shouldn't mention that!)
We are installing a netting barrier around the pool to try to avoid toads but allow admission to all of the other creatures in the let above.
I wonder how long the new pool will take to re-establish it's fauna after filling?
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