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Australian Birds
High Country Jan 2010
Saturday January 23, 2010
Report produced by
Reiner R.
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Dragonflies Australia, Victorian Orchids, Aussie Herps, and mammals of Australia
Dragonflies Australia, Victorian Orchids, Australian Birds, Aussie Herps, and mammals of Australia
Several areas were visited over several days. First couple of days were with ANOS looking mainly for orchids in Alpine National Park. The following day I travelled via the Bogong High Plains to visit Mt Buffalo on the 4th day.
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Expanded Print ViewJanuary 23, 2010 : Native Dog Flat
Campground with numerous odonata at the start of the Buchan River. Along the Buchan River I also saw a darner that I was unable to identify.
January 23, 2010 : Cowombat Track Flat
Flat beside road was searched for orchids and I also recorded some common odonata.
January 23, 2010 : Playgrounds
Searched the plains and nearby bogs in the afternoon for orchids and odonata. This primarily featues a large, long open are, which includes an artificial dam, as well as some sphagnum seepages.
January 24, 2010 : Square Flat
Small alpine flat/bog.
January 24, 2010 : Rocky Plains West
Part of a large, boggy plain.
January 24, 2010 : Ramshorn Track Plain
Open area on slope with larger boggy area at bottom but seriously damaged by brumbies.
January 25, 2010 : Omeo
Some common odonata at Lingstone Creek just north of Omea, a small, rocky creek through hilly farmland.
January 25, 2010 : Anglers Rest
A few common odonata spotted by rocky rivers around Anglers Rest.
January 25, 2010 : Mitta Mitta River
A nice, rocky river in which I walked around in a bit. This is at the Bundara Picnic Area just north of Anglers Rest. Saw a few river-type darners here.
January 25, 2010 : Bogong High Plains
Visited several interesting sites on the Bogong High Plains, most of the time was spent at the start of Cope Hut Track where I found quite a few Austroaeschna flavomaculata , a new dragonfly species for me.
January 26, 2010 : Cresta Valley, Mt Buffalo
Some boggy creeks around Cresta Valley and a short way along south Buffalo Track.
January 26, 2010 : Lake Catani
Alpine lake on Mt Buffalo
January 26, 2010 : Eurobin Falls
Cascading waterfall near the entrance to Mt Buffalo. Saw some lizards and a few odonata but one darner along the track I saw for a while only in flight and couldn't ID it.
January 27, 2010 : Gooram Falls
Stopped off at this reserve on the way home and saw some fairly common odonata.
Observation Summary
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Comments
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1. Herp ID
Hi, Your first 2 photos are N. entracaseuxi and your thrid herp pic is a N. mettalic skink as you say. Regards, Nathan Waugh
Posted at 01:53 AM on February 5, 2010 by Nathan W.