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Stephen Fricker
@stephenfricker.bsky.social
160 followers 120 following 280 posts
Interests include public health, Environment, Evolution, Mosquitos, and citizen science engagement
Co-founder GSBioblitz
Opinions expressed are my own.
Northern Territory, Aus, https://linktr.ee/stephenfricker
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This Lemon-bellied Flyrobin 'Microeca flavigaster' was quite agitated by a Tawny Frogmouth as i passed by a tree on my afternoon walk in Darwin #Australia
#BirdsSeenIn2026
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February 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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Such an attractive butterfly, strange the caterpillar looks like 💩
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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I have seen several Canopus Swallowtail 'Papilio canopus' caterpillars but this is my first Adults I have seen, a nice surprise at Lee point.

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February 10, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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A Common Crow 'Euploea core' from East point last week

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February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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I heard several Lemon-bellied Flyrobins making some noise in a tree, I had a closer look and saw a Tawny Frogmouth 'Podargus strigoides' #BirdsSeenIn2026 in Darwin #Australia

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#wildoz #aves
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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Red-collared Lorikeet 'Trichoglossus rubritorquis' from Rapid Creek, #Australia

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#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz
February 7, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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Another #BirdsSeenIn2026 from the Dump, a Whistling Kite 'Haliastur sphenurus'

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February 6, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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Silver-backed Butcherbird "Cracticus argenteus" from Charles Darwin National Park, Darwin, #Australia
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#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz #wildoz #aves
February 5, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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A pair of Magpie-Lark's 'Grallina cyanoleuca' from Darwin, #Australia another #BirdsSeenIn2026

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February 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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Cucumber Moth 'Diaphania indica' Darwin NT, #Australia. spotted on an afternoon walk

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February 3, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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Two for Tuesday a Lean Lynx Spider 'Oxyopes macilentus' snacking on a Orange (Darwin) Ringlet 'Hypocysta adiante' at Charles Darwin National Park.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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Northern Masked 'Lapwing Vanellus miles ssp. miles' one of the most common species you come across in Darwin, #Australia

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#BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz #aves
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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Canopus Swallowtail 'Papilio canopus' caterpillar looks like some kind of poo on a leaf
www.inaturalist.org/observations... 🦋🍃 💩

#wildoz
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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A Slender Skimmer 'Orthetrum sabina' from #CharlesDarwinNationalPark, #Australia last weekend.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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Australasian Grebe 'Tachybaptus novaehollandiae' from Adelaide, Australia.
#BirdsSeenIn2026
January 27, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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Rufous-banded Honeyeater 'Conopophila albogularis' another #BirdsSeenIn2026 this time from Darwin #Australia

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#birdsofoz
January 26, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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Black Soldier Fly 'Hermetia illucens' in Nightcliff, Darwin, #Australia found on an afternoon walk last week

#wildoz

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January 26, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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I saw this Crested Pigeon 'Ocyphaps lophotes' along the banks of the Torrens River Adelaide, #Australia, they usually don't get this close

#BirdsSeenIn2026,
January 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Rainbow Lorikeet 'Trichoglossus moluccanus' from the Adelaide parklands #Australia and one of the crowd favourites and one most observed bird in the #AussieBirdCount check it out in February

#BirdsSeenIn2026
January 24, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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A new bug in my traps, looks like 'Stigmatonotum geniculatum' from Howard Springs NT, Thanks for the ID Danilo Lüdke, a second record for Australia on #iNaturalist.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Eastern Rosella 'Platycercus eximius', another #BirdsSeenIn2026 in the Adelaide parklands , #Australia over the Christmas break
I love the vivid colours, but its surprisingly well camouflaged when feeding in the grass
January 23, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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An Australian Magpie 'Gymnorhina tibicen' from the Adelaide parklands in #Australia.

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January 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Heliotrope Moth 'Utetheisa pulchelloides' from the family home in Adelaide.

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January 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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A young family of Black-tailed Nativehens 'Tribonyx ventralis' In Adelaide, Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026
#wildoz
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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Spirama recessa from East Point on of my first records for the annual 2026 Moth Marathon in Memory of Victor Fazio III

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Who was Victor?

He was a a prolific user and contributor the the platform, learn more here inaturalist.ala.org.au/journal/theb...
January 17, 2026 at 2:12 AM