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2022 Atlas of Life

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Birds

1. Powerful Owl - Alex Metcalfe (Copy)

2. Just dropping in to say hi - Red-browed Finch - Steve Sass (Copy)

3. Peek a boo - White-browed Scrub wren - Steve Sass (Copy)

4. From behind - a different perspective of the Laughing Kookaburra - Steve Sass (Copy)

5. Male Scarlet Robin searching for a mate - Teena Burnell (Copy)

6. New Holland Honeyeater - Teena Burnell (Copy)

7. Regular visitors - Black Cockatoo - Liz Allen (Copy)

8. Feed me! - Leo Berzins (Copy)

9. White Headed Pigeon in flight - Teena Burnell (Copy)

10. The allure of Azure - Matthew Higgins (Copy)

11. Breakfast time for Eastern Spinebill - Matthew Higgins (Copy)

12. Busy mum Darter on the Anabranch, Bega - Matthew Higgins (Copy)

13. Pied Oyster Catcher - Liz Allen (Copy)

14. Juvenile Spinebill - Paul Whittock (Copy)

15. Yellow Robin - Peter Harris (Copy)

16. Juvenile Shrike Thrush - Paul Whittock (Copy)

17. Yellow faced honeyeater - Paul Whittock (Copy)

18. Toolbox Meeting Pied Currawongs - Jenn Leayr (Copy)

19. Black Beauty - Jenn Leayr (Copy)

20. A gap in the reeds - Leo Berzins (Copy)

21. Social distancing - Leo Berzins (Copy)

22. A pair of yellow-tailed black cockatoos - Kjell Hensen (Copy)

23. A little tern flying overhead - Kjell Hensen (Copy)

24. Emu portrait. Taken at Potato point - Kjell Hensen (Copy)

25. Rare white Goshawk appeared in our Bermagui garden - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

26. Tawny Frogmouth camouflage training - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

27. A male yellow-tailed black cockatoo feeding on a wood-boring larvae - Tess Poyner (Copy)

28. A great egret fishing in the shallows. Image taken at Mummaga Lake - Tess Poyner (Copy)

29. Spotted pardalote - Tess Poyner (Copy)

30. Eastern Koel surveys which nest to invade - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

112. Eagle vs. Osprey An Osprey trying to steal a fish from a White-bellied Sea Eagle - Jenn Leayr (Copy)

Terrestrial vertebrates (excludes birds)

31. Southern Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) - Matt Clancy (Copy)

32. Southern Heath Frog (Litoria watsoni) - Matt Clancy (Copy)

33. Recently metamorphosed Southern Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus flavopunctatus). - Matt Clancy (Copy)

34. Jacky Dragon and Margin-winged Stick Insect - Alex Metcalfe (Copy)

35. Armoured - Rose Constable (Copy)

36. Diamond python. North Brou beach - Luke Hamilton (Copy)

37. Baby Wombat in the pouch comes out for a look and a nibble! Matthew Higgins (Copy)

38. Don't wake Smaug! Matthew Higgins (Copy)

39. At home on the Anabranch, Bega - Matthew Higgins (Copy)

40. Lace Monitor - afternoon snack - Teena Burnell (Copy)

41. Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Middle Lagoon - Leo Berzins (Copy)

42. Eastern Grey Kangaroo and joey at Middle Beach Leo Berzins (Copy)

43. Short Beaked Echidna - Karen Regan (Copy)

44. Common wombat - Karen Regan (Copy)

45. Blue tongues mating - Paul Whittock (Copy)

46. Swamp wallaby - Karen Regan (Copy)

47. Two mummas with their bubbas - Jennifer Leayr (Copy)

48. A mum and her pup - Jennifer Leayr (Copy)

49. A common death adder photographed on a warm night in Tathra - Kjell Hensen (Copy)

50. A cheeky wallaby photographed in Tathra - Kjell Hensen (Copy)

51. There's a dinosaur in my garden - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

52. A red-bellied black snake soaking in a swampland after rain. - Tess Poyner (Copy)

53. Eastern grey Kangaroos photographed in the Deua national park - Tess Poyner (Copy)

54. A diamond python sunning itself - Tess Poyner (Copy)

55. Sunrise dog - Otis Waratah (Copy)

Invertebrates

56. Dragonflies making vibrations - Teena Burnell (Copy)

57. Looper Moth - Teena Burnell (Copy)

58. Jewel Spider - Teena Burnell (Copy)

59. Double beauty - Matthew Higgins (Copy)

60. What a buzz! Matthew Higgins (Copy)

61. Wandering Ringtail Damselfly - Karen Regan (Copy)

62. Monarch Butterfly - regal pose. Paul Whittock (Copy)

63. Those delicate eyes: Helena Gum Moth. Alex Metcalfe (Copy)

64. St Andrews Cross Spider - New outfit - Paul Whittock (Copy)

A Swordgrass Brown Butterfly slurping on a chickweed flower. Jennifer Leayr (Copy)

66. A strange alien appeared in my garden - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

67. Speckled Orbweaver pebble pathway - Jan Watson (Copy)

68. Basking butterfly - Liz Allen (Copy)

113. Supper time - Paul Whittock (Copy)

Plants & Fungi

69. I bet you weren’t expecting to see me here. Luke Hamilton (Copy)

70. Fungi finds a way - Matthew Higgins (Copy)

71. Lichen moss - Teena Burnell (Copy)

72. Orange Mushrooms - Teena Burnell (Copy)

73. Ghost mushrooms - Karen Regan (Copy)

74. Ghost Mushrooms Fruiting - Peter Harris (Copy)

75. Jewels amongst the slime Stinkhorn - Alex Metcalfe (Copy)

76. Bioluminescence A magical Ghost Mushroom glowing through the night - Jennifer Leayr (Copy)

77. A species of bracket fungi, photographed in Narooma. Kjell Hensen (Copy)

78. Green - Kjell Hensen (Copy)

79. Silent forest - Kjell Hensen (Copy)

80. Red Anther Wallaby Grass, Rytidosperma pallidum. Sharon Pearson (Copy)

81. Vittadinia cuneata, Fuzzweed. Sharon Pearson (Copy)

82. New beginnings. Tess Poyner (Copy)

83. A ruby bonnet mushroom. Tess Poyner (Copy)

84. Everlasting - Liz Allen (Copy)

Marine & intertidal species

85. Hypselodoris obscura, Blue Pool, Bermagui. Nick Shaw (Copy)

86. Octopus sp. - Alex Metcalfe (Copy)

87. Australian Fur Seal at Middle Beach - Leo Burzins (Copy)

88. The great southern migration - Teena Burnell (Copy)

89. Southern Right Whale Calf - Peter Harris (Copy)

90. Marine Flatworm - Paul Whittock (Copy)

91. Anemone Lover - Jennifer Leayr (Copy)

92. Open Wide A Humpback Whale showing off its huge tongue and baleen whilst feeding off the coast of Merimbula. Jennifer Leayr (Copy)

93. Tubeworm - Jennifer Leayr (Copy)

94. Two fur seals playing on Montague Island. Tess Poyner (Copy)

95. A humpback whale fluke. Tess Poyner (Copy)

96. Notocypraea dissecta. An Australian Southern Cowrie. Wayne King. (Copy)

97. Spirula spirula. The Ram's Horn Squid. Wayne King (Copy)

98. Seals off from the Bermagui Blue Pool. Maximilian Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

99. Octopus's garden - Liz Allen (Copy)

100. Two seals near the Blue Pool Bermagui - Maximilian Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

Landscape & Habitat

101. Stairway to the moon - Aslings Beach Eden - Linda Chislett (Copy)

102. Spotted gum forest in the rain, Mogareeka. Steve Sass (Copy)

103. Life after the flames - Steve Sass (Copy)

104. Bunga pigface - Luke Hamilton (Copy)

Aragunnu, Mimosa Rocks National Pa105. A unique area with a remarkable aura. Alex Metcalfe. (Copy)

106. Beares Beach uncovered Bermagui NSW August 2022. Kathleen McCann (Copy)

107. Morning comes to the forest - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

108. Shelter from the storm - Beares Beach, Bermagui - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

109. The Forest welcomes a beautiful new day - Bermagui - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

110. Bithry Inlet Tanja Rocky outcrops - Kathleen McCann (Copy)

111. Looking South from the end of Beares Beach - Maximilian Tymkiw von Schreiber (Copy)

Ecological interactions (involving more than one species)

34. Jacky Dragon and Margin-winged Stick Insect - Alex Metcalfe (Copy)

113. Supper Time - Paul Whittock (Copy)

112. Eagle vs. Osprey An Osprey trying to steal a fish from a White-bellied Sea Eagle. The eagle pulled an awesome acrobatic manoeuvre and evaded the Osprey. Jennifer Leayr (Copy)

Entrant aged 13 to 17 years

55. Sunrise dog - Otis Waratah (Copy)