Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Journey South-West/Flora River Part I

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The Flora River is a spring fed river in Tindall and Oolloo limestone strata which gives the river its minerals and the emerald colour and creates the tufa dams. Extensive stands of the palm, Livistonia rigida, a plant with limited distribution, are found in the riverine forest. Ten clans of the Wardaman people have sacred sites associated with the river. The river merges with the Katherine River and then into the Daly River.
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Acacia valida
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Agile Wallaby Macropus agilis
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Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides
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Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
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Lysiphyllum cunninghamii
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Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis Juv.
feeding on
Lysiphyllum cunninghamii
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Blumea diffusa
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Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
feeding on
Fern-leaved Grevillea Grevillea pteridifolia
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Carpenter Bee Xylocopa aruana
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Coleus scutellarioides
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Cockatiel Leptolophus (Nymphicus) hollandicus Male
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Coleus scutellarioides
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Crested Pigeon Geophaps lophotes
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Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
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Evening Brown Butterfly Melanitis leda
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Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
feeding on
Lysiphyllum cunninghamii
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Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
feeding on
Fern-leaved Grevillea Grevillea pteridifolia
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Hooded Parrot Psephotus dissimilis Female
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Hooded Parrot Psephotus dissimilis Male
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Hooded Parrot Psephotus dissimilis Male Juv
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Hooded Parrot Psephotus dissimilis Male
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Livistona mariae rigida
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Lysiphyllum cunninghamii
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