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The Joy of Flying
Newly fledged Little Terns in action at Mogareeka.
Photographer: Leo Berzins
Birds: Third place (tied)
ORB WEAVER
Photograph taken at night of a beautiful Garden Orb Spider.
Photographer: Tess Poyner
Invertebrates: First place
Reflecting Spoonbills
Driving past the Merimbula Lake one cloudless & blue-skied morning, I brought my car to a near screeching halt when I spied this little flock of Spoonbills reflecting beautifully on the glassy water. In this pic they had just settled themselves down, then each placed their head beneath a wing for a mid-morning snooze, which also made a very cute image!
Photographer: Toni Ward
Overall: First place
Birds: First place
Running Roo
Eastern Grey Kangaroo running across the lagoon in the morning mist. Photograph taken in Tanja.
Photographer: Tess Poyner
Overall: Second place
Terrestrial vertebrates: First place
Dragon closeup
Close up of a water dragon
Photographer: Georgia Poyner
Terrestrial vertebrates: Third place
Curlew Sandpipers
Curlew Sandpipers at Mogareeka. A small flock of these critically endangered birds visited Mogareeka for a few days last November.
Photographer: Leo Berzins
Birds: Second Place (tied)
Seal pup
A super cute, fluffy seal pup.
Photographer: Georgia Poyner
Overall: Third place
Marine & Intertidal: First place
'Wasp'
Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp photographed while on a bush walk.
Photographer: Tess Poyner
Invertebrates: Third place
Note: although often confused with wasps, this is extraordinary insect is actually a lacewing (Order: Neuroptera)
Blue Groper
A female orange blue groper.
Photographer: Georgia Poyner
Underwater: Second place
Beach Stone-curlew
Beach Stone-curlew at Spencer Park, Merimbula. These birds are Critically Endangered in NSW and are rarely seen this far south.
Photographer: Leo Berzins
Birds: Third place (tied)
Seal
Photographer: Georgia Poyner
Underwater: First place
Common Dolphins
A pair of Common Dolphins surfacing to take a breath.
Photographer: Georgia Poyner
Marine & Intertidal: Third place (tied)
Sunrise watcher
A young diamond python curled up on a rock before the sunrise
Photographer: Harrison Warne
Terrestrial Vertebrates: Second place
Double-banded Plover wing-stretch
A Double-banded Plover enjoying a morning wing-stretch at Mogareeka.
Photographer: Leo Berzins
Birds: Second place (tied)
The breach
Humpback whale breaching off the coast of Eden
Photographer: David Rogers
Marine & Intertidal: Second place
Centipede
I almost missed this amazing creature. Centipedes have only one pair of legs per body segment (while millipedes have two).
Photographer: Jakob Poyner
Invertebrates: Second place