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Nov 19, 2023

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,...

May 16, 2023

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...

Mar 5, 2023

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 8, 2022

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...

Nov 25, 2021

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...

Sep 11, 2021

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...

Jul 16, 2021

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-...

Jun 20, 2021

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...

May 26, 2021

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...

Apr 11, 2021

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:...

Mar 13, 2021

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,...

Feb 10, 2021

The Tawny Frogmouth: The Super Cool Bird With The Unfortunate Name

Some cool facts about this Mitta Mitta night hunter...

Jan 28, 2021

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 27, 2021

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

Geology of the Australian Alps... one more time...

Can't get enough of the rocks and landscape?... click here!

Jan 27, 2021

More Australian Alps Geology pdf & Video...

Into rocks?...

Jan 26, 2021

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

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

Platypuses that glow in the dark?

Uh, huh...

Jan 26, 2021

The Pardalote: One Super cool tiny little bird!

One of my favourite birds

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