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RodDeb
wrote:
3 Aug 2025
They enjoy anything that wriggles :)
Egretta novaehollandiae
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
3 Aug 2025
A skink becomes part of its diet.
Egretta novaehollandiae
LarneyMAI
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2 Aug 2025
I was told it is rare to find them here. I’m new to naturemapr and cannot work out how to place the sighting in the dam rather than in the middle of a busy road!
Nettapus coromandelianus
NigeHartley
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2 Aug 2025
Clearly Cotton Pygmy-Goose, though not offered in list of local waterfowl
Nettapus coromandelianus
natureguy
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31 Jul 2025
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Platalea flavipes
Significant sightings
Calidris subminuta
at
Point Wilson, VIC
Calidris fuscicollis
Limosa limosa
Vanellus tricolor
at
Symonston, ACT
Pluvialis fulva
at
Fyshwick, ACT
Tribonyx ventralis
at
Throsby, ACT
Calidris melanotos
at
Spring Ridge, NSW
Chlidonias leucopterus
at
Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant
Numenius minutus
Rostratula australis
at
Yarralumla, ACT
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