david , 1 day ago to random

A Noisy Miner takes a flying bath in the lake at UQ.

It did this a couple of times, flying down to the lake surface, briefly splashing down and then flying back up to the nearby tree.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #NoisyMiner

A grey and brown honeyeater with a bright yellow-orange beak, in flight to the left and towards the camera, wings on the downbeat and backlit, such that they are semi-translucent, just above the water's surface. A ripple where it splashed down can be seen below it.

david , 2 days ago to random

One of a pair of White-bellied Sea Eagles I saw soaring over the lake at work this afternoon.

#AustralianWildlife #Bird #WildOz #WhiteBelliedSeaEagle

david , 2 days ago to random

One of the two tiny (less than a week old) Masked Lapwing chicks at work. This one found some tasty breakfast.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #MaskedLapwing #chick

A white fluffy chick with mottled head and wings on relatively long legs, striding over some dirt. Grass grows in the foreground up to its knees.

strykeroz , 3 days ago to random

Our dog woke us, barking at an Echidna hiding behind our BBQ.

This visitor was not on my 2024 #suburbanwildlife bingo card!

We've got no bushland clearing or other disturbances nearby, so this is a mystery.

#wildoz #Brisbane #monotremesofmastodon #wildlife

david , 5 days ago to random

And of course, on the path back up to Picnic Point, we were bailed up by a turkey.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralianBrushTurkey

david , 6 days ago to random

Some of the other birds spotted on Saturday, included an #EasternYellowRobin , male and female #VariegatedFairywren 's, a #LewinsHoneyeater and a #YellowFacedHoneyeater

(in face, a lot of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters).

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird

Male (left) and female (right), Variegated Fairywrens on the ground. The male has a bright blue head, russet red back and long tail sticking up in the air. The female is mostly brown.
Maybe one of the most common honeyeaters in SE Qld, the Lewin's Honeyeater. A mostly olive bird, with dark head, and a yellow crescent behind the eye, and a yellow gape (small section at the base of the beak).
A Yellow-faced Honeyeater, stretches out to grab some Grandfather Moss lichen. The bird is mostly brown, but with a bright yellow patch under the eye to the beak, surrounded by a black section around it, making the yellow stand out more.

david , 7 days ago to random

While looking for Swift Parrots at Picnic Point, Toowoomba (this was a side quest, since I'm unlikely to top my Swift Parrot shot from Bruny Island), we came across a pair of Rainbow Lorikeets checking out this tree hollow.

Many Australian birds and animals use hollows for nesting, which is why old-growth forests are so important. A good hollow can take many decades to form.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #RainbowLorikeet

strykeroz , 7 days ago to random

For several weeks now these Tawny Frogmouths have moved their regular daytime roost from a nearby tree to a downpipe under the eves of a house, and seem very settled with their decision

Will be interesting to see where they choose to nest this year

They have big your-mother-and-I-need-to-have-a-word energy. But that might be just me 🤔

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane #urbanwildlife

Two medium sized birds with plumage that looks like tree bark, perched on a slightly angled rainwater downpipe. The bird on the right is looking directly at the camera, the one on the left has its head in profile, with beak toward the other bird
Two medium sized birds with plumage that looks like tree bark, perched on a slightly angled rainwater downpipe. Borth are facing the camera. Background is the exterior wall of the house and a black motion-sensing floodlight

strykeroz , 7 days ago to random

Some locals found on a cold morning out at Kumbartcho Sanctuary

An Australasian Grebe braving the water, and getting a bit of a hair gel look from the algae currently in the dam

A Red-Browed Finch, too young yet to gain the namesake brow

A spectacular male Golden Whistler paused on a branch while chasing insects in a gum tree

A young Kookaburra, on the perfect portrait perch, though in all honesty probably happy to find a warm patch of sunlight

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Brisbane #Wildlife

A bright yellow bird with black collar and head and white chin perched at the top of a cut-off tree branch facing to right of shot. Background are gum tree leaves that surround his perch
Small bird puffed up against the cold with olive back and a splash of red in the tail, dark beak and a pale chest sitting facing left of shot on a lichen-covered branch that extends from top right of frame to lower left. Background is out of focus bright sky through leaves
Medium sized brown and white bird sitting in profile to right of shot with head slightly turned towards camera. Background is a tangle of twigs and out of focus grey tree trunks and bushland

silverdory , 7 days ago to random

Lots of interesting fungi out on this week's search for mosquito orchids in Croajingolong National Park, VIC - like these Laccaria sp. (?) growing in moss near Gipsy Point.

#Fungi #WildOz #Biodiversity #Ecology #Photography #Winter #InTheField #Nature #Australia #EastGippsland

david , 8 days ago to random

Just after our encounter with the pardalote, this White-naped Honeyeater stopped by for a quick peek at us.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #WhiteNapedHoneyeater

david , 8 days ago to random

A Spotted Pardalote we encountered at the Highfields Falls reserve, just out of Toowoomba.

Completely fearless and quite curious, it foraged around about 3-4m away from us for a good minute before moving on.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #SpottedPardalote

david , 9 days ago to random

A Pacific Black Duck drying itself after a good bath, and an Intermediate Egret standing amongst the reeds.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #PacificBlackDuck #IntermediateEgret #bird

Front view of the Pacific Black Duck flapping its wings to dry off while raised up out of the water. The blue/green patch of flight feathers on the wings is seen and contrasts against the two tone brown feathers on the rest of the bird.
An Intermediate Egret standing on a rock amongst the reeds. It is in its fairly compact stance, rather than the longer stance you often see them in.

david , 11 days ago to random

Some Bar-shouldered Doves hanging around coo-ing in a fig tree.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BarShoulderedDove #bif

In this shot, the previously closest bird has flown off, and the middle one is now mid-air, having leapt from the branch to follow the first bird. The third bird remains on the original branch.

david , 13 days ago to random

Probably a female (as in might be a juvenile male, but given the time of year, probably the former) Satin Bowerbird.

There were two foraging in this tree by my dirveway this morning.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #SatinBowerbird