oh no, here they come again

Jordan's look says it all, and he did his best "I'm part of the tree" impersonation, but we saw him.
As you know he has been part of a research project that was to run until March 2020.
Sadly, we suspect due to the extreme weather conditions, half the collar batteries have failed and Jordan's was the first one that alerted us something was wrong.
So on the weekend we caught him again, and his collar has been removed.
I'm struggling for time to write a full blog about the project which will explain so much more detail than I can put here. We do have data from his collar that will be extremely interesting to analyse.

[Joanne Diochon]

That’s a shame about the batteries, after all the work to get the collars out and on them.

[Phil Sandford]

Your Koalas are gorgeous. I find it incredible that you can name these gorgeous animals and recognise who is who. I’ve only got the two grandchildren and mix up the names all the time.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ooh dear , what a disappointment after all the prep work for the research , but I am sure Jorden is happy with his new found freedom !

[Jean]

Too bad, but I bet he is so happy to be rid of it.

[Mave]

He doesn't want to be caught again!

[Taffy]

Funny the way he does seem to be trying to avoid capture.

[Bep]

That really is a disappointment!

[Julienne Jones]

Shame about the collars but I hope some of the data is useful. Meanwhile Jordan doesnt care as he pretends to be a tree

[Richard Sayer]

Now you see me - now you don't... way to go Jordan.

[Sylvia du Toit]

Thanks for sharing.

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of play hide and seek

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Martin Jalkotzy]

How long did the collars operate? Hopefully you have sufficient data to at least examine some seasonal patterns. It's always disappointing when the effort and stress inherent in collaring doesn't yield the expected results because of differing conditions or malfunctions.

[Islandgirl]

Cute capture!

[Shutterbug]

Jordan, we see you. Those batteries don’t like heat and the collars are probably geolocating and that can consume a boatload of power. At least it is the biggest energy hog on my phone.

[wendy frost]

Great capture shame the batteries failed .

[Jane Pittenger]

Every time I visit your photos I want to sob. Hoe can we have been so mindless as to have put these sweeties as such risk?

[Valerie Chesney]

Jordan is one clever koala in trying to hide there....hope you have useful info from his collar...

[Vickie M]

So cute!

[Rick]

Does look like he trying to hide. Great shot.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@shutterbug49 yeah they were set to geolocate every 10 minutes which is huge on the battery. sigh

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@mjalkotzy the collar worked for around 3 months so we have some data. however there was a specific focus to the project which was looking at impact of wild dogs on koalas. with the extreme drought and fire situation, nothing is 'normal' just now so it is really disappointing that it has all come about at the one time. the feral population is greatly diminished because of drought (which is not that bad) so what movements and data are captured may not tell a story that is indicative of a normal spring season.
There are 30 trap cameras out monitoring the wild dogs.
So I'm not sure what will be the next thing as the hope was for this study to inform what studies are needed for what strategies.

[Babs]

Looks like he is trying to hide from the camera.

[Issi Bannerman]

Ha ha ... wonderful capture of Jordan.

[tony gig]

Great capture...Fav

[Jacqueline]

Great capture!

[Fr1da]

He thinks he is hiding !

[Wendy]

Such an interesting project you are on! And a great shot that does tell a story.
Thank you for entering the six word story!