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Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)Observer
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Habitat - Peri-urban
How many? - 2
Additional comments? - were scavaging food from nearby cafe. very people friendly. were associating with other bird species.
Nest present - No
Behavior - Feeding young
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Eastern Short-necked Turtle (Emydura macquarii)Observer
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Field Notes - Approx 30cm shell length.
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Grey-headed Flying-Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)Observer
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Field Notes - A huge colony of flying foxes in the botantical gardens. Very noisy and smelly.
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Australian Paper Wasp (Polistes humilis)Observer
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Field Notes - Neat lovated on a large cactus plant. Wasps working as a unit to keep the nest.
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Bull Ants (Genus Myrmecia)Observer
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Field Notes - Approx 2.5cm.
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Red-capped Gum (Eucalyptus erythrocorys)Observer
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Field Notes - Exceptionally bwautiful bright yellow blossoms
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Sea Figs (Genus Carpobrotus)Observer
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Field Notes - Found near a large water source. Whole plant roughly 1m in length. Each leaf/spine approx 5 cm long.
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Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata)Observer
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Field Notes - Yellow flowers approx 10cm height. Flowers dry up and hollow out into large seed pods.
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Yacka (Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata)Observer
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Field Notes - Grass trees. Not in flower.
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Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)Observer
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Habitat - Nature Reserve
How many? - 3
Additional comments? -
Nest present - No
Behavior - Feeding
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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)Observer
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Field Notes - Approx 6pm- very active. Eating tips of trees. Had an ear tag.
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Magpie-Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)Observer
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Habitat - Urban
How many? - 3
Additional comments? - very socialised. were not scared of me. allowed me to get very close.
Nest present - No
Behavior - Feeding
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Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)Observer
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Habitat - Botanic Garden
How many? - 3
Nest present - No
Behavior - Feeding
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Flesh Flies and Satellite Flies (Family Sarcophagidae)Observer
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Field Notes - Common horse fly. Bit late in the season for it. Was getting cold and it was quite slow ans dopey.
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Large Spotted Ladybird (Harmonia conformis)Observer
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Field Notes - Dull orange rather than bright red, possibly indicating male.
The bright colours warn predators that they are nasty tasting and shouldnt be eaten.
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Common Leaf Case Moth (Hyalarcta huebneri)Observer
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Field Notes - Awesome cocoon formed from chomped up leaves. Tried to google him but no luck- looking forward to someone telling me who this littlw guy is.
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
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Field Notes - Not sure if i should be submitting for the ants or the affids....... both pretty cool. This flowering gum was just buzzing literally with life- i had to crop a bee out of the photo!
Ants approx 2mm. Appear to be ‘farming’ the affids.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Field Notes - This tree has yellow flowers when in season. This time of year they have big seed pods approx 5cm long and full of red/orange round seeds the size of a green pea.
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European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Field Notes - Very difficult to take photos of these gorgeous little guys on a windy day with an iphone. Photos don’t then justice as to just how cool they are.
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Yellow Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon)Observer
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Field Notes - Flowering now in April. bright pink flowers, approximately 3cm in diameter, attracting many pollinators.
Long drak green leaves roughly 5-10cm long.
On this prticular tree i found ants, bees, a paper wasp empty nest, and two different types of cocoons.
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House Mouse (Mus musculus)Observer
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Field Notes - Two little mice. One larger than other- possibly mother and baby as the smaller one keeps coming up and sniffing the larger mouses’ nose. Nibbling on pink flowers and hiding under scrubby bushes in a playground. Super cute!!!
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River Redgum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)Observer
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Field Notes - Especially beautiful tree that has withstood at least one bushfire. Their trunks act as chimneys and they burn from the inside out.
