Moulted Cicada Skins
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater feeding on Native Tobacco flowers
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater feeding on the nectar of Wild Tobacco on the banks of the Copley Retention Dam.
Black Swans: Copley Retention Dam
Moss: Warraweena
Moss living seeping spring water on a vertical outcrop at Nantiburry Springs, Warraweena.
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River Redgum Seedlings: Warraweena
River Redgum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) seedlings growing in a creek bed at Warraweena, five months after flooding rains.
Rock Sida
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Adult Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Copley.
Immature Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes have yet to develop a full throat of black feathers.
Caper White Butterfly feeding on Cattlebush
Caper White Butterfly (Belenois java) feeding on Cattlebush, Stubbs Waterhole, Arkaroola in mid winter. Caper White Butterflies are a migratory species breeding inland on caper bushes (various species of the genus Capparis such as the Iga) and Australian Sandalwood. In some years, the adults disperse towards the coast as far south as Tasmania despite their food source being largely confined to semi arid locations such as the Flinders Ranges. More information on the Caper White Butterfly here.
Tree Martin in the hollow of a Eucalypt
Tree Martin seen feeding on insects in flight and returning regularly to a nest in the high hollow of a Eucalyptus tree, Arkaroola.