A beautiful morning with the Bellingen Birders, no smoke!
Around 260 Little Black Cormorants flew over in wavesLittle Egret and Royal Spoonbill. A Ruddy Turnstone was around rare for UrungaA Painted Vine Moth caterpillar, Agarista agricola
We saw very few insects, Hardly any butterflies. Jeff Sparrow writes, ‘The humming of Christmas beetles was once a sign of the season. Where have they gone?‘
A Christmas Beetle, Anoplognathus boisduvalii. One of about 35 species in Australia.