Spangled Drongo 'Dicrurus bracteatus' from East Point, Darwin, #Australia last month
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia #birdsofoz
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Spangled Drongo 'Dicrurus bracteatus' from East Point, Darwin, #Australia last month
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia #birdsofoz
Great Egret 'Ardea alba' from The amazing Fog Dam, #Australia, in early February, when the dam overflows and many feasting birds can be seen
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz
Bright-orange Darter 'Telicota augias', Buffalo Creek NT, Australia
#Lepidoptera
Orange-footed Scrubfowl 'Megapodius reinwardt' seems well adapted to urban Darwin
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz #Australia #birdsofoz
Broad-billed Flycatcher 'Myiagra ruficollis ' another #BirdsSeenIn2026 and my second on #inaturalist. Caught it on my phone at #Nightcliff #Australia
#aves #wildoz #birdsofoz
Grey-tailed Tattler 'Tringa brevipes' from Lee Point, Darwin Australia from earlier last month.
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz
Check out this 'Eristalinus hervebazini' I saw out at Middle Point last month! It settled for a while so I was able to get a decent shot
www.inaturalist.org/observations... #Australia
#inaturalist #wildoz #Diptera
having grown up with them i would say other gooses are a funny colourπ
Magpie Goose 'Anseranas semipalmata' the only member of this family, is all around Darwin in the wet season.
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz #Australia
My first Grey Whistler 'Pachycephala simplex' ever! and #BirdsSeenIn2026 well barely seen at East Point, Darwin, #Australia
Well they are common along the beaches, but usually only a single individual. If you like shore birds, Lee point is the place to go i think on a falling tide.
I found this female Palemouth 'Brachydiplax denticauda' at East Point, Darwin on the weekend
#wildoz
Side view of a moth with brown forewings that have a broad, looping vibrant green pattern across them
Cosmodes elegans - Green-blotched Moth
These lovely moths are relatively frequent visitors to our Perth Hills garden but itβs lovely to see them every time!
These moths are native to Australia and can be seen in most areas except the NT.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Love these little guys, I use to get them occasionally in Adelaide.
An Eastern Curlew 'Numenius madagascariensis' from Lee Point in Darwin, #Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Banana Spotting Bug 'Amblypelta lutescens ssp. lutescens' from Darwin #Australia #wildoz
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Thanks I didn't know that
Pacific Reef Heron 'Egretta sacra' I found both light and dark morphs at Lee Point, Darwin #Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Hibiscus Harlequin Bug 'Tectocoris diophthalmus' from Darwin #Australia
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#wildoz
The tiny little Heart-Plant 'Portulaca bicolor' from a succulent Darwin
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My second Sanderling 'Calidris alba' but first #BirdsSeenIn2026
#Australia #wildoz #inaturalist
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Welcome to the Great Southern Bioblitz 2026: Whittlesea!
Although GSB2026 is a way off it's great to see projects up early so interested group know that their area is represented and they can organise events for this year
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I snuck up on this Great Crested Tern 'Thalasseus bergii' at Lee Point, Darwin #Australia
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Do an experiment, post exactly the same thing on both twitter and Bluesky and look at the difference in engagement
I wonder should I post this on my old Twitter account so I can get banned instantly, π€
A charismatic Northern Fantail 'Rhipidura rufiventris' from Lee Point #Australia
#BirdsSeenIn2026
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Blue-winged Kookaburra 'Dacelo leachii' watching the sunset in Darwin #Australia
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#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz #birdsofoz #inaturalist
A photographic plate of Aedes geniculatus (Olivier, 1791)
π¦ This week, discover the unique ornaments of Aedes geniculatus (Olivier, 1791) β¬οΈ!
Explore details and distribution on GBIFπ±: https://www.gbif.org/species/1651525 .
Fascinating diversity of #mosquitoes !
Photos by @nil-rahola.bsky.social
#Entomology #Biodiversity π§ͺπ
This Lemon-bellied Flyrobin 'Microeca flavigaster' was quite agitated by a Tawny Frogmouth as i passed by a tree on my afternoon walk in Darwin #Australia
#BirdsSeenIn2026
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Such an attractive butterfly, strange the caterpillar looks like π©