
Spotlight Tours
When the Forest Comes Alive After Dark
The extensive forests to the east of Melbourne are home to an extraordinary and vast array of nocturnal birds and mammals. From the highly cryptic and elusive Sooty Owl to the massive Greater Glider and everything in between, come along with us on our one of our nocturnal tours to see what we can find!
Some of the birds and mammals we could potentially see are:
Nocturnal Birds
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Sooty Owl
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Powerful Owl
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Masked Owl
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Boobook Owl
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White-throated Nightjar
Nocturnal Mammals
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Greater Glider
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Yellow-bellied Glider
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Kreft’s Glider (formerly Sugar Glider)
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Feathertail Glider
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Brush-tailed Phascogale
Please note, once an animal is located with the spotlight an infrared filter is placed over the light which reduces stress to the animal to almost zero.
Upcoming Tours:
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Coming soon!

Photo: Kim Wormald - Sooty Owl

Photo: David O'Brien - Powerful Owl
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