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Star Jellies (Genus Nostoc)Observer
nicklambertDescription
The dark-brown, rounded fungi(?) in top left corner
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Black-shouldered Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
gillbsydneyDescription
Adult parent called to chicks when a Square-tailed Kite flew over. Chicks were huddled under the parent's body for protection.
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Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)Observer
kdgDescription
Part of feral flock someone released in the woods.
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Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)Observer
gcwarblerDescription
For a few years in the mid- to late 1990s, a number of Texas Hill Country ranchers got into "Emu farming". It was a short-lived fad, but in the interim, a number of Emu's escaped from captivity and wandered around to new locations. This particular Emu spent a few days on the Refuge's Eckhardt Tract near the Shin Oak Observation Deck. It's eventual fate is unknown but there were a few instances in the region where road-killed Emu's were encountered.
First photo is cropped from the larger scanned image shown in the 2nd photo. Ph. by William Reiner Jr.
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Mainland Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
claycountyranch
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Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)Observer
westboundwarblerDescription
As far as I know it’s the first sighting on the island of Tutuila, American Samoa.
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Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)Observer
toad-underhillDescription
Not a prank… I’m as confused as anyone.
UPDATE: He is evidently an escaped pet named Brian with a habit of divebombing at heads and drawing blood with his beak. Was later found shot dead. RIP Brian. Keep pets indoors!
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Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)Observer
crapgameDescription
Silver Gull bathing.
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Common Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae ssp. novaeguineae)Observer
relinquishDescription
Albino fledgling
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Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)Observer
markgreacenDescription
Black variant
