Mammal spotlighting

Last night I had the opportunity to go mammal spotlighting again. I was much better this time than the first, I had the brush-tailed possum search image. It was a beautiful night in the bush, pitch black and very little wind. We drove north of Manjimup and traveled a 10k transect and saw 15 brush tailed possums, a woylie, and a few roos. It is hard to describe the eucalyptus forest at night. The canopy is almost all Marri trees (Corymbia calophylla), which can grow to 60 m. These trees are not that big, but every once an awhile you see a massive tree. The sap is red, so the trees almost look like they are bleeding if there is a wound in the trunk. There are also tons of Banskia (my personal fav!) and Hakea.