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An Agile Wallaby amongst the shorebirds

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They breed year round and the single young remain in the pouch for about 30 weeks and become independent after a year. The other wallaby that is seen around this area is the Northern Nailtail Wallaby Onychogalea unguifera, which is a smaller species. The male Agile Wallaby weighs in at about 27 kg and the female at about 15 kg.

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Three Amazing Things

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The mechanism by which this is happening in at least some species of birds is very interesting. The breeding season is longer, starts earlier. ” This can also explain why advances in migration timing are not common among species migrating over long distances. Birds have been migrating earlier. ” GannetCam.

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Comebackers

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For mankind to snatch away a species’ very existence is wrong on so many levels that I can’t begin to explain them. However, despite our best efforts to wipe them off the face of the earth, some of the more vulnerable species have managed to hang on. this species breeds. this species breeds.

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Reddell Beach shorebirds

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You are then able to position yourself behind the shorebirds and enjoy their magnificent breeding plumage! It may look quite overwhelming to have so many species together, but at this time of year it is a lot easier to identify them than it would have been a few months ago when they were all pretty much grey!

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Tropical Cyclone Iggy

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There are very few areas in Roebuck Bay that shorebirds can roost on very high tides due to the cliffs and many of the larger species will go out onto the land behind the mangroves. The rest of the birds had been marked locally, but we still took down the details as the next time they are observed may well be in Taiwan, China or Korea.

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Red-necked Stint with a Japanese flag

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They have been here for several months and are currently changing into their breeding plumage and fattening up. It won’t be long and we will watch them fly off into the sunset as they make their journey north to breed. It changes into its breeding plumage and heads off, but has never been seen back in Hong Kong!

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Back to the beach!

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I soon found the pair of Pied Oystercatchers that I was looking for and they had two failed attempts at breeding this year. That chick moved north afterwards once its parents pushed it on and it found a flock to the north at Willie Creek and hangs out with other non-breeding birds. Echidna tracks. Pied Oystercatchers. Whip Snake?

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