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When one of our members, ecologist Kit Prendergast, was surveying native bee populations in Perth’s Kings Park botanic gardens, the last thing she expected to discover was a new bee species — with a very distinctive snout. Leioproctus zephyr – Image by Kit Prendergast
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 15 February 2023 The 140 km long Rudall River starts and ends in the Karlamilyi National Park in the remote East Pilbara region. The park lies approximately 300 km East of Newman and 90 km south of the Telfer gold and copper mine. The history and exploration ...
Read more →DRBNats, 10 February 2023 Distinguished Professor Emeritus Byron Lamont AO presented his talk on Pollinators and Pollination in Southwestern Australian Flora on Friday, 10th February 2023, as the first speaker of the year at DRB. His presentation was colourful and spectacular, with many specimens of flowers for people to examine ...
Read more →Main Club February 2023 Our speaker was Dr Holly Bradley, an ecologist with a keen interest in conserving and managing threatened species and bringing Western science and traditional knowledge together. Holly has been a DRB Nats’ Club member for many years. For her honours degree, she studied Honey Possums – ...
Read more →By: Tony Start, Kevin Thiele Paperback | March 2023 | $ 59.99ISBN: 9781486316144 | 152 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour photographs, Illustrations, Maps These are some of the questions that are addressed in this interesting book, which begins with an overview of parasitic plants in general. It not ...
Read more →KRM Branch 21 November 2022 A total of 11 members attended the KRMB AGM. Our Chairperson, Chris Punter, opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. He then read the minutes of the 2021 AGM and then gave a summary of the branch’s activities for 2022. The Treasurer, Norman Aitken, then presented ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch 23 November 2022 A group of seven explored the natural history of the coastal dunes alongside Challenger Parade, City Beach. Weather conditions (fresh breeze, Beaufort scale 5) were not ideal for recording bird species. We failed to see or hear any fairy-wrens. Nevertheless, we recorded seventeen land ...
Read more →KRM Branch, 27 November 2022 The November outing was to Lake Claremont, where Nick Cook from the Friends of Lake Claremont group joined our group of 10 attendees for a walk around the lake. It was great to have Nick along as we learned about the restoration projects undertaken by ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch 21 December 2022 As usual, there was no speaker at the December Meeting of the Northern Suburbs Branch. Instead, the Annual General Meeting was held in between a Christmas-themed Quiz and our End-of-Year Photo Competition. Office Bearers for 2023 are: During his, This Month Naturally segment, Don ...
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