Menai Nature Walk - 23 October 2015
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David Forbes had invited me to join him and his sister, brother in
law and their friend Lloyd for a local nature walk in the greater
Menai area.
Above - Flying Duck Orchid - Caleana major
Above - Flying Duck Orchid - Caleana major (here the flower
is not fully formed)
Above - Flying Duck Orchid - Caleana major
Above - Flying Duck Orchid - Caleana major and Plague
Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus lugubrious
Above - Flying Duck Orchid - Caleana major
Above - Flying Duck Orchid - Caleana major. When triggered,
the "head" of the duck can suddenly snap into the "body". After a
while it seems to reset.
Above - Flying Duck Orchid - Caleana major
Above - Flying Duck Orchid - Caleana major
Above - Flannel Flower - Actinotus minor
Above - Flannel Flower - Actinotus helianthi
Above - Black Eyed Susan - Tetratheca sp
Above - Flying Duck Orchid - Caleana major
Above - Dianella sp
Above - Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita
Above - Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita
Above - Powerful Owls (Ninox strenua) - 2 juvenile on the
left with one adult on the right
Above - Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua
Above - Satin Bower Bird - Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Above - its bower
Above - Pelican - Pelecanus conspicillatus
Above - Pelican - Pelecanus conspicillatus
Above - Pelican - Pelecanus conspicillatus
Above - Orchid - Diuris aurea
Above - Ant Orchid - Chiloglottis formicifera
Above - Tiger Moths - perhaps Amata nigriceps
Above - Native iris x 3 - Patersonia sp
Above - Chestnut teal - Anas Castanea (juvenile)
Above - Rainbow Lorikeet - Trichoglossus haematodus
Above - Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua
Above - Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua
Above - Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua
Above - Greenhood orchid - Pterostylis sp
Above - Tongue Orchid - Dockrillia linguiformis
Above - Tongue Orchid - Dockrillia linguiformis
Above - Tongue Orchid - Dockrillia linguiformis
Above - Tongue Orchid - Dockrillia linguiformis
Above - Bull ant - Myrmecia sp
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