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Tag: Australasian Darter

Winter walk, Ashfield Flats

 

 

If you confine your “nature walks” to places easily-reached without a car, and within 15 kilometres of Perth’s GPO, your worthwhile menu options are still surprisingly numerous.

Among them are the largest remaining river flats within the metropolitan area; Ashfield Flats’ nearer side is less than 10 kilometres from the GPO.

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Snake Bird, Mandurah, WA

The Australasian Darter – Anhinga novaehollandiae – is our single member of the Anhinga genus, which has just four species.

All of its members are commonly known as “snake birds”.

You could consider their “snake” as a spearhead, with a brain-powered, spring-loaded, feathered shaft.

The shaft’s spring-loading is via their neck’s unique hinge mechanism, at the 8th & 9th vertebrae.

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