alamanda's Identifications
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Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)Observer
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Id provided by experienced birder onsite.
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Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina oblonga)Observer
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Raided nest. Evidence of at least three eggs, incl this one with dead embryo still intact. Nest right beside path.
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Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina oblonga)Observer
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Field Notes - four turtles in proximity, two in company 2 singly. looked like they were foraging amongst the debris in the knee deep water. quite active always on the move.
v. bright sun overhead (approx 2pm), hopefully theres enough detail in the photos to ID.
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Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina oblonga)Observer
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Large robust individual. Shell approx 30cm long.
It was sheltering in a drainage pipe and drifting out occasionally. Very shy, ducked back into the pipe every time it saw me.
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Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)Observer
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Flock of 5. Forraging on seed pods of liquid ambar trees in park nr river. Cold day.
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Common Fig (Ficus carica)Observer
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Bit of a funny find. There are no oaks in visual distance here. Maybe a bird dropped an acorn?
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Rabbitfoot Grass (Polypogon monspeliensis)Observer
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Wetland weed. Soft seedheads, sharp, abrasive leaves. About 1m tall.
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Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)Observer
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Id provided by experienced birder onsite.
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Malurus assimilis)Observer
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He's coming into his breeding plumage. There was at least one female with him.
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Little Corella × Galah (Cacatua sanguinea × Eolophus roseicapilla)Observer
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Hybrid bird. Feathers look like a 'washed-out' galah, then it also has the corella eyes
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Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina oblonga)Observer
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Raided nest. Evidence of at least three eggs, incl this one with dead embryo still intact. Nest right beside path.
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Caldwell's Clubrush (Bolboschoenus caldwellii)Observer
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About 4ft high. This patch grew very fast ince the warm weather set in.
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Sea Primrose (Samolus repens)Observer
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Small white flowers with purple blush on petal tips.
Growing on riverbank.
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Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina oblonga)Observer
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Field Notes - four turtles in proximity, two in company 2 singly. looked like they were foraging amongst the debris in the knee deep water. quite active always on the move.
v. bright sun overhead (approx 2pm), hopefully theres enough detail in the photos to ID.
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Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)Observer
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Field Notes - many coots in this area. this one headed my way rather optimistically eyeballing me for a snack but settled for pondweed when i was not forthcoming.
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Willie-Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)Observer
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Field Notes - x2 birds, both hanging around a flowering gum. "tuxedo" plumage and white eye stripe characteristic of species.
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