I'm happy to say that the Australian Ravens that make their home in the large Blackbutt Gum in our yard are doing splendidly. They've successfully raised another brood, despite incessant attacks by Common Mynahs and Noisy Miners. I find their melancholy sighs ('Waaaaah') quite poetic.
When I first came to #Australia, finding their cries so different from the guttural sounds of European corvids I was used to, I called them 'the Pathetic Crows'.
#Crows #Ravens #Birds #orinthology #nature #wildlife #garden #Ozwild
A Bush Curlew (*Burhinus grallarius*) in the Atherton Tablelands, QLD. These can seem incredibly tame, since their technique to avoid potential predators is to remain motionless. They're pretty common up North and we seen (and heard) lots; but I have never seen any on the more populated SE coast. Their cries at night are extremely spooky.
#birds #australia #Nature #Ozwild #Wildlife #SlowCamping #bushcamping
Lovely little Fence Skink (Cryptoblepharus virgatus) sunning itself on an electric pole on a beautifully sunny #Easter morning here on the Central Coast of #NSW #australia
These little skinks often give an indication of the upcoming weather. They're out sunning themselves in the early morning - and it looks like it is going to be a wonderful day.
#nature #wildlife #reptiles #lizards #OzWild #photography #urbanNature #urbannaturalist
Interesting Cowboy Beetle (Chondropyga dorsalis) in the #garden today. They're regularly flying around, buzzing like minor jumbo jets and clumsily bumping into things, including me.
#insects #nature #photography #Australia #OzWild #wildlife #UrbanFieldNaturalist #bugs #beetles #rewilding
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