Image – Andrew Mercer (www.baldwhiteguy.co.nz) / CC BY-SA
Grey-headed Flying Fox rather messily eating flower nectar – face and fur getting covered with yellow pollen. That pollen will be spread to other trees. Flying foxes are a major pollinator of our forests.
These little fruit and nectar eaters are losing habitat up and down the east coast and are listed as threatened. They are increasingly roosting in towns, perhaps for better access to food plants and water because of our drying climate.
They are vulnerable to temperatures over 42 degrees and so could be expected to prefer more southern latitudes as the climate warms.
Keep your eyes and ears open for what flying foxes are up to.
Below are some informative links:
https://www.naroomanewsonline.com.au/story/6549975/shire-flying-fox-pups-die-in-drought/?cs=1489
” Every year in Australia heat records are broken and now it is official: 2020 was the world’s hottest year on record. Not great news for bats.” Josh Hutchinson writes in:
Words – Jack Egan
WOOEE _ 2022
