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Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve, 2011-12

The images below were taken in 2011 and 2012. The most recent are towards the top.
For more recent photos, please see Yellingbo 2013. I intend to make a page for 2014, but have to find the time.
For more photos of Helmeted Honeyeaters please click here.

Above image: Helmeted Honeyeaters sunbaking on a warm spring day.


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White-necked Heron and Purple Swamphen chick and adult.

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Fly on buttercup.
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    Southern Boobook. December 2012.


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Laughing Kookaburras.


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     Cocoons of moths from the Anthelidae family, possibly
    Anthela nicothoe, brown hairy caterpillar.

 
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Galls on Eucalyptus leaves, presumably caused by larvae of gall forming insects, possibly wasps.
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       Helmeted Honeyeater.


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  This Dusky Antechinus was feeding in the open on a track.
   It ignored me, allowing me to approach quite close to it.
   Eventually it disappeared suddenly when a bird gave an
   alarm call.
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   Bassian Thrush, beautifully camouflaged for foraging on the ground. These birds seem to be much more easily
    found in the open on cold damp days like this (winter 2012).


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       After this Eastern Yellow Robin caught a huge worm, it spent much
          time hitting it on a log. Eventually the worm broke just below the
          bird's bill. A second Robin, that had been watching nearby, flew
          in instantly and grabbed the prize, but...


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... the worm proved hard to swallow.   
                                                                  Winter 2012.    


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   Helmeted Honeyeater, back of head, with yellow tufts and
    helmet apparent.


Helmeted Honeyeater with tip of tongue protruding from bill.

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   Trametes versicolor, rainbow fungus, growing on an old log, winter 2012, .


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More fungi growing nearby. My expert adviser
says they appear to be a Gymnopilus species.
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   Striated Thornbill, from the front...
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       ...and from the side.


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     Bushy Hakea Hakea decurrens on a very rainy and leechy 
     autumn day, 2012 (see leech image below).

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    Silver Banksia Banksia marginata, autumn 2012.
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           Occasionally these land planarians (turbellarian flat worms) can be seen during the day
           in damp areas. Amazing colour. This one was photographed in early autumn 2012.

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           Leech on the prowl. At times these are fairly numerous in wet areas of Yellingbo, but are
           seldom a problem really. The worst experience I have had with them here was on a
           rainy day when one found its way into my eye. It wriggled out from under my eyelid about
          45 minutes later, full of blood, of course.

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   Helmeted Honeyeater 'Blue D' in late summer 2011-12.


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         Shadow of fronds in the afternoon.
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 Eucalypt leaves.

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          Helmeted Honeyeater.


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 Brown Thornbill.


Red-browed Finch; too young to have
the red brow or bill (but see adult below). These birds are doing very well at present (late summer 2011-12).


I emailed some photos of this beetle to the Discovery Centre at Melbourne Museum where it was identified as a Black Scarab: family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Dynastinae. Thank you, Simon.

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    Helmeted Honeyeater stretching.


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    More stretching.
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Helmeted Honeyeaters; aggressive at times.






















                        The same birds a moment later.




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      Blotched Blue Tongue, late summer 2011-12. This species is not common in the reserve.


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      Satin Flycatcher with Emerald Dragonfly, late summer
      2011-12.



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      The Satin Flycatcher has removed the dragonfly's wings,
       presumably to make it easier to eat.
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  Eastern Yellow Robin, mid summer 2011-12. This is a youg bird. Some of its
   brown juvenile feathers can still be seen on its head.

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   Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa
    flowers and fruit, mid summer 2011-12.
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     Common reed Phragmites australis.
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   Helmeted Honeyeater.


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   Rufous Whistler; female or young male?.


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       Brown Thornbill in the middle of preening.
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  White-eared Honeyeater.


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      The above Brown Thornbill still preening.
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   Red-browed Finch. These birds are abundant at present
    (mid summer 2011-12).

 
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      Striated Thornbill.
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      Young Helmeted Honeyeater.

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           Beetle clinging to grass.


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    Tree-fern frond unfolding.


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             Adult and young Eastern Whipbird, early summer 2011-12. These birds are extremely
             elusive and very active so are quite a challenge to photograph.

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Tree trunks: Eucalypt.                   Eucalypt with new shoots.          Old stump with Black Rock Skink.     Blackwood with lichen.


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