Friday, August 27, 2010

Wurrgeng | Cold Weather Season In Gubarra

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June to August-Wurrgeng.
From mid-June to mid-August, is the 'cold weather' time; humidity is low, daytime temperatures are around 30°C and night-time temperatures are around 17°C. Most creeks stop flowing and the floodplains quickly dry out. Burning continues, extinguished by the dew at night. By day, birds of prey patrol the fire lines as insects and small animals try to escape the flames. Magpie geese, fat and heavy after weeks of abundant food, and a myriad of other waterbirds crowd the shrinking billabongs.
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Acacia umbellate
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Agile Wallaby Macropus agilis
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Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
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Agile Wallaby Macropus agilis
feeding on
Ipomoea aquatica
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Assassin Bug Pristhesancus plagipennis
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Australasian Slimwing Lathrecista asiatica festa
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Banded Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus cinctus
feeding on
Pouteria richardii
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Banksia dentata
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Black Falcon Falco subniger
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Cocky Apple Planchonia careya
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Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacean
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Cone Case Moth Lepidoscia sp.
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Cynanchum pedunculatum
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Diospyros calycantha
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Freshwater Mangrove Barringtonia acutangula
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Giant Thread-waisted Wasp Sphex sp.
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Goodenia pilosa
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Gubarra Escarpment
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Gubarra Track
Baroalba Creek
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Hibiscus menzeliae
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Jacksonia dilatata
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Kapok Bush Cochlospermum fraseri
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Mertens Water Monitor Varanus mertensi
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Northern Trout Gudgeon Mogurnda mogurnda
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Osbeckia Australiana
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Pachynema junceum
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Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
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Pseudoraphis spinescens
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Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
feeding on
Scripus spp.
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Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
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Red-tailed Snake-eyed Skink Morethia ruficuda
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Striped Rainbow Skink Carlia munda
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Rockhole Frog Litoria meiriana
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Stainer Bug Dysdercus cingulatus
feeding on
Cynanchum pedunculatum
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Sundew Drosera petiolaris
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White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor female
feeding on
Coral Tree Erythrina variegata var. orientalis
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Verticordia cunninghamii
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Water Strider Limnometra liposvskyi
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