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12 Rescue,rehabilitation andrelease of the ploverAndrea Devos

COVER STORY

39 ZoodooAndrea Devos

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Andrea Devos

Rescue, rehabilitation andrelease of the plover


An adult plover.Photographed by Robyn Gates
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Plovers and dotterels are a widelydistributed group of wadingbirds belonging to the subfamily

Charadriinae, they make up about 40species and the closely related lapwingsubfamily, Vanellinae, comprisesanother 20-odd species, these all comefrom the bird familyCharadriidae

which includes the plovers, dotterels,and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species inall.

The Rescue, Rehabilitation andRelease information in this article canbe used for ALL species of plovers,dotterels and lapwings.

Plovers are found throughout theworld, and are characterised by


The Hooded Plover was oncealso known as the HoodedDotterel.

The Hooded Plover (eastern)forages near the shoreline in coastalareas, eg on beaches, rock or reefplatforms, amongst boulders anddunes, and at lakes close to thecoast. It captures its prey by runningacross the surface of a foragingsubstrate and intermittentlystopping to peck or probe at preyitems. The Hooded Plover (eastern)is capable of foraging during the dayor at night.

The diet of the Hooded plover(Thinornis rubicollis) (eastern) mainlyconsists of marine invertebrates (egpolychaete worms, molluscs andcrustaceans). It also feeds on insects(eg beetles, flies, dragonflies) andvegetable material (mostly seeds).

There are considered to be only3000 breeding pairs left of theHooded plover however theirterritory ranges on the South Eastshorelines from NSW rightaround to South Australia, includingTasmania.

Their lifespan is as long as 16

years in the wild.The Hooded Plover (eastern)

spends much of its time in a sitting

position, but some birds undertakemovements during the non-breeding season, eg whencongregating together into winterflocks.

Pairs defend territories fromother Hooded Plovers (eastern)during the breeding season. Theseterritories, which consist of a smallarea near the shoreline (eg a section

of beach and adjacent dunes), aremulti-purpose and are used forforaging, roosting and breeding.The occupancy and, therefore,maintenance of territories declinesduring the non-breeding season assome birds congregate into winterflocks. Pairs that remain intactgenerally maintain territories andconstruct their nests in the samearea.

Many thanks to the Departmentof Sustainability, Environment,Water, Population andCommunities website onThreatened Species for this up-to-date information.

The Hooded Plover

Hooded plover (Thinornis rubicollis) Photographed by Jeremy Ringma

A Masked Lapwing in care.Photographed by Liz Nathan


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relatively short bills. They hunt bysight, rather than by feel as longer-billed waders do.

They feed mainly on insects,worms or other invertebrates,depending on habitat, which areobtained by a run-and-pausetechnique, rather than the steady

probing of some other wader groups.The plover group of birds has adistraction display subcategorised asfalse brooding, pretending to changeposition, to sit on an imaginary nestsite.

A group of plovers may bereferred to as a stand, wing, orcongregation. A group of dotterelsmay be referred to as a trip.DESCRIPTION

They are small to medium-sizedbirds with compact bodies, short, thicknecks and long, usually pointed, wings,but most species of lapwing may havemore rounded wings. Their bill areusually straight and short, their toes areshort, hind toe could be reduced orabsent, depending on species. MostCharadriidae also have relatively shorttails. In most genera, the sexes are

similar, very little sexual dimorphismoccurs between sexes. They range in sizefrom the Collared Plover, at 26g and14cm (5.5in), to the Masked Lapwing, at368g (13oz) and 35cm (14in).DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT

They are distributed throughopen country worldwide, mostly in


Plover eggs. Photographed by Dean Wiles


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habitats near water, although there aresome exceptions: the Inland Dotterel,for example, prefers stony ground inthe deserts of central and westernAustralia.

They hunt by sight, rather than byfeel. Foods eaten include aquatic andterrestrial invertebrates such as insects,

worms, molluscs and crustaceansdepending on habitat, and are usuallyobtained by a run-and-pausetechnique, rather than the steadyprobing of someother wadergroups. Theyalso feed on plantmaterial.

Whilebreeding, they

defend theirterritories withhighly visibleaerial displays.Charadriidae areprotective over their eggs andoffspring. The parents protect theiryoung by uttering an alarm call,performing distraction display andthey may even attack the predator orintruder. Both parents take care oftheir offspring. The chicks areprecocial; their parents do not feedthem. Most species are monogamous,while less are polygamous.

Most members of the family areknown as plovers, lapwings ordotterels. These were rather vague

terms which were not applied with anygreat consistency in the past. Ingeneral, larger species have often beencalled lapwings, smaller species ploversor dotterels and there are in fact twoclear taxonomic sub-groups: mostlapwings belong to the subfamilyVanellinae, most plovers and dotterels

to Charadriinae.The trend in recent years has beento rationalise the common names ofthe Charadriidae. For example, the

large and verycommon Australianbird traditionallyknown as the Spur-winged Plover, isnow the MaskedLapwing; the

former SociablePlover is now theSociable Lapwing.

Precocialchicks will in time

feed themselves, but will need to beshown how initially. Because mostspecies need a high protein starter dietand have a preference to peck at red,green and yellow objects.

An aquarium or cardboard box isideal as it can be heated and keptcovered. Temperature is important,and initially it should be about 32oCin part of the enclosed aquarium orbox. This temperature can graduallybe lowered, as the feathers grow, untilit is equivalent to the outside


Beware the spur on the Spur-winged Plover (Masked Lapwing). To protect their eggs andchicks from intruders they will use this spur to attack. Photographed by Robyn Gates

R8RGenerally the plover parentwill pick up edible morsels

and drop them in front of thechick and this method of

feeding should be imitatedwhile in care.

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temperature. A desk lamp with a 40watt globe can be suspended over oneend of the box or aquarium and a heatpad can also be placed under thewarmed section. They must haveenough room to get away from theheat if they become too hot. The littlebirds themselves will tell you how theyfeel. Their behaviour indicates the

correctness of the temperature: ifvigorously pursuing their routineactivities, they are perfectlycomfortable; if huddled under the lightand peeping distressfully, they are toocold; if pressed as far as possible fromthe source of the heat and panting theyare too hot.

Precocial birds are stressed byalien sights and noises and are bestcaged in quiet areas, away from otheranimals and work areas. A visualbarrier, such as a towel, should beplaced over the front of the cage, and afeather duster taped to the corner ofthe box is a fantastic de-stresser..

Flooring cleanliness is extremely

important in order to keep the birdsfeet in good condition as they tend towalk through the food. Young ploversdo well with a somewhat roughsubstrate such as astroturf. If theirsubstrate is smooth, such asnewspaper, they have difficultystanding and may develop splayed legs.


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If you are able to bring them up in a group (more than one) this will help them to learn tofeed faster and give much needed comfort. Photographed by Almosta Farm

A setup for a Lapwing chick in care can includethermostat, heat pad, fluff for hiding, lamp, mirror,etc... Photographed by Liz Nathan

Precocial chicks can also be housed onpolystyrene foam (such as that sold byhardware shops for ironing boards), itis absorbent, it is not slippery, and it iseasy to wash and dries very quickly.

Long-legged waders such asherons also do well on astroturf. Watershould be in a non-slippery shallowdish.

We have asked Wildlife Carersfrom around Australia to give us sometips on what they do when they get aPlover, Lapwing or Dotterel in care:

Here are some tips from NewSouth Wales, Queensland, SouthAustralia and Victoria...

Baby Plovers don't seem to come in

all that frequently, usually some wellmeaning member of the public hasrescued them from being on the ground,when all the while that is exactly wherethey are supposed to be. If you can putthem back in the spot they came from,then please do. Just wait for theirparents to show and let them run off.

If however that is not an option,

then you will need to provide them withshelter and heat. I found large woodenboxes to be best for little plovers, but youcould use an aquarium or cardboardbox. They are easy to keep warm, andout of draughts. Beware though, theycan jump really high for their smallsize, so the box needs high sides and a


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secure top. I found a thick mosquito netdraped over the top with a loop of elasticsecuring it works well . Part of the topcan be covered with a towel and movedback or forward to regulate heat andlight etc.

Heat can be in the form of anoverhead lamp that they can huddleunder, or a heat pad up one end (theymust be able to get away from the heatif they need to), or even an oldearthenware flower pot with holesdrilled in the bottom and a light fittinginserted into it is also great (bewarecheap plastic light fittings they willmelt and cause a fire old bakelite onesare great). They need a pie plate under

them. If the plover is too hot it will beas far from the heat as it can be (reduceheat), or if it is cold it will be huddledup close to the heat and peepingdistressfully. The plover will also need asurrogate mum, like an old featherduster.

Plovers look after themselves prettymuch from the day they hatch(precocial). They learn to fend forthemselves by copying their parents. Theparents do not feed them. To teach themto hunt and chase is not too difficult.

I usually have their box lined withnewspaper, a towel or similar up thewarm end, and a shallow (not slippery)dish of water up the other. White paper

(butchers or computer paper) with somefinely chopped up grass placed on it(sparsely at first), then sprinkle someInsectivore, turkey crumbles andchopped up meal worms on the paperand tap the paper (finger or tweezers).

After a few minutes they will getinterested and usually start peckingstraight away. Sprinkle a small amountof Insectivore on their back as well, andwhen they preen themselves they aregetting the taste and goodness of theInsectivore.

They also do well on a mix of eggand biscuit, parrot rearing mix andinsectivore.

Within a few days small live


Plovers have a tendency of walking through their food. Photograph by Amanda Hall Banded Plover chicks hatching. Photographed by John Dart

As seen here in this pic the chick blendsin well with the undergrowth. Photographcourtesy of Gladstone & District WildlifeCarers Assoc.


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mealworms replace the chopped up ones.Any live insects can be introduced,including crickets and earthworms,usually avoiding slaters and colouredbeatles. Keep the floor clean to protecttheir feet.

Within a few weeks (about 4 weeksold) they can go into an aviary through

the day, the mealworms can be thrownon the ground and they will search themout. Place plenty of leaf litter in theaviary and a cardboard box at the backwith one end open so they have a placeto hide. They can now have a largershallow pond.

As soon as they can fly and feedthemselves they can be released,preferably in an area where there areothers, as they will and do adopt

youngsters. They can be released fromaround 8 weeks old.

Trish Mathers, wildlife carer, Qld

I have successfully raised ploversfrom one day old. I started off feedingthem mealworms, if they won't eat bythemselves I force feed themmealworms, they soon get the hint andstart feeding themselves. Usually whenthey first come in they are verydistressed and constantly call for theirparents, I have solved this problem bywrapping them up next to a hot waterbottle to comfort them. I had great luckplacing quail in with one of mine, if youdon't have quail (small king quail) dayold chicks can be used, they taught him


Ideal box for plovers, with water-bed heater on one side, you can also line with paper,soft cloth and surrogate mum (feather duster) near heater, water on opposite side.Photographed by Trish Mathers

Plovers 10 minutes old. Photo courtesy of Gladstone & District Wildlife Carers Assoc.

I have raised many lapwings fromtiny chicks.

They are totally independent fromthe moment they hatch and are quite

ferocious little hunters. I use guinea pig

hutches with a heat lamp at one end witha feather duster propped up so they cannuzzle into it and a shallow dish of waterat the other end.

I have tried lining the hutch withseveral different materials but I find a bitof dirt and mulch from my garden is thebest as they find tiny organisms that wecan't see in the mulch. At first they needlive food to stimulate them to hunt (minimeal worms and small earth worms and

pin head crickets). They also eat seeds andcan be taught to eat mince and insectivoremix once they settle into a routine andregard me as their food source. They arehardy little birds and I find them quiteeasy to raise.

Heather Frankcom, bird carer,Wildcare Australia, Qld


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One day old Plover. Photographed by Ebony Pitman

Here is a picture of one I raisedwith 3 curlews and when I

released them in my yard, hethought he was a curlew for quite

a long time. Photographed byEbony Pitman

Plover chick. Photographed by Ebony Pitman


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to peck at chick crumbles which I alsoplace in the brooder so they havesomething to snack on in between thelivefoods I feed 3 times a day. Once theyhave grown some feathers I place themin an outdoor aviary, they soon learnto forage more for food.

I give them limited contact at this

stage, only feeding livefoods twice a day(morning and night) with chickcrumbles available at all times.

Ebony Pitman, South Australia


Three eggs were rescued from a schoolby Von from Fauna Rescue and brought tome to hatch and raise.

I raise plovers on garden worms andother insects in a shallow dish of water, theylike to eat in shallow water and the movingof the bugs attracts their attention.

I also give them chick starter which i s

what is in the dish that looks alot likesand/dirt/mud in the photos.

If raising a single plover its a good ideato give them a stuffed toy - they like tosnuggle.

Amanda Hall, Fauna Rescue ofSouth Australia Inc.

A shallow water dish is ideal.

Photographed by Amanda Hall

A bird vet told me: chicken starter,finch seed, and greens should compriseless than 20% of the ration - thesebeautiful birds are predominantly

insectivores.Crickets are heaps better thanmealworms. Earthworms are good aswell. Like most insectivores that arerapidly growing, calcium supplement-ation and exposure to sunlight iscritically important. May be some help.

Jeannette Porritt, NSW

Masked Lapwing chicks gettingsome sun. Photo by Liz Nathan

I have not done a large number ofthese little guys, however we have had

great success with the ones we have raised at least 3 pairs now. It is easier if I just

put what I know in point form for you! you can attempt to raise one chick on

its own but they are more successfulin pairs

they require warmth and often like tosnuggle up to a feather duster

they go crazy over meal worms oftenif you are struggling to get them toeat when they first come in (which isusually the case) then break the mealworm in half and let the chick tastethe gooey insides that helps them to

learn that it is food. we used towels and papertowel for

substrate when young in a heat boxis ideal but will do fine in a boxwith a lamp as long as they can getaway from the heat.

they dont mind a bit of comfort forthe first couple of days a nurse

never goes astray however, theybecome very independent very quickly

as they grow we offer the meal wormsin a bowl with a watery insectivoremix they love finding the worms inthe bowl and it gives them access toextra nutrients and minerals

they are mainly insectivorous so a

variety of insects is always satisfyingfor these guys

though predominately you will seethem on land they do like to haveaccess to water to forage in but wenever worried if they werent thatinterested

they will need a big aviary to learn to

fly in we used sand as our substrateand had no problem with bumble foot

release site needs to be chosen wisely,ensure no other nesting ploversdominate the area. Release as close totheir home range as possible opengrasslands with neighboringbushland is ideal. Often you only get


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A Plover chick. Photographed by Daniel Coon


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As they grow we offer the meal worms in a bowlwith a watery insectivore mix. Photographed byDaniel Coon


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to choose between paddocks and houses if mother has laid eggs in unsafe

place, do not relocate chicks or eggs tosafer area as the mother willabandon. There will be cases whereyou will have no choice the eggs andchicks would need to come into carein this instance. There are caseswhere the plovers have acceptedchicks back so it is always worth atry if safe to do so.- Melissa Zabinskas & Daniel

Coon, Membership/Fundraising/Training Co-ordinators, BADGARWildlife Rescue, Victoria

If these chicks come in to carerunning and pecking they have a verygood chance but if they are cold or notfeeding or kept by the public at the

wrong temperature and not fed correctlythey will die very quickly. I make a bigeffort to get them back with the parenteven after a day or two if at all possible.They cost a lot to feed with mealwormsand time digging worms and they are along time getting flight feathers andlearning to fly.

Cheers Robyn GatesWe would like to thank Trish

Mathers for making this articlepossible with her research, also NormaHenderson and her ebook Care ofChicks. Also all the photographers

and contributors mentionedthroughout the article. Wikipedia.comwas also a source of information forthis article.


Plover chick.Photographed by Robyn Gates

Head and damaged beak on pic - this isdeadly to the bird. Pecking birds can not

grip a worm and will starve if the beak isdamaged. It does not grow back.Photographed by Robyn Gates

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Trowunna has been operating successful breeding programs, specifically Tasmanian Devils and quolls for over the past 25 years.Trowunnas Devil population is of highest priority due to the breeding success since 1985 and is recognised as one of the longest

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I have devoted my writing life to Australian wildlife and their natural

habitats, which are so threatened by civilisation and progress.

Most of my more than 100 published books focus on native Australian

species, and especially those that are sadly extinct and those that are critically

endangered or threatened.

I have written stories and information books with a scientific background

on wombats, koalas, kangaroos, bats, owls, frogs, numbats, gliders, possums,

dugongs, Argonauts, nautiluses and many other native species.

Especially wombats! My first picture storybook in 1970

was Harry the Hairy-nosed Wombat, which has now been

rewritten and republished in an anthology of six stories,

entitled Harry the Hairy-nosed Wombat and Other

Australian Animal Tales. Since 1996 my husband and Ihave spent one month each year as caretakers of Epping

Forest National Park (scientific), the home of the

remaining Northern Hairy-nosed Wombats. When we

began that work, there were 65 animals remaining; now

there are 150. Thirteen have been successfully

translocated to

Yarran Downs,

outside St George in south-

western Queensland (one of the originalhabitats) and three joeys have been born there

so the population is now much more secure.

The Wombat Who Talked to the Stars, told by one of

those endangered wombats, has received a number of awards,

including the Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing

(twice) and a Whitley award.

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I have spent much of my writing

life not at my desk but out in the field,

studying the chosen animals in their

own homes, or searching their known

habitats for clues towards their

survival; then working out innovative

formats to entice children to read

about them and share my passion.My four large format books on

Australian Bats, Owls, Frogs &

Kangaroos are used as major

reference works in school libraries,

brilliantly designed and illustrated

by Lynne Muir.

Golden Wombats, about the

special family of Common (Bare-

nosed) Wombats found on Flinders

Island in Bass Strait, took nine years

of research and arose from my

discovery, while on holiday on the

island, of a dead wombat beside a

fence. There were intriguing details:

the animal had been shot and its fur

was a light golden colour, like that of

a golden Labrador. Jane Burrell

illustrated that book, and created a

haunting double-page spread onscraper board for my poem which is

told in two voices: the conser-

vationist and the farmer:

Who killed the wombat?

Who shot the wombat with the golden

fur


Who fed on open fields beside the seaWho shared the world with echidna,

possum, wallaby?

Who lifted a rifle to the shoulder,

Sighted, took aim?

Who shot this marsupial trundler?

Who killed this grass-nibbling

burrower?Who forgot? And shot?

I killed the wombat. So what?

I shot the wombat. Why not?......

Mahogany the Mystery Glider, a

beautiful

hardback

book

which also

combines

non

fiction in

a rangeof genres, relates my

odyssey in North Queensland

tracking down the owner of a glider

skin found in a vat in the

Queensland Museum: following in

the footsteps of zoologist Steve Van

Dyck, the scientist responsible for

the solving of a modern mystery.

I connected strongly to that one,

as my publishing company is named

after the larger Greater Glider.

Illustrated by Sharon Dye, that book

won an Environment Award from

the Tasmanian-based Wilderness

Scoiety.

Four recent picture storybooks,

collaborations with artist/illustrator

Heather Gall, look at environmental

issues closer to home. KoalaNumber One, Silly Baby Magpie!

and Kookaburra School are all based

on actual observations of mammals

and birds on my 50-acre property

outside Maleny, in the hinterland of

the Sunshine Coast. I am constantly


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working on the conservation,

revegetation and regeneration of the

largest remnant rainforest in the

upper reaches of Obi Obi Creek.

The fourth book with Heather,

Platypus Deep, arose from an

extremely local issue, a fiery battle

between local conservationists and a

well-known supermarket

chain which, despite

desperate community

protest, built into a

bend of the Obi Obi

Creek known to be a

major habitat of

platypuses.

Green Air, an

innovative work

illustrated with clay sculptures,

celebrates my rainforest, our creek,

and the Southern Platypus Frog

Rheobatrachus silus which gave

birth through the mouth and was

found in our area but has been

missing since 1981. I made Silus the

central character of a junior novel

Frog Thunder (with my home as the

setting), with dramatic black and

white drawings by Heather Gall.

My most recent picture

storybooks on the paper nautilus

and the real nautilus kept me busy

for years with travel on dive boats

and aquarium research to produce

Argonauta Octopus

Navigator and

Nautilus, Pearl of the

Deep. They are both

beautiful books, as

scientifically correct as I

could make them, and

opulently illustrated by

Lynne Muir. In the USA,

Nautilus won a Nautilus

award!

I am very proud of all these

works, and trust that my books have

raised awareness in young readers of

the need to preserve our wildlife and

its special habitats.

Over the past 25 years thousands

of students have visited my home,

The Book Farm, seeking inspiration

for their own writing and their own

journey as wildlife preservers and

rescuers. I hope they all become as

passionate about the environment as

I am.

All the books mentioned above

are available from:

Greater Glider Productions

www.greaterglider.com.au

PH 07 5494 3000

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Silly Baby MagpieJill Morris

This is an amazing childrens book by Jill Morris Silly Baby Magpie a comical adventure of a magpie fledgling who has tolearn the skills to survive. Colourfully illustrated throughout by Heather Gall thank you to 'Greater Glider Productions' for

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Being a rescuer is very non-invasive. When an animal is reportedorphaned or injured a group text is sent to all the volunteers in that

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From that point animals are either taken to a vet or cared for by therescuer for less than 24 hours, while Greg arranges for their transport

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I

received a phone call from thelocal pub at Dunally Tasmania,about a brushtail possum who was

clinging to their firebox chimney.She had all the fur stripped off the

majority of her tail and all the long furpulled out from the waist down, as youcan see in the pics there was also asection where the muscles had beenstripped down on the tail. It was veryswollen when I got her.

I commenced physio on her andwas very pleased to see it worked. Shehas now been successfully releasedwith a male who lost all his claws in abushfire (yes they grew back andsharpened up with time and tenderlove and care).

Then there was Bob, this poorfella was found clinging to his deadmothers back apparently he was sotraumatised it took a while for him tosettle into care, he used to scream inhis sleep... BUT he is now a fully

grown successful release.I have also added a funny pic of a

female brushie who I soft released, shefigured out how to open the back door,we had to put a stop to that Here isa photo of her wondering why its notopening when she did it all right!!!!)

Bob now older and doing well. Photographed by Amelie Doram

Amelie Doram

Brushtails Popcorn and Bob



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Brushtail Possum with a very imaged tail.Photographed by Amelie Doram

A Female brushtail possum wondering why shecannot get into the house any longer.Photographed by Amelie Doram


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Andrea Devos

Zoodoo a photo essay


Stephan Devos and Ruby at the Zoodoo Entrance.Photographed by Cameron Marriage


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If you want to see Australiananimals AND Exotic animals whilevisiting Tasmania then the place to

go is Zoodoo.A safari bus tour will take you

around 80 acres of delight (included inentry fee) allowing you to get up closeand personal to camels, ostriches,emus, ponies, sheep, goats and loads

more...This park offers our beautiful

Australian animals such as emus,kangaroos, wallabies, Tasmaniandevils, quolls, possums, koalas,wombats etc... And they also offerexotic animals such as White AfricanLions, Bengal Tigers, Marmosets,Black-capped capuchins, crab-eatingmacques, ostrichs and you can even

feed a lion cub for FREE.Tasmania is known for its rain soit is a delight to go to a place thatthinks of the people and has coveredareas. You can view the animals andstay dry.

They have an undercover area forviewing the white African lions, theBengal Tigers,spotted tailed quoll(also called the Tiger Quoll), easternquolls, Tasmanian Devils.

Plus their nocturnal house is fullyenclosed which houses possums,gliders, snakes and lizards, myfavourite was a gorgeous lace monitorthey did a presentation on and wecould pat and take photos of.

They are very child friendly


Indoor Playland with a merry-go-round, jumpingcastle and toddlers ball pit. Photographed byCameron Marriage

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providing a HUGE undercover areawith a FREE Indoor Playland whichincludes a merry-go-round, jumpingcastle and a toddlers ball pit, under thesame roof is a delightful animalnursery where the kids can get closeand personal to baby farm animalssuch as guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens,coloured chooks, roosters and there is

bottle feeding of lambs too and somuch more.

The adults are not forgotten asthey can enjoy a good selection at thecafe with their choice of beverage andfood all undercover, with a gift shop,picnic and BBQ areas, daily keeperpresentations, safari bus tours and freerides for the kids this place has it all.

The bird avairies house macaws,

canaries, masked african lovebirds,Australian king parrots, rainbowlorikeets, indian ringnecks,budgerigars, sulpher crestedcockatoos, corellas, galahs, easternrosellas and so many more.

View the roaming magpie geese,cape barren geese, golden pheasants,peacocks, roosters and many more.

Feed the fallow deer, eastern greykangaroos, wallabies.

We hope you enjoy the followingphotos and their captions will tell thestory.


Stephan Devos having his fingers sucked bylambs at the indoor animal nursery. Photographedby Andrea Devos


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Little lambs sucking fingers while they wait fortheir milk bottles. Photographed by Andrea Devos


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A curious young goat - indoor animal nursery.Photographed by Andrea Devos


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A mother hen with her chicks - indoor animal nursery. Photo by Cameron Marriage Coloured chooks and Rooster - indoor animal nursery. Photo by Cameron Marriage

Guinea pigs - indoor animal nursery. Photographed by Cameron Marriage Rabbits - indoor animal nursery. Photographed by Cameron Marriage


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David Joyce and Ruby having a bite to eat at the undercover cafe.Photographed by Andrea Devos Enjoy the roaming Albino Peacock. Photographed by Cameron Marriage

Peacocks roam the grounds. Photographed by Andrea Devos Take the safari bus tour. Photographed by Andrea Devos


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Get up close and personal to camels.Photographed by Cameron Marriage


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More camels. Photographed by Cameron Marriage Get close and personal with ostriches. Photographed by Cameron Marriage

An ostrich at Zoodoo. Photographed by Morgan See farm animals in the great outdoors on your safari tour. Photo by Cameron Marriage


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Cameron feeding the kangaroo and fallow deer.Photographed by Andrea Devos


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Ruby feeding the fallow deer.Photographed by Andrea Devos


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A wallaby. Photographed by Morgan

See the wombats. Photographed by Morgan Get up close and personal with a macaw. Photographed by Stephan Devos

Andrea feeding the fallow deer. Photographed by Andrea Devos


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Cameron getting to pat of a large lace monitorafter enjoying a great presentation at the reptileenclosure. Photographed by Andrea Devos


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A lace monitors tongue.Photographed by Andrea Devos


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Meet Bakari and Kiara the rare white African lions. Photo by Andrea Devos

Together since cubs - a beautiful pair of rare white African lions.Photo by Andrea Devos The female white African lion. Photographed by Andrea Devos

Feed the lion cub FREE. Photographed by Cameron Marriage


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The beautiful lion cub.Photographed by Andrea Devos


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A big stretch. A male white African lion.Photographed by Andrea Devos


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The stunning beauty of the large male whiteAfrican lion. Photographed by Andrea Devos


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Cameron taking photos in one of the covered viewing areas. Photo by Andrea Devos

A large bengal tiger having a yawn. Photographed by Andrea DevosA large Bengal tiger. Tiger stripes are individually unique as the human finger print.Photographed by Andrea Devos

Cameron in front of Tigerland at Zoodoo. Photographed by Andrea Devos


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A bengal tiger enjoying a roll.Photographed by Sacha


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Marmoset. Photographed by Cameron Marriage

Marmoset. Photographed by Cameron Marriage

Welcome to Monkeyland where you will see marmosets, Black-capped capuchins andcrab-eating macques.

Eyes! Photographed by Cameron Marriage


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An adorable black-capped capuchin so happy tohave captured my finger. Photographed byCameron Marriage


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A Tasmanian devil showing us his powerful jawsand sharp teeth. Photographed by Andrea Devos


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Young Tasmanian devils enjoying each other andthe sun. Photographed by Andrea Devos

Magpie


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MagpieGoose(Anseranas Semipalmata)

Origin: native to Australia and NewGuinea

Lifespan: 30 years

Diet: Consists mostly of aquatic plantsas well as some smallinvertebrates, grains and foliage.

Reproduction: Breeding season isusually from March to April butmay vary according to rainfall.Males will usually pair with twofemales. Each laying 5 to 8yellowish white eggs. Incubationlasts for 24-25 days.

*The Magpie-goose is a waterbirdusually found in large flocks in tropicalwetlands, wading in shallow waterswhere they graze. All breeding takesplace in Northern Australia butoutside this time they wander furthersouth, as far as northern New SouthWales.

*Huge flocks congregate to feed on

flood plains. They prefer open countrywhere approaching predators, such asdingoes, can be easily seen.


Magpie Goose.Photographed by Cameron Marriage

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This beautiful book is rich with wisdom, inspiration, and sound advice. It is educationwith a smile and an invitation to open your heart to the unique animals all around us.It is a tribute to those brave and compassionate people all over this country who givetheir time, money and love so selflessly to help those creatures whose suffering wouldotherwise go unnoticed and whose cause would go unchampioned. Their stories are purejoy.Tania Duratovic - International Fund for Animal Welfare

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The book is based on true stories from wildlife rehabilitators and what they have facedwhile helping our native wildlife to recover from injury or raising orphans to be releasedback into the wild. Their stories will make you laugh, make you cry, break your heart,make you angry and help you to believe in miracles again. And at the same timeeducating the public about wildlife and wildlife rescue.Jodie Blackney.

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How do we easily andpositively identify wildlifesuch that there is no question

as to the identity of the animal, bird,reptile, fish or amphibian but in a waythat does not jeopardise the chances ofsurvival for that animal after release?The answer is RFID!WHAT IS RFID?

The answer is radio-frequencyidentification or the use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields totransfer data from an identificationdevice (implanted or external) to areader. Most people commonly referto the identification devices asmicrochips.

This is the same system that isused today for the identification ofdogs and cats and many horses and itcan be readily applied to wildlife to

help monitor movements, breeding,feeding, some aspects of health andsurvivability.

My two veterinary partners and Iintroduced microchip identificationfor animals into Australia in the 1980sand, after forming Microchips


Dr Doug BlackBVSc(Hons)

MANZCVSc (Avian Health)

RFID in wildlife

A Lace Monitor being microchipped

Unlike other identificationsystems that rely on line of sight or

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Australia, we have been involved withsupplying microchip identificationsystems for the companion animalindustry, zoos, wildlife researchers,fisheries and many other applicationsever since.HOW DOES RFID WORK?

Although microchip identificationis now an accepted form ofidentification of animals, exactly howthe system works is not well known.

The overall explanation is that amicrochip or transponder or PIT tag

is a passive transponder (no batteryinvolved) that relies on radio-frequency electromagnetic fieldsproduced from the reader to excite andthen transmit the unique transpondercode from the transponder back to thereader.

systems that rely on line of sight orvisual examination, the RFIDmicrochip can be implanted under theskin or into the body of the animal andis there for life ....well in mostanimals... but more of that later!

COMPONENTSThe transponder or microchip

contains a microscopic integratedcircuit board, a coil inductor that actsas a radio antenna and a capacitor andthese are all contained in a capsule thatis generally made of glass orbiocompatible glass in the case of

Trovan microchips. This capsule iseither heat sealed or preferably lasersealed to ensure no connectionbetween the animal tissue and theinternal components of thetransponder.

There are many types of

on the market, from small pocket-sized hand-held readers larger hand-held readers with better

read range pole readers remote monitoring reading systemsWHY USE RFID IN WILDLIFE?

Once an animal is permanently

identified, a tremendous amount ofinformation can be generated forresearch to help us understand moreabout the animal and hopefully helpensure the survival of both theindividual and the species into thefuture.

Of course this is not restricted toidentification via RFID the animalmay have some form of externalidentification such as external tag, legband/ring, tattoo, ear punch or tail ortoe clipping.

Most of these identificationmethods can be easily removed,difficult or impossible to read orinterpret or have some negative animalwelfare issues associated with them.

Animals that are externally taggedcan be at greater risk to predation,injury from peers, injury due to the tag

being caught or ripped out or, withrespect to leg bands/rings, causingconstriction to the lower leg andpossible loss of that limb.

Implanted transponders pose littleto no risk to the health of the animalapart from a small amount of pain

associated with the initialimplantation.

Information can be gained fromsimply scanning an animal when it iscaptured or found injured or dead.How many of us have released ananimal, bird or reptile back into thewild after extensive care andrehabilitation and then wished we hada way of knowing where thatindividual ends up and for how long itsurvives. This information is only

achievable if the animal is permanentlyidentified.

Of course, this is also dependenton an accurate and easily accessibledatabase.

Much more information can beachieved in using a remote monitoring


Close up picture of the Microchip (TrovanUnique ID100), the size of a Microchip(Trovan Unique Nanotransponder) on a1cm scale

1.The reader is triggered2.The reader transmits radiofrequency

energy to the transponder (microchip)3.The energy from the reader is converted

to an electrical charge in the transponder4.The transponder then sends its uniquely

coded low energy transmission back tothe reader

5.The reader receives and processes thereceived signal from the transponder andthen displays the unique code as a

numeric or alphanumeric code on theLCD screen

Encased in a heat-sealed or laser-sealedglass capsule, ensures no connectionbetween the animal tissue and internalcomponents of the micropchip(transponder).


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Small pocket-sized hand-held reader beingchecked out by a Meerkat. This reader is

a Trovan.

A Trovan Pole reader being used to scan acaptured saltwater crocodile.

Solar powered wombat burrow monitoringsystem.

Larger hand-held readers with better readrange. (Koalas having their microchips

read)

system where a strategically locatedRFID antenna (e.g at a nest entrance,

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RFID antenna (e.g at a nest entrance,feed station, water point or burrowetc) is linked to a decoder and anymovement of a microchipped animalover, next to or through the antenna isautomatically recorded and stored forlater transfer to a computer.

These systems can be linked to

optical beam sensors, weigh scales andother devices to gain information onfrequency of visits, direction ofmovement, length of stay in a nest,burrow or feed/water station, weightof the animal and even the amount offood eaten!RFID VS GPS/VHF TRACKING

Tracking the movements ofanimals can also be achieved by usingGPS or VHF tracking technology.

This is fantastic technologyproviding vital real-time information

animals, birds, fish etc. and is a veryuseful tool in wildlife research.However, there are somedisadvantages with GPS and VHFtechnology: virtually all GPS/VHF tracking

devices are externally attached to theanimal via bands, collars, gluing or

surgery the tracking devices are active

devices relying on batteries with afinite life

the devices are generally muchbigger than implanted RFIDtransponders (although they aregetting smaller as time goes by!) and

the devices are significantly moreexpensive than RFID transponders.

The obvious major advantage ofthe implanted RFID transponders isthat the transponders remain as a

permanent identification of the animalfor the entire life of that animal...longafter the batteries of the active GPS orVHF tracking device have died and/orthe collar or device has fallen off theanimal.

Ideally the combination of bothtechnologies provides the greatestamount of data and information forwildlife research.NEW ADVANCES IN RFIDTECHNOLOGY

Although everyone would like usto produce a microchip that could beread from tens of metres away (Iwonder if that falcon perched 25metres up in that tree is the one I

released last year?) this is still notachievable. And, given the size of thetransponders and the nature of the lowfrequency RFID technology, it isunfortunately not likely to ever beachievable.

However, we have made many

advances in the last few years thatmake RFID an even more useful toolthan it already is!

1. Transponder SizeThe standard implantable RFID

transponders such as those that arecommonly used in companion animalsare approximately 11mm long and 2 to2.5mm diameter. In 2011, we releasedthe Trovan Unique Nanotransponderwhich is only 7mm long and 1.25mmdiameter.... nearly half the size of thestandard transponders!

The implanting needle isobviously also substantially smallerthan the needle used to implant thestandard-sized transponders and this

makes the Nanotransponder ideal forthe identification of very small birds,reptiles, microbats, frogs and small oryoung mammals....animals that wewerent previously able to identify bymicrochip.

It also allows us to implant


An example of a more complex remote monitoring system used in a Bridled Nail-TailWallaby research project in NSW.L to R: weigh scale platform, 500mm square RFID antenna, weigh scale indicator, RFIDdecoder, 20W solar panel, 12V batteries

A koala and a brushtail possum with a GPS/VHF tracking device collar, these devicesare attached to wildlife as bands, collars, gluing or surgery. Photos courtesy of Sirtrackwww.sirtrack.com

microchips in some of these very smallanimals without the need for

transponder it will display a code thatallows you to better identify the

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animals without the need foranaesthesia.

This month (December 2012) weare releasing another new transponder the Trovan ISO Midi-Chip.

This transponder is nearly thesame size as the Nanotransponder at8mm long and 1.4mm diameter buthas a superior read range and can be

read by ISO only readers making itmore likely to be found by vet clinics,rangers and animal welfare shelters.

Not all transponders can be readby all readers and it is important toconsider this before making a choiceof which transponder to use.

2. Hand Held Reader Features

Hand held RFID readers havebecome smaller and lighter over theyears and many are now powered bystandard AA or 9v alkaline batteries.Some readers are read-only readerswith no capacity for storing scannedidentification codes whereas othershave RS232, USB, Bluetooth or WiFiconnectivity allowing you to connectto a computer and transfer stored read

data from the reader to your laptop ordesktop or computer or PDA. Some ofthe Trovan hand-held readers have aunique feature .... a Custom Codingfunction! This allows you to assigncustom codes for each transponder sothat when your reader scans the

allows you to better identify theanimal without going to a computer. Itdoes nothing to the code of thetransponder and the standard RFIDcode will be displayed in the normalformat if scanned by another reader.

The custom coding is limited to a30 alpha-numeric code. So, instead of

000876D6G, it could display a codethat either matches your current i/dsystem or use something like:LCH012MFT1009ZLC0911XCFREE Litoria chloris (Red-eyed TreeFrog), No.012, Male, First tagged &released October 2009 Area Z, Lastcaught September 2011 in Area X andwas Chytrid free.

You just change the codes andtransfer them to the reader while thecomputer is connected to the readerand then go into the field and readeach animal to verify its identity,correct location, current status etc!!

System FeaturesOptical Beam Sensors

a) Single Optical Beam Sensor(transmit and receive units) - Thissensor is used to conserve batterypower. When sensors are used theantenna always stays in sleepmode until the beam between the

sensors is broken. When the beamis broken the antenna turns on fora fixed amount of time and thenturns off (can be changed via thesoftware).This is very useful in applicationswhere the batteries cannot becharged on a regular basis, in areaswhere solar panels cannot be usedeffectively or in high powerconsumption units.

b) Double Optical Beam Sensors

(two pairs of transmit and receiveunits) - Two sets of sensors can beused to determine the direction ofanimals generating In/Out data.The sensors are positioned oneach side of the antenna and,depending on which sensor beam


The Nanotransponder to scale (under 1cm)

The Nanotransponder implanting device

The three Trovan transponders(microchips), Just Released: the ISO Midi-Chip (top), Standard ID100 transponder(middle), the nanotransponder

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