DebDebz
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Birdo 🦅 Photographer- All photos my own. Musician. Artist. Organic Gardener. Sustainability. Kindness. Peace. Love. #auspol
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DebDebz
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· Sep 27
But look what’s grunting in our garden…woke me up in the middle of the night 🐨🩶
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Welcome, Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer! theconversation.com/i-discovered... By Dr Kit Prendergast
I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify
The discovery of a horned native bee that pollinates a rare plant highlights how little we know about Australian pollinators.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Welcome, Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer! theconversation.com/i-discovered... By Dr Kit Prendergast
Last lot of Mallacoota photos before I get back to the birdies
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Last lot of Mallacoota photos before I get back to the birdies
Around and About Mallacoota
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Around and About Mallacoota
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Jacky Dragon. A lizard native to south-eastern Australia. Aka Blood-sucker, Stonewalker & Tree Dragon. Well-known for its bright yellow mouth, well-developed vertebral crest & temperature-dependent sex determination of its offspring
#Nature #Wildlife #Reptile #Lizard #Australia
#Nature #Wildlife #Reptile #Lizard #Australia
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Jacky Dragon. A lizard native to south-eastern Australia. Aka Blood-sucker, Stonewalker & Tree Dragon. Well-known for its bright yellow mouth, well-developed vertebral crest & temperature-dependent sex determination of its offspring
#Nature #Wildlife #Reptile #Lizard #Australia
#Nature #Wildlife #Reptile #Lizard #Australia
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
An ‘explosion’ of birds take off from Captain Stevenson’s Point, Mallacoota, September. We observed 1000 or more Greater Crested Terns. Also Bar-tailed Godwits, Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, Red-capped Plovers… 🧵1/2
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
An ‘explosion’ of birds take off from Captain Stevenson’s Point, Mallacoota, September. We observed 1000 or more Greater Crested Terns. Also Bar-tailed Godwits, Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, Red-capped Plovers… 🧵1/2
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Masked Lapwing aka Masked Plover or Spur-winged Plover. Closely related to the waders. Spend most of their time on the ground searching for food such as insects and worms Have several loud distinctive calls 🧵1/4
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Masked Lapwing aka Masked Plover or Spur-winged Plover. Closely related to the waders. Spend most of their time on the ground searching for food such as insects and worms Have several loud distinctive calls 🧵1/4
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Shining Bronze Cuckoo: Hiding deep in the foliage this small cuckoo has irridescent green upper parts & white underparts with bold, dark, mostly unbroken barring. Found throughout south & eastern Australia
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#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
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#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Shining Bronze Cuckoo: Hiding deep in the foliage this small cuckoo has irridescent green upper parts & white underparts with bold, dark, mostly unbroken barring. Found throughout south & eastern Australia
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#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
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#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Satin Bowerbird. Young males have the same plumage & colouring as the females: olive green with dark scalloping, violet-blue iris, brown wings & tails. Collectively known as ‘green birds’. 🧵1/4
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
November 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Satin Bowerbird. Young males have the same plumage & colouring as the females: olive green with dark scalloping, violet-blue iris, brown wings & tails. Collectively known as ‘green birds’. 🧵1/4
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
November 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Australian Pelican. Characterized by a long beak (the longest of any living bird) & a large throat pouch used for catching prey & draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. 🧵1/5
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Australian Pelican. Characterized by a long beak (the longest of any living bird) & a large throat pouch used for catching prey & draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. 🧵1/5
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Eastern Whipbird, Mallacoota, Victoria: The characteristic whip-crack call is made by 2 birds, the male makes the drawn-out whip crack & the female usually follows quickly with a sharp “choo-choo” 🧵 1/4
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Eastern Whipbird, Mallacoota, Victoria: The characteristic whip-crack call is made by 2 birds, the male makes the drawn-out whip crack & the female usually follows quickly with a sharp “choo-choo” 🧵 1/4
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Scarlet Myzomela aka Scarlet Honeyeater, Mallacoota Victoria
Found along the east coast of Australia from Cooktown QLD to Gippsland Vic.Also Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sundas, Indonesia & New Caledonia 🧵1/3
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Found along the east coast of Australia from Cooktown QLD to Gippsland Vic.Also Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sundas, Indonesia & New Caledonia 🧵1/3
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Scarlet Myzomela aka Scarlet Honeyeater, Mallacoota Victoria
Found along the east coast of Australia from Cooktown QLD to Gippsland Vic.Also Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sundas, Indonesia & New Caledonia 🧵1/3
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Found along the east coast of Australia from Cooktown QLD to Gippsland Vic.Also Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sundas, Indonesia & New Caledonia 🧵1/3
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Noisy Friarbird, Bermagui, NSW. A large member of the honeyeater family with a distinctive naked black head, strong bill with a prominent casque (bump) at the base. 🧵 1/3
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
October 31, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Noisy Friarbird, Bermagui, NSW. A large member of the honeyeater family with a distinctive naked black head, strong bill with a prominent casque (bump) at the base. 🧵 1/3
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Brown Thornbill, Bermagui, NSW. Found only in E & SE Australia, including Tasmania, in dense shrubby habitats including wet & dry forests, woodlands, shrublands, heathlands, rainforests & along watercourses. 1/3
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Brown Thornbill, Bermagui, NSW. Found only in E & SE Australia, including Tasmania, in dense shrubby habitats including wet & dry forests, woodlands, shrublands, heathlands, rainforests & along watercourses. 1/3
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Metallic Jewel Bug - Scutiphora pedicellata, aka Metallic Shield Bug, seen on the window inside our cabin at Bermagui
Distinguished from beetles by having sucking mouthparts & the shield on its back is continuous not a divided wing cover
#Bugs #Insects #Nature #Wildlife #MacroPhotography #Australia
Distinguished from beetles by having sucking mouthparts & the shield on its back is continuous not a divided wing cover
#Bugs #Insects #Nature #Wildlife #MacroPhotography #Australia
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Metallic Jewel Bug - Scutiphora pedicellata, aka Metallic Shield Bug, seen on the window inside our cabin at Bermagui
Distinguished from beetles by having sucking mouthparts & the shield on its back is continuous not a divided wing cover
#Bugs #Insects #Nature #Wildlife #MacroPhotography #Australia
Distinguished from beetles by having sucking mouthparts & the shield on its back is continuous not a divided wing cover
#Bugs #Insects #Nature #Wildlife #MacroPhotography #Australia
New Holland Honeyeater, Bermagui
Found throughout southern Australia. Among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia, initially named Certhia novaehollandiae.
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Found throughout southern Australia. Among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia, initially named Certhia novaehollandiae.
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
New Holland Honeyeater, Bermagui
Found throughout southern Australia. Among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia, initially named Certhia novaehollandiae.
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Found throughout southern Australia. Among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia, initially named Certhia novaehollandiae.
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Emperor Dragonfly, Bermagui, NSW - a strong flyer and a predatory hunter, feeding on other flying insects. Often found patrolling water sources
#dragonfly #insects #nature #photography #MacroPhotography #outdoors #Australia
#dragonfly #insects #nature #photography #MacroPhotography #outdoors #Australia
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Emperor Dragonfly, Bermagui, NSW - a strong flyer and a predatory hunter, feeding on other flying insects. Often found patrolling water sources
#dragonfly #insects #nature #photography #MacroPhotography #outdoors #Australia
#dragonfly #insects #nature #photography #MacroPhotography #outdoors #Australia
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Australian policy settings lack imagination. They are rooted to colonial times of making individuals pay & be “accounted for” rather than collective decisions that help people & the nation thrive. 1/
Here is an idea. 🤔 Make public transport free. No need to worry about fare evasion, no need to police fare evasion. The cost is justified in less cars on the road, less pollution, less road damage, more equity, quieter cities etc…
Reduced subsidies on fossil fuel use to make up for loss of revenue
Reduced subsidies on fossil fuel use to make up for loss of revenue
Sydney has the highest fare evasion rates in Australia. What can it learn from Melbourne and Brisbane?
Expert says the best way to support a growing public transport network and keep revenue coming in is to keep services reliable and ticket costs affordable
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Australian policy settings lack imagination. They are rooted to colonial times of making individuals pay & be “accounted for” rather than collective decisions that help people & the nation thrive. 1/