Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?

[Rob Gosford]

yesterday on the GNW at Galston Gorge trackhead >>>>>>> the resident CHOOKS And they like bananas !

((( buck buck buck buck )))

[sherpa]

Speaking of poultry,.....this little fella has been a regular attraction on the Cathedral Rock track (Wellington Park). I've seen him at a height of 760mts.
I was up there today but didn't see him. Maybe I should change the heading to -
WILDLIFE NOT SEEN ON YOUR LAST WALK

Has anyone else seen him lately or know what became of him?
Last time I was up there I was cold and hungry and he looked delicious. Was he thinking the same about me?

Do you know what it is? Have a guess. I'll post answer tomorrow.

[Giddy_up]

Hi Sherpa, I think it's a male Golden Pheasant. Would be delicious as a Sunday roast with some golden tassie spuds.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

[ferozious]

My last walk was an overnight moonlight traverse of Mt. Solitary (Blue Mountains, NSW).

At the bottom of the Golden Staircase I bumped into a film crew (with some very expensive professional film equipment) making a documentary about the Australian Yowie!

I asked if they had any footage of it. They said they didnt get one on film, although "something" was hurling rocks at them out near Ruined Castle.......

I think their footage will be shown on American community tv (PRTV?) and maybe one day on Australian community tv.

[sherpa]

Yes Giddy _up, It is a male Golden Pheasant. WELL DONE.............you really know your Chinese poultry.

Your not wrong about that Sunday roast, but I think someone else had the same idea.

[Giddy_up]

Maybe a fly fisherman borrowed him for a while to use those feathers to make a royal coachman or two. Highly sought after for many reasons!!!!!!!!!!



Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

[Allchin09]

On my last walk, whilst traveling along the Federal Pass in the Blue Mountains, we came across a group of 4 lyre birds.

There were two males and two females. One of the males put on a very impressive display, working its way through a series of different bird calls. Very impressive to witness when we could clearly see the birds from only 6 or so metres away!

[stepbystep]

Ah thanks for the reminder re this thread.

I now have a pademelon 'nested' 2 metres from my office door in Lindisfarne, but I spend quite some time in the field.
Just yesterday while waiting for the weather to change for the better on Arthur's Peak, TP, I was laying back on a perfectly formed dolerite bed watching a pair of wedgies do their thing when a Flame Robin approached, it was mining some cocoons out of a Hakea but I lay still and the nervous little guy came to within a metre of my face. Very spesh!!

[mikethepike]

Some very nice photos and interesting wildlife encounters and observations but, as you'd expect, most of them are of the commoner species. Rare species are rarely seen. But if you do come across something that is unusual or unexpected - eg species on the 'vulnerable' or 'endangered' lists or something that is outside its normal range, it is worth reporting it to the relevant conservation or biodiversity body in your state so that it can be added to the relevant date base. A photo is invaluable of course to support your finding as well as GR location, location description, time and date of observation and any interesting things relating to the sighting. Keen birdos are very familiar with this type of recording.
A bushwalking group recently came across and photod an inland carpet snake in Wilpena Pound and sent the details to the SA Museum and DEWNR which maintains the state's biodiversity database and both were very pleased to get this information. Carpet snakes were originally not uncommon in the Flinders Ranges but they are now rarely seen.

[Pteropus]

Went for a stroll this arvy and came across these two cuties. I couldn't find a collective noun for tawny frogmouths, or the related nightjars. So I am suggesting “a Port of tawnys”...it sort of works with nightjars too!

[KANANGRABOYD]

Not my "last" walk but on a few of my outings......

[Happy Pirate]

Went for a stroll this arvy and came across these two cuties. I couldn't find a collective noun for tawny frogmouths, or the related nightjars. So I am suggesting “a Port of tawnys”...it sort of works with nightjars too!

564 Frogmouth.JPG

567 Frogmouth.JPG

WOW!!
That's hard to top.
Here's a cropped shot from my last walk along the Tarn Shelf in Tas.



Anyone seen an aquatic wombat before?

Steve

[phan_TOM]

Went for a stroll this arvy and came across these two cuties!

Well spotted and nice photos, Tawny's are too cool! I don't mind the odd nightjar either

[neilmny]

Just yesterday on Estate Spur Eildon National Park .... I give you Bluey the Wombat eating roots and leaves in the middle of the day.

[north-north-west]

Good old wombats. I also had an unexpected wombat encounter on my last walk.
There I was in the early morning, slowly snowshoeing straight down the ridge towards the firetrail from my camp up by the Timms Spur Trig, and there he/she was just sitting on the snow behind a tree.
Took a quick photo, and carefully edged around the scrubbery, one or two more shots, with the wombat ignoring me - until I was around 0n the other side of its clearing, preparing to take one last shot without all the green stuff in the way. Then it decided I was too close for comfort and made a desperate dash for freedom.
Unfortunately, its dash was straight between my legs which, despite the snowshoes, were nowhere near far enough apart to allow the passage of a fully grown wombat. Down we both went, the entanglement made worse by the snowshoes.
Have any of you ever tried getting back on your feet whilst wearing snowshoes and a full pack, with a frantic wombat trying to burrow through you? If you aren't prepared to accept my word on just how difficult it is, experiment for yourself. If you dare.

We were probably only rolling around on the snow for thirty seconds, but it felt a whole lot longer. And I ended up both sweating like buggery and half frozen.
Good old wombats. Ya gotta love 'em.

[neilmny]

Sounds hilarious NNW.....but I wasn't the one getting stomped on by a wombat

[Happy Pirate]

Pics also posted here:
A noisy hoon in a quiet campsite

http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14505&start=60#p197889

cheers
Steve

[neilmny]

Pics also posted here:
A noisy hoon in a quiet campsite

http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14505&start=60#p197889

cheers
Steve

Nice pictures Steve.

[Happy Pirate]

Pics also posted here:
A noisy hoon in a quiet campsite

http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14505&start=60#p197889

cheers
Steve

Nice pictures Steve.

Thanks neilmny
best looking hoon I've seen for a while. And he shut up at sunset!
still boasting infact
S

[Happy Pirate]

Speaking of poultry,.....this little fella has been a regular attraction on the Cathedral Rock track (Wellington Park). I've seen him at a height of 760mts.
I was up there today but didn't see him. Maybe I should change the heading to -
WILDLIFE NOT SEEN ON YOUR LAST WALK

Has anyone else seen him lately or know what became of him?
Last time I was up there I was cold and hungry and he looked delicious. Was he thinking the same about me?

Do you know what it is? Have a guess. I'll post answer tomorrow.

Mt. Montague 004.jpg

Mt. Montague 003.jpg

looks like a Golden Pheasant.
They're all over the place in Mt Elliot as well.
Not strictly invasive but definitely sprung from adjacent rural poultry breeding regions.

[Hallu]

Saw this guy in Lerderderg. I hesitate between a Swift Parrot and a juvenile Crimson Rosella... The latter would match better on looks, but it was all alone.

[MickyB]

100% juvenile Crimson Rosella. We get these guys around our property all the time. Occasionally, it apperas they are alone but their family are normally not too far away, perched in the trees.

[Happy Pirate]

This guy is a bit shy and I was a bit reluctant to post him because the pic's are poor but apparently he's very cool (Birdos )
Golden Bower Bird: Mt Spec 07/10/2013

[Tortoise]

Beautiful, Steve. Some photos are just to share the experience. Thanks for posting.

[GPSGuided]

Approached a young buck in the bush just 20m from the northern end of Waterfall Stn car park this Sunday (Royal National Park, south of Sydney). Didn't expect and both of us got startled. By the time I tried to pull the camera, he was already gone. Missed it!

[neilmny]

This guy is a bit shy and I was a bit reluctant to post him because the pic's are poor but apparently he's very cool (Birdos )
Golden Bower Bird: Mt Spec 07/10/2013

Hey Steve, for some reason I'm not seeing your pictures just place makers.

[MickyB]

Hey Steve, for some reason I'm not seeing your pictures just place makers.

I had the same problem when trying to veiw them on my phone but had no problems on the computer.

Great photos Happy Pirate. Thanks for sharing.

[Happy Pirate]

This guy is a bit shy and I was a bit reluctant to post him because the pic's are poor but apparently he's very cool (Birdos )
Golden Bower Bird: Mt Spec 07/10/2013

Hey Steve, for some reason I'm not seeing your pictures just place makers.

Hey neilmny
Might be a browser problem.
I won't be posting these on my website as they're not truly sharp sorry.
(Will be going back in a couple of weeks for another go though).
Steve

[ULWalkingPhil]

Went for a long walk last saturday night and saw this suspicious creature hiding behind a pole. You should have seen the characters hanging around with him. Managed to get a few snap shots of them as I walked pass, I don't think you would want to see them.

[Happy Pirate]

Went for a long walk last saturday night and saw this suspicious creature hiding behind a pole. You should have seen the characters hanging around with him. Managed to get a few snap shots of them as I walked pass, I don't think you would want to see them.

Few people meet their shade and live.
How's your heart?
S