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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