A Grey Goshawk swooped in and settled on a branch outside my office window today.  He had clutched in his feet an unfortunate bird, caught on the wing perhaps, he then proceeded to pull strips off it or defeather it (not sure as it was a fair distance away). Oh well, that’s life.  It scared [...]

I braved the rain tonight and videoed the Orange-thighed Treefrog calling from the forest near the cottages.  The mating call is a series of rising ‘waaarks’ ending in soft trills. The frogs form large, noisy choruses during summer breeding season which can be quite deafening. Click to enlarge the image.  

I nearly stepped on this metallic looking beetle on the path to the Tuscany cottage today.  I popped him on a nearby stump and he obliged me by posing for a few photographs.  After an extensive Google search, I think he is a Golden-green Stag Beetle.  He really is quite a pretty colour. The male beetles [...]

…but 10 years to find something is a bit long.  The Northern leaf-tailed gecko is so well camouflaged that I haven’t seen a single one in all the time I have been here, then I discover they were under my nose all a long.  Last night we went spot-lighting down the road to Lake Eacham with Simon, [...]

A pair of Red-browed Finches build a nest. I video recorded these delightful little birds on and off over 6 days in the middle of January. One of the birds did not seem to have a lot of experience, and dropped a lot of materials while laying the foundations on that first day. When I [...]