The Vertebrate Fauna of Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve: Final
The Vertebrate Fauna of Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve: Final
The Vertebrate Fauna of Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve: Final
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APPENDIX B: CAVE INVESTIGATIONS AT JENOLAN, FEBRUARY –<br />
MAY 2011<br />
Below is a summary <strong>of</strong> the caves inspected during the current survey period <strong>of</strong> February to May 2011<br />
as well as those that were not inspected but had prior reports <strong>of</strong> vertebrate fauna. Given the extensive<br />
nature <strong>of</strong> the karst system this list is not exhaustive. Notes on prior observations <strong>of</strong> fauna are<br />
attributed to the following persons: AM= Anne Musser, AS =Andy Spate, BR= Barry Richards, EH =<br />
Ernst Holland, JJ =Julia James, SR=Steve Reilly.<br />
Cave Date<br />
inspected<br />
Aladdin<br />
Cave<br />
148<br />
Time Techniques performed Species observed (for caves not inspected<br />
notes on prior observations are given)<br />
Arch Cave 7/2/11, Day 1 hr General observation,<br />
sooty owl pellet<br />
collection, inspected to<br />
100 m inside cave<br />
Chifley<br />
Cave<br />
Devil’s<br />
Coach<br />
House<br />
Inspired<br />
Point near<br />
Spider<br />
Cave<br />
Jubilee<br />
Cave<br />
Lucas<br />
Cave<br />
Mammoth<br />
Cave<br />
Mammoth<br />
Cave<br />
(abseil<br />
entrance)<br />
Mammoth<br />
Cave<br />
(gated<br />
entrance)<br />
Mammoth<br />
Cave<br />
(meshed<br />
entrance)<br />
Not inspected A few bats seen in the past (SR)<br />
Sooty owl, brush-tailed rock-wallaby, common<br />
brushtail possum (dead), fresh guano but no<br />
roosting bats.<br />
Not inspected Occasional bat sightings (AM)<br />
7/2/11, Day 0.5 hr General observation Grey shrike-thrush, fresh guano but no<br />
roosting bats.<br />
7/2/11,<br />
Dusk<br />
1 hr Observation <strong>of</strong> bat flyout,<br />
handheld ultrasonic<br />
recording for bats.<br />
Large-eared pied bat, eastern horseshoe bat,<br />
eastern bentwing-bat<br />
8/2/11, Day 1 hr General observation Sooty owl pellets, evidence <strong>of</strong> roosting bats,<br />
evidence <strong>of</strong> brush-tailed rock-wallaby.<br />
9/2/11, Day 1 hr Ultrasonic recording for<br />
bats, general<br />
observation, targeted<br />
search for roosting bats<br />
24/2/11,<br />
Day<br />
8/2/2011,<br />
Day<br />
10/2/2011,<br />
Night<br />
10/2/2011,<br />
Night<br />
8/2/2011,<br />
Night<br />
9/2/2011,<br />
Night<br />
1 hr Sooty owl pellet<br />
collection<br />
Sooty owl, large-eared pied bat, eastern<br />
bentwing-bat, forest bats (probably foraging<br />
not roosting)<br />
Sooty owl<br />
Not inspected Bat guano noted by Whitby (1998) at “Inspired<br />
Point”, just past suffer little children squeeze”<br />
Not inspected Bats noted as infesting the cave in newspaper<br />
article from 1898 (<strong>The</strong> Mercury 1898). Not<br />
currently a bat roost (AM)<br />
Not inspected Bats known to roost in a few locations (AM).<br />
Abandoned significant bat roost? (Cook 1898,<br />
SLNSW 2011)<br />
2 hrs Ultrasonic recording,<br />
targeted search for<br />
roosting bats<br />
Roosting eastern bentwing-bats (~50)<br />
1 night Ultrasonic recording Eastern bentwing-bats, a few eastern<br />
horseshoe bats<br />
1 night Ultrasonic recording Eastern bentwing-bats, a few eastern<br />
horseshoe bats. Bats were flying up to gate<br />
but it remains undetermined if they were<br />
crossing it.<br />
2<br />
nights<br />
Ultrasonic recording Eastern bentwing-bats. Bats were flying up to<br />
mesh but it remains undetermined if they were<br />
crossing it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Vertebrate</strong> <strong>Fauna</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jenolan</strong> <strong>Karst</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Reserve</strong>
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