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Pteropus poliocephalus

2 Grey-headed Flying-fox at Hughes, ACT

Pteropus poliocephalus at Hughes, ACT - 2 Dec 2019 09:47 PM
Pteropus poliocephalus at Hughes, ACT - 2 Dec 2019 09:47 PM
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Pteropus poliocephalus 30 Jan 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Pteropus poliocephalus 29 Jan 2020 JonSteinbeck

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Sorry, this is from December last year, I am catching up with some photos I have. One night I heard some flying foxes outside and was able to get this photograph. They were in the tops of our trees and flew off as I approached, despite them being so high in the trees. At the same time I could see other flying foxes flying above our neighbourhood.

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MPennay wrote:
   30 Jan 2020
The tree is in flower, do you know the species? It's good to know what species they feed on.
JonSteinbeck wrote:
   30 Jan 2020
I think it is a mugga ironbark
MPennay wrote:
   30 Jan 2020
Thanks, that's interesting, mugga often flower in winter, but it's a very odd season. They have high nectar and the bats have fed on them other years.

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