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I've been sick all week (am still sick), so here's a few ...

2025-08-01T06:58:20Z

I've been sick all week (am still sick), so here's a few fruit bats for #FlyingFoxFriday

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BlackFlyingFox #Bat #FruitBat

Splish, splash, taking a bath! Australasian Swamphen having a ...

2025-07-28T00:35:00Z

Splish, splash, taking a bath!

Australasian Swamphen having a bath last week on campus.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralasianSwamphen

A pair of pelicans at work yesterday morning. I like to think the ...

2025-07-22T21:33:59Z

A pair of pelicans at work yesterday morning.

I like to think the first shot one is casting a spell, while in the second the other pelican shows genuine surprise.

Or it could just be singing Mnah Mnah...

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralianPelican

A collection of Red-backed Fairywrens from the weekend. One male ...

2025-07-21T20:07:31Z

A collection of Red-backed Fairywrens from the weekend. One male in breeding colours, and three females.

#bird #wren #RedBackedFairywren #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

This White-thoated Honeyeater was very busy flitting from branch ...

2025-07-20T22:45:16Z

This White-thoated Honeyeater was very busy flitting from branch to branch looking for lerps and other tasty morsels.

Went out birding this afternoon and ended up at the Samsonvale ...

2025-07-20T05:28:29Z

Went out birding this afternoon and ended up at the Samsonvale cemetery, by Lake Samsonvale. I spotted a few birds there, and then this lone Green Catbird, which was most unexpected as they are usually rainforest birds and this was very much scrubby bushland.

#bird #GreenCatbird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

It was slightly warmer this morning on campus (12ºC) so some of ...

2025-07-16T22:09:22Z

It was slightly warmer this morning on campus (12ºC) so some of the frogs were out (they tend not to come out when it's colder than that).

Here's one of the two I found (the other was in a bad spot, photographically).

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #EasternDwarfTreeFrog #frog #TinyFrogThursday

it’s humane, I use a Canon.

2025-07-16T05:04:14Z

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it’s humane, I use a Canon.

gawdamnit autocorrect strikes again!

2025-07-16T05:03:42Z

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gawdamnit autocorrect strikes again!

It's been a while since I photographed my local Brown ...

2025-07-16T03:55:43Z

It's been a while since I photographed my local Brown Hornbills, so here's one I just shot from the veranda.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BrownThornbill

Not a bird for onceI saw these reeds while walking to the office ...

2025-07-16T03:47:25Z

Not a bird for onceI saw these reeds while walking to the office the other morning and doubled-back for a quick shot.

#reflection

A Noisy Miner on a red flower on campus last week. #Bird ...

2025-07-12T09:47:38Z

A Noisy Miner on a red flower on campus last week.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #NoisyMiner

Big crops for a little bird. These White-headed Sittella (now ...

2025-07-12T03:37:58Z

Big crops for a little bird. These White-headed Sittella (now classified as Varied Sittella) were high up in one of the trees in my front yard a few minutes ago, searching for grubs and bugs in the bark.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #VariedSittella

Spotted just now as I got home from work, a female White-throated ...

2025-07-10T07:04:37Z

Spotted just now as I got home from work, a female White-throated Treecreeper, on a rock.

The male looks similar, but doesn't have the orange spots on the cheeks.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #WhiteThroatedTreecreeper

Hello, from this little Grey Fantail. #bird #AustralianWildlife ...

2025-07-09T11:04:12Z

Hello, from this little Grey Fantail.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #GreyFantail

I went for a wander down to the creek and back, and while down ...

2025-07-05T04:15:23Z

I went for a wander down to the creek and back, and while down there, I managed to photograph two tiny Striated Pardalotes that were busy calling nearby.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #StriatedPardalote

I had a hot tip from someone at work that there was an "eagle ...

2025-07-01T00:04:08Z

I had a hot tip from someone at work that there was an "eagle type bird nesting in a tree by the AFL fields".

Sure enough, upon checking this morning, I found a nest, and its owner, a Brahminy Kite, high in a Kauri Pine.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BrahminyKite

A pair of Willie Wagtails I came across yesterday. #Bird ...

2025-06-29T05:03:49Z

A pair of Willie Wagtails I came across yesterday.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #WillieWagtail

Every year when I'm able, I take part in the annual Glossy ...

2025-06-28T00:55:00Z

Every year when I'm able, I take part in the annual Glossy Black Cockatoo survey. These birds are classified as Vulnerable to Endangered. Each year, I find evidence of the birds but no birds. The survey is usually Sept.

So this year, I decided to head out a month and a bit earlier than the official survey, and it paid off. I spotted a small flock of 6 birds, and managed to have a close encounter with a male/female pair feeding.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #GlossyBlackCockatoo

On my lunchtime walk today, I spotted a Golden Whistler, and a ...

2025-06-25T06:50:49Z

On my lunchtime walk today, I spotted a Golden Whistler, and a Rufous Shrikethrush and one of the local King Parrots (who seemed to think I should have seed, but since I was out on a walk, I did not).

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #RufousShrikethrush #GoldenWhistler #KingParrot

A sample of the ten tiny treefrogs I found this morning. Eastern ...

2025-06-24T03:07:02Z

A sample of the ten tiny treefrogs I found this morning.

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frogs, mostly perched on guinea grass.

#frog #EasternDwarfTreeFrog #WildOz #AustralianWildlife

These beautiful beetles are Hibiscus Harlequin Bugs. They're ...

2025-06-22T02:44:20Z

These beautiful beetles are Hibiscus Harlequin Bugs. They're in the seed pod of a Flame Tree and are very shiny indeed.

#insect #bug #HibiscusHarlequinBug #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

Comb-crested Jacana and its reflection on the main UQ Lake last ...

2025-06-21T23:57:58Z

Comb-crested Jacana and its reflection on the main UQ Lake last week.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #CombCrestedJacana

White-faced Heron by the lake yesterday afternoon. The fountain ...

2025-06-20T08:37:29Z

White-faced Heron by the lake yesterday afternoon.

The fountain in the lake was going, but the algae and duckweed does an amazing job of smoothing out the ripples, so at the edge, the water was like a mirror.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #WhiteFacedHeron

Look at these fluff-balls! Masked Lapwing chicks in the coolish ...

2025-06-19T22:13:58Z

Look at these fluff-balls!

Masked Lapwing chicks in the coolish morning (13ºC).

#bird #UQ #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #MaskedLapwing #chick

My nemesis bird, the Pale-headed Rosella. Extremely flighty, this ...

2025-06-19T01:23:53Z

My nemesis bird, the Pale-headed Rosella.

Extremely flighty, this one was approx 20m or so away, and still very nervous.

They usually hang around in pairs (and yes, there was a second, much closer, but hidden from me until it flew off).

#Bird #Parrot #PaleHeadedRosella #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

In the same tree as the Frogmouths, I also spied this female ...

2025-06-18T05:45:54Z

In the same tree as the Frogmouths, I also spied this female Paradise Riflebird, busily breaking bark off the tree to hunt for grubs and bugs.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #ParadiseRiflebird

Both Tawny Frogmouths were back in the same dead tree today when ...

2025-06-18T05:41:46Z

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Both Tawny Frogmouths were back in the same dead tree today when I went down to check the mail.
I wandered around the other side to get a better view of both of them together.

#Bird #TawnyFrogmouth #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

CW'd to give you a chance to spot it in the wider shot on the ...

2025-06-16T03:09:24Z

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CW'd to give you a chance to spot it in the wider shot on the previous post.

A closeup of a Tawny Frogmouth pretending to be a stick. Its feather patten and colour mostly match the bark of the tree it is sitting in.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #TawnyFrogmouth

On my lunchtime walk today, I once again found one of our local ...

2025-06-16T03:06:56Z

On my lunchtime walk today, I once again found one of our local Tawny Frogmouths.

Here's a wider view so you can see how it blends in.

The next (CW'd) post is the zoomed in shot.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #TawnyFrogmouth

Mr Percival the Pelican, just chillin' next to the lake this ...

2025-06-06T07:17:49Z

Mr Percival the Pelican, just chillin' next to the lake this morning.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralianPelican

It's been awhile since we've seen her, but our Swamp ...

2025-06-04T05:24:36Z

It's been awhile since we've seen her, but our Swamp Wallaby was in the backyard this afternoon.

#Marsupial #Macropod #AustralianWildlife #SwampWallaby #WildOz

A Buff-banded Rail scratching about in the garden at work, no ...

2025-05-29T04:29:54Z

A Buff-banded Rail scratching about in the garden at work, no more than a metre away from someone sitting eating their lunch.

Campus birds are mostly ok with human presence, which makes for some fairly easy encounters.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BuffBandedRail

Do you live somewhere there are Cane Toads? If so, you can help: ...

2025-05-29T03:46:23Z

Do you live somewhere there are Cane Toads? If so, you can help: https://australian.museum/blog/amri-news/unravelling-the-secrets-of-cane-toad-calls/

#frogID #audio #fieldRecording

2 of 2. More #EasternDwarfTreeFrog photos from this morning. (the ...

2025-05-21T23:30:24Z

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2 of 2.

More #EasternDwarfTreeFrog photos from this morning. (the last three of seven I spotted)

#TinyFrogThursday #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #frog

It is once again Thursday, so it must be #TinyFrogThursday again! ...

2025-05-21T23:26:55Z

It is once again Thursday, so it must be #TinyFrogThursday again!

This morning I spotted SEVEN tiny Eastern Dwarf Tree Frogs warming themselves in the morning sun. 1 of 2.

#AustralianWildlife #frog #WildOz #EasternDwarfTreeFrog

A female Galah (one of three pairs I observed feeding on the edge ...

2025-05-21T20:11:27Z

A female Galah (one of three pairs I observed feeding on the edge of the sports fields at UQ).

Both male and female look similar, but the female has a red eye.

In Australia, "galah" often refers to a person of dubious intelligence (aka an idiot). Usage: "You bloody galah! What do you think you're doing?"
Presumably this came about by watching the antics of this bird, esp. in flight (quite random, almost appearing drunk on occasions).

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WIldOz #Galah #cockatoo

Bush Stone-Curlews observing me, as I observe them today on my ...

2025-05-20T12:11:01Z

Bush Stone-Curlews observing me, as I observe them today on my lunchtime walk around campus.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BushStoneCurlew

A couple of birds on the driveway as I wandered back from the ...

2025-05-19T04:06:22Z

A couple of birds on the driveway as I wandered back from the letterbox at lunchtime today.

I spied the Tawny Frogmouth first, and then an Eastern Yellow Robin landed on a branch close by and posed for a little while.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #TawnyFrogmouth #EasternYellowRobin

The campus birds weren't doing anything interesting on my ...

2025-05-14T22:31:47Z

The campus birds weren't doing anything interesting on my walk to the office this morning, so I swung past the spot where the frogs hang out, and was not disappointed.

#EasternDwarfTreeFrog #frog #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

New bird for me yesterday, a Pale-vented Bush-Hen. Michael ...

2025-05-13T21:13:26Z

New bird for me yesterday, a Pale-vented Bush-Hen.

Michael Moorcombe's Australian Birds says of this species: "Noisy; secretive inhabitant of dense margins of freshwater wetland, rainforest and regrowth, dense tall crops, mangrove edges. Tends to emerge from cover early and late or when heavily overcast."

Which probably explains why I haven't seen one before.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #PaleVentedBushHen

This morning's campus wildlife is once again the tiny Eastern ...

2025-05-07T22:21:16Z

This morning's campus wildlife is once again the tiny Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog in its favourite leaf nest, and an Australasian Grebe (one of two on the lake this morning).

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #EasternDwarfTreeFrog #AustralasianGrebe #bird #frog

I just found a pretty cool looking moth on the veranda. #insect ...

2025-05-04T04:04:20Z

I just found a pretty cool looking moth on the veranda.

#insect #moth #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

While at a lunch meeting outside, we were visited by a curious ...

2025-05-01T09:04:30Z

While at a lunch meeting outside, we were visited by a curious Buff-banded Rail.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BuffBandedRail

New day, new frog photo. Found more Eastern Dwarf Tree Frogs this ...

2025-04-30T22:03:21Z

New day, new frog photo.

Found more Eastern Dwarf Tree Frogs this morning. This one though, had found itself a little leaf nest to sit in while warming in the morning sun.

#TinyFrogThursday #Frog #EasternDwarfTreeFrog #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

New bird on the lake at work this morning (new to the lake, not ...

2025-04-29T08:50:41Z

New bird on the lake at work this morning (new to the lake, not to me).

A Comb-crested Jacana, walking on the water lilies.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #CombCrestedJacana

This Lewin's Honeyeater is undecided on which is its best ...

2025-04-26T01:42:27Z

This Lewin's Honeyeater is undecided on which is its best side.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #LewinsHoneyeater

On my walk this morning I heard quite a few birds, but saw few. ...

2025-04-22T01:04:43Z

On my walk this morning I heard quite a few birds, but saw few. However, while in the park down the road, I a tiny Peaceful Dove stopped by, and a pair of Magpie-Larks (aka Peewees).

Also, daytime moon.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #PeacefulDove #MagpieLark #Peewee

Some of my regular birds at home this morning. One of the pair of ...

2025-04-19T03:31:11Z

Some of my regular birds at home this morning.

One of the pair of Pied Currawongs that get sultanas from the back veranda.

The female King Parrot, stopping by to see if I've put seed out (I had).

And a Lewin's Honeyeater, in the vines on the Cocos Palm about to check out the fruit (out of frame above it).

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #PiedCurrawong #AustralianKingParrot #LewinsHoneyeater

I went back this afternoon via the spot the tiny frogs were this ...

2025-04-17T07:04:35Z

I went back this afternoon via the spot the tiny frogs were this morning and there were two out in the open.

So here's some more Tiny Frog Thursday for you.

#frog #EasternDwarfTreeFrog #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #amphibian

It's Tiny Frog Thursday! (ok I made that up, but it is ...

2025-04-16T22:09:51Z

It's Tiny Frog Thursday!

(ok I made that up, but it is Thursday and I did find a tiny frog).

Another (maybe the same one) Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog. Spotted this morning sunning itself on a broad blade of grass.

The third photo is an iPhone shot, and includes a tiny grasshopper for scale.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #EasternDwarfTreefrog #Frog #amphibian

A female Golden Whistler checking me out, as I checked her out, ...

2025-04-16T07:35:06Z

A female Golden Whistler checking me out, as I checked her out, on the driveway at lunchtime today.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #GoldenWhistler

Also spotted yesterday were some Cicadabirds (probably female, or ...

2025-04-13T21:33:33Z

Also spotted yesterday were some Cicadabirds (probably female, or maybe juveniles)

I hear these often, but they blend in to the trees so well, I don't often see them.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Cicadabird #SahulCicadabird

One of three Fan-tailed Cuckoos that were calling from the front ...

2025-04-13T01:02:16Z

One of three Fan-tailed Cuckoos that were calling from the front yard just now.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #FanTailedCuckoo

There's a lovely round web by the bird feeder on the veranda ...

2025-04-12T23:43:10Z

There's a lovely round web by the bird feeder on the veranda this morning, and it's occupied by a very tiny spider (maybe 2-3mm long).

#spider #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #web #spiderWeb

I was out at Cherbourg (Qld, Australia, NOT France) today and ...

2025-04-10T12:16:57Z

I was out at Cherbourg (Qld, Australia, NOT France) today and found some critters.

Some form of quite pretty skink
A Double-barred Finch
A Brown Honeyeater
An Australian Figbird (female)

#bird #lizard #skink #DoubleBarredFinch #BrownHoneyeater #AustralianFigbird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

Some birds spotted this morning on campus. A female Australian ...

2025-04-08T05:13:14Z

Some birds spotted this morning on campus. A female Australian Wood Duck, pausing mid-preen for a photo; and two Little Corellas on a rock grabbing a drink from the lake.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #LittleCorella #AustralianWoodDuck #bird

Award for the best Side-Eye, goes to this little skink I found on ...

2025-04-07T02:43:22Z

Award for the best Side-Eye, goes to this little skink I found on the bottom step today.

#lizard #skink #reptile #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

When I was leaving for work this morning, I noticed our regular ...

2025-04-02T22:31:15Z

When I was leaving for work this morning, I noticed our regular Swamp Wallaby in the front yard (who had clearly noticed me too).

She has a joey in her pouch who's clearly getting fairly large.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #marsupial #macropod #SwampWallaby

My morning was improved one-hundred-fold by the discovery of this ...

2025-03-24T23:42:58Z

My morning was improved one-hundred-fold by the discovery of this tiny Eastern Dwarf Treefrog on a citrus fruit.

It was no bigger than a beetle, and almost the same colour as the unripe fruit.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #frog #EasternDwarfTreefrog

Went for a walk down the road this morning and found a male Satin ...

2025-03-16T01:38:54Z

Went for a walk down the road this morning and found a male Satin Bowerbird, and a group of predictably raucous Rainbow Lorikeets.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #SatinBowerbird #RainbowLorikeet

The morning after the big winds from the ex-Tropical Cyclone ...

2025-03-13T22:05:04Z

The morning after the big winds from the ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, our regular King Parrots turned up for a rest and some seed in the relatively dry veranda.
They definitely looked a bit worse for wear, but they got a good feed and some shelter for a while.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralianKingParrot #bird #wet

Lace Monitor in the backyard this afternoon after I put an egg on ...

2025-03-06T03:18:09Z

Lace Monitor in the backyard this afternoon after I put an egg on the offering rock this morning. (note the lack of egg in these photos).

(egg wasn't entirely up to human consumption, as it floated when doing the float test).

#lizard #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #LaceMonitor #reptile

We stopped at Ravensbourne NP on the way home from the Bunya ...

2025-02-24T07:56:10Z

We stopped at Ravensbourne NP on the way home from the Bunya Mountains, and did a short 40min walk. Heard a lot of birds, saw few.

I photographed a juvenile Brush Turkey, & what the iNaturalist auto-ID says is a Russet-tailed Thrush. (It could also be a Bassian Thrush, & since I can't see the tail, who knows??)

VERY low light in this part of the forest. Handheld, 1/25th - 1/30th sec at 600mm ƒ/6.3 ISO 6400.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #RussetTailedThrush #AustralianBrushTurkey #Bird

Low clouds this morning in the mountains, bit that didn't ...

2025-02-23T22:19:39Z

Low clouds this morning in the mountains, bit that didn't stop a collection of birds turning up as soon as I stepped on the veranda.

They wanted food, but I don't have any.

Also, look how wide a kookaburra can open its beak!

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #LaughingKookaburra #PiedCurrawong #BunyaPine

I have seen no dingos or scat from them though. Having said that, ...

2025-02-23T21:21:42Z

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I have seen no dingos or scat from them though. Having said that, my mate Andrew was up here during the week and got a shot of a black one. But they can't be too high in number, or too bold, as I'm sure I'd have seen one by now.

I definitely saw evidence of wild pigs on a few of the walks. ...

2025-02-23T21:18:13Z

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I definitely saw evidence of wild pigs on a few of the walks. Destructive buggers that they are.

I wasn't aware either, but yeah, iNaturalist shows two ...

2025-02-23T21:08:40Z

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I wasn't aware either, but yeah, iNaturalist shows two varieties and they are indeed different.

I must say, there are less wallabies out in the open than in Aug 2020 (the last time I was up this way), but then that could be the season as much as dingoes.

Guess who forgot to pack their tripod and ultra-wide lens? So ...

2025-02-23T10:37:13Z

Guess who forgot to pack their tripod and ultra-wide lens?

So this is two 35mm shots with the camera balanced on a stool, held up on an angle with my phone (on its side) and the phone stand for the higher angle, then stitched in Lightroom.

Not great by any means, but who can resist a bit of milky way when you're in a dark area?

#night #sky #stars #BunyaMountains #milkyWay

We had some hopeful visitors this afternoon. They were looking ...

2025-02-23T08:39:44Z

We had some hopeful visitors this afternoon. They were looking for free food, but we didn't have anything appropriate (bugs, skinks, small snakes).

A Juvenile #AustralianMagpie.
A #LaughingKookaburra (who was not laughing)
and a #PiedCurrawong

#AustralianWildlife #Bird #WildOz #BunyaMountains

More #birds from today's wanderings. One of a pair of ...

2025-02-23T06:09:52Z

More #birds from today's wanderings.

One of a pair of juvenile #AustralianMagpie that were playing on the lawn this morning.

A #GreyFantail stopping momentarily on a branch in the sun.

A #RufousFantail who managed to sit on this branch for almost 30 secs.

And a female #AustralianKingParrot blending in, in a Bunya Pine.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

It's mostly overcast today, so the Red-necked Wallabies are ...

2025-02-23T01:53:33Z

It's mostly overcast today, so the Red-necked Wallabies are out grazing during the day.

The first one was just across the road from where we are staying, the other three further down the road.

#BunyaMountains #RedNeckedWallaby #marsupial #macropod #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

Met this handsome fellow on our walk this afternoon. It's a ...

2025-02-22T05:35:06Z

Met this handsome fellow on our walk this afternoon.

It's a Lace Monitor (colloquially also known as a Goanna).

#BunyaMountains #LaceMonitor #Lizard #reptile

We did the Koondaii Loop track this morning and encountered a few ...

2025-02-22T00:41:32Z

We did the Koondaii Loop track this morning and encountered a few birds along the way. Here are four of them.

A Grey Goshawk, checking us out.
A Brown Cuckoo-Dove.
A Rufous Fantail.
And a Bassian Thrush.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #GreyGoshawk #BrownCuckooDove #RufousFantail #BassianThrush

Eastern Yellow Robins busily hunting (and succeeding) for dinner. ...

2025-02-21T08:17:40Z

Eastern Yellow Robins busily hunting (and succeeding) for dinner.

Bunya Mountains National Park, Qld.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #EasternYellowRobin

While heading to the office from the carpark this morning, I ...

2025-02-17T23:46:32Z

While heading to the office from the carpark this morning, I wandered along the path over Conifer Knoll. There were a lot of Little Corellas feeding, and in a patch of sun, this Bush Stone-Curlew chick.

Standing about 5 inches tall, at a distance it just looked like a miniature adult bird. It was only as I got closer that the fluffy down became apparent.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BushStoneCurlew

"Squeaky" the King Parrot, in a more natural setting than ...

2025-02-17T11:54:44Z

"Squeaky" the King Parrot, in a more natural setting than on my veranda eating bird-seed.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralianKingParrot #bird

Today's campus birds started with a small group of three Bush ...

2025-02-14T05:04:15Z

Today's campus birds started with a small group of three Bush Stone-curlews this morning, and then a family of ducks, some swamphen chicks and a Noisy Miner this afternoon.

#Bird #UQ #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BushStoneCurlew #NoisyMiner #AustralasianSwamphen #AustralianWoodDuck

There are also a fair number of Australasian Swamphen chicks ...

2025-02-07T23:49:23Z

There are also a fair number of Australasian Swamphen chicks around campus at the moment.

This one is fairly new, and still very fluffy.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralasianSwamphen #bird #chick

Either this family of Australian Wood Ducks had a late hatching, ...

2025-02-06T08:05:21Z

Either this family of Australian Wood Ducks had a late hatching, or have adopted a lost duckling, as one of the brood is a few weeks younger than the rest.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralianWoodDuck #duckling

Who wants to hear a Great Barred Frog? No photo, just audio. ...

2025-02-05T12:16:47Z

Who wants to hear a Great Barred Frog?

No photo, just audio.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #audio #GreatBarredFrog #frog
https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/951/227/185/246/314/original/0f9cf1d15494bf79.mp3

On the way to the carpark after work yesterday, I found a little ...

2025-02-04T21:59:56Z

On the way to the carpark after work yesterday, I found a little family of ducklings.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralianWoodDuck #duckling

While preparing breakfast this morning, I looked out the window ...

2025-02-03T23:44:37Z

While preparing breakfast this morning, I looked out the window and who should I see in the backyard, but our little Swamp Wallaby also enjoying breakfast.

(last shot is when I was leaving for work, and she was "hiding" in the tall grass)

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #SwampWallaby #marsupial #macropod

Our backyard wallaby seems to have a very full pouch. #WildOz ...

2025-01-31T22:51:47Z

Our backyard wallaby seems to have a very full pouch.

#WildOz #AustralianWildlife #SwampWallaby #Marsupial #macropod

Not much in the way of interesting birds today, but I did see ...

2025-01-28T10:32:15Z

Not much in the way of interesting birds today, but I did see this baby Dusky Moorhen, flanked by a couple of adults, making a beeline for its mother to beg for food.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #DuskyMoorhen #chick

Our swamp wallaby is back this morning, wondering what happened ...

2025-01-25T22:17:56Z

Our swamp wallaby is back this morning, wondering what happened to all the tasty long grass that was there the day before (it was mowed yesterday).

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #SwampWallaby #Marsupial #macropod

One of the half dozen or so Pacific Black Duck ducklings at work. ...

2025-01-24T07:15:48Z

One of the half dozen or so Pacific Black Duck ducklings at work. They're basically mini-ducks at this point (no longer fluffy).

#Bird #UQ #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #PacificBlackDuck #duckling

Testing out a camera from work (Nikon D3100 with the 55-200mm kit ...

2025-01-22T06:18:20Z

Testing out a camera from work (Nikon D3100 with the 55-200mm kit lens) and I think it would definitely count for the #shittyCameraChallenge

(my cameras are all set-up ready for comet chasing this evening so I didn't want to muck around changing lenses, etc)

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #WhiteHeadedPigeon

A duck tale in four frames: What do you mean you don't think ...

2025-01-17T09:28:40Z

A duck tale in four frames:

What do you mean you don't think I can do the thing?

I'm going to do the thing!

I'm doin' it! Look!

Told you I could do the thing.

#bird #UQ #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Hardhead

It's just a jump to the left... Little Corella deciding the ...

2025-01-17T01:46:06Z

It's just a jump to the left...

Little Corella deciding the other rock looks like a better place to stand.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #LittleCorella

Some very busy ducklings (and mumma-duck), a juvenile Dusky ...

2025-01-14T09:47:01Z

Some very busy ducklings (and mumma-duck), a juvenile Dusky Moorhen, and a rainbow fountain.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #UQ #DuskyMoorhen #PacificBlackDuck #ducklings #rainbow

Mr King Parrot has popped in for a snack. #AustralianWildlife ...

2025-01-13T06:44:05Z

Mr King Parrot has popped in for a snack.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #bird #AustralianKingParrot

She came back to a different spot in the backyard later, so ...

2025-01-11T07:05:14Z

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She came back to a different spot in the backyard later, so here's some bonus wallaby content.

#AustralianWildlife #SwampWallaby #WildOz #Marsupial #macropod

It's wet today, so our resident wallaby is out having a snack ...

2025-01-11T03:22:47Z

It's wet today, so our resident wallaby is out having a snack in the backyard.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #SwampWallaby #macropod #Marsupial

A Wonga Pigeon at home yesterday arvo, and then today, the first ...

2025-01-07T10:13:19Z

A Wonga Pigeon at home yesterday arvo, and then today, the first day on campus, a family of Pacific Black Ducks. They were all busy shovelling under the azolla (water fern), and were still at it this arvo when we left.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #WongaPigeon #PacificBlackDuck #duckling

Went for a wander down the road this morning, found a damp ...

2025-01-03T00:06:09Z

Went for a wander down the road this morning, found a damp Crimson Rosella, a busy Noisy Miner, a Magpie and a Tawny Frogmouth doing its best impression of a stick.

#AustralianWildlife #Bird #WildOz #BirdsForBecsNan #AustralianMagpie #CrimsonRosella #NoisyMiner #TawnyFrogmouth

We also have the relatively harmless Mud-dauber Wasps tending ...

2025-01-01T23:26:38Z

We also have the relatively harmless Mud-dauber Wasps tending their mud nest inside a pot on the back veranda.

They are large wasps, but fairly placid (if you leave them alone) - unlike say paper wasps, which are fiercely territorial.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Wasp #Insect #MudDauberWasp #AbispaSplendida

Our resident Swamp Wallaby was back in the yard yesterday, ...

2025-01-01T23:21:58Z

Our resident Swamp Wallaby was back in the yard yesterday, happily munching some weeds (until it started bucketing down with rain, whereby she fled for cover).

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #SwampWallaby #Marsupial #macropod

Some fairly ordinary captures of wildlife spotted around dusk at ...

2024-12-30T09:05:55Z

Some fairly ordinary captures of wildlife spotted around dusk at Bungendore the other day. All high-iso, relatively slow shutter stuff.

Some Eastern Grey Kangaroos (including a joey)
A Red Fox, on the prowl.
And one of the many European Rabbits spotted in the area.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #RedFox #EasternGreyKangaroo #EuropeanRabbit

Another chance, but welcome sighting in Bungendore was a Collared ...

2024-12-29T10:59:32Z

Another chance, but welcome sighting in Bungendore was a Collared Sparrowhawk, that happened to land in a tree in front of me, just as I was looking that way.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #CollaredSparrowhawk #BirdsForBecsNan