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Is It A Crow Or A Raven??
"Some have put crow intelligence at the equivalent of a seven-year-old child when it comes to cognitive problem solving.
Jan 2
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Blue Is The Colour Of Desire... Say Hi To the Bowerbird
For all the enchantment the color blue has cast upon humanity, no animal has fallen under its spell more hopelessly than the bowerbird,...
Nov 19, 2023
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Spiders along the Mitta: The Webs They Weave...
https://earthsky.org/earth/how-does-a-spider-spin-a-web-between-two-trees/ Maybe you’ve seen spider webs strung high in the branches...
May 16, 2023
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Slippery as an ...
The Short Finned Eel is common in our waterways. They’re long, slippery fish that live in our creeks and rivers and they hunt yabbies,...
Mar 5, 2023
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Bet you can find one of these little guys in the tree leaves at the Joker if you look!
The 007 of Bugs... From being born in eggs that resemble seeds, to spending its nymph stage disguised as an ant, to mimicking a leaf...
Mar 8, 2022
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What's the name of that darn bush drysuit wearers love to hate?
Bursaria Spinosa (a.k.a.: Native Blackthorn, a.k.a.: Christmas Bush) (People actually plant these things in their gardens! ;-) All along...
Nov 25, 2021
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Platypus in the Mitta Mitta River – have you seen one?
Platypus might just be the most interesting animals in Australia. Everyone loves them and yet few people actually get to see one in the...
Sep 11, 2021
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Ever see a Goanna on the Snowy or Mitta rivers?
Some pretty cool digs... (puns intended)... https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/06/monitor-lizards-australia-dig-incredible-...
Jul 16, 2021
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Eastern Spinebill; A Pretty Bird Along The Mitta & It's Tribs, Feeding On Woolly Grevillea In Winter
https://ebird.org/species/easspi1?siteLanguage=en_AU https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/0306b569-9ec5-4d44-8644-33073a06a957 A...
Jun 20, 2021
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Grey Shrike-Thrush... another cool bird in the High Country along the Mitta
Some interesting facts on finding and learning about the Grey Shrike-Thrush in the High Country. Along with stuff you can do with...
May 26, 2021
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The Mountain Pygmy Possum in the Victorian Alps
Thanks again to the Northeast Catchment Authority (NECMA) & Parks Victoria for some very cool video and info on this threatened species:...
Apr 11, 2021
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The Rainbow Bee-Eater, a beautiful bird... that flies to the Mitta from PNG & Indonesia every year!
https://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/rainbow-bee-eater Great Australian bird website, very cool bird you can find along the Mitta Mitta,...
Mar 13, 2021
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The Tawny Frogmouth: The Super Cool Bird With The Unfortunate Name
Some cool facts about this Mitta Mitta night hunter...
Feb 10, 2021
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Super Cool Flyers on Birds, Reptiles, Flowers & Fish of the Mitta and Alps
NECMA (NorthEast Catchment Authority) created these awesome flyers and gave them to FOTM to distribute. There's already some available at...
Jan 28, 2021
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Echidnas... Who Knew?
Click here to find out more about those spiny little wobblers... Info plus videos. (Parental and teacher warning: there's some...
Jan 27, 2021
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Geology of the Australian Alps... one more time...
Can't get enough of the rocks and landscape?... click here!
Jan 27, 2021
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More Australian Alps Geology pdf & Video...
Into rocks?...
Jan 27, 2021
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Geologic Evolution of the Kosciusko Alpine Area
This posting is a small section taken from the excellent “Kosciuszko Alpine Flora”, by Alec Costin, Max Gray, Colin Totterdell, & Dane...
Jan 26, 2021
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What's The Problem With Willows, Anyhoo?
I'm from the USA, where willows are native and we love them... here... not so much. Learn why... And here's a link to The Willow Warriors...
Jan 26, 2021
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Platypuses that glow in the dark?
Uh, huh...
Jan 26, 2021
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Contact Friends Of The Mitta
Friends Of The Mitta
c/o Jeffe Aronson
124 Callaghans Rd
Anglers Rest, Victoria 3898
03 5159 7252
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