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We’ve been visited by a very tame magpie. He seems to like peanuts (chopped) but not birdseed. Technically I should feed him mealworms, or earthworms but I don’t have any handy (funny that).

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Content warning: Snake - pretty, but venomous.


Look at this glorious friend.

A Red-eyed Treefrog (Litoria Chloris). One of about 3 - 4 spotted in my backyard in the rain, calling away happily.

#frog #AustralianWildlife #RedEyedTreeFrog #nature #photo


Had to work back tonight to support a webinar, but that meant I could snap a twilight shot across the lake.

#landscape #photo #UQ #reflection


Another new bird! A Great Bowerbird, spotted in Chillagoe. The male (with the pink crest) was displaying for three females in the hope of mating. He was ultimately unsuccessful on this attempt, but I’m sure he gave it another go after we left.

#bird #photo #nature #AustralianWildlife #GreatBowerbird


Not the best photos, since he was off the track and hidden in the undergrowth, but here is the Tooth-billed Bowerbird, which also only lives on and around the Atherton Tablelands. I have a sound recording of his call too, which I'll post when I can get it off the phone.

#bird #photo #nature #ToothBilledBowerbird #AustralianWildlife


After hearing them all over the Daintree Rainforest and Atherton Tablelands, I finally saw a Victoria's Riflebird. This is a female (I heard the male, but it wasn't coming down from the tree tops).

These birds only live around this area (Atherton -> Daintree) and are one of three Qld species of Riflebirds.

#bird #photo #AustralianWildlife #nature #VictoriasRiflebird


I also found a Brown-capped Emerald-Dove (well two of them actually) along the same stream the platypus was in.

#bird #photo #nature #AustralianWildlife #BrownCappedEmeraldDove


Spotted two wee platypus this morning after leaving Hastie's Swamp (and heading to Yungaburra).

#photo #nature #monotreme #Platypus #AustralianWildlife


More cuteness! Mareeba Rock Wallabies. These are fairly small kangaroos (about knee height), very soft, and adorable.

Spotted at Granite Gorge, Mareeba.

#AustralianWildlife #macropod #marsupial #MareebaRockWallaby #photo #nature


Also, another new bird for me, the Macleay’s Honeyeater. This bird only occurs on the Atherton Tablelands.

#bird #photo #AustralianWildlife #MacleaysHoneyeater #nature


Took some finding, but I found a Golden Bowerbird (and bower). These guys only occur in a small part of far north Qld and only above 900m elevation.

#bird #photo #nature #AustralianWildlife #GoldenBowerbird


The view on the Daintree River yesterday morning at the start of our cruise. #landscape #photo #reflection

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