The best kind of garden visitor!
First time in my whole life that I have seen a platypus in the wild. Note: first photo is one of the best in the set, posted as 'cover'; remaining photos are in order as taken; I included some photos of the typical ripple pattern made when the animal submerged, as it was submerging and then coming back up; and have included some of the 'not-so-great' images.
Rakali swam south along the east side of a small pool then climbed onto a low weir then went back into the water and swam to the western bank of the same pool. At one point he or she was only about a metre away from me.
It was on one side of the creek then flew to the other soon after; I have pinned the first spot in which I saw it.
Single male feeding in planted Ivory Curl Tree.
Not great photos but enough to separate from other Jewels
Group of three. Near the north end of Westfield Chermside. They perched on a light-pole and a street tree adjacent, then flew to the roof of the shopping-centre and marched up and down.
Absolutely swarmed Silkpod vine. Another 3-5 butterflies on the other side.
Visiting a flowering golden penda tree.
Forest dingo, orange underbelly and primarily dark brown.
On tiri-tiri matangi
Photo Brett Coleman ,and first sighting
I saw this female or juvenile Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo moving about within a small grove of trees in the community garden, south side of Burnie Brae Park in Wavell Heights, this morning of 15th July 2020. It was one of a group of three, but I only got photos of this one, not of the others.
Three in this photo, so that's a bonus. Unexpectedly found grazing on the ground.
Date is approximate. 3 individuals (2 males & 1 female) seen sometime in April, 1987. My mother and father (@dmpeterson ) were living in Monteverde in the spring of 1987, staying with the Gavin family. I have been digitizing their old slides, and thought these ones were significant, so I uploaded them. The date and location are approximate, based on their best recollection.
Seen at Makarora young birders camp organised by ABT
my #1 best and favourite photo from the 10/11 day trip.
1.0 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
1.1 Western Cape Province
Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden, very common around flowering heaths, males, females and eclipse males, 170 m, photo, 25 March 2019. Male shown here in full plumage.
Location not exact! Seen on Punda sunset drive
Sometimes you just gotta mash the shutter for too long
Data aproximada
The first time I had ever seen this, i videoed the entire event as well from entry to exit. It was as if this species swims all the time. I sent it to a frogmouth expert and she had never seen that before. The bird chose to swim and flew away very easily after its swim. There appeared to be no explanation for the bird swimming as it was not particularly hot or anything unusual.
Experts - What is going on here? This male American Kestrel sure did seem to have the hots for this female Merlin. He kept trying to get close to her and even brought her a few treats (insects?) from the grass beneath the fence. She accepted the treats but didn't seem thrilled with the attention. However, when he flew off, she followed him...
Why is it color green? Update, looked for hours multiple days after the 13th of August in Oak Openings with no luck, as I figured. Sent photos to some universities trying to gain some knowledge.
It is a gray tree squirrel eating a plain glazed donut in a tree from dunkin donuts
Hairless animal, looks like a marsupial in inner city
First time I have seen a dollarbird for many, many months. Final two photos are panned back to show landscape context/ habitat (bird is still visible if you look closely; perching atop a small dead tree).
I have seen one of these previously in this location; but this is not the one I've seen before, the one I usually see is rather bigger.
This fine creature might as well have a postal address, he or she is seen so reliably often in this particular spot!
Found on ground, missing several patches of feathers and unable to fly. Presumably had been attacked. Taken by Townsville Wildlife Carers to a vet, where it was found to be severely underweight and having a fractured collarbone. Bird was euthanised.
While the quality of the photo isn't great, I clearly observed (with binoculars) the fine horizontal reddish brown and off-white bars on the bird's underside, and the broader brown spotted pattern on its wings.
Observed in a patch of monsoon forest beside a sandstone scarp.
Snake is Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis the Oenpelli Rock Python
Eating a Rufous Owl Ninox rufa.
While the quality of the photo isn't great, I clearly observed (with binoculars) the shape of the python's head, its slender body, and its colour (pale grey with darker, sparse, markings) which all suggested the ID of Oenpelli python.
Observed in a patch of monsoon forest beside a sandstone scarp.
Male and female
observed on mown grass. It dashed out quickly from under a hedge.
Feasting on seeds of the white cedar.
in situ photo of a calling L. chloris with a metamorph (presumably also a chloris) on its head. Approximately 1m off the ground.
There were at least dozens and possibly a couple of hundred plants, all in bloom, scattered about on either side of a little path on a ridge, growing in grassy woodland. I've seen this species there in the past, but not in such profusion.