Calendar of Events 2010

Many migratory birds start to leave about now to return to winter homes in the Pacific, New Guinea or Asia.

Sea Week 2010

Flying foxes start mating - young will be born about October; koels depart for winter homes in New Guinea and the Pacific; migratory wading birds return to the Arctic and Sub-Arctic.

Black kites may breed throughout the year, but often from March to May in North Queensland; rainbow bee-eaters may breed a second time.

Cassowaries courting and mating; wedge-tailed eagles, which mate for life, still have courtships each year. Breeding may occur from April to August. Humpback whales appear in the Barrier Reef waters after northern migration up the east coast from Antarctica.

World Environment Day

Planet Ark Schools Tree Day 2010

National Science Week 2010

Biodiversity Month

1-30 September

Landcare Australia - Landcare Week

6-12 September

National Threatened Species Day

TBA

World Water Monitoring Day : monitor water any time between March 22 and December 31

Turtles start migrating to their breeding grounds. Corals spawn on the Great Barrier Reef during Oct, Nov and Dec at night 4-6 days after the full moon.

Living Greener - Take some Action to reduce your impact on the planet this month

Walk to Work Day 2010

Freshwater crocodiles start to hatch; many lorikeet young, especially rainbow and scaly-breasted, learning to fly; young boobook owls learning to fly. Turtles start to come ashore to lay eggs.

Saltwater crocodiles are building nests and laying their eggs; bentwing bats are giving birth - this occurs across Australia at about the same time even though in northern Australian bats may mate months earlier than those in the south; cicadas are emerging; turtles are coming ashore to lay eggs.