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These are not the best photos, but the bird was photographed by many people over a 2 month period and was positively identified from those photos. Bird was first found at Point Walter, Bicton, on 22 January 2019. It was relocated 9km north at Herdsman Lake where it stayed until at least the 19 March 2019. This was a first record for Australia. Record was accepted by Birds Australia Rarities Committee (BARC).

Plants growing under Melaleuca uncinata. Flowers are completely underground except for a ring of bracts pushing above the ground and leaf litter under the trees. Tiny flies were observed leaving the flower.

Flowers were gently excavated, bracts eased open. After photos were taken, the bracts were closed, sand and leaf litter repositioned around flower.

Very few of these plants are observed and classed as Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant).

Unfortunately during 1988 a wildfire burnt the area and the orchids have not been relocated at this location.

An eagle attacking a Eurasian coot. It kept diving down at the coot, forcing it to go underwater. After a while the coot got half drowned and couldn't stay underwater. the eagle then attacked it and carried it off to it's nest. I have been watching the pair for a while now, but