It's that time of year when change is in the air. Winter warms to Autumn. The golden flowers of the Woolly Frogmouth spatter the edges of the dams providing a magical forest for dragonflies and mayflies to flit and skim. As regular as clockwork the Dollarbirds appear in the upper canopies grinding out their ratchet calls and soon after the strangled whoops of Channel-billed Cuckoos can be heard.
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| Sydney the Carpet Python hanging out in the Tobacco Tree. |
Snakes and lizards begin to appear, lazing in the rejuvenated sun, whilst Red-necked Wallaby mums hop effortlessly through the long grass with Joey's filling their pouches.
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| She looks a tad plump and wriggly. |
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| Ah! baby aboard. |
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| Cute lil' Joey |
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| Still keeping warm... |
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| but very relaxed |
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| Red Percher on the buds |
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| Blue Billabongfly on a Woolly Frogmouth bud. |
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| Tau Emerald on the wing |
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| and Tolkein looking somewhat scruffy. |
Regulars (Seen daily)
Australian Magpie
Bar-shouldered Dove
Brown Honeyeater
Common Bronzewing
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| The female Common Bronzewing |
Double-barred Finch
Galah
King Parrot
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Corella
Noisy Friarbird
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| Noisy Friarbird chasing off a surprised Goshawk |
Olive-backed Oriole
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| An Olive-backed Oriole |
Pacific Black Duck
Peaceful Dove
Pied Butcherbird
Plumed Whistling Duck
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| A few Plumed Whistling Ducks |
Pied Currawong
Rainbow Lorikeet
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| Rainbow Lorikeets snuggle on a damp day |
Spangled Drongo
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| A Spangled Drongo |
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Torresian Crow
Welcome Swallow
Common (Seen Weekly)
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Brown Goshawk
Little Friarbird
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| Little Friarbird mid-preen |
Pale-headed Rosella
Striated Pardalote
White-throated Honeyeater
Willie Wagtail
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Uncommon (Seen occasionally)
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Cicadabird
Eastern Yellow Robin
Dollarbird
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| Dollarbird |
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| The Dollarbird spreads its wings in a flash of colour |
Figbird
Forest Kingfisher
Grey Shrike Thrush
Grey Fantail
Leaden Flycatcher
Little Pied Cormorant
Magpie Lark
Sacred Kingfisher
Scarlet Honeyeater
Wedge-tailed Eagle
White-throated Gerygone
White-throated Treecreeper
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| White-throated Treecreeper |
Wood Duck
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| Wood Duck |
Rare (Seen once)
Australian Ibis
Great White Egret
Lewins Honeyeater
Little Egret
Little Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Pacific Baza
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| The Pacific Baza or Crested Hawk |
Rufous Whistler
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
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| Shining Bronze Cuckoo |
Spotted Pardalote
Straw Necked Ibis
White-bellied Sea Eagle
60-species, which is about all for now. See you next month.
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