Category: Field Reports
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All the lapwings are called John
A lone female masked lapwing ( Vanellus miles, also: plover, bloody plover, melted cheese face) haunts the Blue Mountains Bushwalk exhibit at Taronga Zoo. Over 18-months of regular visits to the enclosure, we have developed a kind of kinship with John. One of the volunteers told us that all the masked lapwings are called John Travolta…
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TR Taronga Zoo field report #1
This report covers visits taken place on January 7 (with Zoe), February 3 (with Zoe), April 2 (on my own), and April 22 (with Zoe), 2021. I also visited Taronga Zoo on May 15, but being with family I did not visit the regent honeyeaters. This report is an attempt to respond to the first…
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