The young males around here can sure bust a move, and they have plenty of stamina! This pair of juvenile male Victoria's Riflebirds were dancing for well over 20 minutes yesterday. You can hear the distinctive wing clap sound as [...]
This guy was stuck between the deck on my verandah, so I took a few pics and then put him back in the forest where he promptly flew off, like a jeweled drone. The male of the Muelleer's stag beetle [...]
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Filmed from the cottages, you can see the very wriggly pouch of a female musky rat-kangaroo. They usually have twins. Here is the video. If you can't see the video here, or to see a higher quality version, check [...]
Hooray!! Finally got a fairly decent image of the Pied Monarch. After years of teasing me, flitting about high in the trees, a pair came down to have a drink at the pond, and didn't seem overly fussed that I [...]
I spent an hour or so watching a couple of juvenile Victoria's Riflebirds perfecting their dance moves. They were on two posts, about 3 meters apart, displaying for anything that flew past. A couple of adult females stopped by for [...]
The weather has been perfect - delightfully dry during the day and cosily cool at night. Has it been warm enough during the day for a relaxing bath in a waterfall? Why don't we ask this happy white-headed pigeon I [...]
A couple of Satin Bowerbirds have been visiting me of late, they are either females or young males. I am so jealous of their beautiful violet eyes. At the distinctive whistling/warbling sound I have been trained to drop everything, go [...]
A male Hercules Moth stopped by the Tuscany Cottage today. You can see where it gets its name - it is huge, this one had about a 20 cm wingspan. But it is a lot smaller than the females that [...]
I spent a pleasant hour at the pond this afternoon, checking out the birdlife that was around. Click the images below to enlarge. Finally just as I was leaving, a Spangled Drongo was a surprise visitor who had a long [...]
