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Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Fri 26 Apr, 2019 7:48 am
by ofuros
Hiking Noob wrote:ofuros wrote:PS. 2days after...the itchiness started, all day long, all I wanted to do is scratch my ankle for relief.
I normally use Tea Tree Oil but had Difflam anti inflammatory at hand the other day and I found that it seemed to work better than the normal anti itch type products.
Thanks Hiking Noob...I've got itches on itches now, a few leeches attached themselves & sucked away under my socks during yesterday's watery adventure.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 30 Jun, 2019 3:42 pm
by ofuros
Dingo feasting on a grey kangaroo...edge of Mt Barney N.P.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Wed 02 Oct, 2019 11:10 am
by Lamont
Smelly snoozer.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Fri 04 Oct, 2019 5:27 pm
by Nuts
Wombats!
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Thu 17 Oct, 2019 8:14 am
by rcaffin
Not actually bushwalking, but cute:
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Peron's Tree Frog, Litoria peronii, our house tank, this morning
Cheers
Roger
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Thu 17 Oct, 2019 10:30 am
by ChrisJHC
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Thu 17 Oct, 2019 10:31 am
by ChrisJHC
ofuros wrote:Dingo feasting on a grey kangaroo...edge of Mt Barney N.P.
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Well, of course it’s grey when you show a monochrome photo!
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Thu 14 Nov, 2019 6:12 pm
by bernieq
A day's walking in the Little Desert separated these two reptiles
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sat 16 Nov, 2019 9:49 am
by rcaffin
Our farm, dam wall, wattle tree, fell over a few weeks ago. Retrieving it today for firewood.
This was found in a top branch. Most likely a fairy wren, judging by the eggs and the nest - plenty of them around the dam. Very small eggs!
Other guesses (eg thornbills, weebills) have different nest shapes and/or egg colours.
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Cheers
Roger
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 17 Nov, 2019 3:27 pm
by michael_p
Bumped into one of the neighbours today. Sorry for the crap photo, digital zoom on my phone is very ordinary.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 17 Nov, 2019 3:43 pm
by rcaffin
Nice gum tree, but is there an animal in the photo? If so, where and what? (Genuine Q)
Cheers
Roger
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 17 Nov, 2019 3:58 pm
by Neo
rcaffin wrote:Nice gum tree, but is there an animal in the photo? If so, where and what? (Genuine Q)
Cheers
Roger
Main fork, appears to be a koala.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 17 Nov, 2019 4:21 pm
by michael_p
Yes it's a Koala. Sorry, I should have been a little clearer on what it was.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 17 Nov, 2019 6:43 pm
by north-north-west
Dropbears are just soooooo good at camouflage.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 01 Dec, 2019 2:12 pm
by michael_p
Spotted this guy just sitting in the bush. We slowly approached but it didn't move. Mum on the other hand took off at a rate of knots from a tree just behind this young one. We didn't even notice mum until she took flight and disappeared very quickly. Suspect it may be a baby Powerful Owl but hard to tell as it's chest feathers were still downy in appearance.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 01 Dec, 2019 6:28 pm
by ofuros
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 08 Dec, 2019 3:58 pm
by Neo
Five types of flies.
Camping out between walks so plenty of down time...
Bush fly, mostly black, hangs about in groups and gets in your face. Just looking for some sweat or moisture, not really interested in your food. Goes places on your back or pack!
Next size up, a tinge of brown/bronze/oil, wants to get onto your food, sometimes travels solo.
Marsh fly, slow and deliberate, looking to bite.
Blow fly, stout for its' length, buzzes in and out.
Big bopper, a solitary fly, the most interesting. Seems to be alone, maybe 2cm long or bigger. Droning buzz just checking things out, not particularly interested in the human. Quite plump like a solitary bee but larger.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Mon 09 Dec, 2019 8:32 am
by dalehikes
On an 8km walk in Lamington national park yesterday..
Red-Bellied black snake
Land mullet
Red-necked Pademelon
Pretty faced wallaby
Glossy black cockatoo
Richmond birdwing butterflies
Orchid Swallowtail butterflies
Noisy pitta
Jacky Winter
Green Catbird
Crimson Rosella
King Parrot
Satin Bowerbird
Yellow Robin
Yellow-throated scrub wren
White-browed scrub wren
Bassian thrush
Logrunner
Whip bird
Heard: Paradise Riflebird
Always an incredible walk!
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Mon 09 Dec, 2019 9:24 am
by rcaffin
Jealousy!
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sat 18 Jan, 2020 7:39 pm
by CraigVIC
Edwards point wildlife reserve, Vic.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sat 18 Jan, 2020 8:17 pm
by north-north-west
Decaying swimming anemone?
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 19 Jan, 2020 3:11 pm
by CraigVIC
north-north-west wrote:Decaying swimming anemone?
I've never heard of them before but looking on Google it seems right. Was about the size of an open hand. I'm not sure if it was alive or dead. When touched it shrank away in that spot. All up, kind of gross.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sun 19 Jan, 2020 3:46 pm
by north-north-west
They're lovely in the water when they're alive.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Fri 31 Jan, 2020 3:14 pm
by michael_p
One of the local male Koalas.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sat 08 Feb, 2020 7:16 am
by rcaffin
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"I've got my eye on you ..."
(Mountain Copperhead, KNP)Cheers
Roger
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sat 08 Feb, 2020 8:38 am
by Aardvark
An off track walk in Main Range NP Queensland two weeks ago. Fires are out now. They didn't penetrate far into rain forested areas on the southern sides of the peaks but they did run along parts of the crest of the range. Apart from the almost obligatory carpet snake, we saw a yellow tailed Black Cockatoo and three feral deer. None of which we managed in time to get a photo of.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sat 08 Feb, 2020 10:46 am
by johnw
rcaffin wrote:The attachment 7623.jpg is no longer available
"I've got my eye on you ..."
(Mountain Copperhead, KNP)Cheers
Roger
LOL, reminded me of an incident Roger about 6 years ago in KNP. I was walking ahead of my son towards Teddy's Hut, fortunately wearing long pants and knee length gaiters.
A few hundred metres from the hut I heard some expletives behind me and turned to see this Highland/Mountain Copperhead shooting off into the grass next to my right leg.
Son told me it had suddenly reared up into a striking position as I obliviously wandered past. Close call!
Apparently he wasn't too upset at our presence and hung around long enough for a couple of photos (from a respectful distance).
- Highland Copperhead near Teddy's Hut, Upper Thredbo River Valley, Kosciuskzo NP via Dead Horse Gap NSW
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sat 08 Feb, 2020 11:06 am
by rcaffin
The attachment 7623.jpg is no longer availableOdd. I just came back to this thread and could see my photo immediately.
Shall we try another one?
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"It's too cold, I can't see you, go away"
Another mountain copperhead, next day, still KNP
Cheers
Roger
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sat 08 Feb, 2020 11:14 am
by johnw
rcaffin wrote:The attachment 7623.jpg is no longer available
Odd. I just came back to this thread and could see my photo immediately.
Shall we try another one?
Another mountain copperhead, next day, still KNP
Cheers
Roger
Roger, I think that was only because I embedded your post in quotes. I'm not sure how the software treats images in that case, it may depend on the method of submission.
I could see the image all along in your original post.
KNP obviously has a healthy population of Copperheads, although who knows what impact after the fires.
Re: Wildlife Seen on Your Last Walk?
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Sat 08 Feb, 2020 12:45 pm
by rcaffin
KNP obviously has a healthy population of Copperheads
I do have yet more photos of them ...
Are they smart enough to jump into the nearest water?
Cheers
Roger