Juvenile Rainbow Bee-eaters, Aroona Sanctuary, Northern Flinders Ranges.
White-browed Babbler: Aroona Sanctuary
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus) foraging in Aroona Sanctuary, Northern Flinders Ranges.
Great Crested Grebe
The Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), seen here at Copley Retention Dam, is classified as a Rare species and is protected by South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. This species was also nominated in 2018 for federal protection under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Datura flowers
Gully erosion
Gully erosion caused by flood waters, Leigh Creek.
Limestone Cassia flowering out of season
The Senna family, known commonly as Cassias, typically begin to flower in late winter, setting off the spring flowering in the Flinders Ranges. This year Limestone Cassias at Aroona Dam Sanctuary are flowering in mid-February.
Rainbow Bee-eater
Rainbow Bee-eaters swoop and feed on flying insects from the steep quartzite walls of Aroona Dam, Northern Flinders Ranges.
Rare visit from Common Eggfly Butterfly
The Common Eggfly Butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, is a large butterfly from tropical northern Australia. On rare occasions of favourable humidity, sightings have been recorded in South Australia between February to May. Host plants for the Common Eggfly become abundant with the flooding of inland waterways into the Lake Eyre Basin. A small number were sighted in Copley, Flinders Ranges, in late January during a La Nina season which has generated rains to central Australia. More detailed information on this butterfly can be found on the Butterfly Conservation SA website.
Australian Painted Lady Butterfly on flowering Moonah
The Australian Painted Lady, known for mass southerly migration in Spring, seen here in Blinman in late January after an unusually mild summer. Detailed information on these butterflies can be found on the Butterfly Conservation SA website.
Fungi
Fungi appearing five days after summer rain in the Northern Flinders Ranges.
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