Mounds
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Malleefowl mounds are not all the same
Photo courtesy Peter Stokie
A mound long past its 'use-by' date.
Photo courtesy Anne Thompson
A healthy, active mound.
Photo courtesy Ron Wiseman
A large, active mound.
Photo courtesy Ross Macfarlane
A baby mound.
Photo courtesy Peter Stokie
Mounds are popular places for other animals, such as kangaroos. Note all the kangaroo tracks.
Photo courtesy Phil Cattanach
Some 'mounds' are so flat they can be hard to see.
Photo courtesy David Thompson
A very sandy mound.
Photo courtesy David Thompson
A mound surrounded by ground litter.
Photo courtesy Paul Burton
A mound in recently burnt scrubland. It will be many years before there is enough ground litter for nesting purposes.
Photo courtesy June Brown
Plenty of old litter in and around a mound.
Photo courtesy Alex Hawtin
A mound surrounded by shrubs. Even shrubs on a mound will not necessarily deter the Malleefowls.
Photo courtesy Anne & Noel Hayward
Sandy soil is easiest, but mounds are also built in stony areas.
Photo courtesy Cynthia & Keith Willis
An inactive mound. The mounds of many Malleefowl, particularly those of older birds, are neat and symmetrical.
Photo courtesy Cynthia & Keith Willis
A neat, active mound.
Photo courtesy Jane Bradley and Team
Triodia (Porcupine Grass) growing on an old mound.
Photo courtesy June Brown
New growth on an old mound after fire in the mid 1990's.
Photo courtesy Anne & Noel Hayward
Shrubs growing inside an old mound.
Photo courtesy Sharon & Alex Hawtin
A mound full of litter.
Photo courtesy Gary Wynen & Ken Bode
Some mounds can be very hard to spot.
Photo courtesy Liz & Gil Hopkins
A Malleefowl on an active mound. Note the excellent camouflage.
Photo courtesy Wendy Patford
A mound surrounded by broombrush.
Photo courtesy Paul Burton
A well formed, circular, sandy mound.
Photo courtesy Brendan Hellard
Lots of herbs growing around a sandy mound.
Photo courtesy David Thompson & Team
A very sandy, active mound.
