happygolucky_mel's Identifications
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Rāpoka (New Zealand Sealion) (Phocarctos hookeri)Observer
mark_fraserDescription
Young male seen on beach at Coopers Lagoon. Has a yellow flipper band HNA2. Reported to NZ Sealion Trust and was banded 14 January 2023 Sandy Beach, Enderby Island.
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Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)Observer
annabelbeattieDescription
On Machaerina rubiginosa sedgeland
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Buck's Horn Plantain (Plantago coronopus)Observer
arnimDescription
common in the wet areas, and expanding into less wet areas
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Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus miles ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
arnimDescription
identified by their call, rather than visually
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Bachelor's Buttons (Cotula coronopifolia)Observer
arnimDescription
adventives taking over native species estuary space
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Tribe CaenoplaniniObserver
laura_scatchardDescription
What to do when you see one of these?
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Jersey Cudweed (Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum)Observer
dustinlamontDescription
Will tag as C/C once I get a confirmed ID.
This one has a story: I collected seed from an Ozothamnus leptophyllus plant at Halswell Quarry back in June. At some point later I sowed some of the cypselae, and finally this germinated around early August... But it quickly became apparent it wasn't a tauhinu plant!
It may just be a fairly common weed, but I thought it a weird coincidence that, out of the 20,000+ species of Asteraceae, it just happened to be in the same tribe as the thing I was actually trying to grow.
In the meantime it's kinda grown on me, so I guess I'll keep it around.
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Bluebottle (Physalia physalis)Observer
whiskeydevilDescription
Was not in the water, very small about thumbnail size and definitely not a man o war.
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