The Pines, Frankston

15 August 2007

Wandered around The Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve today, highlight was the snake a friendly couple alerted us to. I believe it to be an Eastern Tiger Snake, Notechis scutatus scutatus. In the morning it was sunning itself at the edge of the track and I went back later to share my lunch in its presence, hoping to get some more photos.

I also saw three orchid species fully in flower (all greenhoods) and near some I saw Boneseed, Chrysanthemoides monilifera, an environmental weed. I started pulling them out but a turn in the corner yielded a forest of them so I gave up. It would need a dedicated visit, at least with gloves, to tackle them.

Also saw a recently dead fox, hopefully a victim of some 1080 poisoning.

Name	Date	Size
Parent Directory - August 2007	14-Nov-2011 15:56	-
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Pardalote Frankston070815-8889.jpg	15-Aug-2007 00:39	55.7 KB 640×512
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sundew Frankston070815-9109.jpg	15-Aug-2007 01:02	42.4 KB 664×688
Taurantha concinna Frankston070815-9031.jpg	15-Aug-2007 00:56	34.6 KB 432×512
Wattle Frankston070815-8854.jpg	15-Aug-2007 00:33	56 KB 432×576
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