I only get lifers when travelling - this week was my first trip of 2026 and I saw a new to me orchid, Habenaria tridactylites. I was looking for it in the forest at first and couldn’t find any, until I realized it grows on the cliffs!
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I got to see a Harris’s Sparrow last week, which was my first lifer of 2026!
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https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/334208587
I’ve photographed a lot of the birds in my area so when we saw a different raptor and it was something that I hadn’t even thought about being in my area I was quite chuffed.
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Mine this week is a little different, because I use iNaturalist a little differently than some others, I think. I tend to observe over a set area (my garden) over and over and over. In doing so, I often have multiple Observations of the same species on different dates, which is how I came to see the wild looking fruit from the wild looking Lifer I put here last week.
But this week I am more excited about new knowledge of a slightly aged Lifer, which is one I had back in November. This is Heliotropium angiospermum, which popped up in my garden. Its common name here is cola de alacrán which is scorpion’s tale or nej ma’ax which is monkey’s tail. Regardless of which you prefer, I have watched the “tails” grow and grow without seeing any visitors until today when at last I spotted a dear friend: Frieseomelitta nigra, one of our native stingless bees!
I really enjoy knowing which native bees visit which native plants, so this was very satisfying new knowledge about a (recent) Lifer.
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A few lifers last night. This is possibly one of the cuter ones.
Agathinus tridens
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334568899
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very cute weevil!
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Cheers, it is a cute one.
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