Camera-trap observations and failure
There were four camera trap failures in the honey-baited survey and five
camera trap failures in the fish-baited survey, resulting in 1039 and
1067 trap nights respectively. ‘Failures’ were mechanical, of various
durations, and attributed to camera malfunction. We recorded 1134 sugar
glider videos in total (honey bait n = 79; fish bait n =
1055). Sugar gliders were identifiable in 80.7% of observations (n=915)
and we omitted 19.3% of observations where identity was uncertain.
Identified gliders stayed within the selfie-trap for more than 10
minutes in 29% of observations. Non-target species observed sampling
bait were brushtail possums Trichosurus vulpecula and green
rosellas Platycercus caledonicus .