On our evening walk in Yallarwah Park over the last few days we have heard the distinct crunching of casuarina seeds. A pair of glossy black cockatoos have been feeding . . .
Cove wildlife
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Have you noticed that the large noisy flock of corellas is not about at the moment. The last we saw of the large flock was a couple of months ago . . .

In November after a bit of rain, I heard some frogs in the bush behind the Community Centre. I used the Frog ID app on my phone to record the . . .

The following information was released in the August 2022 edition of the DPI NSW Recreational Fishing Newsletter. Following the recent changes to Dusky Flathead recreational fishing rules, this is a . . .
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Keep the kids and the whole family occupied- become citizen scientists. Citizen scientists help our researchers better understand the world. Our phones allow us the opportunity to collect data for . . .

Termites spawning... Author: Trever Vandenberg ... Over the last few weeks termites have begun to spawn..., not only throughout the non urban area ...as I have seen remnants within the . . .

Readers may remember an article I wrote in August describing a set of very odd and very large footprints Cove residents had discovered along the foreshore. The prints were huge . . .
Aussie Bird Count – Celebrate National Bird Week by taking part in the biggest citizen science project to hit Aussie shores. Join thousands of people from across the country, heading . . .

We occasionally see feral deer in our vicinity (and some unfortunate drivers, have encountered a vehicle collision). There was (not sure if there still is) a deer herd along the . . .
A dead turtle was found last week near Beauty Point. Port Stephens has three types of turtles: green, loggerhead and hawksbill. The green turtle is the most common and can . . .