Russell Constable often takes a walk around Coquette Point with Yvonne. Thanks for sharing your experiences Russell so we can all learn more about one of the many special places along the Cassowary Coast.
"All good down here and enjoyed the pleasure of a walk with you (yvonne) as always.
Looked up your mangrove crabs and believe they are Maroon mangrove crab Perisesarma messa but will run photos past QM crab expert in new year.
Not much on the net re these mangrove crabs. It is an endemic species to eastern Queensland.
Here is your soldier crab of course…green eyes are particularly interesting!
Here is your soldier crab of course…green eyes are particularly interesting!
Did not get a photo of the little sand bubbler crabs Scopimera inflata but there was no shortage of their activity!
Took a shot of the Fiddler crabs that your cassowaries are eating too. Believe them to be either Lemon fiddler crabs Uca triangularis or maybe even endemic Yellow clawed fiddler crabs Uca perplexa
Sorry it’s all a bit higgledy piggledy but am racing clock as usual".
Cheers Russ
Ps by the way the littoral skink we saw on the mangrove is Cryptoblepharus litoralis.
Also video of vulnerable Beach Stone Curlews eating soldier crabs at Coquette came out ok too! Will put on You Tube.
Here is Midget next to your gate too
Cheers Russ
Ps by the way the littoral skink we saw on the mangrove is Cryptoblepharus litoralis.
Also video of vulnerable Beach Stone Curlews eating soldier crabs at Coquette came out ok too! Will put on You Tube.
Here is Midget next to your gate too
