In Australia we have 14 families and over 2,800 species of crickets and grasshoppers – here are some pictures and stories of grasshoppers found in central Australia.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, Birds, Yuendumu
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Also tagged Crickets, Field Guide to the Insects of Australia, grasshoppers, instar nymph, Jintilyka, Jukurrpa, Ngalia Warlpiri, Ngapatjimbi, Nymphs, Old and New Australian Aboriginal Art, Orthoptera, Paul Zborowski, Roman Black, Ross Storey, sand grasshopper, Urnisiella, Wantangara, Warlpiri dictionary
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February 2, 2009 – 8:14 am
The Owlet-nightjar, known to the Warlpiri people as Jarlajirrpi, is commonly regarded as a familiar spirit of the Kurdaitcha man – part mercenary contract killer, part quasi-judicial executioner.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Animals, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology
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Also tagged Aegotheles cristatus, Arrente, Australian Owlet-nightjar, Cuckoos, Jarlajirrpi, Jarnpa, Kurdaitcha man, Nightbirds and Kingfishers of Australia, ritual executioner, Ronald Strahan, Stephen Debus, Warlpiri
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November 22, 2008 – 12:17 pm
I first saw the Wedge-tails free-flying at the Alice Springs Desert Park years ago and have been aware of the often violent interactions between the two captive birds and a pair of wild local Wedge-tails. Now the captive birds have been released.
November 12, 2008 – 9:14 pm
This is a story about the ordinary and how easily we can slip from appreciating the beauty in those things we see every day or that we are told are pests and how we elevate our regard for the rare over the commonplace.
The Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca is one of our most common birds, found [...]
