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Life in our urban open spaces1 Oct 2026
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Miranda
wrote:
Yesterday
I thought it seemed early - coming out at the same time as the Cootamundras which are usually first.
Acacia dealbata
Mike
wrote:
Yesterday
I thought the one on its back was dead, but it spent several minutes in submissive pose.
Gymnorhina tibicen
rawshorty
wrote:
Yesterday
Thanks @RobParnell. I would think with the buff tips the paler bird would be an immature. I don't think the time of Year would rule that out as they don't get full adult plumage until their third Year? Check my sighting 4586344 where I have photos of a juvenile in August.
Oriolus sagittatus
RobParnell
wrote:
Yesterday
Sensational photos Shorty. One bird has a hook at the end of it's beak and the other doesn't. One bird is more scalloped on the back, rather like a female white-backed Magpie. At this time of year you would expect that they are both adults. Well done. 5 koala stamps.
Oriolus sagittatus
waltraud
wrote:
Yesterday
I monitored the grassy woodland in this part of nature reserve for 20 years and removed many woody weeds such as Grevillea sp. and Cootamundra wattles. As it is good conservation practice I waited for local Acacia mearnsii and Acacia paramattensis to recruit and grow before I finally decided in 2023 to frill the mature A. decurrens (I removed young A. decurrens recruits every 3 years or so).
I'm upset and disheartened that the fire unit recently cut the majority of the local wattles particularly along the drainage line. This not only removes local habitat but has opened the drainage line for invasives from nearby gardens and garden extensions (which are not touched). Drainage lines will always support a greater variety of plants and growth habits and are important refugee sites for wildlife. Government needs to decide whether these are weeds or local species.
I'm upset and disheartened that the fire unit recently cut the majority of the local wattles particularly along the drainage line. This not only removes local habitat but has opened the drainage line for invasives from nearby gardens and garden extensions (which are not touched). Drainage lines will always support a greater variety of plants and growth habits and are important refugee sites for wildlife. Government needs to decide whether these are weeds or local species.
Acacia decurrens
Significant sightings
- Aprasia parapulchella
- Keyacris scurra at Nicholls, ACT
- Phascolarctos cinereus at Theodore, ACT
- Rhaphidophoridae (family) at Mongarlowe, NSW
- Corysanthes grumula
- Callocephalon fimbriatum at Cook, ACT
- Campodeidae (family) at Aranda, ACT
- Araujia sericifera at Red Hill, ACT
- Acrotriche leucocarpa at Cotter River, ACT
- Dasyurus maculatus ssp. maculatus at Clear Range, NSW
- Austrostipa verticillata at Campbell, ACT
- Crowea exalata subsp. exalata at Chisholm, ACT
- Petauroides volans at Uriarra Village, ACT
- Myrmecophilus testaceus at Gundary, NSW
- Gleditsia triacanthos at Curtin, ACT
- Persicaria lapathifolia at Evatt, ACT
- Calotis glandulosa at Anglers Reach, NSW
- Zanda funerea at Deakin, ACT
- Keyacris scurra at Brayton, NSW
- Bothriochloa bladhii at Googong, NSW
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