Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?

[ofuros]

PS. 2days after...the itchiness started, all day long, all I wanted to do is scratch my ankle for relief.

I normally use Tea Tree Oil but had Difflam anti inflammatory at hand the other day and I found that it seemed to work better than the normal anti itch type products.

Thanks Hiking Noob...I've got itches on itches now, a few leeches attached themselves & sucked away under my socks during yesterday's watery adventure.

[ofuros]

Dingo feasting on a grey kangaroo...edge of Mt Barney N.P.

[Lamont]

Smelly snoozer.

[Nuts]

Wombats!

[rcaffin]

Not actually bushwalking, but cute:

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Peron's Tree Frog, Litoria peronii, our house tank, this morning

Cheers
Roger

[ChrisJHC]

World Wildlife Awards 2019:


https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gallery/2019/index.html

[ChrisJHC]

Dingo feasting on a grey kangaroo...edge of Mt Barney N.P.

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Well, of course it’s grey when you show a monochrome photo!

[bernieq]

A day's walking in the Little Desert separated these two reptiles

[rcaffin]

Our farm, dam wall, wattle tree, fell over a few weeks ago. Retrieving it today for firewood.
This was found in a top branch. Most likely a fairy wren, judging by the eggs and the nest - plenty of them around the dam. Very small eggs!
Other guesses (eg thornbills, weebills) have different nest shapes and/or egg colours.

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Cheers
Roger

[michael_p]

Bumped into one of the neighbours today. Sorry for the crap photo, digital zoom on my phone is very ordinary.

[rcaffin]

Nice gum tree, but is there an animal in the photo? If so, where and what? (Genuine Q)

Cheers
Roger

[Neo]

Nice gum tree, but is there an animal in the photo? If so, where and what? (Genuine Q)

Cheers
Roger

Main fork, appears to be a koala.

[michael_p]

Yes it's a Koala. Sorry, I should have been a little clearer on what it was.

[north-north-west]

Dropbears are just soooooo good at camouflage.

[michael_p]

Spotted this guy just sitting in the bush. We slowly approached but it didn't move. Mum on the other hand took off at a rate of knots from a tree just behind this young one. We didn't even notice mum until she took flight and disappeared very quickly. Suspect it may be a baby Powerful Owl but hard to tell as it's chest feathers were still downy in appearance.

[ofuros]

Go-anna !...Mebbin NP.

[Neo]

Five types of flies.

Camping out between walks so plenty of down time...

Bush fly, mostly black, hangs about in groups and gets in your face. Just looking for some sweat or moisture, not really interested in your food. Goes places on your back or pack!

Next size up, a tinge of brown/bronze/oil, wants to get onto your food, sometimes travels solo.

Marsh fly, slow and deliberate, looking to bite.

Blow fly, stout for its' length, buzzes in and out.

Big bopper, a solitary fly, the most interesting. Seems to be alone, maybe 2cm long or bigger. Droning buzz just checking things out, not particularly interested in the human. Quite plump like a solitary bee but larger.

[dalehikes]

On an 8km walk in Lamington national park yesterday..

Red-Bellied black snake
Land mullet
Red-necked Pademelon
Pretty faced wallaby
Glossy black cockatoo
Richmond birdwing butterflies
Orchid Swallowtail butterflies
Noisy pitta
Jacky Winter
Green Catbird
Crimson Rosella
King Parrot
Satin Bowerbird
Yellow Robin
Yellow-throated scrub wren
White-browed scrub wren
Bassian thrush
Logrunner
Whip bird

Heard: Paradise Riflebird

Always an incredible walk!

[rcaffin]

Jealousy!

[CraigVIC]

Edwards point wildlife reserve, Vic.

[north-north-west]

Decaying swimming anemone?

[CraigVIC]

Decaying swimming anemone?

I've never heard of them before but looking on Google it seems right. Was about the size of an open hand. I'm not sure if it was alive or dead. When touched it shrank away in that spot. All up, kind of gross.

[north-north-west]

They're lovely in the water when they're alive.

[michael_p]

One of the local male Koalas.

[rcaffin]

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"I've got my eye on you ..."
(Mountain Copperhead, KNP)

Cheers
Roger

[Aardvark]

An off track walk in Main Range NP Queensland two weeks ago. Fires are out now. They didn't penetrate far into rain forested areas on the southern sides of the peaks but they did run along parts of the crest of the range. Apart from the almost obligatory carpet snake, we saw a yellow tailed Black Cockatoo and three feral deer. None of which we managed in time to get a photo of.

[johnw]

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"I've got my eye on you ..."
(Mountain Copperhead, KNP)

Cheers
Roger

LOL, reminded me of an incident Roger about 6 years ago in KNP. I was walking ahead of my son towards Teddy's Hut, fortunately wearing long pants and knee length gaiters.
A few hundred metres from the hut I heard some expletives behind me and turned to see this Highland/Mountain Copperhead shooting off into the grass next to my right leg.
Son told me it had suddenly reared up into a striking position as I obliviously wandered past. Close call!
Apparently he wasn't too upset at our presence and hung around long enough for a couple of photos (from a respectful distance).

Highland Copperhead near Teddy's Hut, Upper Thredbo River Valley, Kosciuskzo NP via Dead Horse Gap NSW

[rcaffin]

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Odd. I just came back to this thread and could see my photo immediately.

Shall we try another one?

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"It's too cold, I can't see you, go away"
Another mountain copperhead, next day, still KNP

Cheers
Roger

[johnw]

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Odd. I just came back to this thread and could see my photo immediately.

Shall we try another one?
Another mountain copperhead, next day, still KNP

Cheers
Roger

Roger, I think that was only because I embedded your post in quotes. I'm not sure how the software treats images in that case, it may depend on the method of submission.
I could see the image all along in your original post.
KNP obviously has a healthy population of Copperheads, although who knows what impact after the fires.

[rcaffin]

KNP obviously has a healthy population of Copperheads
I do have yet more photos of them ...
Are they smart enough to jump into the nearest water?

Cheers
Roger