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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