tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54239612017022046302024-02-08T10:58:17.492+10:00Snapshots of BeautyPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10811062874934673408noreply@blogger.comBlogger557125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-8834944450829362122024-02-08T06:06:00.001+10:002024-02-08T06:06:06.805+10:00VALLA BEACH VIEWS<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taken a year ago in January 2023... 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In the episode Neil Andison of <a href="https://www.platypuswhispers.com.au/" target="_blank">Platypus Whispers Guided Tours</a> was interviewed. I was asked if they could use some of my footage as I was around at the time so, of course, I agreed. It was an interesting episode and Neil did an outstanding job. To celebrate, I thought I'd put some more footage up here...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyg3AnxTnJRSdbqHhRenJuZnO2OWBU5ICfToArxktcbYzU02SFhKQ8VbfLSGIPXKNITx2vSFTWbmOM9pMpo-g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The cormorant and platypus had quite a bit of interaction, hard to keep them both in frame.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyEojeHMDE61RXZS3_JQl629J3DfsER-pW50hXkPSXz6R67pd8QZPq-6JQp5UZDVKLkDgeLVFeYfPp1Iu_CAQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Divebombed by an azure kingfisher, not sure who got the food...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyX5v16U-ZLz6JI3YsficLl5u6w2FGGckQ58YzRyX2y9OgN01j2AIyHvya1fNKPtGgNlPVxg_BG4ek8wLNUUQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The creek water was quite shallow when this was filmed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzCmzeQBKfq1aI4eYKvat90aP5IshOfCmkHka1bnWXWGARxz5JQDU5h_C0eTxC6On4Ezy1BajYERu1pF--kiA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This one was giving itself a good scratching...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwULEh64Cn39oV4jt1FJLXWiQ7VnMGnO28ik-JTv-xy87fdVUgypY8kArkd8lowu59RsZhdbAwPxPbOAwYzqQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lurking in the weeds...</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0Maleny QLD 4552, Australia-26.7581187 152.8485022-57.696566432609245 117.69225220000001 4.18032903260924 -171.99524780000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-84776902545027746782022-02-17T12:24:00.003+10:002022-02-19T10:50:57.343+10:00BACKYARD BUGS, BUTTERFLIES AND BEES!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Look closely around your garden and you might be surprised at what colourful critters are residing or visiting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJO3g38H5p352FJbt0U3x5eoYH54SXPeVfLyzOVRkg5kcnah8pACD8xkEzI1sViOxeb1EqmwxJmsWnbZcdSSqaC3rAfF1sJ_RwBZaGCDU3QL44HzordjEjMMoTfIJd_G5cW3UnuHjVaJZMts94v-5MUYhRwTG_n-UXCVWK8N-Uf68pOSbqdiB24JSXPQ=s861" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="861" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJO3g38H5p352FJbt0U3x5eoYH54SXPeVfLyzOVRkg5kcnah8pACD8xkEzI1sViOxeb1EqmwxJmsWnbZcdSSqaC3rAfF1sJ_RwBZaGCDU3QL44HzordjEjMMoTfIJd_G5cW3UnuHjVaJZMts94v-5MUYhRwTG_n-UXCVWK8N-Uf68pOSbqdiB24JSXPQ=w400-h250" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are Cotton Harlequin bugs and they love hibiscus. The orange are females and here one has laid a LOT of eggs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAJvE-ga8MwB11bVvDVV23F1bb8Vqra3gw8yM1C5SeC1gROQzbu9IBcqTXkqNJPmSmJ2QaODc6JDKiFyIt-4THXkiaZEi_9QTo5-v-th2oinyXD-mgt9SSqYEprIiCc6mwoX649UgQNue8mI1tbZ1hFKuFq0BYrZ97oijpG3z_cvbNmDqIlN5mvii8Fw=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="2000" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAJvE-ga8MwB11bVvDVV23F1bb8Vqra3gw8yM1C5SeC1gROQzbu9IBcqTXkqNJPmSmJ2QaODc6JDKiFyIt-4THXkiaZEi_9QTo5-v-th2oinyXD-mgt9SSqYEprIiCc6mwoX649UgQNue8mI1tbZ1hFKuFq0BYrZ97oijpG3z_cvbNmDqIlN5mvii8Fw=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The males are smaller and perhaps even more striking as you see above.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV0QWS-u2uM9jXOT65rKj9WX3F1o8etcDqqa-71CsOyJCXnaKg68LEjqa0ok060dRVujz9-pam7l0S-Cr61ue0iqHLB_EpDiJYdDnIvTU4BrpP7-PWG4v_2jDilv0U30HavoqWy2akOPTyznqJKq2j_ehtDopFBbzgsYOMCuomkUBfK3con4fbkUlOdA=s2075" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2075" data-original-width="2061" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV0QWS-u2uM9jXOT65rKj9WX3F1o8etcDqqa-71CsOyJCXnaKg68LEjqa0ok060dRVujz9-pam7l0S-Cr61ue0iqHLB_EpDiJYdDnIvTU4BrpP7-PWG4v_2jDilv0U30HavoqWy2akOPTyznqJKq2j_ehtDopFBbzgsYOMCuomkUBfK3con4fbkUlOdA=w398-h400" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love blue banded bees. They make such a loud buzzing. Here one almost seems to be comparing its beak with the tomato flower. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAE83RB_w0gGc-eHDGk6OKC0_8Gkw8HplYlBFbpU710IDGrxI0FcGbA1X_3VXdlT4q7BRu8PmaQU0zGqw1D3qLtPUPK-5JH8p4RVgWT5BmOI6sGqzT04TyU0-lWed3mhRC929cR73yUN7irK4uAl4UumNogCCxuRyXKDCv1chKNCrlrBDOKRnnp3DonA=s2429" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="2429" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAE83RB_w0gGc-eHDGk6OKC0_8Gkw8HplYlBFbpU710IDGrxI0FcGbA1X_3VXdlT4q7BRu8PmaQU0zGqw1D3qLtPUPK-5JH8p4RVgWT5BmOI6sGqzT04TyU0-lWed3mhRC929cR73yUN7irK4uAl4UumNogCCxuRyXKDCv1chKNCrlrBDOKRnnp3DonA=w400-h389" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">This honey bee has collected quite a bit of pollen from what I now class as a weed, Seaside daisy, which has gone berserk in my garden. Once you've got it, it's a hard job to get rid of it.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzIu9H8Wvgxpxfh-jWf_OG5phYE17FzfLwSj32kMbljn2_XKvC4WoQgwnvkE6yNawkfudfsszyALcOssY6yms_96UPIoTawP6f6r1puLrLGUG_OVa5zY_tbWLHWNcXpBOgZnRMdFgkBAMelIGVG9l0ZVB1c0shErYzuK54hKIh1xdz-fh477cCVaZ7Pg=s1914" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1888" data-original-width="1914" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzIu9H8Wvgxpxfh-jWf_OG5phYE17FzfLwSj32kMbljn2_XKvC4WoQgwnvkE6yNawkfudfsszyALcOssY6yms_96UPIoTawP6f6r1puLrLGUG_OVa5zY_tbWLHWNcXpBOgZnRMdFgkBAMelIGVG9l0ZVB1c0shErYzuK54hKIh1xdz-fh477cCVaZ7Pg=w400-h395" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is just one of a few ?house flies? that were seemingly pollinating the daisies. They don't look like hover flies which love those daisies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwQJ6QbOk1qnjA9nvIbY2DonWTRaLZhEDzZI2-PnMnzDawdRFYnc5JrJRfeJl7MXbCzt1wK-dkAQBwLGRvS-aY_jGhFBLXsR55EQf-9UIPNaBn4sCWN81CiaJG7XQxeDpReiYTdA3RVjV6KWW47Q3q2zftuvJ1WOFVZ3aimQ8HkKGTJ39Zh2mGzLKUDg=s2844" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2244" data-original-width="2844" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwQJ6QbOk1qnjA9nvIbY2DonWTRaLZhEDzZI2-PnMnzDawdRFYnc5JrJRfeJl7MXbCzt1wK-dkAQBwLGRvS-aY_jGhFBLXsR55EQf-9UIPNaBn4sCWN81CiaJG7XQxeDpReiYTdA3RVjV6KWW47Q3q2zftuvJ1WOFVZ3aimQ8HkKGTJ39Zh2mGzLKUDg=w400-h315" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A female orchard swallowtail was resting up.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihQ_9Dd_UHIv1914_mUjr7NVSaP20y-iYtAxy-8azZeYpiFecZaF6PHcUN7le7C2lkm4qGGgh57pf6OKWn0FmPCjv8dTGSQg6zwdIjC6gw-FXi6p04wdXgB1pk7h-g2T2njmdcwUm07u1KopeBfDKNkgXTZmjnnvyL1Kzg2JA8p6V-z6lq5G1EH15bRA=s2580" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2306" data-original-width="2580" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihQ_9Dd_UHIv1914_mUjr7NVSaP20y-iYtAxy-8azZeYpiFecZaF6PHcUN7le7C2lkm4qGGgh57pf6OKWn0FmPCjv8dTGSQg6zwdIjC6gw-FXi6p04wdXgB1pk7h-g2T2njmdcwUm07u1KopeBfDKNkgXTZmjnnvyL1Kzg2JA8p6V-z6lq5G1EH15bRA=w400-h358" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Sleepy small green banded butterfly must've slept in. It didn't fly off when I came close the other morning.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh10fx4LSpEj6giEtwbxtswrgi0EkcDvRHQVgSwW1fGCqNjKvyCarH4z1baQBHqHyVo1--3ZmOvlKEf87TXJhVL5la6kQfb0jy8dLATKfBZvBQxNC4ZzFUOJMm22EqIy4rActUW5KtZlaRBGhWPOoQBsbNJvfO8AgSqgRTnB-05rIgT88pZ5PrNnJhhBQ=s2198" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2198" data-original-width="2011" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh10fx4LSpEj6giEtwbxtswrgi0EkcDvRHQVgSwW1fGCqNjKvyCarH4z1baQBHqHyVo1--3ZmOvlKEf87TXJhVL5la6kQfb0jy8dLATKfBZvBQxNC4ZzFUOJMm22EqIy4rActUW5KtZlaRBGhWPOoQBsbNJvfO8AgSqgRTnB-05rIgT88pZ5PrNnJhhBQ=w366-h400" width="366" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another of the small blues, a white line-blue. </span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-tR6u3mkPYowxVO8gAEiNa_uXOwoVJrpFVqB-Esu64Yl3fol1fpQkkmV1-j0I1vPiKITEEs7vIwJKxhjODoLnFIeRiQprmZ6oLRFWvaVFTtDwW2-5zhhBtpBJ_7ztFYLdrJrcNfGKpay9i7MV2LlddLDEVUfH-Hc2pg0myPaKZElYg6d4GAftKk7YLA=s995" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="995" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-tR6u3mkPYowxVO8gAEiNa_uXOwoVJrpFVqB-Esu64Yl3fol1fpQkkmV1-j0I1vPiKITEEs7vIwJKxhjODoLnFIeRiQprmZ6oLRFWvaVFTtDwW2-5zhhBtpBJ_7ztFYLdrJrcNfGKpay9i7MV2LlddLDEVUfH-Hc2pg0myPaKZElYg6d4GAftKk7YLA=w400-h281" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This small and slightly tattered brown butterfly was more colourful flitting around but I was too slow to get a shot with the wings open. Some kind of skipper I think.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuEtvwJXKN5etf8moybFDF5xCfLjttCAmZjNlfB3addwk3XQ_8AO6b9oMDPht5Ft5ShqKekuiKyBdSu9SJPSdwsUQ6-gWkDh4ddq6Ctwqo593U7J26GhamXk4ZJNxtMGJ839eMMLF7WwjOFOSHq0EIJCWS-nxizX7oI0SvpyFMuYrXynocMoSso3XgTw=s3000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="3000" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuEtvwJXKN5etf8moybFDF5xCfLjttCAmZjNlfB3addwk3XQ_8AO6b9oMDPht5Ft5ShqKekuiKyBdSu9SJPSdwsUQ6-gWkDh4ddq6Ctwqo593U7J26GhamXk4ZJNxtMGJ839eMMLF7WwjOFOSHq0EIJCWS-nxizX7oI0SvpyFMuYrXynocMoSso3XgTw=w400-h383" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I present the Splendid Ochre butterfly. Quite small but cute isn't it?</span></div><p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-31293783378396468592021-10-23T09:50:00.009+10:002021-10-23T09:56:24.499+10:00GALAHS LOOKING FOR REAL ESTATE...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwP8279DEZ4d2p00bSe4Q4z7Yrqqjb-y7NPnuoG4jt2gTiIkJMlpozR1MRBAww8xkMcahtTcFczEwBqv7-_wfypptnXomqfJUy1g1e_A-a1Sw9D7HHCV9HO8v9qHWvZ2BFF6a1Tln3XM4qBTMQ4l7NUgjDpqAjlisksvasmJAb_11tFwsizd0LXbboWA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1768" data-original-width="2048" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwP8279DEZ4d2p00bSe4Q4z7Yrqqjb-y7NPnuoG4jt2gTiIkJMlpozR1MRBAww8xkMcahtTcFczEwBqv7-_wfypptnXomqfJUy1g1e_A-a1Sw9D7HHCV9HO8v9qHWvZ2BFF6a1Tln3XM4qBTMQ4l7NUgjDpqAjlisksvasmJAb_11tFwsizd0LXbboWA=w400-h345" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was heading home from <a href="https://cloudwalkatmaleny.com.au/precinct-access/" target="_blank">Maleny Precinct</a> a couple of weeks ago and spotted a couple of <a href="https://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/galah" target="_blank">galahs</a> in some almost dead trees along the way...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhinPNtQtULwo2-APrOLcqXDrk1q7c3c7xLc-v98OpY8X4SueUuWPqHunvQHdH0JbEb15k8t_QYgx-PwGorsxcKtszPz7aUi7GFUoSZd0pYrlm0wOWVqAQzNiZ4EfCRPshKJw8IxNXUTDljQoctbt1UGvmGlaDgquulBimv2fe9I8M43lM1mGEzJ0LgJQ=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhinPNtQtULwo2-APrOLcqXDrk1q7c3c7xLc-v98OpY8X4SueUuWPqHunvQHdH0JbEb15k8t_QYgx-PwGorsxcKtszPz7aUi7GFUoSZd0pYrlm0wOWVqAQzNiZ4EfCRPshKJw8IxNXUTDljQoctbt1UGvmGlaDgquulBimv2fe9I8M43lM1mGEzJ0LgJQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">so stopped for a closer look because it'd been a while since I'd seen any galahs. They were checking out the middle tree at the time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD2Hu43iGLra989sUrkr0gsZKVDJELVMrrqBl-Mb4Xz4BVH3YPDQ2qtQkrK9nnup-kYHrL7BRVLa_VzfCvf5-lraH81D4pj7mk0dJz0__AHj4-xq_A7RR4DxZHQRguNOo4UPwI4Ej4F4aHlNV3uc8oQWSdLEracCmqAohSOy3d3tTDG73tyUGZupiypg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="2048" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD2Hu43iGLra989sUrkr0gsZKVDJELVMrrqBl-Mb4Xz4BVH3YPDQ2qtQkrK9nnup-kYHrL7BRVLa_VzfCvf5-lraH81D4pj7mk0dJz0__AHj4-xq_A7RR4DxZHQRguNOo4UPwI4Ej4F4aHlNV3uc8oQWSdLEracCmqAohSOy3d3tTDG73tyUGZupiypg=w400-h298" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I realised they were looking for a nesting spot around the back of the tree</span>...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiCMSXsvkp4T-0bz3ebcepIxwnBrbKaR8sIZvc_Qfkk2J25tEpirCNDpoe9jl8IHxOAYs_SatTXw9GQjxGfJCZHIeAWgwjAL8GEkcmy8YEsjalNzhSgRFiibyhWGNnp6dkhupbl3MJo9eKFPHIxEL2xl2VPgpqwk8b06AT9WKGH0EuGCNPITcUCrRVoQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1971" data-original-width="2048" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiCMSXsvkp4T-0bz3ebcepIxwnBrbKaR8sIZvc_Qfkk2J25tEpirCNDpoe9jl8IHxOAYs_SatTXw9GQjxGfJCZHIeAWgwjAL8GEkcmy8YEsjalNzhSgRFiibyhWGNnp6dkhupbl3MJo9eKFPHIxEL2xl2VPgpqwk8b06AT9WKGH0EuGCNPITcUCrRVoQ=w400-h385" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Noticing the heart shaped hole in the tree later I thought it was a shame these love birds weren't looking at that as a potential nest. Perhaps someone else had already put down a deposit...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTDOji5I_xm7Y6FIw83iKo_St4wW5LxmbzO6TwsemMTG0UPrVg7tNFdmja2vHqBXh24EHUVzZXnNZgYA40-kB3b9KOqivhMlGgm_I9fdM_qJDqoa7YY7iJFHy8WbwL9wrl6KHqFhFb73dUIe5mglOKE2B-R1f7JaekPAM-wJAezyK9UIloZyMzPuvHnw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1953" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTDOji5I_xm7Y6FIw83iKo_St4wW5LxmbzO6TwsemMTG0UPrVg7tNFdmja2vHqBXh24EHUVzZXnNZgYA40-kB3b9KOqivhMlGgm_I9fdM_qJDqoa7YY7iJFHy8WbwL9wrl6KHqFhFb73dUIe5mglOKE2B-R1f7JaekPAM-wJAezyK9UIloZyMzPuvHnw=w382-h400" width="382" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How fitting would that have been?</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP7UU9l_l62Zvmf4uVaQaYbtg_GgyYNwJ4G4IKkp5nQIOiTNsDq8KlyeGZmnf3VFOHE5I3sH3stCBM7gowQm6JtRT8FxmosZydb5qtf0-uGmdeDVqWeq-ukPjKsMXpDOazeAoMyCMo4scvRJFhDXqloe5ykBiVGUoKItyOoSpQKnH9SPIRMw-1S4IkXQ=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP7UU9l_l62Zvmf4uVaQaYbtg_GgyYNwJ4G4IKkp5nQIOiTNsDq8KlyeGZmnf3VFOHE5I3sH3stCBM7gowQm6JtRT8FxmosZydb5qtf0-uGmdeDVqWeq-ukPjKsMXpDOazeAoMyCMo4scvRJFhDXqloe5ykBiVGUoKItyOoSpQKnH9SPIRMw-1S4IkXQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not sure if the bird trying to enlarge that small hole is the male. They were too far away to check the eye colour (female's having a pink iris) but it seemed like one was urging the other to try harder. They flew off shortly after, perhaps deciding against that bit of real estate.</span></div><p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-2181736168421627542021-09-26T09:59:00.001+10:002021-09-26T09:59:19.675+10:00EVEN MORE PLATYPUS...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was very entertaining watching these two platypus navigate the small cascade. The first and larger animal is a female (bald spot on the tail). When the two come together in the last 3 videos (sorry about that, file was too large to put up as one video here for some reason), they disappeared for about 20 minutes before coming back down. Probably a tunnel under there where they were exploring or probably mating. The water was so clear that week we could watch them swimming underwater quite easily.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyIToW4aCw3C14CX1I3zyrYnr2txK-vLhUDmnLMeKbUCl4I8KJWQ2X56QGFzwAwAw8XYyC_tih1OxqNK6sTBQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So fast I almost lost sight of her then I thought she'd disappeared under that rock...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz9UXBfWeEvzMjnAm0MqwWU8KgBxRDJygvXHy3PQFM9T0nResVBzw9XLJsTuwwlhI0-VupFVtcW8_Jn1I9fag' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This time I was ready for her to swim back out...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx6Lf2IcFfAhj4sQZ-gixSc4O13rKx8pA-JQv544jbkJIwapGybXRKiO4KL9HR3uc0QsH4IaqYhOXSW5bHX5g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sorry about the audible gasp and loud commentary... pretty exciting.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzWMbbdnm4-1pZxgsTxZN0pRB0H_eiKkXuFATawVSpAi0eq1hMATjIgDRaj4NOGdb3yOSlx4DhnrtI1tCU2Ww' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And they continue...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxeyWEV4Z1xeDLwcMokef9OcLsjqN98AHLDWVOqxS1iIkArTqqAhH-usJRnJtUXuRMqeNrMJppdVgBeKS0pjw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They came out around 20 mins later...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwEPTpBjG8VOdVtG9g2qpjTgSqQ2EeLMO_QVAjIt--QatmiOTYs0rFyNx8n9exC99GmxG8--kgYXWDjcU1SQA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Such clear water...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-88713200941459960702021-09-11T11:34:00.008+10:002021-09-11T12:04:01.427+10:00IF IT MOVES SHOOT IT...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I thought I'd post a few videos of some of the wildlife I see nearly every day. Often I take a video because it's too hard to get a still due to the amount of foliage or the swiftness of the subject or I think others might be interested in hearing what bird it is they hear but don't see. The behaviour of the creature is also of interest.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzpeRG_3uNToGrKCy-ZhDjQ4oqgCFwcQ7kj6b4kI8JbmiqXAhSUKyrATx9ZVYNif1moWV2Uz3bBkMzqeuZt5A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here, two spotted doves were canoodling but I thought it interesting that the ?female? was clearly irritated towards the end.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzuq9wgA_cQgUMfmssoGd2wuqZl6ZxCCqcuW0VdvR3yVjmOJl5jIeqNSTO1ggYRmb7PZUh9DSJLMC2cVhirrQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a rakali, or water rat, Australia's answer to the otter. Fascinating to watch but so quick any still photography I've tried has been blurry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw7Yk-e24IUH5xLLlniGMXtaaNy8vrd3jxp-dC31yI-xh7PWNBroCN0XTP-NUVwN92Gr-Bl9AGD9DGvZ5daNw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two new nestling willie wagtails visible for a short time when the parents changed over. Just hope this pair do better than the last few attempts at raising a family, due to weather or predation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3Gs9XfYOwVlUoFqaRXOQk9TqdN6XUm-bhC6_kVfm4TkA1dJZUafNT0RTbjCzquRCG6hgQmvTO-9M41224Dg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I heard this guy, male leaden flycatcher, long before I spotted him and then, too late, realised there was a female just above him which I missed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwXbEOmMw8nX_27rvODzNH3bomPos4tBEFnuJDVknaZq-9gSL-vlU5i4keU4z31QAcM1cGK5DZShZVmnMxOag' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two fledging welcome swallows wait for their parent to literally drop their food into their mouths. I had to slow down part of it because the parent is so fast. A few days later, I saw the 'drop and swallow' being done on the wing. The parent does a fly past and the fledglings fly up to meet them where the food is exchanged. I haven't managed a video of that yet unfortunately.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxSa7UOREVejww2gtTN9XRQxP5Xu1ini3Y1nBNYSYhrzruZ9zY6VFSPqZ_qO-7MFm86vg4xNOl47Uug-oG4FQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eastern whipbirds are so frustrating. They can be in a shrub right beside you but you can't see them to photograph. They love the gloom of the undergrowth so I took a video of this one foraging instead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyeLqtfrbzIWSAvNjmdGlnlKCLeY2TSrgM52XYSCpA1hxaH5x48PNKwz8u0vxVV1rLdfp0w-0_F5PY2PIV5lA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Azure kingfishers are so quick when they dive for their food, I'm in awe of people who publish photographs of them. I've taken lots of them sitting, watching and have managed a few videos of the dive. This one shows the freshwater prawn it caught too.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzCRL-M0gk9bVdhUetHjgs8C5MTcg0jMyH3EzgKYqHzR2TyjuvY_WLqlJ25c3kdkervDqElrkBpjXo-mQu1qg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Always a thrill to see platypus reacting with others as they're normally a solo animal. I've posted videos of them interacting with cormorants previously but here is part of the mating ritual. Normally the male will grasp the female's tail and it's a bit of a chase before the actual mating happens but here he's missed the tail and has her rear foot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyo7CNpo_r4SdWGDpOed8JEukedb7RNGeSsvsRrEgf3Bk3gMzhHaFbwH3lVbT6R6R-_OL4wQRviconaK6DO_Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A neighbour alerted me to a large python in her yard so out I went with my camera to capture the action. I was pretty close to it and fascinating to watch it move.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw1sRZyNhvJ6urGT_Ku55iYp_2Z-Pc4x-FOUigVVhwFfr07OVN_ajC2GheiBw9i7qFf4413Zeqm6InioLhAwA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'd heard this bird for a couple of years before I actually saw one so videoed it so others would know what they hear.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-11443847665772583462021-08-16T12:17:00.008+10:002021-08-22T11:02:51.224+10:00MORE PLATYPUS!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last night I enjoyed a lunar eclipse at Howell Knob Lookout near Maleny. Although perhaps 'enjoyed' isn't quite the right word; endured maybe, although it was exciting too. By the time I left, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'd been standing for over four and a half hours having forgotten to take a chair. Duh! It's a</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> great spot for stargazing at any time. Even the Glasshouse Mountains were waiting...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3m5sSy7CaZqNBUksa21mQdBkT94ykGESiwb2nGFhL9Ma6iKrD8iaChny_GivmT9JQ8U1xlPbCc2T74FrzHFCid6PqBJflxDZqP4aIl7nwlHgQGKp1CELBT_oiz9mGWDniugP03h2EvwGL/s2048/sunset.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="2048" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3m5sSy7CaZqNBUksa21mQdBkT94ykGESiwb2nGFhL9Ma6iKrD8iaChny_GivmT9JQ8U1xlPbCc2T74FrzHFCid6PqBJflxDZqP4aIl7nwlHgQGKp1CELBT_oiz9mGWDniugP03h2EvwGL/w400-h248/sunset.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">With everyone watching for the moon, the sun slipped away without much fanfare.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shining brightly, more waiting for the eclipse...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-vBgxLsP_Oohd3zpqc8Xu56T_51omga0enxvJWjdowDFrCfL9sRwhMfDB-GoZm026aVOO-ts8dUVj7c-IOtlkQSRgNm9lLlAgUPXaWdqM8XvpEImx3wrQuUdNoCE3zTwHAJbD-kDYhBg/s2048/starting+eclipse.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-vBgxLsP_Oohd3zpqc8Xu56T_51omga0enxvJWjdowDFrCfL9sRwhMfDB-GoZm026aVOO-ts8dUVj7c-IOtlkQSRgNm9lLlAgUPXaWdqM8XvpEImx3wrQuUdNoCE3zTwHAJbD-kDYhBg/w400-h400/starting+eclipse.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally, it's starting...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ta dah!! </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I didn't think I'd be able to get a photo of the total eclipse due to the low light but somehow managed this so happy enough.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwks3z-gvl6stcoSsXlYVxK9lRSpRSyBCbdpWBz9bnNFw1CQcZsVM01NKu42RtYIQhqwzU-jcHQm35Cq7brCOhJlgYHMtHeZcFA_dJOf72ta00YqyBcc1BNzte6RQZIOjwiMPY-BXm_TsN/s2048/star+trail.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwks3z-gvl6stcoSsXlYVxK9lRSpRSyBCbdpWBz9bnNFw1CQcZsVM01NKu42RtYIQhqwzU-jcHQm35Cq7brCOhJlgYHMtHeZcFA_dJOf72ta00YqyBcc1BNzte6RQZIOjwiMPY-BXm_TsN/w400-h300/star+trail.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I amused myself by trying for a star trail which turned out pretty well for a first effort and even saw a falling star (as opposed to a shooting star) which I thought could have been from someone flushing the loo in the aircraft flying over at the same time! I didn't wish on that star in case it was crap. :D</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH41MfzzoBlNYkfpJFY4jvsMDiA3X_l6C372dEa3TFd1gk07CH6sZvpTYrsFC5Q3Muvjg6P_VF0ybUMFww9SA08UjsxPgcxUuRqF3PTCt8jBsRmL6pOLY1lT5KnNz7WvzhqMNb8EYQYUoV/s2048/ufo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1743" data-original-width="2048" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH41MfzzoBlNYkfpJFY4jvsMDiA3X_l6C372dEa3TFd1gk07CH6sZvpTYrsFC5Q3Muvjg6P_VF0ybUMFww9SA08UjsxPgcxUuRqF3PTCt8jBsRmL6pOLY1lT5KnNz7WvzhqMNb8EYQYUoV/w400-h340/ufo.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>UFO? It was hovering around for ages but I just couldn't focus on it. Doo doo do do :D<br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">***</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">left the Lookout almost straight after the total eclipse (figuring it would be just the same thing in reverse) but I was very cold despite wearing thermals, beanie, scarf and gloves and partaking of hot tea. </span></div></div></div><p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-70403610255908371682021-05-25T11:32:00.010+10:002021-05-25T12:10:40.366+10:00NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH PLATYPUS!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm lucky to live in an area renowned for its platypus and never tire of trying to spot them when I'm out and about. This morning I was lucky enough to see two, separately in the same pond, then both swimming and feeding with a pied cormorant.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCZF2s03Nq1cnZ0FJc8XSxCxsLImkkVLhlQGLleFUDrGeH5x3yLUvrTDSSqHsrjqMuNd3EfRceECKj0Q35L7e0Qs-th3G8MXnQv03kTDGt2Tbfo6KiFPU5sJizrC5UdKRlV5AN3s_8E9k/s2048/platy3+25.5.21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1651" data-original-width="2048" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCZF2s03Nq1cnZ0FJc8XSxCxsLImkkVLhlQGLleFUDrGeH5x3yLUvrTDSSqHsrjqMuNd3EfRceECKj0Q35L7e0Qs-th3G8MXnQv03kTDGt2Tbfo6KiFPU5sJizrC5UdKRlV5AN3s_8E9k/w400-h322/platy3+25.5.21.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMdRZp-eca1WIbc6O3U_UZ38gG5Z69Z6s3q3xTQ82WzzPIBNKFWQkmo4vaGX6MTUgxrQXIfgDYQEUWXvZGbSiI3_ZznzsThczl3gNjxKo7lsup1goJMRCclAZb_ig9uiHA1TuHamTXgaS/s2048/platy2+25.5.21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw8qH2HLVXwZxkxmPKE8Us9zz99uTmYHKLGP26aIzhwoqmzRrASnsCqy9BZPMCpT2eegNnz9SLWYC1CZheAkQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On its lonesome...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyBoKbzRJUvG11z-8RT19O7pDxlbZiHAN7DZnEGPzN0rEP6J7z4OH1SK2KldGIZEVFaDKfd5vuHmm2JmP8qcg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I must have hundreds of 2 or 3 second videos where I just get them diving.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxoTwD6lEjfn7OkD_FwLfViNkldlRGfkx_V1UJ21_ZHX4hRfh3vZcfrvH6zM31x42_n-6-7zJkh4eKTQWeefQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was concentrating on filming the platypus when the cormorant dived in at the end.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxftTdYlbQ8RxVTeDFeDzm_6-DcGIbeKM8goF8k3RO9d-B1iFrMXqt4GFUlKy-Fka2LhGp-eqW6Zt7VTxdepg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two chums together...</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw49FdIPYY5Rzh7QBeI3qxCeX22Hzm_zgXqV433xdjSWeN5_YP6qyjNGoF6TD5RsSRDN7h4V09V1DAIwuLyTA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A bit of synchronized diving...<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw12jlxmRI7ZQj1CSLOnwL7-Bx4zGmswvjr2fp03uUckjqHpc993QX3sD2_t3YmvyvFKPvYbgH_XEaSrj2mFA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...and then there were three!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz9VsTljCdPe6FMhem4QAexR_hb_tbg9VLSozH8yCSzej9a8IL4h41S7GpXOsJP2j9SbDmXoH4JJkVlKnfisA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">In this footage, the platypus appeared to snag a yabby mid-swim and stopped to chow down. Sorry about that bush, made it hard to keep the camera steady trying to see what was going on.</div></span>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-65527094955841787132021-04-17T11:33:00.001+10:002021-04-17T11:33:11.659+10:00BRINGING COLOUR INTO A WALK...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'd not heard of Australia's only <a href="https://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/rainbow-bee-eater" target="_blank">rainbow bee-eater</a> before a friend kept waxing lyrical about them. So I was very excited to find some here in Maleny and later on the Coast at Toorbul. I've never managed a flying shot, which is unfortunate because to see them wheeling around in the sunlight is breathtaking.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHfcFUN-UYjkXKsJlvmvWAtuA9xnrVduCad1RpdGh8bXs_JqjRkYJ5UO6yYvyfkvsqMKLitSwLV8_ITdLTVOf_MbSx7JcYOzdrGPvvq1YIQKA2phdJDJ-JmAangVmu-GOxlpz4m0w66-U/s2048/beeeater3.+8.4.21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="2048" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHfcFUN-UYjkXKsJlvmvWAtuA9xnrVduCad1RpdGh8bXs_JqjRkYJ5UO6yYvyfkvsqMKLitSwLV8_ITdLTVOf_MbSx7JcYOzdrGPvvq1YIQKA2phdJDJ-JmAangVmu-GOxlpz4m0w66-U/w320-h314/beeeater3.+8.4.21.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Males have longer tail streamers...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNVDoUb4GnV1hZirpJhWllJomHQfnNUK0rj3g43o0t1I2pFdntzfDikcuh_e8ZUnwRjsHXo8rswGZApytZsr4t7uH37nbA715G6BRRNgTsl34rRaT31A60MnnSlGQbPoE57IKgoO08HBr/s2048/bee+eater+19.10.20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNVDoUb4GnV1hZirpJhWllJomHQfnNUK0rj3g43o0t1I2pFdntzfDikcuh_e8ZUnwRjsHXo8rswGZApytZsr4t7uH37nbA715G6BRRNgTsl34rRaT31A60MnnSlGQbPoE57IKgoO08HBr/s320/bee+eater+19.10.20.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So this would be a female...<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQsUp5fZpJxyzPExhZj5WyRI8vhyIcUC3lOrzW3L8N9hkBj6bhS_6gY0csbWWOJw4Ba0_lOGYRxe7LtN0xPouiwGnZ1LDEfhtp8nFrw1PD3fS_s2yC8474NKDkHl0QtGk8bOwjFisN3rT/s2048/bee-eater+n+fly.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQsUp5fZpJxyzPExhZj5WyRI8vhyIcUC3lOrzW3L8N9hkBj6bhS_6gY0csbWWOJw4Ba0_lOGYRxe7LtN0xPouiwGnZ1LDEfhtp8nFrw1PD3fS_s2yC8474NKDkHl0QtGk8bOwjFisN3rT/s320/bee-eater+n+fly.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I didn't realise I'd photographed the fly as well until I got home and after initally being annoyed I'd cut off the tail, I was pretty chuffed with the shot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_beAsJ99EcjJZPF-5URDXRl2Evfkyi7BHXj5GSou9ZdEmxE4V3pT9sgiyWwKvK4k3ObjhImCtCjsQomCTBkplzWBVQWikAKXcXshhWtx1L5ZSrUcIxK-7bDBXRBeU2dBlZnJHdYn4SCI/s2048/beeeater4+8.4.21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_beAsJ99EcjJZPF-5URDXRl2Evfkyi7BHXj5GSou9ZdEmxE4V3pT9sgiyWwKvK4k3ObjhImCtCjsQomCTBkplzWBVQWikAKXcXshhWtx1L5ZSrUcIxK-7bDBXRBeU2dBlZnJHdYn4SCI/s320/beeeater4+8.4.21.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've been told this unfortunate butterfly is a Macleays Swallowtail, although it does have yellow on it that I've not seen on a Macleays which are beautiful butterflies. I did feel sorry for it. At least it wasn't a precious bee.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxOm8vBU7QIGnjhK5r6oEciWrEWR5upfpagkvPcD1KzP_s2nhw1QNpgwwwdRHRGtbpN_HCbRJvk4gmE2DZ2MQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I decided to do a short video to see if I could capture some flying around but when I saw the fly land on the end of the branch, I was hoping to see a snack and wasn't disappointed. They nest in burrows although I've not seen a nest yet.</span></div><br />sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-11455231453542772552021-03-15T12:43:00.005+10:002021-05-24T08:30:48.588+10:00KONDALILLA FALLS CALLS...<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3176" data-original-width="4235" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8H9insptTg9we1wbk_6lKnbz4XaO6nentximwEfQ1IB-ZIbRzF2xUzT1_4INJpP-WNgsC-MB75CnWQmE8L0vg-Dpa1fHsERvqYsLk_5m3y8TM4SfVkKupdloTI_1aneUE0iLpv1EZHZbL/w400-h300/falls+2.JPG" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An outing to <a href="https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/kondalila/about" target="_blank">Kondalilla Falls</a> with family on Friday was enjoyable, if a little tiring and in the end very damp. We didn't see the main Falls as the track to the bottom is temporarily closed due to a rock fall.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvRdGrgR8nvsF6E8JM8NoKn4yv5T5t2xqrCCJsx5Cif62nwRb-Gl16_Z5wI-cTcRlDyj7wFkroy5MPLGyUkpAXMNxYFzz88yCVpdHhXSCbLgQPO7GFz061uFeEPh4HXmIxcUebA85fTJo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3979" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvRdGrgR8nvsF6E8JM8NoKn4yv5T5t2xqrCCJsx5Cif62nwRb-Gl16_Z5wI-cTcRlDyj7wFkroy5MPLGyUkpAXMNxYFzz88yCVpdHhXSCbLgQPO7GFz061uFeEPh4HXmIxcUebA85fTJo/w347-h400/falls3.JPG" width="347" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These first two photos are the first of the smaller falls you come to as you follow the track. We've had a bit of rain so they're flowing well.</span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFJ6vsf0R4GZHsJwfnxJOEcpDsfYNNFnABg7KrSa59qUsqD3XKkWNxXY7YBNlfd2KhedsctTILTt96jxQr1dAFFWGTxLX0VL0ATGQ-rUAGGYiz6FMF9V-_gaa0vwPp4qyB3EMJPKcCsLm/s570/konda+flowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="500" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFJ6vsf0R4GZHsJwfnxJOEcpDsfYNNFnABg7KrSa59qUsqD3XKkWNxXY7YBNlfd2KhedsctTILTt96jxQr1dAFFWGTxLX0VL0ATGQ-rUAGGYiz6FMF9V-_gaa0vwPp4qyB3EMJPKcCsLm/w314-h287/konda+flowers.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of the pretty flowers we saw along the way.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDlwkZjlCnsWdVR6NZVKE0kF5XaIHrKC_92Vj0H8cw3Z2lzMjolugMHtm0gDp9KIzJBBiZqAgeddqUhEXYtY_bAcoHidS94vswkbw8YiAotr65lKo_vSS9bgVIiLMwvilQPXd3fWahP3f/s1885/red+dragonfly+12.3.21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1885" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDlwkZjlCnsWdVR6NZVKE0kF5XaIHrKC_92Vj0H8cw3Z2lzMjolugMHtm0gDp9KIzJBBiZqAgeddqUhEXYtY_bAcoHidS94vswkbw8YiAotr65lKo_vSS9bgVIiLMwvilQPXd3fWahP3f/w327-h260/red+dragonfly+12.3.21.JPG" width="327" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This dragonfly was so vibrant I had to take its photo.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs3_Qr_TkE-ZvFSlkMlqlW9gVz0q90LPcG0lCzdsOWWwZoxuXxHRVTmEKialhk3WoqBPHGjyeo-QxWuDEiGzR9uVoE_UEFCt2RQsKZQwfGy5HjWPmumFi2q7FW2ikcrJ0NkNDLzu-h8Hh/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs3_Qr_TkE-ZvFSlkMlqlW9gVz0q90LPcG0lCzdsOWWwZoxuXxHRVTmEKialhk3WoqBPHGjyeo-QxWuDEiGzR9uVoE_UEFCt2RQsKZQwfGy5HjWPmumFi2q7FW2ikcrJ0NkNDLzu-h8Hh/w240-h320/fallen+tree+konda.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quite a few trees were down, whether due to inclement weather or purposefully cut I don't know.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHhiGzUxXYkOiANgJoen07mdxBlDoQXfG9hyLl3VTBmuClA3VrZ4XYglfWxbhpVfhk4yvacuq-L2i5iJhxU8ylIk3P4v-rdNBXC0iZhOuzsygMJEkZnWIcRQE2byrabFikDB4eeg-yZ4O/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHhiGzUxXYkOiANgJoen07mdxBlDoQXfG9hyLl3VTBmuClA3VrZ4XYglfWxbhpVfhk4yvacuq-L2i5iJhxU8ylIk3P4v-rdNBXC0iZhOuzsygMJEkZnWIcRQE2byrabFikDB4eeg-yZ4O/w240-h320/gum+tree.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Up, up, up to the clouds.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzVnzq63Y0PFvzUXNuclhrujEfYZ95nZwF47-0KAUt0VjmeQdkJJQT7UgeOfBCB13SaIL3izYP0oeJzDsQdsjjpwWmLoWg0LmOl2sv87SqiI97_nwGSX1kuaQrbW6Two6MLHJYVjw9ANU/s2048/rocks+konda.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1413" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzVnzq63Y0PFvzUXNuclhrujEfYZ95nZwF47-0KAUt0VjmeQdkJJQT7UgeOfBCB13SaIL3izYP0oeJzDsQdsjjpwWmLoWg0LmOl2sv87SqiI97_nwGSX1kuaQrbW6Two6MLHJYVjw9ANU/w276-h400/rocks+konda.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moss and lichen cover most rocks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wlgJJIJdutZaKn9M_99pmAfhjUg3860juC2rotnsueoQ4OvxaQ4xCfH4nL_AqH-LG1K06qDd8LqNaM4WivKkikuOu2ELjxwwkBIcC1YACuxktRMKo8_6N6v8wqmddDkToOLLf7KDLBj8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wlgJJIJdutZaKn9M_99pmAfhjUg3860juC2rotnsueoQ4OvxaQ4xCfH4nL_AqH-LG1K06qDd8LqNaM4WivKkikuOu2ELjxwwkBIcC1YACuxktRMKo8_6N6v8wqmddDkToOLLf7KDLBj8/w400-h300/Obi+Valley+lookout.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gorgeous views of the Obi Valley from the lookout.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzzdlO7IrBJpYCa7myIx5BPUDbPXtugLsw4T5vlvBTNNwJh1QADjis_yp6uZ639MMhDtePUr5_bC-5JSQLd8gps1oGBBuAJl6vVdQBE9OFxBniS0iQTvs68YDOxbYsydcdJQJi5TNnVJn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3136" data-original-width="3635" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzzdlO7IrBJpYCa7myIx5BPUDbPXtugLsw4T5vlvBTNNwJh1QADjis_yp6uZ639MMhDtePUr5_bC-5JSQLd8gps1oGBBuAJl6vVdQBE9OFxBniS0iQTvs68YDOxbYsydcdJQJi5TNnVJn/w400-h345/kondalilla+fungus.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Not as much fungus around as I'd thought there'd be.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSRhMeMlS80oBwubLUJ3H2gmLa37P9u1LU6tpGrWw7gPfKgM9YObas9KCoDcOqTfJlF6OguJCRD9JS6W9lTr7x9zEVYbe8UGcyngk8XKsue9C7gSTstCee4cN6xCPg4WLzEQZnEkWSV-B/s2048/Kondalilla+falls+12.3.21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSRhMeMlS80oBwubLUJ3H2gmLa37P9u1LU6tpGrWw7gPfKgM9YObas9KCoDcOqTfJlF6OguJCRD9JS6W9lTr7x9zEVYbe8UGcyngk8XKsue9C7gSTstCee4cN6xCPg4WLzEQZnEkWSV-B/w400-h300/Kondalilla+falls+12.3.21.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This pool was entertaining several swimmers, including a topless female when we came back around.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngsHNd9qeZ6-_UXIRBh8m8bRuEFoYKARofKkvlmqg15BmVcnssShSY4o-BMSKwB1uBn8ZYwWZ8GSVVK8wb7AojsYnHoOjseeptaO_n-ycmm3-9Jw_Cewwttj5Ewds3yVSAPlHvvgU4eys/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3016" data-original-width="3855" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngsHNd9qeZ6-_UXIRBh8m8bRuEFoYKARofKkvlmqg15BmVcnssShSY4o-BMSKwB1uBn8ZYwWZ8GSVVK8wb7AojsYnHoOjseeptaO_n-ycmm3-9Jw_Cewwttj5Ewds3yVSAPlHvvgU4eys/w400-h313/falls.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below the pool I believe this leads to the main falls we couldn't see, apparently 80m high. Of course, if one goes down, one has come back up!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5irUXhPdjS7gYvmbdxIVpKTi83HKTJW2mZNeoSKYQotomqXZYG_Nqm5WrPP3B5vUBvnetJYJHNwk_Y6lbzGXWYXEf_z7lGpOESaOEzIhSgKKkpnfVV-nXM_y8rU7K79AaXCFFeUieCiy6/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5irUXhPdjS7gYvmbdxIVpKTi83HKTJW2mZNeoSKYQotomqXZYG_Nqm5WrPP3B5vUBvnetJYJHNwk_Y6lbzGXWYXEf_z7lGpOESaOEzIhSgKKkpnfVV-nXM_y8rU7K79AaXCFFeUieCiy6/w400-h300/path.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some handy railings along the sometimes narrow paths.</div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikw6SnPRXfuBM6Jfq-0Os2MWYl7pwMsB1EhJRG651Wx1Db0k-ryZ3KEzfI-Fm-Rcmgr8kZyG7vRPQQmO3CXVgdeX0aW1ThmAnf0G5DFgpPKnziIFqWtngng-M85hK5yTxtM456sNC8gFXG/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikw6SnPRXfuBM6Jfq-0Os2MWYl7pwMsB1EhJRG651Wx1Db0k-ryZ3KEzfI-Fm-Rcmgr8kZyG7vRPQQmO3CXVgdeX0aW1ThmAnf0G5DFgpPKnziIFqWtngng-M85hK5yTxtM456sNC8gFXG/w400-h300/water+dragon+12.3.21.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This little eastern waterdragon blocked our way up wanting his photo taken. I heard birds but didn't see any. Too high up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIj1IRlfXcuwRXyUDzAPC7MDEzofana_EuqYYmCj5kgS7WuVtxEO4vZBmKPYfUfoOfVL-Q48mBOGhcWZqwKjMlL2RznRgJzJMqlS02DVsSTQG0q1bJsCDW5sSG5h7_J2BvFr7plTNFAjq8/s1316/kondalilla+restaurant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1316" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIj1IRlfXcuwRXyUDzAPC7MDEzofana_EuqYYmCj5kgS7WuVtxEO4vZBmKPYfUfoOfVL-Q48mBOGhcWZqwKjMlL2RznRgJzJMqlS02DVsSTQG0q1bJsCDW5sSG5h7_J2BvFr7plTNFAjq8/w400-h196/kondalilla+restaurant.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a cloudy morning and the heavens opened just as we were about to head up to the carpark so had to wait undercover for a few minutes. We arrived at the <a href="https://restaurant.kondalilla.com/" target="_blank">Kondalilla Restaurant </a>above the carpark quite bedraggled but staff were very helpful, bringing towels and insisting we were fine to dine. Highly recommended and we'll return for more delicious, well-priced meals.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb463vZ-eB9gCQ5hra9y6zdajr2pe5LIQGKXWnDVLtocBib1yMA_R9-aMKkAZ_5CESlk6MQuS4csXcrEbV79WvTwm85i26xTgKgVSMG3vYlAdp5ejfhXEojbedvgcyStFd4EVyTHmDa0oY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb463vZ-eB9gCQ5hra9y6zdajr2pe5LIQGKXWnDVLtocBib1yMA_R9-aMKkAZ_5CESlk6MQuS4csXcrEbV79WvTwm85i26xTgKgVSMG3vYlAdp5ejfhXEojbedvgcyStFd4EVyTHmDa0oY/w310-h320/leeeeeech-denoise-denoise.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This leech almost ruined my day! It must have dropped down the back of my vest during the walk and had been feeding on me while we walked. I didn't feel it at all, even after I wondered why I had blood on the hand. We found it still on my vest which I'd taken off when we sat down. </span></div></div></div><br /><p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-73118673837681943152021-02-25T11:04:00.010+10:002021-02-26T15:27:30.010+10:00MARY CAIRNCROSS RESERVE VISIT...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTTxoftqmT-p-0s2n3lqr4kRtvzG-C05pxi89CB-3CszXY6FOUaC-avBuph_AvrVXpNKz0U6yYQMj1tDkl8J32lHoMKDlUZI3GXkx1ulYQW6SMUJ9dTBLYBYWocS37ByFOn9OrcSdl2Lz/s2543/coffe+ghm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTTxoftqmT-p-0s2n3lqr4kRtvzG-C05pxi89CB-3CszXY6FOUaC-avBuph_AvrVXpNKz0U6yYQMj1tDkl8J32lHoMKDlUZI3GXkx1ulYQW6SMUJ9dTBLYBYWocS37ByFOn9OrcSdl2Lz/w400-h195/coffe+ghm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recently, I returned to <a href="https://mary-cairncross.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/" target="_blank">Mary Cairncross Reserve</a> very early in the morning with a friend. The idea being there'd be fewer people around to spoil shots. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the view from the Cafe there where we had a much-needed coffee at the end of our visit. By then the light was better but not by much. It was very gloomy along the paths although I managed a few decent snaps of some of the wildlife. I promised myself I'd go back when the weather is sunnier. It's worth the visit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1-b9lp2MX10GgJo0SL2-GMnhwzFUCyXAEWmHeF5ZhqcnYvm2FtYRYE8R_8wMO6eCTfpjwG7AZDzfEs_TcRky33io_zW3S8Ns7qVQoUEKGKjI0vlwdNbuTVs86Isg3jR0ZPwX4me06KfB/s2048/juv+scarlet+he+26.2.21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1-b9lp2MX10GgJo0SL2-GMnhwzFUCyXAEWmHeF5ZhqcnYvm2FtYRYE8R_8wMO6eCTfpjwG7AZDzfEs_TcRky33io_zW3S8Ns7qVQoUEKGKjI0vlwdNbuTVs86Isg3jR0ZPwX4me06KfB/s320/juv+scarlet+he+26.2.21.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A little juvenile scarlet honeyeater enjoying the pink evodia at the entrance to the Reserve. His head will be bright red when he matures.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUntlE_8l-oC1adHijPGRJufARP0Jq4aqmlHFoIBHtgRonQmEkj22sLp4dh46ULMZUVGO55OnKUkCQyjlh9GZm_KJSzihBeEmAo5P2K8jWPQZyWN5gZV1wBte-bWUBSTEtdZnVDHjWOAm/s4503/natures+sculpture.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4503" data-original-width="3377" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUntlE_8l-oC1adHijPGRJufARP0Jq4aqmlHFoIBHtgRonQmEkj22sLp4dh46ULMZUVGO55OnKUkCQyjlh9GZm_KJSzihBeEmAo5P2K8jWPQZyWN5gZV1wBte-bWUBSTEtdZnVDHjWOAm/w300-h400/natures+sculpture.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These Wonga vines have a strong visual impact. Nature's sculpture. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The vine below has had to be strapped up as it had fallen across the path.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPNVKEVkz38Uurbeu7AYL0LmojKgC8qUGmI9mTNKwdH4-TW1TatRemUIHRyAEyH1igCvct7uq0Yfmc-yomopN08eZ61hyphenhyphenm3Zh3OP3t2g-AV1uAtHmVBUEhE1tQalN46boW-9fmchZj0lB/s4451/wonga+vine.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4451" data-original-width="3337" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPNVKEVkz38Uurbeu7AYL0LmojKgC8qUGmI9mTNKwdH4-TW1TatRemUIHRyAEyH1igCvct7uq0Yfmc-yomopN08eZ61hyphenhyphenm3Zh3OP3t2g-AV1uAtHmVBUEhE1tQalN46boW-9fmchZj0lB/w300-h400/wonga+vine.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnysaOu2xgMVWAn22pVSALtk1UR_xJuPy_WNZm1v2SjMasD3vIZi-eI3QSdMlhLzXouYE6hyhVpefB6ASV2x8pFnDhBuiv245m_bydEm3Soa_QSzSwuJ7gWGT1TUnV6FoqVX1oI7GgvGp/s4608/watkins+fig.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnysaOu2xgMVWAn22pVSALtk1UR_xJuPy_WNZm1v2SjMasD3vIZi-eI3QSdMlhLzXouYE6hyhVpefB6ASV2x8pFnDhBuiv245m_bydEm3Soa_QSzSwuJ7gWGT1TUnV6FoqVX1oI7GgvGp/w300-h400/watkins+fig.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the pathways showing various fig trees along the way.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHghpzMY0C6nhYh5VyoOB-ztCIw5gICBQH895oyJ5MKs0IT0-ikNtPUbdL9oVeGnYsDefXbK1EvOydH_Y17QYDxAIXUwEopY8ibw8OrgF0K0XhCT4yRyxW3YT59aC2TfgqBvVvKJgIodCK/s1935/galah+MCR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="1935" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHghpzMY0C6nhYh5VyoOB-ztCIw5gICBQH895oyJ5MKs0IT0-ikNtPUbdL9oVeGnYsDefXbK1EvOydH_Y17QYDxAIXUwEopY8ibw8OrgF0K0XhCT4yRyxW3YT59aC2TfgqBvVvKJgIodCK/w400-h281/galah+MCR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I spotted this galah high up in a dead tree. It spotted me too.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03TDqKtEhO8j6-29f5TImO_jm42jx-MlpzwIL0uUY8GpNLM4693EGk3F2zwLW9tiK_gwHghKqLDs7J7OXWOrHxV8bMHAsyyoI5wFokFa4sWf_LQCkQNiJXM0vtqCBuwuulZwwRfY4pLsm/s1890/antechinus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1890" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03TDqKtEhO8j6-29f5TImO_jm42jx-MlpzwIL0uUY8GpNLM4693EGk3F2zwLW9tiK_gwHghKqLDs7J7OXWOrHxV8bMHAsyyoI5wFokFa4sWf_LQCkQNiJXM0vtqCBuwuulZwwRfY4pLsm/w400-h318/antechinus.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This tiny critter is an <a href="https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Environment/Education-Resources-and-Events/Environment-Resources-and-Publications/Native-Animals/Rat-Mouse-or-Native-Antechinus#:~:text=However,%20Antechinus%20are%20actually%20small%20carnivorous%20marsupials%20that,very%20few%20vertebrate%20animals%20that%20practices%20suicidal%20reproduction." target="_blank">antechinus</a> of some sort. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-z531acx8LnhXpbppFohdwnU1kVJAHT9Ag-Lpcp3eTUFIeogoThg4zda5vTXxeHg-7jyyEeWW79_tUo7mVi3exhHfy7fGPVfoB7FyfuGrxldl-MK-3G2JL_BLYcMKC8qRU54oPb8OcXS4/s1923/brown+gerygones.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="1923" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-z531acx8LnhXpbppFohdwnU1kVJAHT9Ag-Lpcp3eTUFIeogoThg4zda5vTXxeHg-7jyyEeWW79_tUo7mVi3exhHfy7fGPVfoB7FyfuGrxldl-MK-3G2JL_BLYcMKC8qRU54oPb8OcXS4/w400-h331/brown+gerygones.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are brown gerygones and were a "first for me". Tiny little birds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBMoEg8W-82fiBB3DrRqrtbGwVgecniTnCjFltxXvALwcq71JIbgQbSSXrALHAzh1tEoNuWpuT-SZ5Zw6fUWep6yA47-Do8DnltEHwjqnkaKcWWW6nz4TTsJvz30lADN4evGJsIr5Ji-o/s1863/russett-tailed+thrush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="1863" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBMoEg8W-82fiBB3DrRqrtbGwVgecniTnCjFltxXvALwcq71JIbgQbSSXrALHAzh1tEoNuWpuT-SZ5Zw6fUWep6yA47-Do8DnltEHwjqnkaKcWWW6nz4TTsJvz30lADN4evGJsIr5Ji-o/w400-h338/russett-tailed+thrush.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another first was this russett-tailed thrush. Its camouflage is so good I was focussing on clumps of leaves at one stage instead of the bird. It certainly has picked up a good breakfast.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZzAu-DtAfrwkzOw5DgM9Pt53iu0HUr_g_xHKe-pSfWXJySMhWUEHZrlE_OudKFJs4i7n99cV8UHbBMHkIK-1awnZKGyIOes30AFZ7t59y1_VVqVkNfzqf25JMAcRDUtryy1x5Lf5CZhg/s812/fungus2+mcr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="812" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZzAu-DtAfrwkzOw5DgM9Pt53iu0HUr_g_xHKe-pSfWXJySMhWUEHZrlE_OudKFJs4i7n99cV8UHbBMHkIK-1awnZKGyIOes30AFZ7t59y1_VVqVkNfzqf25JMAcRDUtryy1x5Lf5CZhg/w400-h305/fungus2+mcr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GqaZMFDDxsVzmaAfdnRRQxd-6mvtlDET9OwW5juWAEBFpahe3EDk-7AwmxS50D9CfVkoWQERNuSZw0ret3PBmXkSStJstIbdM_BRSJfq2Ll_PrNa-i2xmaXzwKCx3nTpodoMszTeSptB/s687/fungus+mcr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="687" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GqaZMFDDxsVzmaAfdnRRQxd-6mvtlDET9OwW5juWAEBFpahe3EDk-7AwmxS50D9CfVkoWQERNuSZw0ret3PBmXkSStJstIbdM_BRSJfq2Ll_PrNa-i2xmaXzwKCx3nTpodoMszTeSptB/w400-h240/fungus+mcr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, due to the nature of the rainforest and the recent wet weather, lots of fungus was spotted.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWCj1VgpoVjt_UeuJYQwl0c84Z21LvwzTxI1TWB06r32B7Lylem9Z2n3M-i8bESk3FCW4Ra14mVpP74mBA_8Y2jw86iYsZ1mjWSV27OLGFrs7rEZSCbfw6bBkm3MWug5CfJEgFJSzBgQp/s1810/grey+fantail+mcr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="1810" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWCj1VgpoVjt_UeuJYQwl0c84Z21LvwzTxI1TWB06r32B7Lylem9Z2n3M-i8bESk3FCW4Ra14mVpP74mBA_8Y2jw86iYsZ1mjWSV27OLGFrs7rEZSCbfw6bBkm3MWug5CfJEgFJSzBgQp/w400-h395/grey+fantail+mcr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A little grey fantail was flitting around with several others.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eP2RMrW5nzsyZBDBIngJj5uL4R4tE1lrTVPpxhO6J81k-dfP-F2y1nLlaFNgtU8HVq1MNy8SvVonEw_0Tf-5UGcwGIIL2WkZVAbTYaWq-yNR2ifQnIftf16N1zCb9bAYNoZCdgyWrDCe/s881/pademelon+mcr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="881" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eP2RMrW5nzsyZBDBIngJj5uL4R4tE1lrTVPpxhO6J81k-dfP-F2y1nLlaFNgtU8HVq1MNy8SvVonEw_0Tf-5UGcwGIIL2WkZVAbTYaWq-yNR2ifQnIftf16N1zCb9bAYNoZCdgyWrDCe/w400-h159/pademelon+mcr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We saw a few <a href="https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Explore/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Mammals/Common+mammals+of+south-east+Queensland/Marsupials/Red-legged+Pademelon" target="_blank">pademelons</a> and initially thought this one was ill but when it heard noises would raise its head and then go back to sleep. Cute little things.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWR5eCw3qYMnWpFiA_vEHyxmVxdX8XZsyak9yLXSTz51AUFV8FhAPrG2ntsVh8UVwjIyeE4dz9RMja8wT-laT2fmdqNVNBbJ0NoDHb7X0rwvMaiJ7wzC4DPL1kjBMla5FxXVnTrH2x4zYb/s1940/tadpoles+MCR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1940" data-original-width="1940" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWR5eCw3qYMnWpFiA_vEHyxmVxdX8XZsyak9yLXSTz51AUFV8FhAPrG2ntsVh8UVwjIyeE4dz9RMja8wT-laT2fmdqNVNBbJ0NoDHb7X0rwvMaiJ7wzC4DPL1kjBMla5FxXVnTrH2x4zYb/w400-h400/tadpoles+MCR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was a shallow pond on the grounds full of dark tadpoles but these two caught our attention.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SZrbhuRPoarjdy11N5zqVddprPeP6dVmc00gjPG7FIRVPCDi3eZ1A4jepQzHU55TcrYLZUCzvDPF2N_dDK0N5ZVg-Kb1z6BZoME4uHReWYApgoPnWNemG4to9LqlwqlS23zHWUQUr7zk/s720/ruffous+fantail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="720" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SZrbhuRPoarjdy11N5zqVddprPeP6dVmc00gjPG7FIRVPCDi3eZ1A4jepQzHU55TcrYLZUCzvDPF2N_dDK0N5ZVg-Kb1z6BZoME4uHReWYApgoPnWNemG4to9LqlwqlS23zHWUQUr7zk/w400-h189/ruffous+fantail.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rufous fantails are notoriously hard to photograph in low light because they rarely sit still but here we had a captive audience as they were sitting on a nest. I couldn't get a decent shot of one of the many yellow-throated scrubwrens, just too quick. Next time!</span></div></div></div><p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-31427632456885392422021-02-09T12:06:00.004+10:002021-04-17T11:08:58.489+10:00PLATYPUS FROLICKING IN MALENY...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There has been mention in the media recently about dwindling numbers of platypus. Not sure that's true up here in Maleny as it seems there are more than ever. On Sunday, I saw five different animals on my walk. It's unusual <i>not</i> to see at least one and it's lovely when visitors finally get to see one in the wild. Platypus are sometimes hard to spot because of their colour and the fact that they're smaller than you might expect. Enjoy some of my recent videos and photographs...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxmTjNw13LFA_Hf2uATXgBPFV2zbfJA7ovz2XMo5S6LmnFeOdUV2ddyJLQJ57rrY3afsNBM_43KhdQgX-R85Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This guy this morning was floating for quite some time which astounded me. So often they dive immediately. I believe it was actually eating. They save food in their cheek pockets and then consume it at once until they start again. You can see just before it dives there is a lot of unwanted food coming out of the bill.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZG0TbUjL0nHr3MUMI4z53ixirRBNibFqZx0kWem7-bgch76VvRcOjVMpCKieZnKCaH50Xe6iw651f0S8FrCPDx4Rhl9xhDPMgCQ8WBmAhv0p-TDIUCS0VRnH1w1Cq1g-mhC5spRFfmOo/s2048/platy+11.12.20.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="2048" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZG0TbUjL0nHr3MUMI4z53ixirRBNibFqZx0kWem7-bgch76VvRcOjVMpCKieZnKCaH50Xe6iw651f0S8FrCPDx4Rhl9xhDPMgCQ8WBmAhv0p-TDIUCS0VRnH1w1Cq1g-mhC5spRFfmOo/w400-h272/platy+11.12.20.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of my favourite photos, looks like it's wearing a headress as it powered through the weed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNlWeQhjIcap-yDbjHyU56-x5a7jE-pQA1W48CAlDPQx2LMjpqg6J7_Eq5DIfcoSYtXA-LffvcHJgkU4sFfOASPJ-k8BCdGYjzPjXGfSWh3Myao8HOEIUMIbGl3UU3HIdAl24sPGiT_Np/s2000/platy+n+eel+ED.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="2000" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNlWeQhjIcap-yDbjHyU56-x5a7jE-pQA1W48CAlDPQx2LMjpqg6J7_Eq5DIfcoSYtXA-LffvcHJgkU4sFfOASPJ-k8BCdGYjzPjXGfSWh3Myao8HOEIUMIbGl3UU3HIdAl24sPGiT_Np/w400-h283/platy+n+eel+ED.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's an eel swimming below this animal and it was estimated to be at least 1.8m long. The platypus wasn't bothered by it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjDs6EcTS7g0wN5xWzYPQMS5YDVM4RVegon-swIph5CYfdF6-kW80RZSv0Dwooh4644rKIAo1pVwS18sF5gjCuyPSMkC8uXCgMj9XlatNoD4szAwSQTedWvRuwDiQcrsNSotinaFCZPc_/s3480/cormorant+n+platy+11.20.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2889" data-original-width="3480" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjDs6EcTS7g0wN5xWzYPQMS5YDVM4RVegon-swIph5CYfdF6-kW80RZSv0Dwooh4644rKIAo1pVwS18sF5gjCuyPSMkC8uXCgMj9XlatNoD4szAwSQTedWvRuwDiQcrsNSotinaFCZPc_/w200-h166/cormorant+n+platy+11.20.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3w7IL4LFb4qP7K_SPC3f9WITPC1XAtiWCRsg1pO4orFrC34aaYVoDnAUoTwIFZapQbF8LjTXd9aLJmbeT9o9FxXyeH9lBVSPn_iyAc-WhNNL9QItVobThbKyCAaoY0cmILz-E9cdUFp6/s1956/platy+n+cormorant2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="1956" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3w7IL4LFb4qP7K_SPC3f9WITPC1XAtiWCRsg1pO4orFrC34aaYVoDnAUoTwIFZapQbF8LjTXd9aLJmbeT9o9FxXyeH9lBVSPn_iyAc-WhNNL9QItVobThbKyCAaoY0cmILz-E9cdUFp6/w200-h161/platy+n+cormorant2.JPG" width="200" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">They often swim with cormorants, as one stirs up the mud the other takes advantage and gets more food. They don't seem to annoy each other so it would appear to be more reciprocal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4POZdpVtyrDqNdpSaUoR-x0IpK8meykvnWceQx6ecAhI47EMNZBMUzSptSJBL7WIhzm4PsbgyHruANqt8jH2os7cHkywrIivAhGFj3oLUpTYXyfCQtWDogBYNoGaiNg0TGmJF-XXAH7G/s2048/platy+rside+17.5.20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1727" data-original-width="2048" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4POZdpVtyrDqNdpSaUoR-x0IpK8meykvnWceQx6ecAhI47EMNZBMUzSptSJBL7WIhzm4PsbgyHruANqt8jH2os7cHkywrIivAhGFj3oLUpTYXyfCQtWDogBYNoGaiNg0TGmJF-XXAH7G/w400-h338/platy+rside+17.5.20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This guy was just hanging around in the creek. Unbothered by people hanging over the railings talking and looking at it.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwEyvTZNWMNhnZmT01eAay6PiwHjL-EALtpLSkEgjcIJJ89B25rMYwcr9hKzwwPY-ufge75o0EFAN2-yOMvtA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I believe this one is a juvenile. It was very active and swam quite close to where we were watching.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9GK9p2nXkZGIVqWXM-7-qCm0gV0mFx8PyFEWT1Qwg30YqbAJECC-o-IysgjcmYvAj6Ray9fwT0f0Rw_itI1DkIVmY6c4BXVPBJhVF9pts7_Chao8Y8c_S5NcDxEmvFOW0cLHtNer0EoU/s2048/platy+art+9.2.21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1930" data-original-width="2048" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9GK9p2nXkZGIVqWXM-7-qCm0gV0mFx8PyFEWT1Qwg30YqbAJECC-o-IysgjcmYvAj6Ray9fwT0f0Rw_itI1DkIVmY6c4BXVPBJhVF9pts7_Chao8Y8c_S5NcDxEmvFOW0cLHtNer0EoU/w400-h378/platy+art+9.2.21.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just love the patterns in the water when they swim through reflections. I like to think of it as Platypus Art.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaqfX7N2jjChdM0TFc4eTUX9qBQaDJrhWP70pM0z0zA9DoSfH6nCNMkTM_p6IrSmhBTe2l3paHeZ5DO85vssGu_TWhV2LCf5Pf3ZUividDFzeGzi5zBUKsurYP8478pd4yFgS4RMJUB3u/s1772/2+platypus.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="1772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaqfX7N2jjChdM0TFc4eTUX9qBQaDJrhWP70pM0z0zA9DoSfH6nCNMkTM_p6IrSmhBTe2l3paHeZ5DO85vssGu_TWhV2LCf5Pf3ZUividDFzeGzi5zBUKsurYP8478pd4yFgS4RMJUB3u/w400-h320/2+platypus.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the few photos I've managed with two animals in the one shot. They don't swim too closely together unless they're mating. That is, probably, also the only time really you'll know if you're looking at a male or female. The male will swim closely behind the female and then grab her tail in his bill for a while before they mate. The female will often have a little bald spot on her tail for that reason.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRBFuP_FU3c0xsJiMyUTcKkfqrGPcA-kQuS34J0bYe6bAxabPGhDQY_MPcM_hm_0JjB0geWVecXLRzogjmAxPCqwtFVbjZdEQvg_BA2iFyxj2TQU37v7vCDvBKHWAihs4yRU-Q5_XTahl/s4067/platy1+17.12.20.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2631" data-original-width="4067" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRBFuP_FU3c0xsJiMyUTcKkfqrGPcA-kQuS34J0bYe6bAxabPGhDQY_MPcM_hm_0JjB0geWVecXLRzogjmAxPCqwtFVbjZdEQvg_BA2iFyxj2TQU37v7vCDvBKHWAihs4yRU-Q5_XTahl/w400-h259/platy1+17.12.20.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can see a bald spot on this animal's tail so, probably, a female.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzPhGwThq1QTrsEjB_iXZxXkbQPOCzbLveeKI0cqc5pfpCsklxdDM7PsKreGGIQsXdwpNPETJ5QBV4bz1Dmcw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was surprised to learn that they get ticks when I saw this one scratching away. I never thought ticks would survive under water but I guess the platypus do spend a lot of time in burrows or even on land. I've seen photos of them climbing dam walls and lounging on rocks grooming.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxuvcOv79U7dSPOxr0xM1pUxEMNg1SoOUpJqIP7tn-yec47PSkqmsiTzQPWy6aWDbL70zDd-3ZLMhtkHHKOyg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I wondered what this one was doing and it wasn't till I got home I could see it was eating, chowing down hard on something like a yabby.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8rNIW2io6MZbE35TbIrIXCfUkbu1uhM_ZAvoZllWwS9Z8emxmK_HwtFofLMBknL5UBc7ACnWuiJPiJ5iLUz6WhjFvClT-Ov2XeHYiS7yMU8SJodtNFhGPv924Xb3TOITwpnarUkH29iM/s2048/platypus+8.20.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="2048" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8rNIW2io6MZbE35TbIrIXCfUkbu1uhM_ZAvoZllWwS9Z8emxmK_HwtFofLMBknL5UBc7ACnWuiJPiJ5iLUz6WhjFvClT-Ov2XeHYiS7yMU8SJodtNFhGPv924Xb3TOITwpnarUkH29iM/w400-h229/platypus+8.20.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you look closely at the back of this animal, there is a scar. That's believed to have been caused by some rubbish it swam into when young and whatever it was (maybe a hair tie or band) finally deteriorated and left that scar. We've recently seen evidence of another with a band around its neck. People are so thoughtless when it comes to littering. Death to litterers I say! Hopefully, when there is another survey it will be caught and the thing removed.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietupyiJvOxXXaJ1ONaJ4F6BgOVOn3WI30WVNpZde3l-aU3rx0NilDgywKyYzI4Zs2Z-cZX3C_5EOMB6hKtoIPvDP4oS6uOPi5E5hyphenhyphen-Fv6eIrU4Zv8cZy9bVxRxeGfpkCNdCbjfqASmBFA/s855/going+gone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="602" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietupyiJvOxXXaJ1ONaJ4F6BgOVOn3WI30WVNpZde3l-aU3rx0NilDgywKyYzI4Zs2Z-cZX3C_5EOMB6hKtoIPvDP4oS6uOPi5E5hyphenhyphen-Fv6eIrU4Zv8cZy9bVxRxeGfpkCNdCbjfqASmBFA/w281-h400/going+gone.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have many hundreds of photos of them diving. I'll have just focussed and they dive! Aaaargh. Luckily, they're around often enough for me to get the shot next time. It's also one reason I've started taking little videos.</span></div><p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-20821904171784606072021-01-05T13:37:00.004+10:002021-02-09T12:39:58.147+10:00TIRED OF TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK???<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJpXFLrZgNGKz7NUmWrFRh0FiHFfHQSb2X6LOg8mRVj-D8jxH5ldTZzksN7mf6RduR82NnSjOsTBiZCXnT-tZkbV_HzlnI6h3z0lxJcHhEeM4tk2ZI3adNoCkKIB9mRe7Ypq5_MsDeU1o/s4411/coolum+beach+north.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3309" data-original-width="4411" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJpXFLrZgNGKz7NUmWrFRh0FiHFfHQSb2X6LOg8mRVj-D8jxH5ldTZzksN7mf6RduR82NnSjOsTBiZCXnT-tZkbV_HzlnI6h3z0lxJcHhEeM4tk2ZI3adNoCkKIB9mRe7Ypq5_MsDeU1o/w400-h300/coolum+beach+north.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Are you sick of the Entitled Ones? You know them (or <i>are</i> one). They are the people who are above Community rules and regulations. They have no need to read and obey official signs/rules/laws. They come in all shapes/genders/ages. They are golden apparently and are not bound by the same procedures and courtesies as the rest of us. But don't point out those signs/rules to them in public unless you're a brave soul because foul language and intimidation often helps them justify their position.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><i>Littering?</i></b> <i>A few papers and butts won't hurt. There's no bin here.</i></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">How many fires have started because some idiot threw a lit butt out the car window? How much plastic is IN the food we eat because of discarded plastic in the ocean? And don't get me started on the damage done to our precious wildlife because of thoughtless littering.</span></span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><i>No right turn?</i></b> <i>How ridiculous! That can't mean me. I can get around safely. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Yes, it does. If you cause an accident you'll be to blame. Not that you care.</span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><i>Speed limit?</i></b> <i>I was only doing 10k over the limit. I'm a safe driver.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><i> </i>People exaggerate; it was probably 20k over. An accident waiting to happen. Of, course, it <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>won't be your loved one who is lost in an accident. Or will it?<br /></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>No dogs off leash?</b> My dog is fine and needs to run.</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><i> </i>Not everyone thinks your mutt is fine & some may have a terror of unleashed dogs. <span>S</span>ome <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>birds and other wildlife build nests on the ground are in danger from wandering dogs <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> <span> </span></span></span>and cats. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b>Pick up dog faeces?</b> I'm not doing that! a bit of dog poo won't hurt anyone</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> If someone slips on it or it's washed into fresh water, it will.</span><br /></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Keep the cat in my yard?</b> Impossible!</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><i> </i>No, it's not. Every heard of a cat run or keeping your cat indoors. Safer for them actually <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>and for wildlife they hunt.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b>No Parking?</b> But there's nowhere else to park except this driveway. I won't be long</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Tell that to the person who can't get out of their yard and is late for an appointment thanks <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>to your thoughtlessness. Or the employee who is late for work because you're in their <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span>parking spot, provided by their employer.</span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b>Loud music? </b> It's my house. I can play my music as loudly</i><i> as I like</i>!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Why should I or anyone else have to listen to your music? I'm not forcing mine on you.</span><br /></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Small things sometimes for sure, but don't we all as a Community have an obligation to care about our neighbours and how our actions affect others? People, pets and wildlife are at risk of injury or death because of this selfish behaviour, causing accidents, disturbances and sometimes fear. Common courtesy has become a lost art.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">What is the answer? For a start, speak up if bad behaviour or something else is bothering you. Don't assume someone else will make a complaint. Report loud parties and traffic offences. Tell Council about problems on their patch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Kindness doesn't cost money and showing children the right way to behave might start a revolution of common courtesy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I, for one, am tired of turning the other cheek. Who's with me?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-63773415399523265562020-05-17T15:19:00.002+10:002021-02-28T12:04:32.175+10:00BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">Just a few of the birds that have caught my attention during my exercise walks of late...</span></div>
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T<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">he spectacular azure kingfisher is one of my favourite birds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSh7HtjWggkoKixEwGhkK5xcUkmzQq2F5IaWs7vAAXkyiVbscNMhKASqCtXQfrL72-ZbdKFbcrp0MPxxWWF_aIVK_FzU3QipXBtgSXPUALjWZdYW96MSPPzVaGdlXyeLQ8TQJFAJ6wQQFo/s4349/az+kf+21.12.20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3180" data-original-width="4349" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSh7HtjWggkoKixEwGhkK5xcUkmzQq2F5IaWs7vAAXkyiVbscNMhKASqCtXQfrL72-ZbdKFbcrp0MPxxWWF_aIVK_FzU3QipXBtgSXPUALjWZdYW96MSPPzVaGdlXyeLQ8TQJFAJ6wQQFo/w400-h293/az+kf+21.12.20.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">The colour of the plumage hasn't been altered. Quite a thrill to see a flash of purple as it flies into view.</span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">I finally got a good shot of the eastern whipbird. I tell people it taunts me as I walk around, calling out "Ha ha, you can't see me".</span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">And this finch is the red-browed finch or firetail finch, very common it seems.</span> </div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">It's a bit like I'm Pavlov's dog when it comes to the green cat bird. Aside from the caterwaul from which they get their name, they also use a high pitched 'peep' and when I hear it I'm out the door with my camera. They're hard to see in the green foliage and the 'peep' is a bit of a heads up that they are around.</span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">Some people confuse the female satin bower birds with green cat birds; both a greenish colour but look at the difference in the eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not sure who got the biggest shock... I was watching for this platypus along the creek bank where I'd already snapped it, when it popped up right under me. Didn't quite get the whole bill in frame but gee whizz happy with what I got.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It had been peeking out from the creek side undergrowth...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This photo made me think of the fable about the scorpion getting carried across the river by a frog. Just some pond weed though...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My first azure kingfisher for the year. I disturbed it unfortunately so it flew off after I got this shot while moving in for a better snap. They are beautiful birds but always look a bit lopsided to me with that very short tail and very long beak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another blue tiger butterfly settled in front of me so, of course, I had to take its photograph. It looked more black and white in the sun.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I see a lot of brown thornbills in my backyard but took this because, to be honest, I didn't know what it was<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> when I snapped it</span> but love the shot. Peek-a-boo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These two red-backed fairy wrens (female above, male below) where taking food back to a nest I suspect, as they disappeared into long grass with their catches. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "Look what I caught!" The willy wagtail's catch was almost as big as it is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Not the best shot of a male golden whistler but the best I could get because he flitted around quickly hiding behind foliage.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again, not my best shot of a platypus because he's swimming away but I hadn't seen one for a few weeks so was pleased to get this</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They are nesting in burrows in a nearby bank (another reason I don't like unleashed dogs on the trail) and will fly down to check on everything.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My first Yellow Admiral butterfly!</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I've recently started taking even more photos of bugs, butterflies, moths, spider and anything else that catches my eye, especially around the house, trying to stave off boredom. Some are pretty skittish and butterflies in particular will flit away at the slightest movement which is a shame if they are a butterfly (like a blue tiger) that I don't often see.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This blue tiger may have been exhausted because it didn't move when I (and others) walked under it. I seem to be on their flightpath at home because they fly over in droves. So I must not have the right plants around for them.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This one was a fair distance away across a creek but as it was opening its wings was an opportunity to see how blue it was.</span></div>
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I w<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">as very excited to see a different visitor to the garden the other day. It's a <a href="https://breedingbutterflies.com/cephonodes-hylas-coffeebean-hawkmoth/" target="_blank">Coffeebean Hawkmoth</a> (perhaps it mistook my gardenia for a coffee bush). I'd heard of Hummingbird moths and Bee hawkmoths.</span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">At the end of the video you can see i<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">t's laid an egg which I'm told will take 2-3 weeks to hatch so I'll be watching that leaf like a ... hawk!</span></span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This r<a href="https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/insects/robber-flies/" target="_blank">obber fly </a>was just minding its own business when I saw it. I thought it was a March fly which I avoid because I don't like the pain when they sting. Apparently, robber flies can bite but don't, usually. Interesting design on its jacket.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I was practising macro shots when I saw this guy/gal. After I saw the snap on the big screen I realised there was something else in the frame. Is that a spider teddy, a baby or smaller prey? </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I don't know which moth this <a href="http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_noct/LYMANTRIIDAE.htm" target="_blank">tussock moth </a>caterpillar will turn into but they're usually quite fluffy looking, some more colourful than others.</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> This magnificent bird is a grey goshawk white morph. It's the only white bird of prey apparently.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Looks like a bit of a face off between these 2 blue dragonflies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Red dragonflies are a favourite though...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Cheeky galah was on its own, unusual.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Leaden flycatcher gave me the eye, maybe he thought I was a fly...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A male red-backed fairy wren enjoying the morning sun...</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5AkD-lBYKgQtrbin6yyHlkTetaFsTTJPPpWCAb51iN4JOXMrAtnWTDgocdEBXrvw472KKzD2zFj_M91k-WaMqorfRjBL2K5FXgg3nn3ChHGsWSRInxxPJa99WS0xY6Je_Hpsz1Tt7NDm/s1600/male+rb+fw+3.20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1600" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5AkD-lBYKgQtrbin6yyHlkTetaFsTTJPPpWCAb51iN4JOXMrAtnWTDgocdEBXrvw472KKzD2zFj_M91k-WaMqorfRjBL2K5FXgg3nn3ChHGsWSRInxxPJa99WS0xY6Je_Hpsz1Tt7NDm/s400/male+rb+fw+3.20.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The female red-backed fairy wren surveying her territory...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A pair of red-backed fairy wrens canoodling in the trees... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lesser wanderer butterflies, inside so different from outside...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My first striated pardalote in this area.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span>sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-8783779651296842442020-03-06T11:14:00.000+10:002020-03-06T12:22:55.566+10:00NATURE BRIGHTENS UP MY DAY...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> A Lesser Wanderer butterfly shows off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Never realised that blue triangle butterflies had red spots.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> The rainbow bee eaters are so colourful, especially when they wheel around in the sun, but even on overcast days they show their colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Male red-backed fairy wrens wear their stylish suits well.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Chestnut breasted mannikin thought I couldn't see it.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This purple water hen was sure I couldn't see it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pale headed rosellas are often much paler than this, so their brightness was a surprise.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Two silvereyes getting to know each other better...</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This tawny grassbird was alerting everyone to my presence.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Love the way this Macleays Swallowtail matches the foliage perfectly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This morning I visited<a href="https://mary-cairncross.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/" target="_blank"> Mary Cairncross Reserve,</a> here in Maleny, for an insect photography workshop. As it turned out, because I don't use an SLR camera, some of what was discussed really didn't apply to me as I don't have interchangeable lenses etc. A lot of it was things I already knew (but often forget) or just common sense. After a bit of a lecture with slides we were let out into the field to see what we could find. Not a lot for a while but once we got going there was a lot more to be seen.</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Love must've been in the air because this pair of <a href="https://www.backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/dainty-swallowtail-butterflies" target="_blank">Dainty Swallowtail butterflies</a> were apparently courting and they weren't the last of the wildlife to be seen "getting it on"...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I thought this very colourful beetle should be called a <span style="color: red;">r</span><span style="color: lime;">a</span><span style="color: purple;">i</span><span style="background-color: white; color: orange;">n</span><span style="color: blue;">b</span><span style="color: magenta;">o</span><span style="color: #bf9000;">w</span> beetle...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">...but apparently it's a Spilophyra sumptuosa, a chrysomelid beetle, smaller than no index fingernail.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This almost-as-colourful guy is an <a href="http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/OrangeBlueNarrowNeckedLeafBeetle.htm" target="_blank">orange and blue narrow necked leaf beetle</a>! The carapace was more iridescent than</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">what I've managed to capture though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A pair of <a href="http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_robbers/Robbers.htm" target="_blank">robber flies</a> flagrantly flaunted their love. They had no shame, they would not be frightened off by a few humans clicking at them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The fungi around because of the damp weather of late was too polite to run away so managed some half decent shots of them...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just all round fun guys...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The tiny green spider was difficult to see against the green leaf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Skinks have very sweet faces. This is a Murray skink and it looks like he's missing a bit of the tail. Didn't stop him running off...</span></div>
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sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-65215405358636512232020-02-13T10:08:00.001+10:002020-02-14T14:28:53.966+10:00GOOD INTENTIONS...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was full of good intentions regarding blogging last year but looking back I'm startled to see it's been six months or so since posting. I've been more into <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sandyiamg/" target="_blank">instagram</a> of late so that's my excuse. This year I'll try to post more here...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After the exteme heat and lack of rain during our summer here on the Sunshine Coast, we are now in the midst of ongoing rain. Not complaining. But these colourful <a href="https://www.backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/rainbow-lorikeet" target="_blank">rainbow lorikeets</a> do cheer one up on a gloomy day, with a cheeky look as he attacked the callistemon that grown in the median strip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For comparison is a <a href="http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Trichoglossus-chlorolepidotus" target="_blank">scaly breasted lorikeet</a>. We don't see as many of them here so it's lovely when we do.</span></div>
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<br />sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-24506325108089486552019-08-23T09:30:00.001+10:002022-03-07T12:19:53.551+10:00MEET COOCHIEMUDLO ISLAND...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> A friend lives in Redland Bay and suggested a trip over to <a href="https://coochiemudlo.net/" target="_blank">Coochiemudlo Island</a> by ferry when I stayed overnight with her recently. I'm always up for a visit to a new place (also one I don't think I'd heard of before), especially when the weather is perfect, so off we went, catching an early morning ferry over at the grand price of $5.00 return each (pensioner discount applied). </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Above, it's low tide as we walked towards the ferry with Coochiemudlo bathed in sunlight.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The channel markers are popular perches for the many and varied water birds in the Bay. On this one, pied cormorants.</span>..</div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There were lots of birds in the bush as well but very hard to get clear shots of them. This is one of the many noisy friar birds we saw.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> "Coochie" itself was a first for me and so was this sweet little bird, a striated (or maybe a spotted) pardalote, apparently intent on making its nest in a dead tree on the beach. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Not many people around at that time of day, approx. 8.30am, and we found a seat on the northern end to watch the world, and the birds, go by. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Another 'first' was this bush stone-curlew which was foraging for crabs along the shore where we were sitting. There was another nearby but it was too shy to come out from under a tree.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Such a funny bird, pulling funny faces as it strutted along...</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I hadn't noticed the fish breakfast before putting the photo of this magnificent bird up on the computer. Brahminy kites have featured here before of course as they are one of my favourites birds of prey.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">On our way back to the café for breakfast we saw a few more birds including this little white breasted wood swallow, also building a nest somewhere...</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Very noisy sulphur crested cockatoo followed us back... "Hey you, I want a cracker!"</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Waiting on our breakkie spotted a blue-faced honeyeater in a nearby tree.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Reasonably priced, delicious breakfast, with a view of the Bay, at the Curlew Café.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Waiting on the ferry home I finally managed a shot of a butterfly [meadow argus]. We'd seen a few on the walk but couldn't manage a photo. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Main Beach, if we'd turned left off the ferry.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I'd love to go back and do the rest of the walk we didn't do and if you ever get the chance, take a ferry to Coochie. Highly recommended and if you want a quiet holiday spot there are places to rent.</span></div>
sandyiamghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293645388817355803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423961201702204630.post-22588021862640839652019-07-30T10:38:00.000+10:002019-07-30T15:37:15.793+10:00THROUGH THE WINDOW...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An advantage to having clean windows is some of the great things you see. Sometimes I get a better shot because of the vantage spot or because I know the critter I'm spying on can't see me so doesn't take off the minute I bring out my "shotgun". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The little brown honeyeater above is a great example. It would have taken off in a shot had I been outside. It was raining anyway so I wouldn't have been able to use my camera unless I was also juggling an umbrella!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The male satin bowerbirds I've seen in the jacaranda have been very skittish so I usually snap them through the window.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is Brucey who will usually turn his head before I can snap him. Don't think he could see me properly here; was probably trying to work out what I was doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Green catbirds hop around in the jacaranda too and are also very skittish; because of their colour are often hard to spot. Besides their famous "catcall" they often utter a high pitched "twit" first, which is usually alerts me to their presence so I can try to find them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I may have posted this guy before, small green banded blue butterfly. I've seen dragonflies as well on the other side of the glass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'd be ecstatic to see this bird return. It's a grey goshawk and was on the other side of the tree then my battery died before I could get outside to try for a better snap and it was gone when I got back. Gotta be happy with this though.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not sure if this is the same kookaburra in both snaps but they were taken on the same day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I could have gone outside I think though, because the kookaburras (along with magpies, currawongs and crows) are more used to human interaction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These guys, brown thornbills, give me endless entertainment. I could watch them all day as they flit around, splash in the bird bath and admire themselves in the metal struts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've had a few tree snakes around and been outside to photograph them but this one (and another posted a while ago) I only took through the window. It was trying to get up into the ceiling via the deck but because I'd blocked it off, it couldn't get up and at one stage went "splat!" on the deck. This was taken shortly afterwards and it looked annoyed, or so I thought at the time. I've since had part of the deck glassed in so, hopefully, that will dissuade them from coming in, unless I leave the windows open of course. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And lastly, a female cicada bird which I couldn't have seen (or snapped) except from inside the house. Love seeing the birds in the trees outside. Currently up to 43 different species in the trees and shrubs around the house. The latest was a male golden whistler but unfortunately he was too quick for me and I didn't get a snap of him. I'll keep watching (and window washing) though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm dog sitting this cutie for a few weeks so we were doing lots of walking and managed some nice bird shots whilst doing that. Darcy has been photographed and mentioned before on my <a href="http://sisterhoodofthetravellingrants.blogspot.com/2017/04/when-romance-dies.html" target="_blank">Travelling Sisterhood blog here</a>. I get to say, "my boyfriend, Darcy." He's pretty well behaved and quite handsome. I'm also updating his blog <a href="https://talesofatravellingterrier.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Tales of a Travelling Terrier"</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> He's helped me in the garden...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Seen all sorts of wildlife... (birds, wot birds??) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Although he looks like he is going after the waterdragon, he had zero interest in it...</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had to photoshop him onto the platypus pic...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes it's been very trying for him. He doesn't like thunder storms so was allowed up onto the bed where he shivered and shook until it was over, poor boy.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He and the cat rarely see eye to eye...</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Only here it's eye to bum!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had to start wearing a boot on my left leg for a tear in a small foot muscle that hasn't responded to strapping and shock wave treatment, so long walks are out but we'll still go places and on short walks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He went to ceramics with me yesterday where he charmed the ladies and managed to score a few titbits under the table. I'm sure he'll be fine and quite worn out by the time his parents come back to pick him up. Only two weeks to go but who's counting?</span></div>
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