One of the great pleasures of our deck is the variety of things I see, and its not just birds. Occasionally we get a Green Tree Snake climbing through the foliage, coming very close. These beautiful little snakes are effectively harmless to us and always a pleasure to see.
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| a Green Tree Snake tastes the air... |
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| as it climbs through the ferns and jasmine. |
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| Real beauties |
and there are always Red-necked Wallabies around. I have no real idea of the size of the mob that lives on our hill, but the most I have seen has been about a dozen on the verges as I've driven home around dusk. We see them around the house most days, usually in the early morning or late afternoon, and rarely more than three or four at a time, but I think that they are beginning to get used to me (after 12-years!).
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| This Joey is too large to get back in mum's pouch... |
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| but still young enough to enjoy a feed... |
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| It's a pity I didn't video this moment as the young fellah's front paws were cycling round as he enjoyed a drink. |
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| an L-spot Basker takes a break |
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| I was really pleased to capture this Common Glider as they so rarely seem to land. |
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| Unfortunately it's the time of year when many end up as snacks for the Garden Orb Weaver spiders. |
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| This Red Arrow is staying clear.... |
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| As a Garden Orb Weaver wraps up her prey... |
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| Before heading off to somewhere quiet for lunch. |
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| She travels using almost invisible threads that stretch away from the main web... |
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| and quickly heads off before she becomes a snack herself. |
Regular (Seen almost daily)
Australian Magpie
Brown Honeyeater
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| Brown or Garden Honeyeater |
Common Bronzewing
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| male Common Bronzewing |
Double-barred Finch
Galah
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| A Galah enjoys the late afternoon sun |
Pacific Black Duck
Peaceful Dove
Plumed Whistling Duck
Rainbow Lorikeet
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| Rainbow Lorikeets enjoy preening each other |
Striated Pardalote
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| Striated Pardalote |
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Torresian Crow
Welcome Swallow
White-throated Gerygone
White-throated Honeyeater
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| White-throated Honeyeater |
Common (Seen weekly)
Bar-shouldered Dove
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Grey Shrike Thrush
King Parrot
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| Mrs Sparky shakes a leg... |
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| as Sparky watches with interest! |
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Corella
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Pale-headed Rosella
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| Pale Headed Rosella |
Pied Currawong
Spangled Drongo
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| Spangled Drongo |
White-throated Treecreeper
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| White-throated Treecreeper |
Willie Wagtail
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| Willie Wagtail |
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Uncommon (Seen occasionally)
Australian Hobby
Azure Kingfisher
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| Azure Kingfisher |
Brown Thornbill
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| Brown Thornbill |
Cicadabird
Collared Sparrowhawk
Eastern Yellow Robin
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| Eastern Yellow Robin |
Forest Kingfisher
Grey Butcherbird
Golden Whistler
Leaden Flycatcher
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| Female Leaden Flycatcher |
Lewins Honeyeater
Masked Plover
Pheasant Coucal
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| OK, it's well hidden, but it's the first time I've managed to get anything of a Pheasant Coucal. |
Pied Butcherbird
Purple Swamphen
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| Purple Swamphen |
Rainbow BeeEater
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| Rainbow Bee Eater |
Red-backed Fairy Wren
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| Red-backed Fairy Wren |
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| and one of his harem... |
Red-browed Finch
Rufous Whistler
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| female Rufous Whistler enjoys a snack |
Wedge-tailed Eagle
White-faced Heron
Rare (Seen just once in the month)
Australian Cormorant
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Brown Goshawk
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Crested Pigeon
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Scarlet Honeyeater
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| female Scarlet Honeyeater |
Straw-necked Ibis
Tawny Frogmouth
Top Knot Pigeon
White-browed Scrub Wren
White-headed Pigeon
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| White-headed Pigeon |
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Which is the third March in a row that we have seen 64-species. I obviously need to think more about what I'm planting to try and increase out March tallies.
