Monday, August 24, 2009

A Walk On The Wild Side

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Walking in the bush is exciting and to find a variety of habitats without a lot of human intervention even more exciting. Monsoon vine forest edges with open woodlands; mangrove and salt marshes butting up against paperbark avenues mixed with pandanus groves provides a wealth of opportunities if you're in the right place at the right time.
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My first feral pig Sus scrofa sighting. I yelled and whistled when I was standing just near a climbable tree but they payed me the ultimate insult: they just ignored me.
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I saw a lot of Kingfishers and Kookaburra, but very shy. This kookaburra was along way away and seemed to be having a "very bad feather day"!
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Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
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Forest Kingfisher Todirhanphus macleayii
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Of course the water lilies were a spectacular participant in the morning sunlight.
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Water Lilly Nelumbo nucifera
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Water Lilly Nelumbo nucifera
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Green Skimmer Orthetrum serapia
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The flowers of the Cocky Apple Planchonia careya provide the attraction for the ants and the Mistletoe Bird Dicaeum hirundinaceum male juv eats the unidentified ants.
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Once again, its nice to see reptiles before the onset of toads.
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Burton's Legless Lizard Lialis burtonis
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