All this current chat about introducing Powerful Owls to Kangaroo Island as
a possible Koala control measure got me reaching for my Annotated list of
the Birds of KI by Chris Baxter.. The book lists Barn Owls, Boobooks, Tawny
Frogmouth, and Owlet Nightjar ( not all owls as such, but owly type birds)
as being present on the island, not that any of these could pose much of a
threat to a Koala.
I certainly concur with the Barn Owl listing having been scared out of my
wits (briefly) by one swooping and screeching just over my head one night
whilst out looking for Bush Stone Curlews.
How many of you have caught up with David Paton's latest suggestion that it
may not be the Koala at all which is extensively damaging trees as was at
first thought - hence the culling idea ? He has detected that the tree
damage may be attributable to a fungal infection and that the Koalas are not
the culprits. This was on the box a couple of nights ago ( I missed it but
was told about it).
Tony.
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