{"id":2723,"date":"2023-08-31T13:18:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2023-08-31T13:18:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:18:48","slug":"2023-kangaroo-valley-annual-echidna-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/2023\/08\/31\/2023-kangaroo-valley-annual-echidna-count\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Kangaroo Valley Annual Echidna Count"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2723-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"394\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/VID-20230813-WA0000.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/VID-20230813-WA0000.mp4\">https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/VID-20230813-WA0000.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kangaroo Valley has the two oldest mammals on the planet. Echidnas and their closest relative, the platypus, were around with the dinosaurs, almost 200 million years ago according to recent studies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s time to start counting echidnas again!\u00a0 The 2023 Kangaroo Valley Annual Echidna Count starts on Monday 11 September and runs until Sunday 17 September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kangaroo Valley Environment Group is monitoring the number of echidna sightings at this time each year. Echidnas are difficult to study because they are shy and their movements cannot be predicted. By recording and comparing the sightings we will monitor the well-being of the valley&#8217;s echidna population for years to come.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2023 Echidna Count project page is in iNaturalist here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/projects\/2023-kangaroo-valley-echidna-count\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/projects\/2023-kangaroo-valley-echidna-count<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On that page you can sign in or log in to iNaturalist by clicking Log in or Sign in tab near the top right of the screen, and you can join the project by clicking on the \u2018Join\u2019 tab, to receive journals about echidnas throughout the week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To record sightings of echidnas, download the free iNaturalist phone app and use it to take photos. Or records of sightings of echidnas can be uploaded by going to the Echidna Count project page and clicking on the green arrow in the top line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is an iNaturalist Getting Started page here if you want help: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/pages\/getting+started\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/pages\/getting+started<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are having problems using iNaturalist, contact me at ckswatson@gmail.com, and I will help you load your photos or record your sightings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2726\" src=\"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Echidna-on-hollow-log-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Echidna-on-hollow-log-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Echidna-on-hollow-log-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Echidna-on-hollow-log-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Echidna-on-hollow-log-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Echidna-on-hollow-log-18x24.jpg 18w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Echidna-on-hollow-log-27x36.jpg 27w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Echidna-on-hollow-log-36x48.jpg 36w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Echidna-on-hollow-log.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo of echidna on log by Liz Cunningham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2727\" src=\"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chakola-echidna-300x142.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chakola-echidna-300x142.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chakola-echidna-768x364.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chakola-echidna-150x71.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chakola-echidna-696x330.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chakola-echidna-24x11.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chakola-echidna-36x17.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chakola-echidna-48x23.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chakola-echidna.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo of echidna on grass by Chakola<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Platypus and the Platy-Project<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This September, the Australian Conservation Foundation and academics at the University of NSW are asking people to head down to their local creek or river, find a quiet place on the bank, try to spot a platypus and record what you see.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By taking part in the Platy-Project, you\u2019ll help researchers understand more about this elusive animal and how we can better protect it. There are more details and you can sign up here:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.org.au\/platy-project\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.acf.org.au\/platy-project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 and there is a video on how to do a platypus survey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To see beautiful photography of echidnas and platypuses there is an Australia remastered program and a story about a platypus guardian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2725\" src=\"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus-24x18.jpg 24w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus-36x27.jpg 36w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus-48x36.jpg 48w, https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Platypus-photo-from-A-national-assessment-of-conservation-status-of-the-platypus.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo of platypus from A national assessment of the conservation status of the platypus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enjoy these extraordinary animals this September!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kate Watson\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Kangaroo Valley Environment Group<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Kangaroo Valley has the two oldest mammals on the planet. Echidnas and their closest relative, the platypus, were around with the dinosaurs, almost 200 million years ago according to recent studies.\u00a0 It&#8217;s time to start counting echidnas again!\u00a0 The 2023 Kangaroo Valley Annual Echidna Count starts on Monday 11 September and runs until Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,3,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-featured","category-kangaroo-valley-environment-group"],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Kangaroo Valley Voice","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice","push-errors":false,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2728,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions\/2728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}