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Jan 2
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.
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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-...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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,...
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Mar 8, 2021
The Hairy Canary (In The Coal Mine): Bogong Moths In The Victorian Alpine Country
Great Bush Tucker, Great reason to gather the tribes each year along the Mighty Mitta for thousands of years. Not to mention a Mountain...
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Feb 10, 2021
The Tawny Frogmouth: The Super Cool Bird With The Unfortunate Name
Some cool facts about this Mitta Mitta night hunter...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jan 26, 2021
LaTrobe Uni Outdoor Ed students year 3 2018 Environmental Interpretive submissions
Some great stuff here to download:
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Jan 26, 2021
Common Farmland Birds poster
A photo of a Gould League poster at Karoonda Park on the Snowy Want to buy the real thing? Click here...
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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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