Not the daytime soapy, but a bold little chick, and the beautiful Victoria's Riflebird. A male Victoria's Riflebird has been checking out the post on our pergola, and last Saturday I managed to snap him trying to attract the attention [...]
Today a Wompoo Fruit-Dove sat quietly in the figtree opposite my office, certain that I could not see him/her. Despite their size and bright colours, they are very hard to spot amongst the foliage. I love the deep wom-poo call [...]
Last night we had some very heavy rain. The tree fern near our verandah, weighed down with the rain, bent right down to the balustrade, so it had to be cut down. This is the same tree that a Victoria's [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
...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 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 [...]
Well, not a real dragon, but a very primeval looking lizard. This Boyd's Forest Dragon was hanging around on the edge of the driveway. I had walked up and down the drive a couple of times today looking at the [...]
There is a fig tree in the rainforest outside my office, which can be a bit of a distraction. This week I photographed a Double-eyed Fig-parrot and a Fig Bird (see below). A Wompoo Fruit-Dove made an appearance, but [...]
