Leptograpsus and Leptopius
Ok, well beetles have become a pain in my cloaka, it took me several hours to search various insect sites and databases looking for the name of this quite large weevil beetle. I learnt many new things...
View ArticleMr and Mrs Bronzewing step out
Walking along the Casuarina Track leading down to the coast from the Mallacoota township, I saw quite a few birds including this pair of Common Bronzewing. This species is usually quite timid and with...
View ArticleFeathering a nest
Just after I photographed the pair of Common Bronzewing on the Casuarina Track I stood on a small wooden boardwalk bridge over a dry creek bed. I had stopped to listen for birds and I watched as a pair...
View ArticleIgnorance is bliss
While staying in Mallacoota I visit Bastion Point several times a day at various tides looking for the birds that usually stop by this part of the coast. On most visits I came across a flock of...
View ArticleDinosaur in the trees
It was hot and dry and I had just avoided a Red-bellied Black snake on the path to the Double Creek Inlet. I heard a hiss and to my right was a metre and a half long dinosaur sitting in a tree head...
View ArticleEastern Reef Egret, Lifer 352
It took 5 trips to Mallacoota but I finally found an Eastern Reef Egret, also called the Pacific Reef Heron. It is found along the east coast of Australia with its southern range ending around...
View ArticleSuperb Parrot, Lifer 352
On a trip with a birding buddy to the Chiltern area we explored the surrounding areas. While driving down one of the country laneways we came across a flock of parrots in a roadside forest. On...
View ArticlePainted Buttonquail, Lifer 353
I received a message on the local group alert that a rare (for me) bird had landed in a local backyard, a Painted Buttonquail. It had been seen feeding in the mulch under the trees. The bird seemed to...
View ArticleAn Australian Painted Snipe or two, Lifer 354
Due to some decent rainfall during mid to late 2023 reports started coming in of Painted Snipes from around Australia and in Victoria. While it was 2.5 hours away it was well worth the drive to Bells...
View ArticleWinter antics in the flowering gums
Due to some good rainfall over recent winters many of the large Eucalypts flowered along the Elwood Canal (Elster Creek). Often the trees would be full of squawking Rainbow and Musk Lorikeets. I came...
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