Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?

[ofuros]

Thanks Drifting......beautiful and surprisingly heavy.

[north-north-west]

Of- that was one gorgeous python!

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...a cuddly koala !

Cuddly...until they hold on tight with their claws of steel and their teeth like clamps

...and pee on you.

[Happy Pirate]

'Leafy' - Paluma Rainforest Nov 2013
Bigger than any Gecko I've seen before




'Leafy' with added GF (just for size reference).
Big lizzy for a Gecko.


cheers
Steve

[Graham51]

We live in the Old Beach area and have a large range of native birds and a couple of introduced ones. The other night I went out for a walk just after dark and saw this Tawny Frogmouth out of the corner of my eye. It was good enough to wait for me to get the camera to take a photo.

[Clusterpod]

Accidentally kicked over this guys house while walking Sanderson fire access track on Kangaroo Island



Little Marbled Scorpion, Lychas marmoreus

[Strider]

On Monday at the Walls, about 15 mins shy of Wild Dog Creek I glimpsed not 2m off the track a long, thin tail, brown with a dark tip. The animal moved in a straight ahead motion rather than hopping, and was completely silent as it slunk off into the scrub. Not the usual crash/bang of macrapods that often scare the crap out of me. I did not see the animals hind quarters but its tail was close to 1m long. Any ideas?...

[Bubbalouie]

On Monday at the Walls, about 15 mins shy of Wild Dog Creek I glimpsed not 2m off the track a long, thin tail, brown with a dark tip. The animal moved in a straight ahead motion rather than hopping, and was completely silent as it slunk off into the scrub. Not the usual crash/bang of macrapods that often scare the crap out of me. I did not see the animals hind quarters but its tail was close to 1m long. Any ideas?...

Thylacine :p

[Strider]

That was the first thing to spring to mind!! ....

[north-north-west]

In the right area. Could have been. Or just a feral dog. Get 'em up there too.

Plenty of Wobblies down here - even just an early morning amble down to the beach and I have a few hopping through the scrub.

[Rob Gosford]

Go Anna !
heading on down the Towlers Bay track yesterday (off Bairne track, off West Head Rd, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase NP). A very docile "little" person, 'bout 3 or 4 foot long. It didn't budge an inch as i anxiously walked around it.

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[photohiker]

On the beach this morning:



Poor little bloke has lost a claw. Didn't seem that happy to see me but didn't skitter off before I could take a photo...

[Tortoise]

Full of my blood Itch itch, scratch, scratch.

[Tortoise]

I liked this fellow better.

[north-north-west]

Lots of small copperheads and whips, the first two days. One very large (and antisocial) tiger on the penultimate evening. Wallabies and wombats everywhere. One echidna. Lots of Currawongs and smaller birds. Plus the wedgies. There's always something special about seeing a wedgie . . .

[Shiner]

I'm like a few other lucky ones here in that I live next to a NP. This guy visits home now and then. He's over 2 mt in length. Today he swam in my dam. No pics. He sees me coming from a long way off and heads up a tree. I got this one though.

[neilmny]

Friday aternoon walk in the Dandenongs, spotted these three echidnas all were a bit camera shy.

Range Road Track.

Dandenong Creek Track

Channel 10 Track

[MickyB]

I saw these 2 critters in South Gippsland yesterday.

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For the day I saw 1 echidna, 2 foxes, 3 snakes and a large group of about 20 yellow tail black cockatoos.

[Clusterpod]

Woods Reserve creek track ACT (beautiful little walk if you get the chance)

Stalked this one for over 45 minutes before he paused long enough to get the shot.

[ULWalkingPhil]

Male green jumping spider. They are tiny, no more than 5mm long. Captured with my macro gear while out walking in the local park.

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[corvus]

On the way into Lake St Clair on Friday I saw a "fist sized" Puggle browsing through the detritus on the side of the road , never observed one that small before ,does anyone know how big the are when they leave the pouch and fend on their own
corvus

[MickyB]

On the way into Lake St Clair on Friday I saw a "fist sized" Puggle browsing through the detritus on the side of the road , never observed one that small before ,does anyone know how big the are when they leave the pouch and fend on their own
corvus

They leave the pouch at about 2 months (when it starts to grow spikes) but are left in a burrow. The mother returns to feed the young every 4 days or so. At about 6-7 months the puggle leaves the nest to fend for itself. (Hopefully I have remembered that correctly. Learnt that from a wildlife park in Tassie)

[corvus]

Many thanks MickyB
Wonder how old that little one I saw was ? I can see I will be doing a long research on Echidnas now
corvus

[MickyB]

No worries Corvus. We quite often see one in the paddock next door to us (and occasionally on our property) so I am also very interested in them.

[corvus]

This for starters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr_cn66sYc8
corvus

[neilmny]

This for starters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr_cn66sYc8
corvus

[Clusterpod]

A day of fantastic scarabs, cicadas, weevils, some wiggle-sticks and wedge-tailed eagles on the Cotton Tree Creek - Mount Granya track, Mount Granya state park (VIC)

A stand-out from the first pass of photos...

[GPSGuided]

Been seeing some unrecognised colourful beetles on my recent walks too. Must be the season.

[Rob Gosford]

Friday aternoon walk in the Dandenongs, spotted these three echidnas all were a bit camera shy.

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how do Echidnas mate ?

verrrrrry carefully !

[Clusterpod]

Probably a familiar sight to many of you, but I've never seen one and so was very excited to get this shot. Don't know the species, anyone help out?

It was on the very lovely Mount Lawson summit loop walk, Mount Lawson state park, Victoria.

[MickyB]

Awesome photo Clusterpod.

I think it's a Yellow Monday Cicada.

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Greengrocer