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Cabbage whites
By: froginspector1 Date: April 15, 2023, 6:59 am
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The most common butterfly I tend to see around is a white one,
and for the purposes of this project I thought I'd find out it's
proper name - the problem was when I searched 'most common
Victorian butterflies' the only white one I found was a Cabbage
White - which I was sure wasn't what I was after as they have
such distinctive dark markings on the wing! I was sure the
butterfly I was after was sort of round and squat and plain. But
on my jog in the neighbourhood the other day I spotted one and
thought I'd double check - I waited and watched til it paused on
a flower and lo and behold it had the exact markings I'd never
noticed before and was a Cabbage White after all! Just goes to
show what you miss if you don't stop and pay proper attention to
what's around you all the time.[attachimg=1]
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Re: Cabbage whites
By: froginspector1 Date: May 29, 2023, 7:11 pm
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I've been doing some more species identification in my
neighbourhood - my next target was these magpie-like birds that
are clearly not magpies - they are much smaller and have a
different body/beak shape but the colouring is kind of similar!
I have found out they are magpie-larks (also known as 'wee
magpies'). These two in the photograph are male as the two sexes
have distinguishable patterns and the male has this white
'eyebrow'. Apparently they are very territorial and also swoop
like regular magpies so I am going to observe them at a
respectful distance!
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Re: Cabbage whites
By: froginspector1 Date: June 1, 2023, 11:32 pm
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My next bit of animal identification was a bit more challenging
and I ended up getting some help to identify this feather, which
is probably that of a rainbow lorikeet! It's not the bright and
colourful pattern I associate with the lorikeet but I think that
is probably because it comes from the underside of the wing or
tail. I wish I could figure that out definitively!
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