Anne Hughes

åIt’s on again- the season turns Out on Border Track today 13th July 2023 to check on orchid cages and re-emergence of plants, I found a very early Long-leaf Early Nancy (Wurmbea latifolia). This is an ordinary Early Nancy- female plant- note the purple band. Below is the very early Early Nancy- Wurmbea latifolia (today) with female flowers- no purple band. Also flowering was Clematis microphylla. Like Wurmbea, this species has separate male and female plants so the 3 that I know of out here...

Some sightings here at Carapooee West over December 2023 and the start of the New Year   Old palm trees have their use- female Mistletoebird collecting the fluff from stem for her nest- several visits but I only managed one photo. The male was escorting her and dangling off the end of the fronds, scolding me for being too close. Clear winged fly of some sort on cactus flower Dec 2023- any entomologists about? And on our main dam- we have always had Australasian (Little) Grebes on the dams but...

Our detailed submission to the EPBC Act review on behalf of the St Arnaud Field Nats The document can be read by clicking on the graphic below