Hi All,
I think Andrea is referring to separate possums here. The Common Brushtail,
is generally not a prey species for the Powerful Owl unless it is possibly
a juvenile, where the Common Ringtail Possum is. Brushies need hollows but
Ringtails construct dreys to sleep in but will use hollows at times if
available. I am also not sure of the cause and effect that she is referring
to.
Give the DSE a ring Bill and see what they suggest.
On 4 September 2012 09:49, brian fleming <> wrote:
> I once photographed a man releasing a possum at Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe.
> As it was at the foot of a poplar, it rushed straight up, but had no safe
> cover. I strongly suspect that the availability of recently released
> possums has resulted in the Powerful Owl population's presence in the
> suburban Yarra Valley.
>
> Unless it has a secure nest-hollow, a possum has no hope of survival. And
> all the hollows suitable for possums are already occupied.
>
> Anthea Fleming
>
>
> On 4/09/2012 5:52 AM, Bill Stent wrote:
>
>> I had an interesting - if very short - conversation on the bike ride home
>> last night.
>>
>> I was coming up the path from the Fairfield pipe bridge over the Yarra
>> (Melbourne), which passes through a bit of bush. Ahead of me I saw a woman
>> emerge from the bush, carrying a wire crate. I caught her just as she was
>> loading the empty possum trap into a van, with with the name of a landscape
>> design and construction company written in large letters on the side. I
>> asked her "was that a possum you just released?" She paused for a moment,
>> looked me up and down and said, "maybe".
>>
>> Without anything else I could do, I said "good answer" and rode off.
>>
>> According to the Department of Sustainability and Environment, here in
>> Victoria, "Possums may be trapped, but only to remove them from the roof.
>> They must be released on the same property within 50 metres of the capture
>> site. Licensed wildlife controllers are also authorised to trap possums,
>> (see Yellow Pages under pest control) but they will not relocate them to
>> another site."
>>
>> I have a possum trap and have caught possums inside my house, and have
>> released them at my front door. Where we were, there are no houses within
>> at least 400 metres.
>>
>> What can be done about this? I know that what I saw cannot be taken as
>> evidence in anything, it's simply my word against hers.
>>
>> I wrote down the name of the company as she drove off.
>>
>> Bill
>>
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