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Thursday, January 1, 2009

Colourful start to 2009

2009 looks gloomy in prospect, so a bit of colour might help give us a lift!


How about a pollen-laden honeybee (Apis mellifera) visiting a Tyto blue lotus today?


Or a Carpenter bee (Xylocopa spp.) leaving a lotus?


Pink and red are always cheering. A dragonfly (Diplacodes haematodes) rests on a lotus.


Must include at least one colourful bird. Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) does a tip-toe wing stretch on the main lagoon today.

Happy New Year to all of us! 

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