Sightings over the past few months have been particularly poor around ElwoodCanal and AlbertParkLake. The best place to see Rakali in numbers is definitely from the St Kilda Breakwater. On our last trip out there we saw at least six individuals – Andrew took some great photos (seehttp://www.rakali.com/19.htmlphotos 53/55).
The first clip has been cut from the Educational Resource DVD and the second from Tiana Preston while doing some of her research on the St Kilda breakwater.
Myrtle the baby Rakali
The following is from an email sent to us from Erin Whitford in Myrtleford. Erin also sent us several wonderful photos.
"I run a wildlife shelter in Myrtleford and thought you may like these photos of a young rakali that came into care last week. She weighed 75 grams and was very dehydrated. She was found in a car park near theOvensRiver in Bright.
She is fascinating to observe at night - shredding up plant material and bark to fashion a nest.
Apparently these displaced juveniles do not fare well when released so Healesville Sanctuary have
offered to send her to the Perth Zoo to take part in breeding program"
Educational Resource for Primary Schools
Over the past few months the Rakali Watch Team have been putting together a resource package on Rakali. This has now been posted to 50 Bayside and Port Phillip primary schools – the resource package consists of a DVD, CD with photos and a booklet.
Members of the Rakali Team are also involved with Penguin Research in St Kilda. An exciting new web site is under development tracing this research over a twenty year period.
