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Australasian Garden Orb-Weavers (Genus Hortophora)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) morag_miller.
Field Notes - Strung between my potted plants.. quite large garden orb spider 20-30 mm
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Blow Flies (Family Calliphoridae)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) morag_miller.
Field Notes - Green fly hanging around the rocky shore near fisherman fishing
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Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) morag_miller.
Field Notes - Large school of kingfish close to point.. very excited jumping around almost out of the water.. each fish possibly 400mm or so
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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) morag_miller.
Field Notes - Found off Clarkes Point -park.. it got caught in someones fishline.. hook caught in its fin.. the fisherman dragged it to shore.. we managed to get the hook out of its fin .. another old hook was in its shell and another in its mouth.. we removed all of them and set it free..
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Indo-Pacific House Gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii)Observer
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Sighting and photos (c) morag_miller.
Field Notes - Found it hanging from its toes on the fence - brick outside someones house.. dead or near dead..
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Fig Leaf Moth (Talanga tolumnialis)Observer
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Field Notes - Found moth at night on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.. it’s antennae seem to be twitching, otherwise it was still
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Korean Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus ssp. karpowi)Observer
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Habitat - Rural
How many? - 5+
Additional comments? - pheasants male and female feeding on crop fields on the border of Nth Korea and Sth Korea
Behavior - Feeding
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Pale Chub (Zacco platypus)Observer
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Field Notes - Small fish in creek along Seoul University
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Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)Observer
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Field Notes - I think its a sawfly.. crawling along a stone fence outside someones property
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)Observer
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Habitat - Parkland
How many? - 1+
Additional comments? - Buddhist temple grounds.. hopping around building
Behavior - Feeding
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Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)Observer
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Habitat - Parkland
How many? - 1+
Additional comments? - Buddhist temple grounds.. in trees behind buildings
Behavior - Resting
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Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)Observer
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Habitat - Parkland
How many? - 2+
Additional comments? - in around a Buddhist temple
Behavior - Resting
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
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Field Notes - Small fish in creek along Seoul University
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Birds (Class Aves)Observer
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Habitat - Parkland
How many? - 1+
Additional comments? - Buddhist temple grounds.. hopping around building
Behavior - Feeding
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Saunder's Case Moth (Metura elongatus)Observer
morag_millerDescription
Field Notes - Under a rock ledge in a park - sport field
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Cruria synoplaObserver
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Field Notes - Sitting still on a sandstone rock in a sport field park
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Australian Garden Orb Weaver (Hortophora transmarina)Observer
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Field Notes - Orb against a fig tree, next to a big web, hiding until nightfall
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Black-shouldered Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
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Habitat - Urban
How many? - 3
Additional comments? - grass lawn next to a bay and a park.. 3 lapwings together
Behavior - Feeding
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White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)Observer
morag_millerDescription
Habitat - Near a natural water source
How many? - 1
Additional comments? - heron hoping for scraps I think from lots of fisherpeople on the edge of the park.. wasn’t happy with the fish that was left there..
Behavior - Feeding
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Southern Bar-sided Skink (Concinnia tenuis)Observer
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Field Notes - Sandstone outcrop just next to the road.. last minute sunning before the sun goes down
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Australian Brushturkey (Alectura lathami)Observer
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Habitat - Parkland
How many? - 2
Additional comments? - 2 young brush turkeys scratching away for a feed.. edge of a park.. dogs are walked .. kids playing etc
Behavior - Feeding
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Typical Water Striders (Subfamily Gerrinae)Observer
morag_millerDescription
Field Notes - On a small slow running stream in a nature reserve, Kingfishers live here and lots of fairy wrens and smallish fish
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Cunningham's Skink (Egernia cunninghami)Observer
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Field Notes - Came out from the rocks for a last bit of sun, but as soon as I moved it squeezed itself back between the flat rocks.. a rocky outcrop next to the walking track
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)Observer
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Field Notes - Fox suddenly appeared on the bank of a small stream in nature reserve, it picked up an old ball, then put it down and left.. into the bush under growth
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Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)Observer
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Habitat - Nature Reserve
How many? - 4+
Additional comments? - by a small stream, lots of chirping, moving around, on the sandy bank and pebbly bank, and in a clump of bamboo and other clumps of grasses, went quiet when the kookaburras started laughing!!!
Behavior - Feeding
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Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)Observer
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Habitat - Nature Reserve
How many? - 2-4+
Additional comments? - several kookaburras around, laughing, one bathing in the stream, others perched probably eyeing off the next meal, quite a lot of fairy wrens as well
Behavior - Resting
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Ommatius coeraebusObserver
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Field Notes - Resting robber fly in nature reserve
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Blue-banded and Allied Digger Bees (Genus Amegilla)Observer
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Field Notes - One bee buzzing around.. in nature reserve
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Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)Observer
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Habitat - Urban
How many? - 1
Additional comments? - wattle bird chasing noisy miners.. urban streets next to nature reserve
Behavior - Swooping
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Asura terminalisObserver
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Field Notes - Tiger moth ... looks a bit battered around, in stairwell of flats, open to the outside, was very windy in the evening
