White-tailed black cockatoos feeding in a nearby silky-oak
We found this alien creature on our kitchen wall recently - apparently its a moth....any further information would be useful!
This poor little Azure Kingfisher (Alcyone azurea) flew into our patio doors and sat stunned for a few minutes, before flying off
A big goanna going up a tree in the garden and a blue-tongue lizard going down the side of our house!
A Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) in a hurry! The male builds huge mounds of rainforest debri and soil (7 to 12 feet in diameter, 3 feet high) to attract the female. She has her way with him, lays her eggs and departs for good! The male remains to take care of the warm composting pile incubating the eggs!
The chortling Noisy Friar Bird (Philemon corniculatus) sitting just beside the caravan
A delightful Crimson Rosella caught on camera near the Border Ranges, and a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo displaying its very fine sulphur crest up a tree in our garden
Wallabies grazing at dusk in a nearby field
A female red-necked pademelon (Thylogale thetis) pronounced Paddy Melon, grazing at dawn in our garden - you can see she has a youngster in her bulging white pouch
We were amazed when we caught site of this multi-coloured pigeon feeding on seeds in a Bangalow palm. We later discovered that its the Wompoo Pigeon (Megaloprepia magnifica)
Within about 30 feet of our house Tam recently discovered a male Satin Bower bird's intricately woven bower strewn with blue jewels. We are yet to see him parading within his bower attempting to attract the females!
A big black land-mullet (Egernia major) that lives in the wood pile near our compost heap!
We discovered this huge carpet python paying close attention to our hens one morning whilst they were safely cooped up in the hen-house. He/she soon disappeared, only to be re-discovered by Tam the next day wrapped around our biggest and best laying chook, slowly constricting her.
Tam bravely managed to somehow get the chicken-constricting-snake-bundle into a sack and later we redistributed it, with a very conspicuous large lump halfway down its body, to a nearby national park - film coming soon.
