Announcements
1 Jan 2026
Hello everyone. Alison Milton has created the December quarterly CNM newsletter. It has some interesting information for Canberra Nature Mappers and some excellent photos. There is also an article abo...
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Canberra Nature Map's Newsletter for September 2025
CANBERRA NATURE MAP ASSOCIATION - PLEASE JOIN
Flowering records for native pollinator study
Events
22 Dec 2025
The inaugural Annual General Meeting of the the Canberra Nature Map Association will be held on Thursday February 12, 6.30 to 8.30 pm, at the Downer Community Centre, Frencham Place, Downer.The Canber...
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Discussion
LineMarie
wrote:
1 hr ago
@MichaelBedingfield .. Hi Michael, thanks for the ID .. this is a confusing one for me .. I believe this to be an immature Pied Butcherbird .. it was being fed by an adult but I unfortunately didn't get a good look at the adult bird .. I assumed Grey B but after looking at my bird guide and eBird I thought it resembled more a Pied B .. as I wasn't certain, I posted on the ABID facebook site .. and also iNaturalist .. where Pied was confirmed .. but happy to be corrected.
Cracticus torquatus
trevsci
wrote:
3 hrs ago
Sorry I was riding past, only an iPhone photo, wasn’t keen on having its photo taken
Burhinus grallarius
entom2
wrote:
5 hrs ago
Agree with MarkH - this is a 'bug' (i.e. is in the Order Hemiptera), and I would think therein it is in the family Scutelleridae, subfamily Scutellerinae ('jewel bugs'). Best I can suggest as it could be in one of several similar-looking genera in that subfamily. Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm
Scutelleridae (family)
sho
wrote:
6 hrs ago
Hi Trev, great record. I can see a white leg flag on the right leg in this image but can't read it at the image resolution. Any chance you have a higher quality version where it is readable? Thanks.
Burhinus grallarius
sho
wrote:
6 hrs ago
Fantastic breeding record, thanks David! Agree, the adults would have been born in the reserve so the chicks are 3+ generation Mulligans-born.
Burhinus grallarius
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