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3 Southern Boobook at Holt, ACT

Ninox boobook at Holt, ACT - 14 Dec 2020
Ninox boobook at Holt, ACT - 14 Dec 2020
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Identification history

Ninox boobook 19 Dec 2020 Ned_Johnston
Ninox boobook 19 Dec 2020 Margo
Ninox boobook 19 Dec 2020 Margo

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In suburban garden on edge of suburb, opposite farmland. At least two were juveniles, making a cricket-like call. Apologies for the quality of the images - taken at dusk with very high ISO.

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Oxyopes sp. (genus) (Lynx spider) at Holt, ACT - 10 Nov 2022 by Margo Melangyna viridiceps (Hover fly) at Holt, ACT - 6 Nov 2022 by Margo Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo Lucilia sp. (genus) (A blowfly) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo Heteroptera sp. (suborder) (Unidentified bug) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo Christinus marmoratus (Southern Marbled Gecko) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo Deliochus sp. (genus) (A leaf curling spider) at Holt, ACT - 27 Feb 2022 by Margo Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly) at Holt, ACT - 27 Feb 2022 by Margo Ocybadistes walkeri (Green Grass-dart) at Holt, ACT - 22 Feb 2022 by Margo Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Holt, ACT - 22 Feb 2022 by Margo Melangyna sp. (genus) (Hover Fly) at Holt, ACT - 14 Feb 2022 by Margo Deliochus pulcher (Beautiful Deliochus spider) at Holt, ACT - 14 Feb 2022 by Margo Austrolestes leda (Wandering Ringtail) at Holt, ACT - 13 Feb 2022 by Margo Eristalinus punctulatus (Golden Native Drone Fly) at Holt, ACT - 12 Feb 2022 by Margo Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly) at Holt, ACT - 2 Feb 2022 by Margo Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) at Holt, ACT - 19 Jan 2022 by Margo Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Holt, ACT - 11 Jan 2022 by Margo Musgraveia sulciventris (Bronze Orange Bug) at Holt, ACT - 6 Jan 2022 by Margo Chlorophyllum sp. at Holt, ACT - 13 May 2020 by Margo
Oxyopes sp. (genus) (Lynx spider) at Holt, ACT - 10 Nov 2022 by Margo
Melangyna viridiceps (Hover fly) at Holt, ACT - 6 Nov 2022 by Margo
Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo
Lucilia sp. (genus) (A blowfly) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo
Heteroptera sp. (suborder) (Unidentified bug) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo
Christinus marmoratus (Southern Marbled Gecko) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo
Deliochus sp. (genus) (A leaf curling spider) at Holt, ACT - 27 Feb 2022 by Margo
Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly) at Holt, ACT - 27 Feb 2022 by Margo
Ocybadistes walkeri (Green Grass-dart) at Holt, ACT - 22 Feb 2022 by Margo
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Holt, ACT - 22 Feb 2022 by Margo
Melangyna sp. (genus) (Hover Fly) at Holt, ACT - 14 Feb 2022 by Margo
Deliochus pulcher (Beautiful Deliochus spider) at Holt, ACT - 14 Feb 2022 by Margo
Austrolestes leda (Wandering Ringtail) at Holt, ACT - 13 Feb 2022 by Margo
Eristalinus punctulatus (Golden Native Drone Fly) at Holt, ACT - 12 Feb 2022 by Margo
Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly) at Holt, ACT - 2 Feb 2022 by Margo
Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) at Holt, ACT - 19 Jan 2022 by Margo
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Holt, ACT - 11 Jan 2022 by Margo
Musgraveia sulciventris (Bronze Orange Bug) at Holt, ACT - 6 Jan 2022 by Margo
Chlorophyllum sp. at Holt, ACT - 13 May 2020 by Margo

Location information

Species information

  • Ninox boobook Scientific name
  • Southern Boobook Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 4 Abundance
  • 14 Dec 2020 07:25 PM Recorded on
  • Margo Recorded by
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