Ravenswood Wildlife Refuge

Ravenswood Wildlife Refuge 'Ravenswood' is a 36 year old private not for profit wildlife refuge in SE Qld Australia All they need is safe habitat and they will happily coexist with us.

We grew a forest and they came!
'Ravenswood' is a 35 year old private not for profit wildlife refuge. Please note, to clarify any confusion that may arise from the first name, we do not rescue animals but are instead focused on providing safe habitat for wildlife and hopefully encouraging others to do so too. We are not open to the public to ensure a safe haven for all our inhabitants. People and

vehicles and machinery and poison are their worst nightmares. I began this page to document and publicly share my record of all the wonderful animals that live and visit here - in the hope of inspiring others to value and love the amazing wild community we all can share our lives with once we realise they are there. They can enrich our lives immeasurably - they have mine. The wildlife community here is now complex and diverse as my photographs and videos will show. This includes 145 species of birds, recorded since 1986, rare black bobuck possums, antechinus, echidna, platypus, lace monitors, eastern water dragons, blue tongues lizards and many more. You can find more info on our websites ravenswoodwildlifesanctuary.simplesite.com
Thank you for your interest and support!

Thank you all for your kind concern and messages about Kuki. Apologies for my long absence and not responding to you al...
27/06/2024

Thank you all for your kind concern and messages about Kuki. Apologies for my long absence and not responding to you all individually. Sometimes life and pears have too much in common.
Turning off Fb helped so I understand that many of you may have done the same. My mantra is to try to stay upbeat but I realise that when I can't, I'd rather not share sad news, so tend to shut down instead.
My beautiful wild scaly friend Kuki didn't make it.
I was devastated.
Still am.
But I am getting there slowly.
Connecting to our wild community brings great joy, but shock and sadness too when they don't survive/disappear from their local haunts. Sadly threats are many.
Thanks to all of you for caring about our precious wildlife, and to those who may still be checking in, I hope you are all managing ok and remembering that each day is precious. Kind regards, from all of us at Ravenswood.

Red Backed Fairywren (male in full breeding plumage) This dear little beauty was posing so wonderfully for me on the new...
15/11/2023

Red Backed Fairywren (male in full breeding plumage) This dear little beauty was posing so wonderfully for me on the new electric horse fence on our northern boundary. (I removed the lower section he was sitting on in an attempt to improve the pic. The dark band in the top of the pic is the broad black strap of the same fence in the far distance. I so miss the old wooden fence for photography! Not perfect, but learning! Edited with Pxlr x.

14/11/2023

Sound on to hear birdsong). 🎧🐤🎶
So many Red browed Finches today! 🤯🤩❤🐥🐤 They sure know how to enjoy a pool party. How many can you count? 😊 A little water goes a very long way for this family of sweet little finches having a delightful communal bathe. Today this birdbath was also used by Silvereyes, Bar Shouldered Doves, a Brush Turkey, White Browed Finches, and Red Backed Fairy Wrens, an Eastern Yellow Robin and Lewin Honeyeaters. There are many more watering spots for the birds, but it seems this one is the most favoured by the little birds. Thanks for watching!

05/11/2023

A White Browed Scrubwren babe helps Mum forage for food.... 🎶🎧 Sound on to hear to its sweet chatter as it picks up a small bit of leaf and proudly shows it off. "Look Mum I found some too!" ❤💚💛🐥🐤😊
Ravenswood Wildlife Refuge Southeast Queensland, Australia
Denise Ravenscroft 2023 (c).
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Golden Headed Cistacola - my wonderful find in the gully this morning - 4/11/23 - Oops, I just realised I added the wr...
04/11/2023

Golden Headed Cistacola - my wonderful find in the gully this morning - 4/11/23 - Oops, I just realised I added the wrong month on the pic. October 2023 is already behind us! These are the sweetest little birds. They can be so curious emerging shyly to check out the photographer. The calls are so strange - I had no idea what could be calling so oddly the first time I heard them issueing from the dense tall grasses, then one of these little cuties popped up. You can find more info and listen to their calls via this link, thanks to eBird and their contributors https://ebird.org/species/gohcis1?siteLanguage=en_AU

Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) . I was delighted to find a family of 4 foraging the azolla on our upper dam a ...
03/11/2023

Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) . I was delighted to find a family of 4 foraging the azolla on our upper dam a few days back. They've done a wonderful job of almost entirely clearing the dense floating w**d off the surface! Thank you ducks! 💚😍🦆🦆
Find more info and listen to their calls via this link, thanks to eBird https://ebird.org/species/pabduc1?siteLanguage=en_AU and also on how to distinguish hybrids with Mallards and detailed info via this link, thanks to eBird Australia https://ebird.org/australia/news/identifying-mallard-x-pacific-black-duck-hybrids

25/10/2023

Sound on to hear the birdsong! 🎶🎧🎵🐥🐤🐦
A Red Backed Fairywren male in eclipse plumage perched on top of an isolated lantana bush in our alluvial paddock, preens his feathers, while keeping any eye out for pesky predators. The birdsong- recorded same place, but different time, includes Grey Shrike Thrush, Pied Butcherbird, Lewins Honeyeaters, Grey Butcherbird and White Browed Scrubwrens. Thanks for watching! Feel free to share to spread a little joy.. Denise Ravenscroft. Ravenswood Wildlife Refuge, Southeast Queensland, Australia. October 2023.

Redbacked Fairywren (male in eclipse plumage) with a feather in his beak, in the midst of preening. He was proudly sitti...
25/10/2023

Redbacked Fairywren (male in eclipse plumage) with a feather in his beak, in the midst of preening. He was proudly sitting on the top of an isolated lantana bush in our alluvial paddock. So relieved to see the family still here despite the drought this spring and early summer.

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