Category: Guest Author
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Memories of Birds at the Desert Park
Author Koh Lin ◦ Since arriving in Alice Springs in 2006, one of the many places I frequented and continue to visit, is the Alice Springs Desert Park. As one of the key attractions in Alice Springs, it is worth visiting throughout… Continue reading
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More captured moments …
Author Koh Lin ◦ As I look back through some of my photographs, I could see that I had snapped many photos of insects, and a phrase comes to mind “all creatures great and small”. For those that remember, the phrase became… Continue reading
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Captured moments…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Looking back through some of my photographs and articles, I realised that Mother Nature plays an important part of what I like to snap, write and share. When I hear from friends that their children are using content… Continue reading
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More blogs by moi
Author Koh Lin ◦ Time does fly… as it seems like only yesterday, when I had looked at the number of blogs we have published, some from our wonderful contributors, as well as myself. Looking back at “Blogs by moi”, as of… Continue reading
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I see bugs…
Author Koh Lin ◦ In the world of nature, the word “bugs” usually refers to land-dwelling arthropods like insects, spiders, and centipedes, although some bugs are found in and around water. Those tiny creatures we call “bugs” is often used to described… Continue reading
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Cheeky Dogs
Author Koh Lin ◦ I was going through the many books in my bookcase when I came across… Cheeky Dogs To Lake Nash and Back Author Dion Beasley and Johanna Bell Allen and Unwin. Retrieved 26 July 2019 This certainly brought back… Continue reading
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Megachile aurifrons, in June?
Author Gary Taylor ◦ A bit of a surprise on this week’s bush-run. 🙂 We’d already had a pretty good day (new glasses, so I could actually see stuff… 😅), but it was getting into late arvo, we were on… Continue reading
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Fear…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Fear is an emotion induced by the perceived danger or threat… Fear is said to be a basic emotion, a natural and primitive emotion, that is experienced and can vary in degree. Fear will triggers the body’s ‘fight-or-flight’… Continue reading
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Noombat
Author Koh Lin ◦ I was thrilled to observe the distinctive and cute numbat… The numbat, also known as the noombat (in the Noongar language) or walpurti (in the Pitjantjatjara language), is a small distinctively-striped, pouchless marsupial, between 35 to… Continue reading
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Deceased Excitable delma
Author Koh Lin ◦ This was the first time I have seen an Excitable delma (Delma tincta), unfortunately it was deceased. I come across it walking home, it was on the side of the road. At first I thought it… Continue reading
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Egg Sacs and Ootheca
Author Koh Lin ◦ Everyone would know what a carton of eggs are… Egg sacs are similar except without the carton, although they are contained within a pounch. An egg sac describes a hollow, flexible structure resembling a bag or… Continue reading
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The Longhorn Eurynassa servillei
Author Koh Lin ◦ This is the largest beetle I have found and held in my hand (and yes, I know it was deceased), but at approximately 5 cm in length from the head to the end of the abdomen,… Continue reading