THIS week’s featured bird is the Darter, famously represented on our council’s logo, known by the Bpangerang as “Wangaratta” or Long-necked Cormorant. The dreamtime story told by respected Bpangerang Elder Uncle Freddie Dowling of the naming of Wangaratta is truly evocative.The Darter is a large, slim water bird with a long snake-like neck, sharp pointed bill, and long, rounded tail. Male ...
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Darter: Long-necked Cormorant
FAMILIAR SIGHT: A female Australasian Darter. PHOTO: Chris Tzaros (Birds Bush and Beyond)
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