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Velvet Eucalypt Longhorn (Tessaromma undatum)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - longhorn beetle, about 2 cm
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Emerald Moths (Subfamily Geometrinae)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Common gum emerald moth clearly attracted by the light in the living room. Nice blue-green and pink colors.
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Brown Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Fur seal swimming/ waiting near fish and chips shops near Mako seafood
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Subfamily LycosinaeObserver
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - At door entrance
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Australian Horse Conch (Australaria australasia)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Gastropod. Whelk
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Common Ring-tailed Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Common ringtail possum just out of the Malvern trainstation
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Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Bird found on the Clayton campus
Photos / Sounds
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Corroded Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton cariosus)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Chiton found on the rocky platform at Flinders
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Dwarf Cushion Star (Parvulastra exigua)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Starfish found on rocky shore at Flinders
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Elephant Snail (Scutus antipodes)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Elephant snial found on the rocky shore at Flinders
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Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - female pink robin - orangy/ brown color on wings
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Black-shouldered Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - 2 masked lapwing.
one had a problem with its leg
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Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Scarlet robin female
petroica boodang leggii
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Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - adults have long pendulous yellow orange wattles
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Forest Scorpion (Cercophonius squama)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Only scorpion found in tasmania (Cercophonius squama). Found indoors...
Photos / Sounds
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Paropsis delittleiObserver
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Little tiny friend. Probably Tortoise beetle (Paropsis delittlei). Family: Chrysomelidae
Photos / Sounds
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Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - spotted pardalote in eucalyptus sp. Pardalotus punctatus punctatus female (yellow throat)
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Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Female superb fairywren.
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Mallards, Pintails, and Allies (Genus Anas)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Looks like pacific black duck (anas superciliosa) but the blue speculum is proper to northern mallard (anas platyrhynchos) and here it's a female.
Photos / Sounds
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Eucalyptus Weevils (Genus Gonipterus)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Greyish brown weevil, mat colour, about 13mm long, on deck
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Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - browner face than tasmanian thornbill + more heavily strwaked breast
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Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Immature turdus merula because like adult except for juv feathers on wings
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Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Adult Zosterops lateralis lateralis because of the rich brown flanks
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Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Eastern spinebill perching before feeding on nectar. Curvy bill, chesnut collar, brown underthroat surrounded by white.
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Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - yellow throated honeyeater on eucalyptus sp
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Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - black headed honeyeater perching in eucalyptus
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Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
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Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Fantail seen perching in tree
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Tasmanian Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor ssp. arguta)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) nvn.
Field Notes - Black currawong - fuliginosa