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Untidy
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
Thank you. It was such a privilege to have them just a few metres away from us.
Egretta novaehollandiae
Jennybach
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
You’ve captured that poised moment that occurs just before the herons potential hunting energy becomes kinetic. Nice pic Tracy.
Egretta novaehollandiae
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
31 Aug 2025
First NatureMapr sighting of a Latham's Snipe for Canberra & Southern Tablelands since your sighting on 17 February 2025.
Gallinago hardwickii
dgw2
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23 Aug 2025
Chenonetta jubata
Jennybach
wrote:
13 Aug 2025
Thanks @
johnpugh
for the background and details of its genetic mix. I agree it’s a good specimen and very noisy too.
Anas platyrhynchos
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Calidris subminuta
at
Point Wilson, VIC
Calidris fuscicollis
Limosa limosa
Vanellus tricolor
at
Symonston, ACT
Pluvialis fulva
at
Fyshwick, ACT
Tribonyx ventralis
at
Throsby, ACT
Calidris melanotos
at
Spring Ridge, NSW
Chlidonias leucopterus
at
Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant
Numenius minutus
Rostratula australis
at
Yarralumla, ACT
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